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Ex-colleague kills Yale doc Vajinder Toor in front of pregnant wife

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Washington (HT Media): The Chinese doctor who shot dead his former Indian American supervisor after stalking him was found to be carrying 1,000 rounds of ammunition, enough to carry out a massacre.
The suspect, Lishan Wang, 44, was arraigned Tuesday on charges that he shot Dr. Vajinder Pal Toor, 34, five times in Branford, Connecticut Monday morning in the parking lot of Toor's condominium complex.

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An Indian doctor killed by stalker in US

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An Indian doctor at the School of Medicine at the Ivy League Yale University was murdered outside his residence in a quiet Connecticut town apparently by a former colleague from a New York hospital who stalked him over an earlier dispute.

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Indian sentenced to 81 months in prison

A US court on Tuesday sentenced an Indian to 81 months in prison on conspiracy and aggravated identity theft charges arising from an international fraud scheme to "hack" into online brokerage accounts in America and use those accounts to manipulate stock prices.

Jaisanker Marimuthu, a native of Chennai, who was extradited to the US following his arrest in Hong Kong, was also ordered by the court to pay $ 2.4 million in restitution.

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Indian American named head of Rutgers B-school

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New Jersey (SATimes): A noted business education innovator and a scholar in international marketing has been appointed the dean of the Rutgers School of Business-Camden. Jaishankar Ganesh, 45 will serve as the fourth dean of the Rutgers-Camden business school from August 1.

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1st Mahavir Professorship formally set up at FIU

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Florida (SATimes): On April 16, the Stadium Club of Florida International University (FIU) in Miami glowed with an elegant aura of Jain traditional decor and a colorful gathering of the Jain community. The multicolored sand art, the intertwined garlands, the traditional lamp, the cultural saris and classical tunes of tabla and flute just added glamour to the hall.

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Indian-American appointed federal judge in California

In yet another “historic appointment” for the Indian-American community under the Obama administration Vijay Gandhi was sworn in as a Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court of the Central District of California.

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