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Celebrities must be responsible in words and actions, says Freida Pinto
Madrid, June 24 (IANS) “Slumdog Millionaire” star Freida Pinto, who is here for the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) celebrations, says celebrities must be responsible in their words and...
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Eight Indian police officials dead, 20 injured in Kashmir militant attack
Militants killed eight Indian police officials and injured 20 when they attacked a security convoy in northern Jammu & Kashmir state on Saturday, a police spokesman said, in an attack claimed by...
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Modi pulls up Subramanian Swamy over his “publicity stunts”
Asserting his authority in no uncertain terms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday ticked off BJP leader Subramanian Swamy over his “publicity stunts”, and said India can now speak to China...
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Narasimha Rao’s ‘pro-Hindu mindset’ led to Babri demolition: Aiyar
Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao’s “pro-Hindu mindset” encouraged the destruction of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in 1992, senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar said on Monday. Speaking at...
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Maura Moynihan’s India-inspired Paintings On View In Manhattan
Maura Moynihan, daughter of former New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, has been in love with India since 1973 when she first moved from New York to New Delhi with her father who served there as...
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Pennsylvania Cardiologist Ahead Of The Curve In Telemedicine
Dr. Rajnikant Shah, a cardiologist in Pennsylvania, is passionate about, and determined to bring, medical care into the 21st century. With that in mind, he has developed a telemedicine system that...
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A Hindu devotee performs a stunt with fire during a rehearsal for the annual Rath Yatra, or chariot procession, in Ahmedabad. The post appeared first on News India Times.
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Batting For NRIs: GOPIO urges Indian government to bolster ties with Diaspora
With over 200 delegates from 20 countries in attendance, the two-day biennial convention of Global Organization of People of Indian Origin in New York last week served as an international forum where...
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Pakistani-American Is Trying To Make Comic Books More Diverse
Sana Amanat may help guide a diverse range of comic-book superheroes now, but when she was a child, such images weren’t as common in media. Instead, growing up as a Pakistani-American in a...
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Aziz Ansari Slams Trump Over Proposed Muslim Ban
Indian-American actor Aziz Ansari slammed Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump for “spewing hate speech” and “prejudice” against immigrants, specifically Muslim Americans. In a column for...
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Anil Kumble – The Warrior Returns
On a cold and balmy day in New Delhi in February 1999, an excited father pulled along his son for his first Test match at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground. An India – Pakistan encounter is never to be...
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Indian music needs respectable place to flourish: Sonu Nigam
From hip-hop, jazz to EDM and rap songs, the Indian music industry is in “interesting times” when native music is getting a heightened tough of western music, says singing sensation Sonu Nigam, who...
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Prominent gay Indians join battle to end criminalization of homosexuality
A group of gay Indians who are prominent in their fields have joined together to petition the Supreme Court on Wednesday to demand the scrapping of a dreaded colonial-era law that criminalizes...
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Sikh American Community Holds Vigil for Orlando Victims
???????????????????????????????????? In remembrance of the 49 victims of one of the worst mass shootings in American history at the Pulse Night Club in Orlando, Fla. June 12, the Sikh Religious Society...
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President Obama participates in a Shared Studios Portal virtual conversation with entrepreneurs at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. The post appeared...
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India arrests five suspected of plotting Islamic State attacks
Indian counter-terrorism officials on Wednesday arrested five men on suspicion of plotting a series of attacks across the country on behalf of Islamic State, two intelligence officials said. The...
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India’s top court to consider intervening in Muslim ‘triple talaq’ divorce law
India’s Supreme Court said it will examine how far it could interfere in Muslim laws governing family-related issues as it heard a plea to end a practice allowing Muslim men to divorce their wives by...
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India’s top court refuses to hear gay-sex ban challenge
India’s Supreme Court refused on Wednesday to hear a petition challenging a law criminalizing gay sex, a setback for gay rights activists battling in the country’s courts to get the ban overturned. A...
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Bodies are seen outside Turkey’s largest airport, Istanbul Ataturk, Turkey, following a blast. The post appeared first on News India Times.
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Indian couple accused of faking widely praised Everest climb
In early June, Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod told reporters that they had climbed the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest. In doing so, the two 30-year-olds — both police officers from the city...
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