An Indian-origin doctor has been sentenced to eight years in prison for committing healthcare fraud along with her husband by a US court, which also ordered the couple to forfeit over $43 million in cash and property they gained through their 10-year scam.
Two Indian American diamond merchants have been arrested on charges of staging a robbery straight out of the movie Snatch in which two men disguised as Hasidic Jews made off with $10 million worth of jewels.
Although many countries have already evacuated most of their citizens, India has finally pressed into service the evacuation plan for its nationals after getting the clearance from Libyan authorities to land at Tripoli on Friday.
NRI businessman Shrien Dewani, accused of hiring a hitman to murder his Indo-Swedish wife Anni on their honeymoon in South Africa, has been granted bail by a UK court after his father insisted his son would go on to prove his innocence.
A gang from west London comprising of five persons of Punjabi origin has been jailed for a total of 26.5 years after being found guilty of helping illegal immigrants get into the UK via Heathrow Airport.
A group of 17 Indian labourers, stranded in trouble torn Libya after being duped by a construction company, has urged the ministry of overseas Indians affairs (MOIA) to expeditiously arrange their safe passage for facing threat to their life from the rioters.
With the situation in Libya remaining volatile, the government today said it was putting in place plans for possible evacuation of Indians in Libya, numbering around 18,000.
The Indian migrants, most of them skilled information technology professionals, are to be allowed into the UK every year under the European Union-India Free Trade Agreement which is being negotiated in the corridors of Brussels.
Students from India have the highest rate of transition to work in New Zealand after completing their studies, followed by their Chinese counterparts, a minister has said.
At least six Indian-origin persons are among over 100 doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals arrested on charges of alleged involvement in a massive Medicare fraud estimated at $225 million, in one of the biggest crackdowns on healthcare fraud-related crimes in the US.
India today said that the Indian students of California based Tri Valley University, which has been shut down on charges of massive visa fraud, should be absorbed into other US universities and not victimised.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the government has served notices to 17 persons related to the Swiss Banks black money trail, but it is not possible to reveal their names.
Parents of an Indian toddler, who was accidentally knocked down by a compatriot, have expressed unhappiness over the "mild" jail term given by an Australian court to their son's killer, who will serve a minimum of three years in prison.
An Indian-American doctor has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by a US court for committing health care fraud with his wife and has been ordered to forfeit over USD 43 million in cash and property gained through the fraud.
External affairs Minister SM Krishna on Sunday condemned the radio-tagging of Indian students of the Tri-Valley university, by the US, demanding severe action against those responsible for the "inhuman act."