India summons home envoy to Nepal as new charter sours ties
Supporters of opposition parties burn papers symbolizing Nepal’s first democratic constitution during a protest against the constitution, in Kathmandu, Nepal September 21, 2015. REUTERS/Gopen Rai India...
View ArticleTelangana’s first woman cueist promises good show at world meet
Aware of the competition she faces at the global level, Telangana’s first woman cueist Thakur Aakanksha Singh is confident of putting up a good show at the World Billiards Championship, beginning in...
View ArticleModi connects with Indian diaspora in Ireland
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday connected with a rapturous Indian diaspora in Dublin, promising more prime ministerial visits to Ireland in future. Modi, who is on a day-long visit to...
View ArticleFirst U.S.-India Strategic And Commercial Dialogue Precedes Modi Visit
On the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States, New Delhi and Washington decided last week to give further impetus to the already strong bilateral relation by pursuing new...
View ArticleNo meeting scheduled for Pakistan and India at U.N.
Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan have no plan to meet at the upcoming U.N. General Assembly, the Pakistani foreign office said on Thursday, scotching speculation that the leaders of the two...
View ArticleModi trip gives Facebook, Google chance to press on Indian expansion
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip this weekend to Silicon Valley gives Facebook and Google the chance to press him on issues that have bedevilled them in that country, a market they see as vital to...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a rousing welcome by the members of the Indian community, Sept. 24, after his arrival in New York. The post appeared first on News India Times.
View ArticleNDA, Lalu-Nitish alliances neck and neck: India TV-CVoter survey
The BJP-led NDA alliance is running neck-and-neck with the ‘grand alliance’ forged by RJD, JD-U and Congress in the Bihar elections, according to the latest India TV-C Voter opinion poll survey. The...
View ArticleModi pushes global investments in attractive India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday invited the global investment community to invest in his country without inhibitions, and join his “Made in India” campaign, since it was not just among the...
View ArticleHaj stampede: Indian Muslims in grief day before Eid
Muslim religious leaders in India reacted with grief and shock over the stampede near Mina in Saudi Arabia on Thursday. Some felt it was time the Saudi authorities limited the number of pilgrims...
View ArticleIndian woman killed in Haj stampede
A 60-year-old woman from Telangana was among the 717 Haj pilgrims killed in a stampede in the holy city of Mina in Saudi Arabia on Thursday. An official of the Telangana State Haj Committee told IANS...
View ArticlePresident Obama Announces Key Appointees To Faith Advisory Body
President Barack Obama announced Sept. 24, he plans to appoint several Indian-Americans to his third Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, a body entrusted with bringing...
View ArticleAlabama Policeman Faces Retrial For Assaulting Indian Grandfather
– ALABAMA A US police officer who assaulted an Indian grandfather leaving the man partially paralysed, is set to face a new jury on October 26, a media report said. Peggy Sanford, spokesperson for the...
View ArticleAn Excited Community Welcomes Modi At Waldorf
Holding banners and buntings that read ‘America Loves Modi,’ Indian-Americans gave a rousing welcome to Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he arrived in New York Sept. 23. Amidst beating of drums and...
View ArticleTalking Shop: Modi Is All Business On His Second U.S. Visit
= Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his United States visit from New York this week with unmistakable signals that he wishes to take India on a higher growth path through American investments and...
View ArticleCourtroom Drama, A Resignation And An Oscar
Chaitanya Tamhane‘s “Court“, a multi-lingual film about India’s creaking judicial system, has been chosen as the country’s entry to the 2016 Oscars in the best foreign-language film category. But...
View ArticleWhy Doesn’t India Have Its Own Silicon Valley?
When India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Silicon Valley this weekend, he’ll meet some of the most influential, innovative and wealthy Indians in the world. Two of the planet’s most powerful...
View ArticlePatidar Protesters Meet Modi Over ‘Atrocities,’ Economic Reservations
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met a group of people complaining about what they said were atrocities by police in Gujarat during the anti-reservation agitation and asking for a changeover to...
View ArticleModi signed memento, not national flag, says government
Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed what appeared to be an Indian flag evoking sharp criticism from the Congress but the government clarified on Friday that it was only a memento. The controversy...
View Article‘Calendar Girls’ is anything but honest
Director Madhur Bhandarkar’s entire career has been built on what he claims to be a range of ‘women-centric’ films, with similar stories written under different titles. “Calendar Girls” is no...
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