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Woman jailed for killing elderly Indian-origin patient in UK
London: A 56-year-old woman who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of an elderly Indian-origin patient while both were patients at a UK hospital has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. Philomena Wilson,…
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Indian-origin doctor who drove family off cliff in US barred from practising medicine
New York: A US court has barred a 41-year-old Indian-origin doctor from practising medicine as he is facing multiple attempted murder charges for driving his family off a cliff in California, a…
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Indian-origin nurse charged in death of 7-year-old in UK hospital
London: An Indian-origin nurse appeared in court for allegedly killing a seven-year-old boy at a private children’s hospital in Britain in 2016 by switching off his vital breathing device. Anuradha Bhupathiraju, 62,…
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Indian-origin father-son duo arrested for assaulting teenage girls in Canada
Toronto: An Indian-origin man and his son have been arrested and charged in Canada for allegedly assaulting, exploiting and extorting multiple teenage girls over several months. Gurpartap Singh Walia, 56, and his…
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Indian-origin man jailed for defrauding property buyers in UK
London: An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for fraud offences after he admitted to fleecing potential property buyers, many of them also of Indian origin, out of nearly…
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Indian-origin hacker gets 51 months jail for computer fraud in US
New York: A 38-year-old Indian-origin hacker from Virginia was sentenced to more than four years in prison for hacking into computers and stealing customer credit card numbers. Chirag Patel from Norfolk pleaded…
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Indian-origin man convicted for cocaine, cannabis smuggling in UK
London: An Indian-origin man and four others have been convicted for conspiring to supply drugs worth millions of pounds from the Netherlands to the UK and Ireland, following a National Crime Agency…
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Indian-origin police officer becomes highest-ranking South Asian woman in NYPD
New York: Captain Pratima Bhullar Maldonado, an Indian-origin police officer has become the highest-ranking South Asian woman in the New York Police Department, a position she was promoted to recently. Maldonado runs…
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Indian-origin man jailed in Singapore for arranging sham marriage for visa
Singapore: An Indian-origin man in Singapore has been sentenced to six months in prison for arranging a marriage of convenience between a colleague and his niece to gain an immigration advantage, a…
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Indian-origin man pleads guilty to tax evasion in US
New York: An Indian-American tax return preparer faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison after pleading guilty to evading assessment of his personal federal income taxes. Samir Patel of Statesboro,…
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Indian-origin data analyst killed after struck by bus at Boston airport
New York: A 47-year-old Indian-American data analyst was killed on the spot after being struck by a bus at Boston’s international airport where he had gone to pick up a friend, according…
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2 Indian-origin men arrested for stealing $109K from elderly woman in US
New York: Two Indian-origin men have been arrested for allegedly stealing over $100,000 from a 78 year-old woman in Massachusetts via a computer virus scam, police said. Nikit S Yadav, 22, and…
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Indian-origin Laxman Narasimhan assumes role of Starbucks Chief Executive Officer
New York: Indian-origin executive Laxman Narasimhan on Monday officially assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of global coffee giant Starbucks, joining the growing cohort of business leaders originally hailing from India…
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Indian-origin UK home minister proposes new crackdown on illegal migrants
London: Britain’s Indian-origin Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, on Tuesday announced a new Illegal Migration Bill that will mean migrants arriving in the UK illegally on small boats will be “removed swiftly”. The…
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Indian-origin teen girl missing in US fearing family’s deportation amid layoffs
New York: An Indian-American teenager Tanvi Marupally has gone missing in the US and according to the local police, she ran away from home due to fear of her family being deported…