Swraj Paul’s son falls to death in Britain
Angad Paul, son of Swraj Paul — an India-born Britain-based business magnate and philanthropist — died after falling from his eighth-storeyed penthouse home here, a media report said on Monday. Angad...
View ArticleNitish’s good work winner, Lalu success on alliance steam
The Bihar poll mandate is an endorsement of the state’s incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s performance, even as it marks RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s return to the political mainstream. RJD has surged...
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On Sunday, the Palace of Westminster in London bore a large image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Behind him was a logo of the symbol ‘Om’ slowly transforming into the Swastika. The image was a...
View ArticleStars Of Cricketing World Descend On Queens
Over two dozen celebrated cricketers from around the world played the world’s second most populous game for the first time on American soil at a New York baseball field last week, displaying before an...
View ArticleNarain Kataria, Hindu Activist, 85, Dies In New York
Narain Kataria, a lifelong Hindu activist, who was known to many in the community as ‘Hindu Lion’ for his relentless and forceful advocacy for Hindus in the United States for some 30 years, died Nov....
View ArticleRun For Fun As Indian-Americans Take Part In N.Y.C Marathon
Rohi Mirza Pandya, a Brooklyn-based mother of two, ran nine races last year and trained herself under experts despite occasional dizziness and dehydration, just to be prepared and in shape for 2015...
View ArticleI’m Very Uncomfortable Kissing On Screen: Salman Khan
– MUMBAI Salman Khan has essayed a romantic hero in umpteen films, but the actor, who makes his female fans go weak in the knees, says he never felt the need to kiss on screen because he finds it...
View ArticleModi attacked by party elders after big poll loss
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing a mutiny from senior members of his Bharatiya Janata Party for the first time in his premiership after a humiliating election defeat in the pivotal state of...
View ArticleUpper castes too voted for Nitish, Lalu and Congress in Bihar
Not just the Dalits, OBCs and Muslims, the upper castes too supported the Nitish-Lalu combine, with a majority of the upper caste candidates of the Grand Alliance winning the Bihar assembly elections....
View Article“$700 Billion Man”To Head Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
The man behind the $700 Billion bailout plan initiated during the George W. Bush administration and carried forward by the Obama White House, to save major banks considered “too big to fail” has been...
View ArticleIndia’s Rich Cultural Diversity Showcased At Annual Kala Utsav
A tapestry of India’s diverse and rich culture represented through dance, music and stage plays was on display Nov. 1 at the Copernicus Center, Chicago, as the second annual Kala Utsav, a unique...
View Article‘Miss India America’ Delves Into South Asian Women’s Ambitious Nature
‘Miss India America’ by filmmaker Ravi Kapor and his wife Meera Simhan brings to life a fun “coming of age” comedy that delves into competitive and ambitious nature of South Asian Indian-American...
View ArticlePresident Obama Greets Modi On Diwali
Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi to wish him a happy diwali, US President Barack Obama has reaffirmed the importance of the US-India partnership in addressing both regional and global issues. A...
View ArticleModi visits Britain, seeks to bounce back from election blow
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a mass rally on a visit to Britain this week that supporters hope will help him spring back from a humiliating election loss and reassert his authority...
View ArticleIndia’s ruling party just lost an important election. So what?
On Sunday, the Election Commission of India announced the results of elections in Bihar — a state in eastern India with about 100 million people. Americans don’t often hear about state elections in...
View ArticleJhumpa Lahiri’s Book Could Be Excluded From School Reading List
A high school in Idaho is considering removing a book by an award-winning Indian-American author from the reading list because of sexual content. The Coeur d’Alene School District’s ad-hoc literature...
View ArticlePomp and protests as PM Modi starts British visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a visit to Britain on Thursday expected to yield trade deals worth billions of dollars, but his arrival was overshadowed by protests over a perceived rise in...
View ArticleUK, Indian companies to sign deals worth 9 billion pounds – Cameron
British and Indian companies are due to sign collaborations worth more than 9 billion pounds ($13.7 billion) during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to London, his British counterpart said on...
View ArticleU.S. raising pressure on India over U.S. human trafficking visas
The U.S. government is stepping up pressure on India to end a controversial policy of placing restrictions on passports of Indian nationals rescued from forced labour or human trafficking in the...
View ArticleMovie Review: Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
In the 10 years or so since we last saw a Sooraj Barjatya film, the world according toRajshri (his production house) seems to have changed, albeit superficially. The women are still coy and chaste,...
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