Indian-origin laboratory owner Khadeer Khan Mohammed. (Photo: HHS-OIG) An Indian-origin laboratory owner has been placed on the US federal fugitive list after authorities accused him of engaging in a USD 93 million Medicare fraud scheme involving genetic testing.Khadeer Khan Mohammed, 46, allegedly used his Texas-based laboratory to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare, a US government-funded…
Satya Niketan Building Collapse site NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Sunday sent Sudhanshu and Shubham, accused in the Satya Niketan building collapse case, to 12 days of judicial custody, in which seven people, were killed.The two accused were produced before the Patiala House Court after being taken for a medical examination earlier in the…
Putin departs from New Delhi. (ANI) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday departed New Delhi after attending the two-day Brics Summit hosted by India.During his visit, Putin participated in two Brics sessions and visited the Bharat Innovates exhibition at Bharat Mandapam. He also addressed the Leaders’ Session of the Brics Business Forum, where he criticised…
A new twist in Mayawati’s succession story NEW DELHI: Mayawati on Sunday escalated her criticism of her nephew Akash Anand, saying he continues to act under the influence of his father-in-law, Ashok Siddharth, days after Anand was ‘fully relieved’ from the party. The Bahujan Samaj Party chief also accused expelled leaders of attempting to create…
Dr Goss with little Kareena after her successful surgery On September 11, 2001, while the US was dealing with the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, a six-month-old baby in Houston was fighting for her life. Kareena needed a liver transplant, but the donor organ was nearly 800 miles away in Nashville, and the civilian…
Rahul Gandhi’s Brics dinner remark draws BJP backlash NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a swipe at the all-vegetarian menu served at the Brics Summit gala dinner, saying that “80% of Indians are non-vegetarian”, while Union minister Kiren Rijiju accused the Congress of politicising…
An Iranian commercial vessel was also struck near country’s southern coast on Sunday (Representative image: AP). A ship was reportedly hit by a projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, adding to concerns over threats to global energy supplies after Saudi Arabia temporarily shut down a key oil pipeline.The British navy-affiliated agency UKMTO…
NHRC and MEA to hold six-day ITEC capacity building programme on human rights for 41 functionaries from 15 Global South NHRIs from Sept 14. NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), is organising a six-day Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) executive capacity building programme…
Harsh Sharma/Image: GOFUNDME An Indian-origin healthcare worker has died after being struck by a semi-trailer near Canberra, Australia, just three weeks after the birth of his second daughter.Harsh Sharma, 30, was hit on the Federal Highway near Bungendore Road at Bywong, about 25 kilometres northeast of Canberra, at around 9.40 pm on Thursday, September 3….
Russia on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping offered their services to help end the Ukraine war on the sidelines of the Brics summit.According to news agency Reuters, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed their readiness.“During their bilateral meetings, Modi and Xi took a…