Indian techie sentenced to nine months in prison for groping woman
Washington: An Indian techie has been sentenced to nine months of imprisonment on charges of sexually assaulting an American woman during a flight, and faces deportation to India after serving his sentence. Srinivasa S Erramilli, 46, a software consultant, has also been fined $5,000 and placed on court supervision for a year after he is released from custody by US District Judge Joan H Lefkow.
The judge set a hearing for next Wednesday on
Obama nominates another Indian-American to key diplomatic position
Washington: President Barack Obama has nominated Puneet Talwar, a noted Indian-American Middle East policy specialist to a key diplomatic post as the assistant secretary of state for political military affairs. Talwar has been a Special Assistant to
US stops debt collection scams through Indian call centres
Washington: A US regulatory body has put a stop to fake debt scams by two Florida-based companies who worked with a call centre in India and bilked millions of dollars from consumers. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Tuesday the companies,
Golf club says sorry after 9/11 promotion
Washington: A golf course in the US, offering nine holes of discounted golf for $9.11 to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, has apologised after the advertisement turned into a public relations disaster on social media. The management o
Bullying of Sikh, Asian students in New York schools doubles
New York: Bullying of Asian American students, including Sikhs, has nearly doubled to 50 per cent in public schools in New York City, according to a report by two civil rights groups. The report by the Sikh Coalition and the Asian American Legal Defe
Sikhs widely misidentified in US
Washington: More than two-thirds of Americans cannot identify Sikhs by their turbans, a survey said on Monday amid a wave of violence against members of the faith. The study by Stanford University and an advocacy group confirmed widespread fears in t
Sonia to be served US court summons in hospital
New York: A Sikh rights group on Tuesday secured a summons from a US judge to be served on Congress President Sonia Gandhi at a hospital where she is believed to be under medical care in a case filed against her for "shielding and protecting&quo
US sees surge of asylum seekers from India: Report
Washington: The United States has seen a mysterious surge of asylum seekers from India entering America illegally through the south-western desert state of Arizona bordering Mexico, according to a media report. Hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of Ind
Indian-American doctors seek a say in immigration reform
Washington: An influential group of Indian -American doctors have said they will approach the Congress seeking a say in the immigration reform, as they said the country was facing shortage of doctors with present mechanism. American Association of Ph
