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Indian-origin physician Sanjay Mehta pleads guilty to illegally prescribing opioids that killed two in US; had little to no experience

Indian-origin physician pleads guilty to federal drug crime. (Representative image) An Indian-origin physician, Sanjay Mehta, pleaded guilty to unlawfully prescribing opioids, including to two poeple who fatally overdosed. He admitted that he procured the opioids by fraud. The 57-year-old man from West Virginia’s Shady Spring pleaded guilty to three counts of obtaining a controlled substance […]

‘Emotionally exhausted, physically burned out’: Indian-origin Canadian recounts ordeal, pharmacy degree-holder had to do hotel jobs

Indian-origin Keerthy Vinukonda explained why Canadian dream is not what immigration firms sell in India. (Photo: CBC News) An Indian-origin Canadian, Keerthy Vinukonda, recounted the hardships that she had to go through after arriving in Canada from India, though Canada is now her home, as she got her citizenship last year. IN CBC’s First Person, […]

Sikh faith not a ground for less punishment: Indian-origin man jailed for crash that killed woman in Adelaide, he was driving at 160 km/hour

Bhupinder Singh was sentenced to over five years in jail in Adelaide for car crash that killed a woman. He claimed he was bullied for his hair, turban in jail during the remand. (Photo: 7News) 24-year-old Bhupinder Singh has been sentenced to more than five years in jail, but not a life sentence, for causing […]

‘Glamor posting?’: Anjani Sinha, Trump’s Indian-origin pick grilled in Senate, he knows nothing about Singapore

Dr Anjani Sinha, Trump’s pick for Singapore envoy, fumbled at the Senate confirmation hearing as he was grilled. Dr Anjani Sinha, an Indian-born Florida surgeon and businessman, whom President Donald Trump picked for the post of US ambassador to Singapore, was grilled at the Senate confirmation as he appeared to know nothing about Singapore. He […]

Underground poker ring, debt: Indian-origin engineer jailed in New Zealand for $1m fraud, he was planning to move to Australia

Indian-origin engineer Shyamal Shah jailed for $1 million fraud in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo: NZ Herald) An Indian-origin engineer, Shyamal Sushil Shah, a former Auckland Council employee, has been sentenced to two years and two months in prison for over $1 million fraud from the public sector, New Zealand Herald reported. Shah pleaded guilty at […]

‘I say N-word all the time, I am 20% Black’: Indian-origin man’s racial slur viral, he says he’s proud

Screenshot from the viral video where Indian-origin man, Stanley Thomas, said he’s proud to say to N-word because he’s 20% Black. A video of an Indian-origin man, identified as Stanley Thomas, created major outrage on social media as the man was seen abusing a Black woman using the N-word repeatedly. The video was captured at […]

‘It is after 6 o’clock’: Indian-origin doctor in UK suspended for using forceps to deliver baby

Indian-origin gynecologist in UK, Dr Premila Thampi, has been accused of forcing the use of forceps to deliver a baby. Dr Premila Thampi, a 62-year-old consultant gynaecologist, was suspended after she was accused of bullying a mother into agreeing to the use of dorceps as she was giving birth to her first child at an […]

4 of an Indian-origin family killed in US after a mini truck hits their car

A US-based Indian-origin family of four with roots in Hyderabad died Saturday night in a car crash in Green County, Alabama, while returning to Dallas after visiting relatives in Atlanta during the Fourth of July weekend.The victims were identified as Venkat Bejugam, his wife Tejaswini Cholleti and their two children, Siddarth and Mrida Bejugam. A […]

‘Reductive perspective’: Indian-origin woman who slammed Zohran Mamdani’s glorification now calls Mira Nair ‘Hinduphobic’

An Indian-origin New Yorker, a critic of Mamdani, said his mother Mira Nair is Hinduphobic. An Indian-origin Hindu woman, Indu Viswanathan, who found New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani‘s glorification after his surprising primary win nauseating, said Mamdani’s mother Mira Nair is Hinduphobic. Viswanathan said in Nair’s movies, the Hindu characters are riddled with prejudice […]

‘I’m pretty unhappy’: Indian-origin man says Canada is great but he wants to come back because…

Indian-origin man’s Reddit post on moving back to India from Canada goes viral. A Reddit post of a 25-year-old Indian-origin Canadian citizen has gone viral as he detailed why he wants to come back to India, although he spent only 11 years in India and the majority in Canada. He said he visited India in […]