Indian man arrested in US for gold scam, sentenced to 15.5 years in prison. Syed M Makki, a 38-year-old Indian man in Illinois, has been sentenced to 15.5 years in prison without parole for taking part in gold scam targeting elderly victims. Gold scams are widespread in the US where scamsters convince senior citizens that…
Immigration attorney Rahul Reddy says stereotyping Indian managers as only hiring Indians is wrong. He said his law firm does not have an Indian partner though he founded the company. Immigration attorney Rahul Reddy said he has been witnessing the social media narrative that Indians in the US will only hire Indians, and H-1Bs, and…
Indian family meets tragic accident in New Mexico, US. Murali Avala, an Indian man, reached out to the community in the US from his hospital bed after his family met a tragedy while they were traveling to White Sands National Park, New Mexico. A pickup truck ran over her brother, Purna Gopi Avala, an NRI…
LONDON: Britain’s youngest Indian-origin councillor at 20 has gone on to become the country’s youngest Indian-origin mayor three years later.Tushar Kumar, who lived in Haryana’s Rohtak until he was 10, was elected mayor of Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council last week, marking a quick transition from rookie councillor to deputy mayor to the top of…
TOI Correspondent from London: Two thousand Jain manuscripts bought by British pharmaceutical entrepreneur Sir Henry Wellcome, which had been held by the Wellcome Collection in London, a museum set up after his death to hold all the items he had collected across the world, are now being returned to the Jain community.The collection, believed to…
A Redditor shared the experience of living in India for a year after 12-year stay in the US. Taking the decision to return to India after spending years abroad is always a tough one as there are many aspects to consider. No two people’s situations are ever the same but NRIs share tips and insights…
Super-rich NRI Paul Parmar was once known for his lavish lifestyle, 39,000 sqft New Jersey mansion. Parmjit “Paul” Parmar, an Indian-origin investor who once called himself recession-proof as he continued splurging money in 2008, has been sentenced to five years in prison. Parmar pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud that involved inflating revenues,…
Australia will continue to prioritise skilled immigration and give preference to onshore applicants under its recently released Federal Budget for 2026-27. Immigration has increasingly become a politically sensitive issue amid housing shortages and infrastructure pressures, immigration experts view the recent announcement as a balancing act.The Australian government has retained the permanent migration programme at 1.85…
Super-rich NRI Paul Parmar sentenced to five years in prison over fraud in New Jersey. Parmjit Parmar, a 55-year-old Indian-origin man from New Jersey, has been sentenced to five years in jail, followed by three years’ supervised release and a payment of $125 million over his involvement in a large-scale conspiracy to defraud investors, in…
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), under a new vetting protocol rolled out in end April, requires its officials to resubmit fingerprints for pending cases to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI’s) upgraded background check system before applications can be approved.The revised checks, required for better national security, apply to a broad range…
