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Eminent writer Mahasweta Devi dead
Eminent writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi, a crusader for the rights of tribals and the oppressed, died at a city nursing home on Thursday following prolonged old-age complications. She was...
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Hillary Still Has To Convince Me, Says Bernie Supporter
The bitter divide between supporters of former Democratic Party presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, continued even after the first woman president in the country’s history was...
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Don’t Curry Favor With Democrats: Socialist From Seattle Tells Philadelphia
On the eve of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia where thousands gathered to nominate Hillary Clinton for president, the well-known Socialist from Seattle, Kshama Sawant, attacked the...
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D’Souza’s Film On Clinton Grosses $5.2 Million In 12 Days
To understand Hillary, we must solve the Hillary enigma. The Hillary enigma is why anyone – any American, any Democrat, even Bill – would consider voting for her,” reads the opening sentence of the...
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Father Of Pakistani-American Soldier Tears Trump Apart
When Khizr Khan, originally from Pakistan, and his wife Ghazala Khan, walked on to the podium at the Democratic National Convention July 28, the tall and somber man, a lawyer by profession, spoke to a...
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‘We Have Forgotten About Humanity’, Priyanka Chopra
Actress Priyanka Chopra, who will be hosting United Nation’s Global Citizen Festival, says people around the world have put aside humanity in the race to prove their “god or country” better. The...
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Kunal Nayyar Wants To Be Part Of ‘Doctor Who’
Actor Kunal Nayyar, best known for his role in American TV show “The Big Bang Theory”, says he was weeping uncontrollably when he broke the news of landing a role in the international sitcom to his...
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Facebook Is Censoring Some Posts On Indian Kashmir
Film makers, activists and journalists accused Facebook of blocking their accounts this week after they posted messages and images related to the violence in the trouble-torn province of Kashmir. In...
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India Sends Elite Commandos To Guard Billionaire’s Wife; Outrage Ensues
Imagine, if you will, the kind of outcry that would occur in the United States if the government sent a Secret Service detail to protect Melinda Gates, wife of Bill Gates. That explains a bit of the...
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People defy curfew as protests erupt in Kashmir
Fresh protests, some violent, erupted across the Kashmir Valley on Friday as people defied a curfew re-imposed to prevent a separatist-called protest march to Jamia Masjid – the main mosque here....
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Khizr Khan speaks with an image of his son Humayun at the Democratic Convention. The post appeared first on News India Times.
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Gujarat Chief Minister Resigns Amid Dalit Protests
The chief minister of the western Indian state of Gujarat and a long-time confidante of Prime Minister Narendra Modi resigned on Monday, as protests by the low-caste Dalit community threatened to hurt...
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India to attend regional meet in Pakistan amid Kashmir tension
India’s interior minister will travel to Pakistan for a regional gathering but will not hold bilateral talks at a time when a surge of violence in disputed Kashmir has escalated rivalry between the...
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Expat exodus after Islamist cafe carnage imperils Bangladesh
When Islamic State militants first attacked a foreigner in Bangladesh last September, long-time expatriate Samantha Morshed brushed it off even though she heard the gunshots from her bedroom in...
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N.Y. Physician Organizes Soccer Match In New Delhi
Brooklyn-based physician, Dr. Raj Bhayani, had heard Prime Minister Narendra Modi talk about making soccer a popular game in India, and the country looking to host FIFA world cup in 2017. Taking a cue...
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Ghazala Khan: Trump criticized my silence. He knows nothing about true sacrifice
Donald Trump has asked why I did not speak at the Democratic convention. He said he would like to hear from me. Here is my answer to Donald Trump: Because without saying a thing, all the world, all...
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Bazodee: Bollywood musical with Caribbean flavor
In Trinidadian slang “Bazodee” refers to a state of dizziness or confusion in love. London-born actress Natalie Perera was in a somewhat similar state of mind as she prepared to portray an Indian girl...
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The House Of Horror: 12-year-old Abused By Her Stepmother
Sheetal Ranot, an Ozone Park, Queens, woman faces up to 25 years in prison after being found guilty of assault and endangering the welfare of a child for the “brutal abuse” of her stepdaughter when...
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Thousands of Indian workers stranded in Saudi Arabia without pay or provisions
India’s government moved on Monday to evacuate thousands of laid-off workers who are stranded in Saudi Arabia as its economy struggles with low oil prices. Large numbers of Indian workers have lost...
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India had the one of the strictest gun laws in the world. It just got tighter
As mass shooting incidents in the United States rise, India has tightened its firearms regulations, making it even more difficult for common citizens to own a gun. India already had one of the...
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