18,000 Indian expats in Saudi Arabia get exit papers
byDubai, May 9 (IANS) Of about 60,000 Indian workers in Saudi Arabia who applied for emergency exit papers following a new labour policy in…
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Pakistanis jailed in Dubai for killing Indian
byDubai, May 9 (IANS) Two Pakistanis have been sentenced by a Dubai court to five years in jail for viciously beating up an Indian…
Malaysian Indian Congress leadership on notice
bySingapore, May 9 (IANS) The leadership of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has been asked to take responsibility for the party’s dismal performance in…
Two Indians in Malaysian state’s executive committee
bySingapore, May 9 (IANS) Two Indian-origin leaders have been appointed for the first time to the state executive committee of the Malaysian state of…
Indian-origin lawyer in Australia struck off rolls
bySydney, May 9 (IANS) An Indian-origin lawyer in Australia has been disbarred from practising after it was found that he was guilty in a…
Two Indian-origin men in New Zealand jailed for rape
byWellington, May 9 (IANS) A court in New Zealand has given lengthy jail terms to two men of Indian origin for raping and abducting…
Two accused of killing Indo-Canadian woman face new charges
byToronto, May 9 (IANS) New charges have been laid against two of the four Indo-Canadian men accused of killing an Indo-Canadian woman in 2009…
Sikh population nearly doubles in a decade in Canadian city
byToronto, May 9 (IANS) The Sikh population in the city of Abbotsford in the Canadian province of British Columbia almost doubled in the period…
Hindus, Sikhs a small percentage of Canada’s population
byToronto, May 9 (IANS) Hindus comprise 1.5 percent, Sikhs 1.4 percent and Muslims 3.2 percent of Canada’s population of around 35 million, according to…
In Uttarakhand, it is from the frying pan into the fire
byDehradun : Policemen in Uttarakhand have in the past been caught assisting anti-social elements in making a get away, in helping force possession in…