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Ibrahim Zubair Mohammad had studied at the University of Illinois and lived in Toledo since 2006. (Photo: toledoblade.com)

Indian engineer in US pleads guilty of funding top Al Qaeda leader

Ibrahim Zubair Mohammad is accused of sending money to Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. Al-Awlaki was later designated a terrorist and killed.

12 Apr 2018 6:17 PM

The techie was working in Cognizant Technologies on a Southeast Airlines project. (Representational Image)

30-yr-old Indian techie from Telangana found dead in Texas apartment

The cause of death is 'not known', sources at the Houston Consulate said, adding that his body has been sent for postmortem.

30 Jan 2018 4:34 PM

The boy’s mother, April Burrier, wasn’t present when the deputies showed up and was arrested later. She’s facing a charge of endangering a child. (Photo: File/Representational)

4-yr-old boy trapped in closet exposed to drugs, says ‘rats, roaches his friends’

'This is a 4-year-old child who has seen things an adult should not have seen.’

03 Jan 2018 1:15 PM

The accused said that he intended to travel overseas to fight for IS and tried to get to Syria twice. (Representational Image)

18-yr-old boy arrested in US for links with Islamic State

The accused was illegally distributing explosive-making information and arrested after an undercover FBI operation.

12 Dec 2017 4:15 PM

Earlier in 2017, Grillot was honoured as ‘A True American Hero’ by the Indian-American community in Houston which raised USD 100,000 to help him buy a house in his hometown Kansas. (Photo: AP)

Kansas shooting hero who took bullet for Indian honoured by Time magazine

The magazine saluted the Kansas man as the ‘bargoer who stepped into the line of fire.’

11 Dec 2017 2:52 PM

Sources close to the family told WFAA television network that they wanted to wait until the headstone had arrived before releasing the location to the public. (Photo: File)

Sherin Mathews' final resting place revealed to public

The burial location had been kept a secret, considering the intense press and social media attention in the case.

10 Dec 2017 1:44 PM

‘He put Sherin in the back of the car with a sack of trash and went to a shopping centre nearby,’ Detective Farmer was quoted as saying. (Photo: File)

Sherin’s father turned off location, went shopping before dumping her body with bag of trash

Authorities in Dallas are still waiting on scientific testing to come back, including the autopsy.

07 Dec 2017 11:44 AM

Three-year-old Sherin was found dead in the culvert about 1 km from her home in suburban Dallas on October 22 by a cadaver dog during a massive search for the missing toddler. (Photo: Facebook | File)

Foster father hid Sherin’s ‘stiff and cold’ body with bag of trash: Police

Authorities in Dallas are still waiting on scientific testing to come back, including the autopsy.

06 Dec 2017 7:01 PM

Mohammad Suleiman was born with Down Syndrome and he has intellectual difficulties, according to his father. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

6-year-old says 'Allah', 'boom' in class, feared as terrorist by teacher

Mohammad Suleiman's father says his son did not speak at all and had the mental capacity of a one-year-old.

04 Dec 2017 1:05 PM

Paediatrician and child abuse expert, Susan Dakil said the scans suggest the injuries were inflicted after Sherin was adopted from India. (Photo: File)

Sherin Mathews case: Testifying doctor says she showed signs of abuse

Sherin, reported missing on October 7, was found dead in a culvert about 1 km from her home in suburban Dallas on October 22.

30 Nov 2017 10:58 AM

According to an arrest warrant affidavit, detectives used cell phone records to show Wesley and Sini went to a North Garland restaurant on the evening of October 6. (Photo: Facebook/@RichardsonPD)

Foster mother arrested for abandoning Sherin Mathews moved to Dallas Jail

The 35-year-old mother was arrested Friday when she turned herself in at the Richardson City Jail, escorted by her attorney.

18 Nov 2017 5:41 PM

Sini Mathews and husband Wesley Mathews, who was arrested last month, went out for dinner with their biological daughter on October 6, leaving Sherin behind because she refused to drink her milk, police in the US state of Texas said. (Photo: Facebook)

Sherin Mathews was left alone at home before she died; foster mother held

The 35-year-old mother, an Indian-American registered nurse, was arrested after her attorney took her to the Richardson police station.

17 Nov 2017 2:58 PM

Corrigan is at least the fifth woman to claim Bush groped her. (Photo: AP)

Woman accuses former President George H W Bush of groping her when she was 16

The 16-year-old says as the photo was being taken, Bush dropped his hand to her buttocks and squeezed.

14 Nov 2017 9:27 AM

Jessika Edwards, who worked with Kelley at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico from 2010 to 2012, said the 26-year-old shooter had displayed a fascination with mass murders while he was enlisted in the Air Force. (Photo: AP/File)

Texas church shooter used dogs as 'target practice': ex-colleague

Armed with a powerful assault rifle, Kelly opened fire on worshippers at a Sunday service inside a rural church.

10 Nov 2017 8:41 PM

A candlelight vigil being observed following the mass shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, that left 26 people dead. (Photo: AFP)

Gunman hunted for survivors, riddled kids with bullets like an animal: Texas shooting witness

Authorities in Sutherland Springs said nearly half of the 26 victims were children.

08 Nov 2017 7:25 PM

She was adopted by the Indian-American couple, Wesley Mathews and Sini Mathews, from an orphanage in India last year. (Photo: AP/File)

3-year-old Sherin Mathews’ funeral a subdued affair in lieu of media glare

Sherin’s body was released by the Dallas medical examiner for funeral and her autopsy report is still awaited.

01 Nov 2017 4:22 PM

Sherin, who went missing on October 7, was found dead in a culvert under a road about 1 km from her home in suburban Dallas on October 22. (Photo: Facebook/File)

Indian woman harassed after false ID in Sherin Mathews case

Wrongly circulated photo of her family, identified them as the toddler's parents, a report said.

31 Oct 2017 2:55 PM

An online petition had requested authorities not to release Sherin's body to her foster parents and allow the people to give her a proper burial that she deserves. (Photo: Facebook)

Sherin's body sent to funeral home, medical report awaited

Sherin Mathews’ body was released on Saturday but did not say who has custody.

30 Oct 2017 6:52 PM

Thousands of people took to Facebook to post unfounded theories about Sherin's death or videos of themselves crying over 'Princess Sherin.' (Photo: Facebook)

US: Body of Sherin Mathews released; petition for interfaith burial

Sherin was adopted last year by the Indian-American couple, Wesley Mathews and Sini Mathews.

29 Oct 2017 11:03 AM

A petition has been started by community leader Father Thomas to not hand over the body of Sherin Mathews to her parents, and rather to the community, so that proper memorial and burial service could be done. (Photos: AP)

Indian-American foster mother denies involvement in death of 3-yr-old girl

Lawyers insist that Mathews cooperated with the Richardson Police investigation into her daughter's disappearance.

26 Oct 2017 11:27 AM

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