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Shastri’s 50th death anniversary: Time to bury all controversies
India’s second Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, who succeeded Jawaharlal Nehru in June 1964, died in Tashkent soon after signing an agreement with President Ayub Khan of Pakistan, with Soviet Prime...
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Ex-Goldman Director Rajat Gupta Back Home After Prison Stay
Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director Rajat Gupta is a free man after serving 19 months in federal prison for leaking tips to hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam. Jailed in June 2014 in Devens,...
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Being Illegal Won’t Keep Drones From Taking Over India
In India, it’s illegal for a civilian to use a drone. You wouldn’t know that if you went to a Bollywood-style wedding. A remote-control flying camera is the latest must-have addition at the country’s...
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Students continue protests, Irani denies ‘Dalit-non-Dalit issue’
As protests continued for the fourth day at University of Hyderabad over a Dalit research scholar’s suicide, the central government said on Wednesday that this was not a “Dalit versus non-Dalit...
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Proclaimed Pathankot attacker warns Pakistan against crackdown
The Pakistan-based chief of a militant alliance fighting for an end to Indian rule in divided Kashmir openly condemned on Wednesday a crackdown by the Pakistan government against another group India...
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Militants storm Pakistan university, kill at least 20
Armed militants stormed a university in volatile northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens a little more than a year after the massacre of 134 students at a...
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Eminent dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai dies at 97
Padma Bhushan awardee Mrinalini Sarabhai died on Thursday following age-related complications at the age of 97, her family said. Indian dance icons mourned the loss of the legendary danseuse and...
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Delegates Discuss Scientific Breakthroughs At 6th Global Physicians Meet
More than 300 delegates from around the world attended the 6th Annual Conference of the Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin held in Bangalore, Jan. 9 and 10. The theme of the meet was...
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Computer Scientist Appointed Vice President of University At Buffalo
A graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, India, has been made the vice president of research and economic development at one of the country’s leading higher education...
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14 Students Finalists In Prestigious Intel Science Competition
Fourteen Indian-American students have been selected to compete for $1 million in prizes at the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search Competition this year by fielding high-level projects ranging...
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For Nikki Haley, Immigrant Ties A Dual-edged Sword
It’s a story that really isn’t that different from the story of millions of Americans. And yet. When South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley declared herself the “proud daughter of Indian immigrants” in the...
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U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Sells Obamacare To Asian Americans
The White House launched a special effort to reach out to Asian Americans through U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, urging them to sign up for health insurance under Obamacare before the Jan. 31...
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More Than 14,000 Indians Overstayed In U.S. In 2015
Of the nearly nine lakh Indians who visited the US on visitor or business visa in 2015, more than 14,000 overstayed, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report has said. According to the...
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Portuguese Court Orders Former CIA Officer Sent To Italy
Portuguese appeals court has ordered the extradition of a former CIA officer to Italy, where she was convicted in absentia for her role in the rendition of a terrorism suspect and faces four years in...
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Fighting Back: Lawsuit Against American Airlines Seeks To Challenge Stereotyping
A Sikh and his 3 Muslim friends from New York, have filed a lawsuit against American Airlines for $6 million as compensation for being discriminated against and offloaded a plane from Toronto to New...
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Why Many Indians Are Defending Former Porn Star
When a TV journalist asked a popular Bollywood actress whether she was “lowering the level of the fine art of cinema” because she used to act in porn movies, the interview went viral and many Indians...
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Bollywood Wakes Up To Real Life In 2016
For an industry that has always peddled dreams, Bollywood is waking up to the power of real-life stories. An Indian villager stuck in a Pakistani jail, a brave air hostess, India’s cricket team...
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Tabu Is A Director’s Dream, Says Abhishek Kapoor
Filmmaker Abhishek Kapoor, who roped in Tabu to play a prominent role in “Fitoor”, says she is a director’s dream. Veteran actress Rekha was initially roped in to play the character of Begum in...
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Calls to protect sex workers as Mumbai’s red-light industry goes underground
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Police crackdowns and higher rents are driving Mumbai’s commercial sex industry out of traditional red-light areas and underground, with calls on Friday from...
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India, France sign Rafale fighter plane accord but haggle over price
India signed an inter-governmental pact on Monday to buy 36 French-built Rafale fighter planes, but the leaders of both countries said there was still work to do to finalise financial terms after...
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