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  • Paul Little: We’re a melting pot of cultures

    Paul Little: We’re a melting pot of cultures

    Growing up in Mt Roskill in the 1960s and 70s I was dimly aware, in my own childish way, that I was not living in the most exciting place in the world.The most notable thing about the suburb was the unusually high number of conservative…

  • Paralyzed Indian stuck in Dubai hospital over unpaid bills

    Paralyzed Indian stuck in Dubai hospital over unpaid bills

    An Indian, who became partially paralyzed after a stroke, has been stuck at a hospital here for the past four months as his estranged family has refused to foot the medical bill of around $27,000.

  • ‘Indian not allowed Buckingham Palace visit after scandal’

    ‘Indian not allowed Buckingham Palace visit after scandal’

    An Indian-origin tycoon in the UK will not be allowed to visit the Buckingham Palace despite winning an auction to take part in a celebrity tennis match there after getting embroiled in a bribery scandal, a media report said on Sunday.

  • Indian embassy in Doha allays concerns on deaths of Indian workers in Qatar

    Amid concerns over high number of deaths of Indian workers in Qatar, the Indian embassy in Doha sought to downplay the issue, saying that the number was ‘quite normal’.

  • NRI held for smuggling gold worth Rs 80 lakh

    An NRI, who allegedly tried to smuggle 2.4kg gold worth Rs 80 lakh, was arrested by Customs authorities at Rajiv Gandhi International (RGI) Airport at Shamshabad here.