New York: An Indian national in the US faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison if convicted in an $8 million Covid-19 relief fraud scheme, according to court documents. Abhishek Krishnan, 40, has been charged by a federal grand jury in...

Nusa Dua (Indonesia): President Joe Biden objected to China’s “coercive and increasingly aggressive actions” toward Taiwan during his first in-person meeting on Monday with President Xi Jinping, as the leaders of the two superpowers aimed to...

Authorities in the capital of the Maldives said that a major fire that started in the garage below a small apartment building housing foreign workers killed 10 people, nine of whom were Indians. The Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF), which...

Washington: The Democratic Party has retained control of the US Senate, winning two close contests in Arizona and Nevada to go up 50-49, with one seat (Georgia) going into a runoff election in December because no candidate could hit the 50%...

Washington: Five Indian-American lawmakers from the ruling Democrat Party, including Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ro Khanna, Pramila Jayapal and Ami Bera, have been elected to the US House of Representatives, while several others were elected in state...

Firebrand Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut struck a conciliatory tone by singling out deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis for praise and expressing a desire to meet him soon, just one day after being freed on bail in a money laundering case.

Two high court judges in the administrative court in London dismissed the appeal made by fugitive Indian diamantaire Nirav Modi against his extradition to India to face charges of fraud, money laundering, tampering with evidence, and influencing...

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar stated that the Election Commission of India (ECI) was "administratively" prepared to hold concurrent elections as part of the "one nation, one election system," but the legislatures would have the final...