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Rajat Gupta likely to testify at own trial

Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc board member Rajat Gupta will likely testify in his own defense at the insider trading trial in which he is accused of illegally leaking corporate secrets to now-imprisoned hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam.

Three Indians feared dead in Australian house fire

Three members of an Indian family are believed to have died after a fire tore through a Melbourne house on Friday, but police said the damage was so great it would take time to confirm.

US webcam spying case: Dharun Ravi apologises

An Indian-born former Rutgers University student criticised by a judge for refusing to apologize for using a webcam to spy on his male roommate kissing another man days before the roommate killed himself apologized on Tuesday and said he has accepted responsibility for what he did.

Indian surgeon gets top US award

Pioneering robotic prostate cancer surgeon gets American Urological Association's most prestigious award.

Indian-origin boy solves 350-year old math puzzle

A 16-year-old Indian-origin schoolboy in Germany has managed to crack puzzles that baffled the world of maths for more than 350 years, it was reported today.

US: Sikhs hail passage of Anand Marriage Act

Sikhs in the United States have welcomed the passage of Anand Marriage Act by the Parliament and termed it as a historic day for their community in the country.

Indian-American elected to city council in Texas

After several months of consistent campaigning, Indian-American Himesh Gandhi has been elected to a city council in the US state of Texas.

'Rajat Gupta cannot take a Mother Teresa defence'

Rajat Gupta has been forewarned that he cannot beat insider trading charges by trumpeting his philanthropy history any more than Mother Teresa could use her missionary work to fend off bank robbery charges.

Indian-origin men sentenced for wire fraud

Two Indian-origin men have been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay millions of dollars in compensation for defrauding internet service providers like AT&T and Verizon of over four million dollars through their sophisticated wire fraud scheme.

Indian couple jailed for major UK immigration scam

An Indian citizen who arrived as a student in 2000 and went on to perpetuate a series of immigration scams to earn hundreds of thousands of pounds by helping many Indian citizens and others to stay in Britain illegally, has been jailed for 10 years.

Indian national jailed for drunk driving in Singapore

An Indian national has been sentenced to 20 months in jail for drunk driving a lorry which rammed into three pedestrians - all his fellow countrymen, last year, killing one of them.

Many Indian Americans in race for US Cong

A record number of Indian Americans -- at least 12 -- are in the fray for the November 2012 polls vying for a place in the House of Representative, reflecting the serious effort of this fastest growing ethnic community in the US to politically empower itself.

US: Ravi seeks probation for hate crime conviction

An Indian-origin student who was found guilty of bias intimidation for spying on his gay roommate's sexual encounter has asked a judge to grant him probation instead of a prison sentence, even as letters of support from his friends and family were submitted in court.

Indian-Americans caught in $450 mn Medicare fraud

Several Indian-Americans are among 107 people charged in Medicare fraud schemes involving $450 million in false billings uncovered in an operation across seven cities in the largest US bust in recent history.

Indian-American appointed to key Pentagon position

Indian-American Vikram Singh has been appointed to a key Pentagon position to look after entire South and Southeast Asia.
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