Q Manivannan, an Indian-origin Scottish Green MSP elected to the Scottish Parliament last week, has drawn criticism after endorsing calls for reparations to Palestinians funded by Scottish taxpayers.Manivannan, who represents the Edinburgh & Lothians East regional list, supported a manifesto issued by the group Art Workers for Palestine Scotland ahead of the Holyrood election.The document […]
A 23-year-old Councillor has become the youngest Indian-origin mayor in the history of the United Kingdom after being officially appointed Mayor of Elstree and Borehamwood.The appointment was confirmed during the council’s Mayor Making Ceremony held at Fairway Hall in Borehamwood on May 13.Tushar Kumar studied Political Science at King’s College London and previously served as […]
Yash Asarsa becomes the first Indian American to be elected to Rusk City Council, in east Texas. Yash Asarsa arrived in the United States more than two decades ago, carrying $950. On May 14, 2026, he was sworn in as a member of the Rusk City Council, becoming the first person from India to hold […]
Kulvinder Ram was convicted over a stabbing attack in London. An Indian-origin man has been convicted over a stabbing attack in east London that left a woman and two children seriously injured last year. Kulvinder Ram, 48, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of attempting to murder the woman and child during the attack […]
An Indian-origin doctor in San Jose has come under investigation for encouraging birth tourism. Dr Athiya Javid of San Jose has come under a government investigation over allegations of encouraging birth tourism. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Representative Brandon Gill (R-Texas) alleged that Dr Javid, and with three […]
Super-rich NRI Paul Parmar sentenced to five years in prison over fraud in New Jersey. Parmjit Parmar, a 55-year-old Indian-origin man from New Jersey, has been sentenced to five years in jail, followed by three years’ supervised release and a payment of $125 million over his involvement in a large-scale conspiracy to defraud investors, in […]
Billionaire Michael Milken earlier said he buys the stock of a company if they replace the American CEO with an Indian-born one. Indian-origin tech leader Deedy (Debarghya Das) shared what billionaire Michael Milken said about Indian-origin CEOs replacing US-born CEOs in US companies and presented the results of it, triggering a huge social media debate. […]
A 27-year-old man of Punjabi origin was arrested and charged in Surrey, Canada after a shooting incident that police say is linked to ongoing extortion-related violence in the region.The accused was identified as Jaskaran Saroye and was taken into custody by the Surrey Police Service Extortion Response Team following the execution of a search warrant […]
A Telugu-origin IT professional working in US died of a heart attack in Florida, leaving behind his wife and two young children. A community fundraising effort was started to support the family.Sunil Kumar Gundrai worked with Capgemini in Tampa and passed away last week. According to a GoFundMe page started by NATS Helpline, his death […]
Indian-origin philanthropist Anil Kochhar announced he would pay the education loan of 176 graduate students of NC State’s Wilson College of Textiles where his father studied. Indian-American philanthropist Anil Kochhar who was the speaker at the graduation ceremony of North Carolina State University Wilson College of Textiles on May 8, surprised the 176 graduates by […]
