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PUNE: Amol Deokule knows the value of representing the country at a global stage. While the former shooter himself couldn’t play at the highest level, his dream is being fulfilled by his daughter Ankita. Amol, now a US citizen, is happy to see Ankita make it to the US squad for the Munich World Cup…
An Indian-origin court interpreter who has lived in US for around 35 years has been released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after weeks of legal battle over her detention.53-year-old Meenu Batra who is known for interpreting Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu in Texas immigration courts, was freed on April 30 after being held since…
British-Indian Nuria Sajjad A woman has been charged in connection with a tragic car crash that killed two eight-year-old girls, including Indian-origin schoolgirl Nuria Sajjad, after a vehicle ploughed into a primary school celebration in London.49-year-old Claire Freemantle from Edge Hill in Wimbledon, faces two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and seven counts…
In the high-stakes world of Silicon Valley, where billions are poured into chatbots and generative art, Apurva Shrivastava and Tyson Chen decided to look where few tech founders go: the local HVAC company. That decision has officially paid off. Their startup, ‘Avoca’, has reached a $1 billion valuation following a $125 million funding round led…
William Micah Carter and Jennifer Lynn Lower (left) and Rajinder Kumar (right) (Image/X@DHSgov) The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested an Indian-origin truck driver accused in a fatal 2025 road accident in Oregon that killed a newly married couple. The arrest comes weeks after…
A Singapore court has sentenced a 33-year-old Indian-origin man to 19 months in jail for molesting his friend’s minor sister more than a decade ago.Melvinder Singh Gurmit Singh was convicted on two counts of molestation. The offences took place when the victim was between seven and nine years old, while Singh was aged 19 to…
While US President Donald Trump and Indian PM Narendra Modi may have what can be described as a ‘strong friendship’, it seems the Republican leader harbours extreme prejudice against Indians internally. On Wednesday, Trump posted a 4-page screed, apparently a transcription of remarks from conservative podcast host Michael Savage that denounced the US constitutional right…
Aman Sanger is emerging as one of the key Indian-origin figures in the global artificial intelligence boom. A co-founder of Cursor, he is part of the team behind one of the fastest-growing AI coding platforms in the world. Recently, SpaceX confirmed it had secured an option to acquire Cursor for around $60 billion, or alternatively,…
Nearly a year after the devastating Air India Flight 171 crash claimed the lives of his wife and two-year-old daughter, a 28-year-old Indian-origin man is now fighting a fresh battle — to remain in the United Kingdom.Mohammadmiya Sethwala, originally from Gujarat’s Vadodara, was informed by the UK Home Office on April 9 that his application…
Two Indian-origin men have been charged over financial fraud in Brooklyn. A company founded in 2010 and dissolved in 2025 had been defrauding investors and shareholders through false revenue figures and fake contracts. Two Indian-origin men have been charged with this elaborate financial scam surrounding iLearning, a Maryland-based technology company that marketed itself as an…
