Many unauthorised migrants originate from Punjab and Gujarat, states known for high migration aspirations rather than political instability.
With the athletes bidding goodbye to Paris after another bone-tingling edition of the Olympics, Norma Astrid Godinho/Rediff.com, shares some interesting nuggets that made the Paris Olympics an event to remember!
Dasari Gopikrishna hailed from the Yajali village of the Bapatla district in Andhra Pradesh and came to the US only eight months ago.
A 42-year-old Indian-origin man in the United States was shot and killed by police in San Antonio after he struck two officers with his vehicle as they were trying to arrest him in connection with an aggravated assault case against a woman.
It was earlier reported that 60,000 people had already confirmed, via a website set up to register attendees, to attend the event to be attended by only Indian-origin persons.
Mumbai Indians is now a truly global franchise with presence across two genders, three continents, four countries and five leagues.
The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments.
Johnnie Langendorff pursued the heavily armed gunman in a high-speed car chase after the deadly attack, preventing more casualties.
This is for the first time in recent history that the leaders of the two largest democracies would be addressing a joint rally anywhere in the world.
On Sunday morning Eastern US time, four astronauts will zoom into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Commanding the spaceflight is Raja Chari, a United States Air Force colonel.
Singh and Bhatia were swimming in the lake when a sudden current of water pushed them deeper.
It's the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history -- and the fifth deadliest in modern US history.
Renowned Indian-American cardiologist Suresh Gadasalli, who performed the world's first simultaneous hybrid revascularisation, was shot dead by his friend and business associate who then committed suicide in Odesaa in the US state of Texas, police said.
Six people were pulled out of their homes after thunderstorms dumped up to six inches in the southern part of Oklahoma City, prompting authorities to issue a flood warning.
Trump was good for world peace. He didn't start a war anywhere, which is not something that can be said for most of his predecessors, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Lewis Hamilton has no plans to gift any wins to Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas despite having a fifth Formula One championship sewn up.
Sherin went missing on October 7, 2017, after her father allegedly put her outside their home at 3 am in Richardson, Texas because she would not drink her milk. Her badly decomposed body was found 15 days later in a culvert near the family's home.
Despite making immense contributions in the field of science, a Nobel prize eluded him; though he was nominated for it nine times.
A severe spring tornado slammed parts of the southern American state of Texas, demolishing several homes, killing at least six people and injuring over a 100.
In March this year, Adam Purinton, 52, had pleaded guilty to the charges of murdering Kuchibhotla.
Bush's remains will lie in state in the US Capitol Rotunda till Wednesday, when he will be honoured with state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral.
Mexican Sergio Perez said he was on the up after finishing third in Sunday's Russian Grand Prix to hand Force India only the third podium finish in the team's Formula One history.
Thousands of emergency rescue teams officials remained on their toes, helping people affected by the deluge. Weather official said parts of state are expected to receive rainfall again.
A woman who was raped by an Uber driver in India in 2014 filed a lawsuit against the ride-hailing company and its embattled chief executive Travis Kalanick for "unlawfully" obtaining and sharing her medical records related to the sexual assault.
Fernando Alonso hailed the Briton as a Formula One great and said he was happy to see him stand on the brink of a fifth world championship.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
Mathews had previously claimed that Sherin went missing after he sent her outside their home at around 3 am on October 7 as punishment for not drinking her milk.
Sherin went missing from her home in Richardson on October 7 and her body was found on October 22 in a culvert in suburban Dallas by a cadaver dog after an intense search. The toddler's body was identified days later using her dental records.
Twenty-six year old Casey Brinegar and 22-year old Kartik Kalaichelvan, both flight instructors, and Kartik's brother Pratik Kalaichelyan, 19, died in the accident. Brinegar and Kartik died on the spot while Pratik died in the hospital. Officials have not determined yet, who piloted the plane.
The winner will receive USD 50,000 in college scholarship and lifetime membership of the National Geographic Society.
Indian-American Republicans hailed former Maryland lieutenant governor Michael Steele's election as the first African-American national chairman of the Republican Party and predicted that he would reverse the GOP's hard right drift and move it back to the centre.
She said she now wonders what will the US government do to stop hate crimes against minorities.
'It was a moment when I felt what power can get. Such a reception was beyond my expectation.'
Sherin Mathew left her hometown in Bihar in late 2015 for a new home in America.
Lt Col Raja "Grinder" Chari, 39 is in the batch of 2017.
This is Isabella Rose Taylor. She is 13. And she's just showed at New York Fashion Week.
Indian Americans and the larger Asian American community praised the United State Supreme Court ruling that provided same-sex couples the right to marry.
Adam Purinton, the shooter who is a navy veteran, later told a bartender in Clinton, Missouri, where he was hiding that he had killed two Middle Eastern persons.
Donald Trump virtually sealed his Republican nomination for the United States presidential polls on Tuesday night after he scored a major win at the Indiana primary and his nearest rival Texas Senator Ted Cruz bowed out of the race.
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