New York, May 17 (IANS) A day after NBA owners rejected Sacramento Kings’ move to Seattle, the Maloof brothers, owners of the franchise, have agreed to sell the basketball side to a Sacramento-based group headed by Indian Vivek Ranadive. Ranadive, who is a software billionaire, will purchase 65 percent of [...]

Port of Spain, May 17 (IANS) An Indian-origin woman in Trinidad & Tobago, who sold a winning lottery ticket, stands to get a part of the 20.4 million Trinidadian dollars (approx $3.17 mn). An official of this country’s National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) said Kamla Bhooklal was entitled to “a [...]

Shimla: Holding the union cabinet decision to transfer 67 schools run by Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry for Tibetans to Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) as a gross violation of the constitution, Bharat Raksha Samity has stated that a decision compromising with the sovereignty of the country would be challenged before [...]

Dubai, May 17 (IANS) The Indian consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has appealed to members of the Indian community to volunteer for its campaign to help those Indian expatriate workers who have been affected by the new labour policy in that country. “It is a unique opportunity for those Indian [...]

Singapore, May 17 (IANS) A Singapore court Friday sentenced a 45-year-old Indian-origin man to two years in jail for molesting a 13-year-old boy. S. Subramaniam, a real estate agent, was found guilty of molesting the student at the former’s flat at the Yishun area here Dec 23, 2011, the Straits [...]