Johannesburg, Oct 20 (IANS) A great-granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi is being tried in South Africa for defrauding two businessmen of $830,887, a media report said on Tuesday. Ashish Lata Ramgobin, 45, appeared in the Durban…
Washington, Oct 18 (IANS) As many as 293 patients of an Indian-American cardiologist around a small town in Indiana have filed lawsuits against him and two other doctors in his practice claiming that they performed…
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, Oct 17 (IANS) A retired IFS officer who acted as an observer in two Vyapam recruitment tests in Madhya Pradesh was found dead on a railway track in Jharsuguda in Odisha, police said…
Hyderabad, Oct 16 (IANS) A man from West Bengal who was allegedly planning to start a madarsa for ‘Jihadi training’ has been arrested, police said on Friday. Alimul Islam Mandal was arrested when he…
Hyderabad, Oct 15 (IANS) A city court on Thursday sentenced, to life imprisonment, a police constable who attempted to kidnap an industrialist by firing from a stolen AK-47 rifle. Puli Obulesu had opened indiscriminately from…
(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) New York, Oct 15 (IANS) Corruption of government officials tops the list of things that people in the US fear the most today, according to a new survey. Besides corruption, cyber-terrorism and…
Washington, Oct 15 (IANS) Apple faces the prospect of paying out damages to the tune $862.4 million for using without permission patented technology developed by a Wisconsin university team including two Indian-Americans. Gurindar Sohi and…
Rome, Oct 15 (IANS/AKI) Employees cannot be sacked for watching porn on the job provided they do so during their lunch break, Italy’s supreme court ruled, rejecting an appeal from car giant Fiat against a…
Gurgaon, Oct 14 (IANS) A cow shelter owner was fatally shot here on Wednesday after unidentified people fired at him thrice from close quarters, a senior police officer said. Sandeep Kataria, who ran Gau Raksha…
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Mahmood Farooqui, co-director of Bollywood film “Peepli Live” who is facing trial for the alleged rape of an American woman, on Wednesday sought interim bail. Farooqui is in judicial custody…
Washington, Oct 14 (IANS/EFE) Leonardo DiCaprio purchased the rights to a yet-to-be-written book about the Volkswagen emissions scandal, with an eye toward producing a film about the firm’s attempt to deceive regulators, a media report…
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 13 (IANS) Malaysian authorities said on Tuesday that partners in the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) on the MH17 incident are considering setting up an independent international court for an effective prosecution mechanism…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) A court here has set January 18 to hear arguments on issue of framing of charges in the 2000 match-fixing scandal case in which former South African captain Hansie Cronje…
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Model and television actress has been accused of assaulting the staff of a leading store here. Police said on Monday that the Big Boss season five contestant was caught on…
PHOTO CREDIT SHOULD READ: MATTHEW PAGE London, Oct 11 (IANS) A British man was awarded 16-week jail term for hitting a bottle of whiskey on a Sikh shopkeeper’s head who survived the attack with minor…
New York, Oct 11 (IANS) In a bid to evade arrest after being caught following a long police chase, a man in the US state of Florida blamed his dog for driving his car in…
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The CBI on Saturday registered a case against 59 account holders and unknown bank officials and private people as it conducted raids at a Delhi branch of Bank of Baroda…
New Delhi/Bengaluru/Panaji, Oct 10 (IANS) The CBI on Saturday conducted raids at residences and offices of flamboyant liquor baron Vijay Mallya and his now-grounded Kingfisher Airlines in connection with a Rs.900 crore loan to the…
Washington, Oct 10 (IANS) An Indian-American former substitute teacher in Indiana state’s Franklin township has been arrested on charges of patronising a prostitute after he paid money for sex with a teenaged male student, a…
Bhopal, Oct 7 (IANS) A debt-burdened man in a Madhya Pradesh village allegedly allowed the lender to sleep with his wife in settlement of dues. The man and the lender were arrested after the woman…