Few years on the Earth
The death of 19-year-old Alli Renee Singh, an Indian-origin student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has left her family, friends and university community mourning after a tragic vehicle accident near the iconic Steamer Lane surf break in Santa Cruz, California. Singh was travelling in a car that plunged from the cliffside into the … Read more
The tragic death of 28-year-old Gurdeep Singh has left his family and community in Punjab devastated after the young Indian man was reportedly shot dead while delivering pizza in New York City. Gurdeep, who had travelled to the United States as a young man with hopes of building a better future, was working hard to … Read more
Rajiv Acharya, an Indian caregiver working in Jerusalem, was killed in a violent attack at the residence where he was employed, turning the death of a migrant worker into a case that has drawn attention from Indian diplomatic authorities and the wider Indian community in Israel. Acharya was working for an elderly couple when he … Read more
The deaths of Ketan Swali and Sheetal, his wife, have brought renewed attention to a tragic light aircraft crash in a remote part of northern Wales. The Indian-origin couple, both believed to have been in their 50s, were killed after the Piper PA-28 aircraft they were travelling in crashed in an isolated area of the … Read more
Julissa Rubi Salazar, a 19-year-old University of Arizona student known to friends and classmates as Julie, was remembered as a bright and supportive young woman whose life was cut short inside her Tucson apartment. According to an arrest warrant filed in Pima County, Salazar had been planning to end her relationship with her boyfriend, Varun … Read more
US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis has drawn international attention after dismissing the criminal charges brought against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani in a high-profile fraud and bribery case. The decision came after the US Department of Justice said it no longer wanted to pursue the prosecution, but Garaufis did not immediately accept the government’s request. Instead, … Read more
The death of 26-year-old Dileep Kumar Bungatavula, a software engineer from Andhra Pradesh, has left his family and the Indian community in the United States mourning an unexpected tragedy. Dileep, who had travelled to the US to pursue higher education and completed his Master of Science degree from Kent State University in 2025, was killed … Read more
Varun Batchigari, a 20-year-old Indian national who had been studying in Arizona, has become the focus of a murder investigation after his 19-year-old girlfriend, Julissa Rubi Salazar, was found dead inside her Tucson apartment. Batchigari was arrested in Germany after investigators alleged that he fled the United States shortly after Salazar’s death. Authorities have accused … Read more
The tragic death of Vikram Mubayi, an Indian-origin PhD student at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), has left his family, friends, classmates, and the academic community in deep mourning. Mubayi, who was pursuing doctoral research in chemical engineering, was found dead after going missing during a solo hiking trip in California’s Big Pine … Read more
The sudden death of 25-year-old Indian student Prasanna Atluri in a road accident in New York has left her family, friends, and members of the Indian community grieving. What began as a routine journey to a temple with friends ended in a devastating tragedy that claimed two lives and left another person seriously injured. Atluri, … Read more