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Indian insider trading suspect at large: America's FBI officials are still searching for Indian-origin Deep Shah, a former analyst at Moody's Investors Service who is believed to be in Mumbai, in connection with the $53 million insider trading scam, the largest ever such case in the United States.
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Indian IT professionals make their mark in Japan: Indian system engineers have emerged as the backbone of Japan's IT industry and more are flocking to the country which is witnessing a steep decline in its work force.
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Rajiv Shah nominated to head USAID: After months of delays because of tangled vetting procedures, the Obama administration on Tuesday named a former executive with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to run its main foreign aid arm, the U.S. Agency for International Development. The official, Rajiv J. Shah, a medical doctor and health economist now at the Agriculture Department, would take over an agency whose power and profile have eroded in recent years, but which is enmeshed in some of the administration’s toughest challenges, including Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Can't rule out future attacks: Aus PM: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who is on a visit to India, on Thursday discussed with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh the attacks on Indian nationals in his country.
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Californian city gets first Sikh Mayor: An Indian-American man, who rose from humble beginnings to become a successful farmer and banker, will be the first Sikh Mayor of a Californian town known for its large Punjabi population. Kash Gill, who as a boy used to work as a farm labourer to help his family make ends meet, was sworn in as the Mayor of Yuba City earlier this week.
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Film on Sikh turbans in Birmingham syllabus: A major film that seeks to dispel popular myths in western countries after September 11 about the turban worn by Sikhs has been accepted on the Birmingham City Council's agreed syllabus for religious education.
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Indian yoga guru snubs Madonna: For once, the 'Queen of Pop' is not getting what she wants and she is not happy about it. Madonna was left nursing her pride recently after Indian yoga guru Bikram Choudhary refused to give her private lessons.
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'Indian business visas being misused': The government will take steps to stop misuse of business visas during employment process in the country, Union minister Shashi Tharoor said on Saturday. According to the Minister of State for External Affairs, business visas were not to substitute employment visas.
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Indian Sikh youth beaten up in Australia: In yet another attack on Indians in Australia, a Sikh was punched in his head by a group of Australians who also removed his turban while he was sleeping at a bus stop in Melbourne.
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On the run for 2 years, NRI woman in police net: An NRI woman who fled from the US to India with her minor son and eluded police from three states for two years was traced in Chennai by CBI in about a week's time from getting the case on Supreme Court's directive.
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Indian charged for trying to aid Hezbollah: Patrick Nayyar, 45, an Indian citizen living illegally in the United States, and Conrad Mulholland, 43, were charged by federal prosecutors with agreeing to supply an FBI undercover agent with guns, ammunition, vehicles, bulletproof vests and night vision goggles.
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Jail term for attackers of Indian doc: Terming the street crime against Indians as "cowardly" and "despicable", a Victorian court today handed out long imprisonment sentences to attackers of an Indian origin doctor.
Haikerwal State County Court Judge Joe Gullaci today jailed 20-year-old Alfer Azzopardi who bashed Mukesh Hairkerwal with serious blows with a baseball bat, for 18-and-a-half years with a minimum of 13-and-a-half years, media reports said today.
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UK: Indian remanded for wife's gruesome murder: Harpreet Aulakh, the estranged husband of Geeta, whose dismembered body was found in the streets of London, has appeared in court after being charged with her murder.
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Melbourne: Indian missing; search on: Police in Melbourne are searching for an Indian national who has been missing since last Thursday morning.
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Indian student attacked in Australia: In yet another attack on Indian students here, a 22-year-old youth was punched on his face by a group of Australians, who also told the victim that "in this place there is no home for you".
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Indian appointed to key IMF post: With a proven track record in managing complex work programmes, Indian economist Siddharth Tiwari has been named as the Secretary of the IMF by its Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
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Hedge fund scam suspect on run in Mumbai?: Deep Shah, an Indian-origin suspect in the largest ever hedge fund scam in the US is on the run and is believed to be in Mumbai, federal authorities have said. Shah, 27, and Gautam Shankar, 35, were among the 14 new suspects charged on Thursday in the $53 million insider trading scam by the FBI.
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Now, 4 Indians in US hedge fund scam: In the US, Federal and state authorities have charged 14 people with fraud and conspiracy as part of an insider-trading network that involves some of the same companies and individuals as the Galleon Group.
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Nigerian court nullifies expulsion of Indians: A Nigerian court has quashed the deportation order of three India-born British businessmen brothers, who were deported by the government in April after the country's anti-graft agency sealed one of their companies over a fraud petition.
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Who is Dr Mukesh Haikerwal?: Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, 48, is an Australian General Practitioner and a former president of the Australian Medical Association. When he took over unopposed in 2005, he was, at 44, one of the youngest to have held the post.
Haikerwal is also well-known for his contribution to the cause of public health.
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Teenager arrested for NRI woman's murder: The Metropolitan Police have arrested a teenager for allegedly murdering Geeta Aulakh last week. 18-year-old Sher Singh of Southall was produced in court on Monday. Aulakh, a 28-year-old mother of two, was found battered in West London, with one of her hands chopped off. Six people including her estranged husband Harpreet Aulakh had initially been arrested for questioning, but were later let off.
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Indian charged with terror pleads not guilty: An Indian national charged with attempting to provide material support to Lebanon's Hezbollah, a US designated foreign terrorist group, and illegally
possessing fire arms and ammunition has pleaded not guilty.
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Australia: Special varsity service for Indians: In a bid to provide first-hand information on education facilities available Down Under, a Melbourne-based university has launched a special service to help Indian students find out more about "life at university".
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In jail, Vikram Buddhi speaks to NDTV: NDTV has met with Vikram Buddhi - the PhD student jailed in the US for allegedly posting hate messages against former President George Bush on the Internet in 2006. This is the first time Vikram is meeting with any journalist to tell us his side of the story since he was arrested three and a half years ago. Buddhi’s sentencing is due on December 10. He spoke with NDTV’s Sarah Jacob in prison today.
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Tighter visa rules for UK-bound Indian IT workers: Britain has tightened immigration rules from January for Indian IT professionals seeking to move to the UK under inter-company transfers. From next year, workers in this category will need to have 12 months experience instead of six months as at present with their employer before they can be transferred to the UK, official sources said.
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Slump sinks US H-1B visa programme: For the first time since 2003, the US H-1B visa programme coveted by Indian IT professionals is on track to leave thousands of spots unfilled amid America's worst downturn in decades, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Indian-origin banker extradited to Thailand: Fugitive Indian-origin Thai banker has been handed over to Thailand authorities and is en-route to Bangkok after the Supreme Court here refused to hear his appeal, ending one of the longest extradition cases in Canadian history.
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Indians escape as building catches fire in Melbourne: Eight Indians on Monday had a narrow escape when an internet cafe below their flat here caught fire under suspicious circumstances following an explosion. Residents, who were sharing a flat above the internet Cafe in Sydney Road, Brunswick, were woken by a loud bang just before 1.30 am (local time), according to 'The Age'.
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Indian killed in Nepal bridge collapse: At least two pilgrims, including an Indian, were killed and around two dozen injured when wooden bridge over a river collapsed in southern Nepal on Monday. The pilgrims were going to attend a festival on the occasion of Haribodhani Ekadashi in Baraha area in Sunsari district.
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UK Hindus discuss climate change: Hindu leaders in the UK have joined hands with Prince Philip and the United Nations to launch an action plan to engage with community worldwide in the fight against climate change. According to the Oxford University Centre, the Bhumi Project for the plan was launched on Friday after a three-way meeting.
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