Hyderabad Student Shot Dead in US
Hyderabad: A 23-year-old student from Hyderabad has been shot dead in Florida in an apparent mugging gone wrong. Sai Kiran, who had recently begun an MS programme, was reportedly shot…
US proposes to provide six-year work permit for foreign students
Aiming to attract more students from abroad, including India, the Obama administration has proposed to provide six-year work permit to certain category of foreigners who come to study in the…
Indian American kids sweep Spelling Bee contest
Indian American kids continued to maintain their complete dominance in the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee contest. Vanya Shivashankar and Gokul Venkatachalam have been declared co-champions of this year competition…
US: Indian-American student sentenced to life for killing friend
A 25-year-old Indian-American engineering student has been sentenced to life in prison by a US court for fatally stabbing his friend after allegedly finding him cheating with his girlfriend. Rahul…
India relaxes FDI norms for NRIs, PIOs, OCI
AMN Union Cabinet also decided to amend Foreign Direct Investment,FDI norms for NRIs, Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) to increase capital flows into the…
US woman jailed for 24 years for pushing Indian to death
An American woman has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for pushing an Indian man to death in front of a subway train in an attack apparently motivated by…
EC for legal framework to allow proxy, e-voting for NRIs
The Election Commission has come out with a legal framework to allow NRIs to cast their franchise in Indian elections by proxy or e ballot. Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi…
BSNL allows local calls to Nepal for 3 days in view of earthquake
New Delhi: 25 April, 2015: BSNL announces to allow all call to Nepal from its network (Landline and Mobile) as local calls for three days w.e.f. 25.04.2015 as a relief…
Indian-American Vivek Murthy takes oath as US Surgeon General
AN Indian-American Vivek Murthy was sworn-in as the US Surgeon General by Vice President Joe Biden at a ceremony held at Fort Myer in Virginia today. 37-year-old Murthy has become…
Yemen crisis: India concludes air evacuation,
Rescue over 2,900 nationals India has concluded its evacuation by air with the airlifting of over 630 persons from Sana’a today by three special Air India flights. An External Affairs…