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Pakistan needs to join others in fighting terrorism, Kerry says
Pakistan needs to join other nations in fighting terrorists within its borders, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged on Tuesday, saying Islamabad should not feel isolated by talks between the...
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Pakistanis, Indians respect each other: Om Puri
Veteran Indian actor Om Puri, in Pakistan to promote his new film “Actor in Law”, on Tuesday said that people of the two countries respect each other. Addressing a gathering in Faislabad city, the...
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‘Badho Bahu’ to break size-zero obsession on TV
In a country where Indian TV soap operas for years have focussed only on kitchen politics and ‘saas-bahu’ dramas, a new show titled “Badho Bahu” will tell a story of a plus-size woman and her dreams...
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India, U.S. deepen defense ties with landmark agreement
NEW DELHI – After nearly a decade of painstaking discussions, India and the United States signed on a landmark defense agreement that will increase the military cooperation between two of the world’s...
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For this American woman living in Delhi, ‘Don’t date the locals’ is horrible...
I first fell in love in Delhi three years ago, with an Indian classmate during a college semester abroad. The city and the relationship were new and exciting. We spent hours talking in the warm...
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Purvi Patel Freed After Country’s First Feticide Conviction Was Overturned
An Indian-American woman from Indiana sentenced for 20 years in the country’s first feticide conviction, walked out free Sept.1, soon after her 2015 sentence was overturned by the Indiana Appeals...
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M.P. Chief Minister Pitches For Investment During New York Visit
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan made a high pitch for American investment in his state, which he touted “an ideal destination” for projects in areas, including aerospace, defense...
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Doctor Arrested, Charged With Providing Drugs In Exchange For Sex
An Indian-American physician in California is accused of prescribing opioids in exchange for sex acts. Drug Enforcement Administration agents took Dr. Naga Raja Thota, 62, a pain specialist with an...
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Harvard School Of Public Heath Recognizes Alumna For Philanthropy
Dr. Chander Mukhi Kapoor Kapasi, a graduate of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has recently been recognized by the school’s Legacy Magazine for giving back to her alma mater by creating...
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Director Wants To Break Taboo On Homosexuality
The director of the web series “The ‘Other’ Love Story”, Roopa Rao, wants to break the notion of homosexuality as a taboo subject. The web series, which released on August 27, captures the romance and...
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You’re The Best Action Hero: John To Sonakshi
Actor-producer John Abraham has heaped praise on his “Force 2” co-star Sonakshi Sinha by calling her the best action hero. The actor, who has impressed many with his action sequences in films like...
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Trade unions go on strike, cripple banking, mining, trade and transport
India’s banking sector, mining, trade and transport were hard hit on Friday as a nationwide day-long strike by Left and Congress-affiliated trade unions in protest against the NDA central...
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Akira: The girl who fights for herself
In A R Murugadoss’ action film “Akira”, Sonakshi Sinha plays the eponymous protagonist, a feisty college student who is being chased down by four corrupt police officers. In an industry flooded with...
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Mother Teresa’s mission lives on in Kolkata, grows worldwide
On the eve of her canonisation as a Roman Catholic saint, and 19 years after her death, the order founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta is going strong – even without her charismatic leadership. The...
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Consumer giants court Muslims with halal face creams, shampoos
Some of the world’s biggest consumer groups are making halal face creams and shampoos for Indonesia ahead of a new labeling law, part of a broader push to cater to growing Muslim populations as sales...
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Members of Mother Teresa’s order, the Missionaries of Charity, gather around the official canonization portrait of Mother Teresa after the unveiling at the John Paul II National Shrine in Washington,...
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Hindu students protest against burqa-wearing Muslims on campus in southern India
NEW DELHI – As the world debates whether the burkini is appropriate beachwear, a new fight is brewing in India over burqa-wearing students on college campuses. This week, some Hindu students began...
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Pope proclaims ‘dispenser of mercy’ Mother Teresa a saint
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, known as the “saint of the gutters” during her life, was declared a saint of the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Francis on Sunday, fast-tracked to canonization just 19 years...
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Muslim Woman Killed In Queens In Yet Another Attack On Bangladeshis
Less than a month after a Bangladeshi cleric and his nephew were shot and killed in Queens, the community was forced to deal with yet another tragedy last week as a 60-year-old woman, a retired school...
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Krishna Leela Through Dance Drama Staged In Monroe, N.Y.
A dance drama on Krishna leela was presented by the East-West School of Dance in traditional Kathak style, bringing Vrindavan to the Blue Sky Center auditorium of Ananda Ashram, a yoga retreat and...
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