NRIs Corner

Ambassador visits Naif Arab University for Security Science (NAUS).The Ambassador of India H.E. Mr. Hamid Ali Rao today visited Naif Arab University for Security Science (NAUSS) and met with Dr. Jamaan Ben Ragosh, resident of NAUSS.

Ambassador took a tour of the University and also met with the faculty members. During the meeting, prospects of bilateral cooperation between and NAUSS and Indian institutes dealing with security sciences, strategic studies and
defence studies were taken up. Ambassador was accompanied by Mr. Sibi George, Minister/ Deputy Chief of Mission.

A court in New Zealand has sentenced an Indian-origin man to a 25-month jail term for violating the drink-driving rule as many as five times.

The Manukau district court in Auckland Monday handed down the jail sentence to Lakhwinder Singh, 31, after he pleaded guilty to three charges of drink-driving and three of dangerous driving causing injury, Fairfax New Zealand media reported Tuesday.

Singh, from Papatoetoe locality in the city, was seen driving erratically through south Auckland Oct 7 last year with other vehicles swerving out of his way as he repeatedly crossed the centre-line.

An Indian man, charged with molesting a woman from Philippines while she was shopping, denied the charge in a court here Tuesday.

The Dubai Criminal Court heard that the 26-year-old man, a plumber and identified by the initials of his name, FF, slapped the woman on her behind while she was shopping at Nesto Supermarket in Jebel Ali here, The National reported.

The prosecutor said that the defendant assaulted the 34-year-old victim Aug 9 last year.

“I was picking some vegetables I needed when a man passing behind me suddenly slapped me on my behind,” the Filipina said.

An Indian-American youth, who found his parents shot to death in their home seven years ago, has himself been found dead in Philadelphia, according to media reports.

The body of 20-year-old Pulkit Singh, a student at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, was discovered on January 12 in his off-campus room, Newsday website reported.

The cause of death is being investigated by Philadelphia Health Department and campus police.

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Aijaz Ahmed Khan:

Mohd.Khaleequr Rahman submitting the report of his Saudi Arabia visit to Dr.Karan Singh, Member of Parliament and Chairman- Foreign Affairs Department of All India Congress Committee and discussed in detail with him the issues of the NRIs and requested him to him a special focus on the NRIs in the election Manifesto of 2014 of Congress party. He has assured that the recommendations and the suggestions of the report would be seriously considered and the special focus will be given to the NRIs and their issues in the 2014 manifesto…

The Aam Aadmi Party is trying to woo NRIs in the UAE, with a senior party leader paying a visit to the Gulf country to interact with the Indian expatriates.

“We want to create a citizen’s voice and not play on any religious card. Corruption has no religion and mis-governance has no caste. Also, poverty and illiteracy have no religious colour,” Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson Shazia Ilmi, who was in the UAE last week, was quoted as saying in the local media.

Ilmi was in Dubai and Abu Dhabi to attend the alumni functions of the Jamia Millia Islamia and the Aligarh Muslim University.

An Indian American student, who found his parents shot to death in their family home in Syosset, a hamlet in New York’s Nassau County seven years ago has been found dead in Philadelphia.

The body of Pulkit Singh, 20, a student at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, was discovered last week in his off-campus room, Newsday reported citing The Daily Pennsylvanian, a college newspaper.

The cause of death is being investigated by the Philadelphia health department and campus police, it said.

A 26-year-old Indian been jailed for three months for molesting a maid in the lift of an apartment building here.

The Dubai Criminal Court was told that the juice bar worker, identified by his initials, MR, followed the maid into the lift and molested her while on his way to make a delivery at the apartment building, The National reported Monday.

The maid said the defendant grabbed her from behind and tried to kiss her on the lips when she was returning after buying groceries.

“No one heard but as the lift opened in the second floor I ran out,” the maid was quoted as saying.

An Indian-American entrepreneur has developed a tiny antenna which grabs over-the-air television signals and streams them to consumers via Internet, an invention that has pitted him against the powerful US TV industry.

Chet Kanojia, whose company is emerging as a threat to broadcast networks like ABC, NBC and CBS, is now fighting a legal battle with them in the US Supreme Court.

Aereo allows subscribers to watch or record broadcast television through the Internet on any device, no wires or cable boxes required. It does this by assigning each consumer a remote antenna and a DVR.

In a case that has shaken up the UK, an Indian-origin mother has been charged with the death of her three-year-old son, who mysteriously disappeared from his home in Scotland last week.

Rosdeep Kular, 33, is due to appear at the Edinburgh Sheriff’s Court tomorrow over the death of Mikaeel Kular, who was reported missing on Wednesday evening, prompting a massive search operation.

The mother of a three-year-old Indian-origin boy has been arrested and charged in connection wit the death of her son. The body of Mikaeel Kular was found in Fife, 30 miles from Edinburgh, Scotland, after he mysteriously went missing from his home on Wednesday evening. According to the BBC, 33-year-old Rosdeep Kular was detained on Friday night and has now been charged. Assistant Chief Constable Malcolm Graham said a woman, 33, would appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday. (ANI)

Anish Goel, a former key Indian-American aide of President Barack Obama, has joined Washington think tank New America’s National Security Programme as a Senior South Asia Fellow.

As a Senior Fellow for South Asia, Goel will write on US foreign policy in South Asia, regional dynamics, and their implications for US national security, the think tank announced.

“Anish is a respected expert on South Asia and has made important contributions to scholarship on the region,” said Peter Bergen, Director of New America’s National Security Programme. “We are delighted to have him with us.”

The mother of a three-year-old Indian-origin boy has been arrested and charged in connection wit the death of her son.

The body of Mikaeel Kular was found in Fife, 30 miles from Edinburgh, Scotland, after he mysteriously went missing from his home on Wednesday evening.

According to the BBC, 33-year-old Rosdeep Kular was detained on Friday night and has now been charged.

Assistant Chief Constable Malcolm Graham said a woman, 33, would appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday. (ANI)

Mohd.Khaleequr Rahman, a senior Congress Leader and the Member of the State Level Committee of the Andhra Pradesh Wakf Records who had visited KSA last week to study the expat issues and solutions in general and impact of the Nitaqat Law on the Indian community and the people of Andhra Pradesh in particular, submitted his detailed report to the government of Andhra Pradesh with his observations and the suggestions which he received during his interaction with the Indian community leaders and the NRIs during his visit.

Indian woman Rosdeep Kular has been detained in connection with the death of a young boy, alleged to be her three-year-old son Mikaeel Kular.

Police said that they have discovered the body of a young boy in the Fife area, 30 miles from Edinburgh, where Mikaeel went missing, Mirror.co.uk reports.

According to the report, Mikaeel”s family members have been informed of the recovery, while the body has been taken for examination.

The 33-0year-old mother of five had last seen Mikaeel on Wednesday when she put him to bed at their flat in Edinburgh.

The body of a three-year-old Indian-origin boy, who went missing mysteriously from his home in Edinburgh in Scotland Jan 15, was found 30 miles away from his home.

Malcolm Graham, assistant chief constable of Police Scotland, said that Mikaeel Kular’s body was found in the Fife area in Scotland just before Friday midnight and a person was detained in connection with the investigation, the Mirror reported Saturday.

Police are yet to confirm who the arrested person is but the report citing a source said that it is the boy’s mother Rosdeep Kular who works as a beauty therapist.

New Indian consul general in Dubai Anurag Bhushan has said that community welfare will be his top priority .

Bhushan pledged that he will do all that he can to bolster Indian expatriates living in Dubai at a meeting organised by the Indian Business Professional Council (IBPC), the Gulf News reports.

The IBPC is the only recognised representative organisation of Indian Business and Professionals in Dubai, the report added.

An Indian man in Malaysia has been charged in a court in the southeast Asian nation with murdering his wife. Shashi Kumar, 27, was charged in a magistrate’s court with murdering between Dec 30 and Jan 3 Jolly Tewari, 28, who was a boutique worker at a bridal centre in Malyasia’s capital Kuala Lumpur, the Malysian Star reported Thursday.

If convicted, Shashi will face the death sentence under Section 302 of Malaysia’s penal code.

The charge against Shashi was read in English before magistrate Erry Shahriman Nor Aripin Thursday.

Subra Suresh, Chennai-born Indian-American president of Carnegie Mellon University, has been elected a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), a rare and highly coveted distinction within the academic fraternity.

The head of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based university, Suresh, 57, was chosen for his scientific contributions in materials science and engineering, including his work connecting nano-mechanical cell structure to disease states, according to the university.

The government has launched an awareness campaign for women set to marry overseas Indians, and published a pamphlet for them in various languages on safeguards they could take, an official release said Thursday.

The pamphlet, “Marriages to Overseas Indians” has been published in English, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Punjabi.

Absence of Higher Education options for Indian expat students in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Higher Education Fair and Career Guidance programs play a vital role in bridging the gap between the academic institutions, Universities, students and parents said Consul General of India, Faiz Ahmad Kidwai.

An advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos, has condemned attempts by the Gujarat government to use the state security apparatus to harass and intimidate noted human rights activist Teesta Setalvad, and the organization she represents, Citizens for Justice and Peace.

ARAB NEWS Published — Tuesday 14 January 2014 T he government would allow foreign investors to build and operate gas and service stations after they get licenses from the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA), a local media outlet said quoting a government report.

Dr. Ghalib, will participate in the MeeladuNnabi International Conference to be held in Kannur (Kerala – India) conducted by “Al-Mashoor Foundation for Prophetic Legacy” Sayid Aslam Al-Mashoor, a spiritual Islamic Leader for “thousands of people in Kannur district of Kerala” and the Chairman of the “ Al-Mashoor Foundation for Prophetic Legacy” has sent a letter of nomination to Dr. Ghalib Al-Mashoor, President of Kuwait based KKMCC, & IKFS (www.indo-kwtfriendshipsociety.com)