Author: TGI News Service

  • Indian-origin doctor pleads guilty to taking bribes in US

    Indian-origin doctor pleads guilty to taking bribes in US

    An Indian-origin pediatrician in the US has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running scheme operated by a diagnostic firm.

  • Op Bluestar a stain on post1947 India Cameron

    Op Bluestar a stain on post1947 India Cameron

    British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday called Operation Bluestar and the events that followed it in India in 1984 a stain on the postindependence history of India and said that Britain should celebrate the contribution Sikhs made to the country

  • Indian-American in immigration scam settles with US body

    Indian-American in immigration scam settles with US body

    An Indian-American businessman and two Chicago based organisations will pay $15 million to settle charges of raising $158 million dollars from close to 300 investors as part of an immigration scam.

  • New business visa to attract talent and create jobs

    Michael Woodhouse | Immigration A new business visa will encourage migrants to set up high-quality businesses and create new jobs, according to Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse. “Starting today, the new Entrepreneur Work Visa will help New Zealand attract talented, well-connected business people to invest and grow businesses in New Zealand,”…

  • India-born Rajat Gupta should pay $13.9m penalty, be banned for life, US regulator says

    Gupta’s lawyers have argued that instead of protecting the investing public, the injunctions imposed on him by the district court “serve only to punish and stigmatize Gupta”.

  • Indian-American Manju Goel loses congressional bid

    95 per cent of precincts reported that Goel had garnered 9,338 votes to Kaifesh’s 23,295 votes in Tuesday’s primary for the state’s eighth congressional district.

  • Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi: Gauhar, Kushal separated

    Gauhar Khan and her boyfriend Kushal Tandon were separated in the latest reality show Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi. During one of the tasks, Kushal suffered an injury to his shoulder and had to seek medical help. Despite the injury, Kushal not only completed the task but also won the stunt.…

  • ATM PIN scam hits New Zealand

    New Zealand Police are warning people to be wary about a scam that involves people being asked to think of a 4-digit number to receive a hamper full of groceries. The victims are people who have had their wallets or purses stolen a few days earlier and unbeknownst to them,…

  • Football betting ban likely

    Football betting will soon be history, if Football Association (FA) has its way. After Newcastle United’s Dan Gosling admitting to FA betting charge, the association is considering a football betting ban on staff and players. FA chairman Greg Dyke told BBC no final decision has been made, but it [a…

  • [Live MH370: Missing Malaysian Airlines plane] Mystery deepens

      [View the story “MH370 plane: Co-pilot’s last \”good night\” raises new questions” on Storify] Related articles across the web What MH370 hijacking theories can’t explain VIDEO EMERGES of Missing #MH370 Pilot in Front of His Home Flight Simulator

  • Sikh children in US schools targets of hate: Report

    The bullying of Sikh children is often associated with post-9/11 bias, the report found with epithets such as “terrorist” or “Bin Laden” frequently accompanying verbal and physical abuse.

  • Families Commission seeks ethnic advisors

    New Zealand’s ethnic communities have an opportunity to make their voice heard. The New Zealand Families Commission is seeking expressions of interest from ethnic communities to be part of a reference group and represent their community on issues relating to families. The reference group helps to ensure the Commission is…

  • Ajnala remains a sign of 1857 British panic British professor

    The recent discovery of remains of over 100 soldiers in a well at Ajnala in Amritsar district is a reflection of panic among British officials in Punjab during the 1857 revolt according to a Cambridge historian with expertise on nineteenthcentury India

  • Vancouver restaurant magnet Vikram Vij to enter Dragons Den

    Vancouver restaurant magnet Vikram Vij to enter Dragons Den

    Vancouvers restaurant magnet Vikram Vij and investment mogul Michael Wekerle are entering the Dragons Den The two business titans replacing outgoing judges Kevin OLeary one of the original dragons and Internet whiz Bruce Croxon on the CBCTV reality series

  • Senate balks at Obama pick for surgeon general

    Senate balks at Obama pick for surgeon general

    Facing a possible defeat in the Senate, the White House is considering delaying a vote on President Obama’s choice for surgeon general or withdrawing the nomination altogether, an acknowledgment of its fraying relationship with Senate Democrats.

  • Hep A scare in NZ following apple infection

    A small quantity of fresh fruit sold in New Zealand in late February and early March may have been contaminated with Hepatitis A virus. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) says the risk of transmission of the virus is relatively low. “We have been advised that a person packing some…

  • Air India bombmaker loses perjury appeal in BC court

    Inderjit Singh Reyat convict in the 1985 Air India bombing has lost his appeal of a nineyear jail term for perjury Reyat was found guilty of perjuring himself at the trial at which two other men accused in the 1985 bombings Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri were acquitted

  • Don’t Become a Victim of Immigration Fraud

    Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander today encouraged potential newcomers to use authorized immigration representatives to avoid becoming victims of fraud. March is Fraud Prevention Month and this year Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has partnered with the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC) and the Federation of…

  • Elderly Sikh cleared of kirpan attack in UK

    Elderly Sikh cleared of kirpan attack in UK

    A 60yearold British Sikh man has been cleared of the charges of stabbing a drinker with his kirpan on the streets of northeast London Bagicha Singh was accused of attacking compatriot Pritpal Singh 30 repeatedly with his ceremonial dagger during an altercation near Ilford

  • PIO woman who set hubby on fire gets 20 years’ jail for arson

    PIO woman who set hubby on fire gets 20 years’ jail for arson

    According to the prosecution, Shriya, who had been in the US for just a week at that point, having joined her Indian-American husband a year after an arranged marriage in India, cold-bloodedly planned his murder.