Harvard Business School's Dean Nitin Nohria will step down from his post in June 2020, ten years after he became the first Indian-origin academician to helm the business school in the prestigious institution's 102-year-old history. In his message to faculty, staff, students and alumni, Nohria said the time is right for the HBS to transition to new leadership.

The Indian Supreme Court in a unanimous verdict on Saturday cleared the way for the construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya, and directed the Centre to allot a 5-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a mosque.

Indian-American Ghazala Hashmi created history by becoming the first Muslim woman to be elected to Virginia State Senate, while Suhas Subramanyam was elected to Virginia State House of Representative. In California, Mano Raju won his election to remain San Francisco's Public Defender. In North Carolina, Dimple Ajmera won a convincing re-election to Charlotte City Council.

Diljeet Grewal was found guilty of rape, sexual assault and aggravated burglary at Islewoth Crown Court and sentenced on Friday to 15 years behind bars, with a further five years on "licence" to be monitored upon release. The 28-year-old met his victim, a woman in her 30s, for a pre-arranged meeting and produced a knife and threatened the woman causing her to fear for her life.