The family, whose ancestral village Rohna falls in Kharkhoda in Haryana's Sonipat, had been living in Rohtak for a long time before moving to the UK in 2013.
An Indian-origin man was among five gang members jailed in the UK for a combined 84 years over a large-scale drug trafficking network that smuggled cocaine and heroin worth nearly £8 million using "ghost warehouses" and haulage routes.
The Indian Embassy in Russia confirmed the death after its officials visited the site of the attack and met the injured workers at a hospital. The condition of the injured workers was not immediately known.
An Indian restaurant owner in Japan has been ordered to leave the country after authorities rejected his business manager visa renewal, forcing him to shut down a restaurant he has operated for 18 years.
An Adelaide court sentenced Sumit Satish Rastogi for sexually abusing 61 women at a massage parlour. The case laid bare months of sexual abuse, lasting trauma for victims and the likelihood of his deportation.
A 37-year-old Indian techie died in the US after he contracted a rare fungal infection. He is survived by his wife and five-year-old son.
Shane Jones's "butter chicken tsunami" remarks drew strong criticism from the Indian community and political leaders, and also exposed divisions within the coalition over immigration concerns and the parliamentary backing needed to pass the free trade deal with India.
The incident reportedly took place on Friday as the duo were leaving a warehouse used as a Sikh place of worship during a gathering for the Vaisakhi festival.
Akash Singhania said he was confronted and livestreamed by famous Russian YouTuber Vitaly Zdorovetskiy's team as part of a sting targeting alleged predators. Accused of contacting an 18-year-old, he denied wrongdoing, insisting he spoke to an adult and urged verification of messages. As tensions escalated and the team persisted, he called the police.
A birthday outing with friends at a waterfall in California turned tragic for a software engineer from Andhra Pradesh's Piridi village, who was swept away by a strong current after getting caught in a whirlpool. The victim has been identified as Singireddy Sai Srihari Krishna, who was working there as a software engineer.
Hundreds of Indians in the strife-torn Gulf are facing a harsh choice between safety and survival, as the month-long Iran war shows no signs of easing. Many are staying back, fearing that returning to their homes could cost them their jobs.
The family members met the District Collector and sought government intervention to bring the victim's body to perform the final rites.
Apart from Balkam, the secret operation also led to the arrest of 59-year-old Eduardo Ramirez, 55-year-old Harold Adams and 29-year-old Tomas Cacjo. According to The American Bazaar, the Special Victims Unit undertook the operation in collaboration with police officers and detectives of the Santa Fe Police Department.
Gurkirat Singh Manocha, an Indian student from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, died in British Columbia, Canada, after being attacked while he was returning from work. His family alleged he was assaulted by 10 to 12 people over a pre-existing dispute and that he had also been run over by a vehicle by the attackers.
Dozens of Indian travellers were stuck as flights from Dubai airport got cancelled with the Middle East turned into a war zone amid the US-Israel-Iran war. Indian expats opened their homes and farmhouses in the UAE for fellow Indians.
According to a statement released by the Attorney-General Dr Hamad Saif Al Shams, the move follows rigorous monitoring of digital platforms to combat the spread of fabricated information and artificial content intended to incite public disorder and undermine general stability.
Around 15,000 stranded passengers have been brought back to India so far. However, thousands of Indians are still stranded across the Middle East amid the US-Israel-Iran war.
The advisory asked Indian citizens to limit movement and take precautions while the situation remains uncertain.
The Punjab government has launched a dedicated helpline to assist Punjabis stranded in the Middle East amid ongoing conflicts.
Ganti Abhishek, 26, failed to escape the sudden fire that had broken out at the home in London where he stayed. He is believed to have died due to suffocation.
