Diaspora

Ethnic Indian Karpal Singh faces sedition charge in Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: A prominent ethnic Indian opposition politician and lawyer faced sedition charge on Friday after a Malaysian appeals court overruled a high court judgement to acquit him for criticising a royal state sultan. A three-member bench of the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya, in a unanimous decision, said prosecution has established prima facie case agaist Karpal Singh, 71, for uttering seditious words against the Sultan of Perak in 2009. Singh, who represented former deputy premier Anwar...

 

Another Indian student found dead in Manchester

New Delhi: The body of 20-year-old Indian-origin student Gurdeep Hayer has been found in...

Tap full investment potential of NRIs, PIOs: Pranab

JAIPUR: Citing example of China, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said that India too...

 

 

 

Malaysia: Indian worker killed in accident

Kuala Lumpur: An Indian national working in Malaysia was killed while two of his fellow foreign...

Kins of Gurgaon newlyweds file US crash lawsuit

Los Angeles: Family members of an Indian honeymooning couple, who was killed in a fiery tourist...

 

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