India, Denmark sign MoU on labour mobilityNEW DELHI - India and Denmark Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Labour Mobility Partnership to promote orderly migration of Indian workers to meet the growing demand of workforce in the Danish economy. Indian Airlines hijacker seeks nod to practise law in CanadaTORONTO - The mastermind of the 1984 hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight to Lahore, who took refuge here 14 years ago and faces deportation to India, has now sought permission to practise law in Canada. Indian origin minister plays good Samaritan mid-airTORONTO - Deepak Obhrai, an Indian origin junior minister in the Canadian government, has earned kudos for helping out a woman diabetic while on a flight from Ottawa to Calgary. Indra Nooyi heads list of top 50 women in world businessLONDON - PepsiCo Chairman and Chief Executive Indra Nooyi of India has topped the inaugural Financial Times (FT) list of top 50 women in world business. Homesick Bengalis in Zurich revel in puja spiritZURICH - From flying in a priest from Kolkata and arranging a lavish spread of traditional Bengali delicacies to organising cultural programmes dominated by Tagore songs and folk music, Durga Puja in Switzerland’s largest city was steeped in old world nostalgia. The enduring charm of a family-run Durga Puja in LondonLONDON - Amid a growing number of well-funded and gigantic corporate-style Durga Puja celebrations in London, there’s one that stands out for its smallness. Another Indian assaulted, regretful Australia gives sops for students (Roundup)MELBOURNE/NEW DELHI - An Indian taxi driver was assaulted by an Australian star footballer in Melbourne in an incident that visiting Victoria state premier John Brumby termed as “regrettable”, even as he assured India he will give a progress report on probes into such attacks and proposed separate housing and transportation for Indian students. Australia sops to Indian students - safe housing, transportNEW DELHI - In a bid to woo students to Australia amid reports of racial attacks down under, Premier of Australian state of Victoria John Brumby Friday said it will give progress report on the probe into attacks and proposed separate housing and transportation for Indian students. Indian cabbie assaulted, Australia promises concrete actionMELBOURNE/NEW DELHI - An Indian taxi driver was Friday assaulted by a star footballer in one more attack on Indians in Australia. Victoria premier John Brumby, in India on a visit, termed the incident as “regrettable” and assured action against the attacker. Australian footballer held after assaulting Indian taxi driverMELBOURNE - While Australian authorities have been pledging to bring a tougher law to combat attacks on Indians living in the country, an Indian taxi driver became the latest victim of such an attack here Friday. Australia moots safe housing, transport for Indian studentsNEW DELHI - John Brumby, the premier of Australian state of Victoria, Friday proposed to give separate transportation and safe housing for Indian students studying in Australia. Indian-origin minister quits British government, takes G20 jobLONDON - British Business Minister Shriti Vadera, one of Prime Minister Gordon Browns most trusted colleagues, is to quit and work full-time for the G20 group of nations, Brown said Thursday. Image dented but remedial measures afoot, says new Australian envoyNEW DELHI - Brand Australia’s image has been dented by the wave of violence against Indian students in recent months, the country’s new envoy to India said Thursday, adding that corrective steps are under way to ensure zero tolerance to such incidents. India, China propel foreign students market in AustraliaSYDNEY - Indian and Chinese students are fuelling Australia’s education sector growth, latest statistics show. Indian student enrolments in the country reached 121,000 by this June. Indian American to represent US in farm trade talksWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has nominated an eminent Indian American agricultural scientist to the key post of chief agriculture negotiator in the office of the US Trade Representative to represent US in crucial agricultural trade talks. Social group fights for over 200 Punjab men stranded abroadJALANDHAR - Representatives of Lok Bhalai Party (LBP) Wednesday submitted a memorandum to district administration in this Punjab city to highlight the plight of over 220 illegal immigrants stranded in various countries while trying to get to Spain and Italy. India, Sri Lanka discuss resettlement of TamilsNEW YORK - India has pressed for quicker rehabilitation and resettlement of some 300,000 Tamils displaced in Sri Lanka. 2 Indian Americans win $500,000 MacArthur fellowshipsWASHINGTON - Two Indian Americans, one a computer scientist and the other a mathematician, are among 24 winners of the prestigious MacArthur fellowships offering talented individuals unprecedented freedom and opportunity to reflect, create, and explore. Mother jailed for 33 years for killing her two teen daughters
Indian-origin woman gets 33 years in jail for killing daughtersLONDON - An Indian-origin woman was Tuesday sentenced to 33 years in jail - one of the longest jail terms handed out to a woman in Britain - for murdering her two teenaged daughters in a frenzied knife attack at her home in Cambridgeshire. Indian-origin woman found guilty of killing her daughtersLONDON - An Indian-origin woman was to be sentenced Tuesday after being found guilty of murdering her two teenaged daughters in a frenzied knife attack at her home in Cambridgeshire. G. Palanivel may be new Malaysian Indian Congress chiefKUALA LUMPUR - G. Palanivel, who successfully defended his post as the deputy president of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) Monday, may be the next chief of the group, media reports said. Malaysian Indian Congress chief may step down soonKUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president S. Samy Vellu may step down earlier than scheduled as Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said Sunday he will meet him to discuss the “succession plan”. Asian gangs named in Britain’s ‘cash for crash’ scamLONDON - Pakistani, Afghan and Bangladeshi criminal gangs in Britain are staging deliberate car accidents in order to claim their victims’ car insurance money, police say. We condemn what is happening against Indians, says Australian envoyNEW DELHI - The attack on four Indians in Melbourne last week and a wave of similar violence against students in recent months have had an impact on relations between the two countries, says Australia’s envoy who finds it “deeply disappointing” and condemnable that these incidents continue. Obama names Arun Majumdar to key energy research postWashington, Sep 19 IANS) US President Barack Obama has nominated Indian American technocrat Arun Majumdar to a key administration post dealing with energy research. Samy Vellu must step down, says Malaysia’s MahathirKUALA LUMPUR - 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. Samy Vellu says sorry, Mahathir says doesn’t matterKUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) chief S. Samy Vellu has said ’sorry’ for the insulting remark made by one of his party colleagues against former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad who in turn said that it does not matter. Indian families face racial attacks in N.Ireland, want to leaveLONDON - Some Indian families living in a housing estate in Portadown, a town in Britain’s Northern Ireland province, have said they want to leave the area after racist attacks last week, according to reports. Don’t break the law, Australian PM warns Indian studentsSYDNEY - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Thursday warned students from India not to take the law into their own hands after writer and activist Farrukh Dhondy reportedly urged Indians in the country for “some form of retaliation” following the brutal assault on four Indians in Melbourne. |
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LONDON - An Indian-origin woman was Tuesday jailed for at least 33 years - one of the longest prison sentences ever handed to a woman in Britain - for killing her two teenage daughters in a frenzied knife attack two years ago.
