Singapore, Dec 18 A civil society group in Singapore Wednesday sought a probe into allegations that some of the Indians accused of rioting in this city-state have complained of police assault. Workfair Singapore, which works for the welfare of local and migrant workers, said Wednesday that the allegations were “extremely grave” and deserved “the full […]
New Delhi, Dec 18 The treatment meted out to Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade in the US was an “insult” which India has taken very seriously, Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor said Wednesday. “A diplomat serving the nation has been treated in an unacceptable manner. This is an outrageous violation of standards,” […]
Minister for Roads Duncan Gay today urged motorists to plan their Christmas and New Year holiday road trips, with heavy traffic expected on main roads and highways across the state, many of which have been improved since last Christmas. “This was a year of delivering for roads across NSW. We’ve opened a number of new […]
New Delhi, Dec 16 Finally, India’s squash queen Dipika Pallikal has broken her silence to confirm that Dinesh Karthik and she are indeed engaged. For good measure, she adds that she hated cricketers till she met the wicketkeeper-batsman, believing the enormous fame and publicity they get is dwarfing other sportspersons. Not that she has changed […]
Addis Ababa, Dec 15 In a gesture well appreciated here, Indian businessmen and the Indian community here have come to the aid of hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian returnees from Saudi Arabia. Sanjay Verma, newly-appointed Ambassador of India to Ethiopia, accompanied by Mayur Kothari, the convener of the Indian Business Forum (IBF) and Rajeev Sharma, Deputy […]
Qamishly (Syria), Dec 16 UN aid agencies have begun airlifting urgently needed humanitarian aid to Qamishly in northeast Syria as winter storm Alexa dumped large amounts of snow on hundreds of thousands of homeless war victims and brought down temperatures in the region. Households displaced by the civil war are facing one of the country’s […]
Wellington, Dec 17 Two women in the New Zealand have been jailed for eight years and eight months each for killing an Indian man after luring him with promises of sex. Crystal Black, 26, and her partner Krystel Pokai, 25, appeared before Justice Murray Gilbert in the high court at Gisborne city in northeastern New […]
Chicago, Dec 17 Indian American groups have taken keen interest in the recent Indian state elections with a large number of them seeing the defeat of the Congress as a chance to root out the endemic corruption in the country and restore good governance. Community meetings have been held in several cities from Chicago to […]
Dubai, Dec 17 Two expatriates, including an Indian national, died after breathing toxic gases from a coal-burning heater in the Ha’il province of Saudi Arabia. While the Indian, 28, and the Sri Lankan, 34 died after inhaling the toxic fumes, another man, a Sri Lankan labourer, was critically injured, the Arab News reported Tuesday. Preliminary […]
Dubai, Dec 17 Three Indian nationals, accused of locking up 20 women and only allowing them to go out to work, were cleared of the charges by a Dubai court Tuesday. The three men, identified by the initials of their names, SM, 41, KM, 61, and KA, 54, were acquitted by the Dubai Criminal Court […]