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Bharara Writes to Department of Corrections in Sikh Turban Removal Case
Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has taken up with the New York City Department of Correction the issue of alleged religious discrimination against an elderly...
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Training for Queens Residents to Document and Deter Police Misconduct, Brutality
More than 50 Queens community members packed into an office in Jackson Heights Oct. 15 with police accountability advocates and organizers to learn how to effectively monitor and document the police –...
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Bangladeshi Man Pleads Guilty to Participation in Bribery Scheme
A Bangladeshi man and a U.S. citizen pleaded guilty in a White Plains federal court Oct. 17 to bribery and fraud charges in a case in which a former FBI agent is also charged. Rizve Ahmed, aka...
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South Asian Council for Social Service Hosts 14th Anniversary Gala
The South Asian Council for Social Services (SACSS) celebrated its 14th anniversary with a reception on Oct. 11 at the Jackson Heights Jewish Center in Queens. The first in the series leading to the...
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Cinema Next Door: Pakistani Film Industry Witnessing Rebirth
– NEW DELHI Pakistan’s first Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chenoy hopes that her efforts to make animation mainstream in her home country herald a new era in the country’s film industry, which is...
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West Indies Board Meet for Crisis Talks After India Legal Threat
– BRIDGETOWN Barbados The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) began an emergency meeting on Oct. 21 as the Caribbean body faced up to the crisis caused by the abandonment of their tour in India. Just...
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U.S. Attorney Bharara Says Modi Has Legal Immunity
Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York has urged a federal court to ignore a case brought by human rights activists against Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. In an...
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Afghan president’s first trip abroad will be to China
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will travel to China this month, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, marking what will be the leader’s first foreign trip since being sworn in September after a...
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Canadian parliament locked down, one suspect reported dead
A gunman shot and wounded a soldier in Ottawa on Wednesday and then entered the country’s parliament buildings chased by police, with at least 30 shots fired in dramatic scenes in the heart of the...
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Spend less on arms, more on schools, says Nobel laureate Satyarthi
Countries around the world should cut their defence budgets and invest in education if child labour is to be eradicated, said Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi. The 60-year-old was awarded the Nobel...
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Delhi school principal’s daughter commits suicide
The daughter of the principal of a prominent school here committed suicide by hanging herself at her home as she was depressed on not getting good marriage proposals, police said Wednesday. The body...
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Corpse-eating case may lead Pakistan to have its first law against cannibalism
As fright-seekers in the United States prepare for Halloween, lawmakers in Pakistan are working to try to prevent their country from producing the world’s next real horror story. Until now, there has...
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Hindu Sindhis from Pakistan to get elusive Indian citizenship
They are Hindu Sindhis who migrated from Pakistan long after partition. Some of them have been around for more than half a century but Indian citizenship has been a distant dream. Now, it is within...
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Ekal Raises Over $160,000 for Clean India Campaign in Villages
Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation-USA recently hosted an international conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, to address various issues facing rural education, hygiene, and integrated development in remote parts of...
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Fireworks, Raas Garba, Cultural Programs Mark Diwali in Austin
Fireworks, sparkling diyas and raas garba were highlights of the Diwali celebration at Radha Madhav Dham in Austin, Texas, Oct. 18. Over 6,000 people flocked into the temple premises an enjoyed face...
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Indian-American Appointed to Key Counter Spying Job
– WASHINGTON Indian-American Anita M. Singh has been appointed to a key post in the Justice Department’s National Security Division (NSD) as part of a restructuring to counter state-sponsored economic...
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Pratham Gala Raises $180K for Education in India
– ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. Pratham Chicago held its annual gala Oct. 4 at Meadows Club, raising $180,000 for its projects in India. The gala was themed “Celebrating Success” and according to a press...
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Morton Grove Mayor Demands Justice for Varughese Family
– MORTON GROVE, Ill. The quest for re-examining the death of 19-year-old Pravin Varughese received a boost here Oct. 18, when local officials joined a news conference to mark the eight-month...
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Photographer Claims Modi’s Social Team Used his Photo Without Permission
A Cambridge, Massachussetts-based photographer has claimed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s social media team has allegedly used one of his photos on a social media site. Bimal Nepal has...
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Lawmaker Urges Senate to Clear Murthy for Surgeon General
Congressman Joseph Crowley, D- New York, is urging the U.S. Senate to clear President Obama’s Indian-American nominee for Surgeon General, especially in light of the Ebola crisis. In a statement...
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