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Indian couple in Australia alleges racist attack

An Indian couple living in a Melbourne suburb claimed that a group of three people, including two women, beat them up with an iron rod and a steel chair in an apparent racist attack.

No comfort from jail term to attackers, says India-born doctor

India-born doctor and former head of the Australian Medical Association Mukesh Haikerwal said he takes "no comfort" from jail terms for his attackers who inflicted such injuries that he lost a piece of his brain and had to relearn how to walk and talk.

Indian woman killed, found on London Street with severed hand

Police were reported to have arrested the estranged India-born husband of a young British Punjabi woman who died on Monday after being found on the streets of a London suburb with a severed hand.

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He read the tea leaves and made a fortune

Nadeem Ahmed, a UK-based NRI, talks to Mehboob Khan of BBC Hindi about his £ 1-billion tea company.

Race and Rancour

Samy Vellu must step down, says Malaysia's Mahathir

Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, in a fresh broadside against Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president S. Samy Vellu, Friday called him "a liability" and demanded that he step down.

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November 20, 2009: Indians Abroad
A worker carries buckets as he walks along a road lined with trees adorned with colourful leaves on an autumn day in central Beijing.

Arts and Entertainment

Ustad Amjad Ali's 'jugalbandi' in China

For maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan playing the sarod in symphony with Chinese musicians, at his debut concert in Taipei, was a beautiful and very rewarding experience.

Dispatches From the US

Indian-American lawmaker blasts NYT for anti-India editorial

A powerful Indian-American lawmaker on Tueday blasted The New York Times for terming India as a "longtime nuclear scofflaw".

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PNB opens fourth UK branch in Birmingham

The Punjab National Bank has opened its fourth branch in Britain with the opening of its Soho Road branch in Birmingham this week.

INDIA IN PICTURES

Nov 10, 2009: India in pics

Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee (L) talks with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of ICICI Bank Chandra Kochhar during the World Economic Forum's 25th India Economic Summit-2009 in New Delhi.

Preparing for Commonwealth Games

Sports Minister M S Gill, center, inspects the work at Jawahar Lal Nehru stadium, the main venue for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

Security beefed up ahead of Maha Kumbh Mela

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Abandoned by parents, sikh boy stranded in London

He is all of 12. Parents are on the run and he is stuck in London for the last 20 months.

Lakshmi Mittal richest biz tycoon in South Africa

India-born steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal remains the richest business tycoon in South Africa despite his fortune having halved in the past year due to the global recession.