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Indian-origin Arunima Kumar becomes first Kuchipudi dancer to receive King Charles’ Honorary BEM

October 17, 2025 8:53 am

Kumar has performed at prestigious events including Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee celebrations, and Diwali festivities at 10 Downing Street.

Indian-origin US adviser Ashley Tellis to fight charges of unlawful retention of defence information

October 16, 2025 11:54 am

According to an FBI affidavit, Tellis was listed as an unpaid adviser to the State Department and a contractor with the Pentagon.

Who is Ashley Tellis, Indian-origin US adviser arrested over 'national defence information’?

October 15, 2025 10:18 am

Ashley Tellis Arrest News: Tellis, 64, is a resident of Vienna, Virginia, and has held a long career in US national security.

An oil painting by Capt Goldingham of London, portraying Maharaja Sir Duleep Singh in 1875, aged 37. (Wikimedia Commons)

Exiled from language: How Duleep Singh, the Last Maharaja of Punjab, haunts the diasporic imagination

October 24, 2025 3:48 pm

The story of Maharaja Duleep Singh reveals how exile from language mirrors the diaspora’s longing for home.

Rakesh Patel was married and the couple had three daughters.

'We are shocked': Another Indian-origin motel manager killed in US, kin in Surat recount his last visit to India

October 06, 2025 9:14 pm

The incident comes barely a month after another Indian man, also a 50-year-old motel manager, was brutally killed at his workplace in Texas.

Indian man in Singapore gets four years’ jail, caning for molesting woman in mall

September 22, 2025 2:48 pm

The man, Ankit Sharma, was convicted of one charge of aggravated outrage of modesty.

Indian techie shot dead by police in US’ California; family urges MEA to bring back body

September 19, 2025 9:01 am

Mohammed Nizamuddin's father said that the incident reportedly occured on September 3 after a "scuffle" with his roommate.

Finland permanent residency for Indians: A comprehensive guide to settling in the world’s happiest country

September 16, 2025 6:29 pm

Finland’s new permanent residency rules make it easier and more transparent for Indians to settle, work, and build a future in one of Europe’s happiest nations.