Indians Abroad

A group of 52 Indians, mostly Sikhs, has been held at a detention centre in the US State of Oregon for being part of a large contingent of illegal immigrants seeking asylum, an American lawmaker has said.

An Indian-origin couple have been arrested for allegedly running a high-end prostitution ring in the United States by luring at least five actresses from Tollywood and advertise them for sex at Indian conferences and cultural events across the country, according to a media report.

Britain's leading Indian-origin hotelier, Surinder Arora, is locked in a legal battle with Heathrow Airport for his right to build a multi-storey car park at one of the world's biggest airport hubs.

Hundreds of yoga enthusiasts gathered to flex their body at historic monuments of the US, including the Capitol Hill, kick-starting a host of events planned this week to mark the fourth anniversary of the International Day of Yoga.

Gaege Bethune has been convicted of the first-degree murder of an Indian-origin student after four years of untiring efforts by his family to seek justice, according to a media report.

Four Indian-origin gang members have been found guilty of hacking a 28-year-old Sikh man to death two years ago as revenge for an extramarital affair with one of their wives in London. Gurinder Singh cried out for help as the masked gang chopped off his fingers with knives and swords and went on to attack him with a wooden club and a hammer in Southall, west London, in July 2016.

The Indian community from Bihar living in America's California have raised USD 15,000 for a health project aimed at providing free eye care treatments, including operations for the needy in Bihar.

An Indian-origin couple in Singapore claimed that low-cost long-haul airline Scoot refused to fly their special needs child and asked them to deplane before a flight was scheduled to take off.

The UK government is set to ease its immigration cap blocking professionals such as Indian doctors from being brought in to tackle shortages in the state-funded National Health Service (NHS).

The Trump administration has reconfirmed its intent to rescind H-4 rule regarding employment authorisation to certain spouses of H-1B visas, popular among Indian IT professionals.

All NRI marriages solemnised in India would need to be registered within seven days else their passports and visas would not be issued, the Ministry of Women and Child Development said today.

Indian American Professor Saleha Khumawala has been chosen as a Piper Professor by a Texas-based non-profit organisation for superior teaching at the college level.

Dhivya Suryadevara has been a fast climber. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees in commerce from the University of Madras in Chennai, India, and an MBA from Harvard University.

General Motors Co said on Wednesday Dhivya Suryadevara, currently vice president of corporate finance, will succeed Chuck Stevens on Sept. 1 as chief financial officer of the No. 1 U.S. automaker.

Atul Kochhar, the Indian-origin celebrity chef of a famous Dubai hotel has been sacked after a furore over his anti-Islam tweet on June 10.