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NRIs to get voting rights; diaspora has much more to contribute, says Prime Minister

Fulfilling the long-standing demand of its diaspora, India on Sunday said it would allow Non Resident Indians (NRIs) to vote and participate in the election process."Pursuant to the law that was enact...


Sharjah: Indian woman murdered, government to bring back body

Three weeks ago Bala Kava, known as Lucky by her family, was found murdered at her home in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. But that was not the end of the ordeal for her relatives in Ludhiana. He...


Anuj’s family makes emotional visit to scene of shooting

The parents of Anuj Bidve, the engineering student, who was shot dead on 26 December last year in the British city of Salford, on Friday made an emotional visit to the scene of his murder. His parents...


Anuj Bidve’s body released to Indian embassy, will be given to family in London

The body of 23-year-old Anuj Bidve who was shot dead near Manchester has been handed to the Indian embassy in London. Anuj's family - his parents and his brother-in-law - are heading to London today. ...


India asks traders to stay away from China’s Yiwu trade hub

The two Indians traders, who were virtually held captive by locals in China's Yiwu trade hub, have now been shifted to a hotel for "safety" reasons by the police, even as India issued an advisory aski...


Candlelight vigil held for Anuj Bidve; Accused killer ‘Psycho’ remanded to police custody

As anger still simmers over the horrific murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve in Manchester last week, a candlelight vigil was held on Monday evening by his friends in the city as a mark of a silent pr...


20-year-old British man charged with murder of Anuj Bidve

A 20-year-old Briton has been charged with the murder of the Indian student Anuj Bidve, who was shot dead in Salford last Monday in an unprovoked incident. Kiaran Stapleton, from the Ordsall area, has...


In Pak, teenage Hindu girl ‘converted’ to Islam, married off to Muslim

A teenage Hindu girl in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi was allegedly forcibly converted to Islam and married off to a Muslim man, prompting her family to lodge a police complaint.


UK cops to fly to India to meet Anuj Bidve’s family

Two officials of the Greater Manchester Police are scheduled to fly to India to meet the family of Indian student Anuj Bidve, who was killed in an unprovoked attack on Boxing Day in Salford.


UK police apologises to Anuj Bidve’s father

A British police force apologised on Friday after it confirmed that the father of an Indian student shot dead in Manchester found out about his son's murder on Facebook.


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