An Indian-origin woman in the US has been sentenced up to six years in prison for stealing nearly $600,000 in payments from prospective home buyers and using that money on vacations, gambling and other personal expenses.

A 27-year-old Indian national was jailed for five days and fined SGD 2,500 (nearly Rs 1.30 lakh) on Tuesday for embracing and inappropriately touching a woman at a church. Rajendran Prakash was drunk when he entered the Church of Our Lady Lourdes at about 1 pm on September 29 last year and touched and embraced the woman there, Channel News Asia reported.

A 29-year-old Indian-origin man was killed when he was struck by a car which failed to stop at the scene in Handsworth near Birmingham. Rajesh Chand was crossing the road at the time of the collision, believed to be a hit and run, in the early hours of Saturday.

Gurjeet Singh Lall was charged on Friday with the murder of Allan Isichei, who succumbed to his injuries after Raj Grover – a local resident – called the emergency services on finding him bleeding outside his home last week. "Homicide detectives from Specialist Crime are investigating," the Metropolitan Police said in a statement confirming that Lall had been charged with the fatal stabbing.

Gina Miller has filed an urgent judicial review application over Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament which he announced on Wednesday. Miller is a prominent Indian-origin campaigner, who had mounted a successful legal challenge to prevent former British premier Theresa May triggering the Brexit without Parliament's approval.