Europe & Row

Hinduja brothers, the renowned Indian origin brothers have once again topped the annual rich list of Britain’s wealthiest with a fortune of £22 billion followed by Mumbai-born Reuben brothers in second place with £18.66 billion. Srichand (83) and Gopichand Hinduja (79), who runs the Hinduja Group of companies in the United Kingdom, registered a...

A man in the United Kingdom has been sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing his Indian origin wife to death following an argument on the Christmas day last year. The 47-year-old Laurens Brand, who was charged with murder, used two kitchen knives to repeatedly stab his 41-year-old wife, Angela Mittal,...

The Indian origin Dhruv Patel, who founded the City Hindus Network in London’s financial district, has been appointed as the first Indian origin chairman of the City Bridge Trust Committee, the largest independent grant giver of the City of London Corporation. The 35-year-old has been an elected member of the...

Indian business magnate Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries acquired the iconic toy-maker Hamleys for 67.96 million pounds on Friday amid the ongoing series of losses with frequent change of ownership. Reliance Industries bought the store from Chinese fashion conglomerate C Banner International who had acquired it in 2015 for 100 million...

An Indian origin man in Singapore is facing a trial for defaulting on his compulsory national service obligations for more than five years and remaining outside the country in the absence of a valid exit permit. National Service (NS) is compulsory for male Singapore citizens and permanent residents who are...

An Indian origin man has been stabbed to death in London allegedly by a Pakistani national on Wednesday. The 29-year-old Mohd Nadeemuddin, a native of Hyderabad, was working at a mall in Tesco Supermarket and was living in London for the last six years. His wife, a medicine graduate, joined...

The United Kingdom court on Wednesday once again denied bail to Nirav Modi, who is the main accused in the Punjab National Bank fraud and money laundering case amounting to up to USD 2 billion. The 48-year-old fugitive diamond merchant appeared before Westminster Magistrates Court Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot. Modi's...

An Indian self-proclaimed spiritual and yoga guru Anand Giri has been arrested in Australia on Sunday for sexually assaulting two women in separate occasions. Giri, a saint at the Bade Hanuman temple in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, was arrested from the western suburb of Oxley Park in Sydney. Giri has been...

In one of the biggest divorce payouts abroad, the ex-wife of an Indian origin neurologist in Singapore has been granted Singapore dollars 25 million in assets, spousal support and child support by a British Columbia court. The 69-year-old Gobinathan Devathasan, whose behavior was described as “reprehensible” during the litigation, was...

An Indian origin woman, whose daughter committed suicide at their family home in Syston, Leicestershire, in February 2016 after suffering physical and emotional abuse by ex-boyfriend, is releasing a book titled ‘Fall In Light: A Mother’s Story’, chronicling the tragedy and raise awareness around the issue of domestic abuse...