A Shrewsbury man is awaiting sentencing for his role in a scheme that federal prosecutors said robbed 15 investors of millions of dollars.

Amit Mathur, 38, was convicted in U.S. District Court of Massachusetts in May on 18 separate counts of mail fraud and two counts of wire fraud.

One year later, store owner sticks to story

Convenience store owner Yogesh Patel is less starry-eyed about his job these days.

Latest outbreak of violence draws 30 to Copley Square

For Mansfield resident Lalit Koul, blame for the recent flare-up of violence in the Kashmir region of India between Hindus and the majority Muslim population falls squarely on neighboring Pakistan. A dispute over 98 acres containing a Hindu shrine has led to  new unrest in the region.

A group of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are designing a low-cost incubator for premature babies that they hope to begin testing in India and Pakistan in the next six months.

Newport Computer Services, a firm active in the used computer parts and electronic components market for over a decade, is turning to India to continue its growth.

India has done its part; now it is up to Congress to ratify a key security provision of the landmark U.S.-India nuclear energy agreement, which has remained in limbo ever since President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed it into law in December 2006. But whether it can survive the American political process before Bush departs office early next year is questionable.

The Network of Indian Professionals is bringing its national conference back to Boston. NetIP, which represents South Asian professionals living throughout North America, will hold its 17th annual conference in Boston August 29-31, the first time the event has been in the Hub since 2002.

Local artist Sunanda Sahay is showing her work in her first major series of exhibitions.

On display at the Cary Memorial Library in Lexington until the end of August, her art exemplifies a type of folk painting called Madhubani.

New England graduate business schools report foreign student surge

Call the struggling U.S. economy and weak dollar a learning experience. And for some foreign students, especially those from India and China, it may lead to the experience of a lifetime.

Group fosters education in India, looks to hold local event annually

The Pratham charitable organization’s Boston chapter is preparing for its first large-scale fundraiser, a mid-September event that will feature music, dance and even remarks by a Nobel Prize laureate.

Students from Phillips Academy in Andover say their world view is forever changed following a recent stay in India.

The three-week trip to Mumbai, which started June 14, was a community service and educational program run jointly by the private boarding school and Udayachal High School in Vikhroli, a northeast suburb of Mumbai.

Vahalia works with Khan during summer political internship program

Long before his senior prom, Rohan Vahalia is learning the intricate steps of the political process in Massachusetts.

Namitha, the glam doll of the South, was rather slimmer when she came into films. Reportedly, the tall and ravishing beauty is trying to regain that shape through strict diet and yoga. The shapely star believes in maintaining her curves through a combination of diet and exercise.

Nila, alias Meera Chopra in Telugu, who debuted with “Anbe Aaruyire” opposite S.J. Suryah in Tamil, has gone on to do some remarkable movies such as “Vaana” in Telugu, though they didn’t bring her the recognition she sought.