Hitesh Madhubhai Patel, also known as Hitesh Hinglaj who hails from Ahmedabad has pleaded guilty in the US of wire fraud conspiracy and general conspiracy to commit identification fraud, access device fraud and money laundering via running call centers. Patel, 43, pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Texas for his role in operating and...
Dr Gurpreet Singh Bajwa, 48 of Oakton who has an office in Fairfax County has been charged with illegal distribution of Adderall drug. According to https://wtop.com, Bajwa prescribed the drug 15,000 times between January 2017 and September 2018 — over 700 times a month, citing the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Adderall is...
Indian-American Aparna Madireddi has thrown her hat in the ring for the mayoral seat of California's San Ramon town, thus becoming the first person to declare candidacy for the November election. The Californian entrepreneur will be replacing Bill Clarkson who will step down after four terms, a media report said. He was elected as the...
Emphasizing that India shares a unique relationship with its diaspora, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said efforts must be made to usher in reforms in the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) scheme. "We must make it easier for them (Indian Diaspora) to travel to India and it motivates us to reform our passports and Overseas...
After almost three years in captivity in war-wrecked Syria, a South African photojournalist of Indian origin made it to his home last week, reports said. Shiraaz Mohamed, who was abducted in 2017 from outside a hospital in Darkoush by suspected ISIS members, had gone there to capture the sufferings of Syrian people. He was working for...
Inspired by a special childhood bond and set in the Himalayan foothills, a book by Indian origin author Jasbindar Bilan has won the coveted UK children's book award. The Costa Book Awards' winning entry of 2019, 'Asha and the Spirit Bird', follows the journey of an 11-year-old who is empowered with spiritual connections to her...
The Prime Minister extended new year greetings to President Trump, his family and the people of the United States. India-US ties have grown from “strength to strength”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told US President Donald Trump in a new year greeting call, the Prime Minister’s office said in a statement early on Tuesday morning. The Prime...
India alarmed over fallout on Chabahar port. New Delhi: After the assassination of a top Iranian general by the United States in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Friday, external affairs minister S. Jaishankar on Sunday spoke to both Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif and US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and “noted that developments have taken...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut short a visit to Greece and flew home Friday as Lebanon’s Hezbollah demanded revenge for the killing of a top Iranian commander in a US strike. A source in Netanyahu’s office said that the premier was returning from Athens but did not elaborate. Following Friday morning’s killing of Major General...
