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While India plugs black money holes, Indians find leaks
Indians are inventing ingenious ways to try and hide their money from the tax inspector, as the government attempts to flush out vast undeclared wealth by abolishing high denomination bank notes. The...
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Community Is Split On Results Of Presidential Race
While the Indian-American community has never been monolithic in its political beliefs, more than 70 percent of the people have supported the Democratic Party. Yet, Republican Indian-Americans have...
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India announces new measures to increase supply of cash
India announced new measures on Monday to ease the cash crunch faced by millions after the government’s decision last week to abolish large denomination notes to try and uncover billions of dollars in...
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Opposition trains guns at Modi over currency spike
As people across India continued to queue outside banks and ATMs for money, a splintered opposition on Monday showed the first signs of coming together against Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he...
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Several Indian-Americans Elected to Local Offices
Grassroots politics appears to have won out in the tri-state area where several Indian-Americans were elected to local level offices. Add to that the election of five Democrats to the U.S. Congress...
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People rush inside a bank to exchange their old high denomination banknotes in Allahabad. The post appeared first on News India Times.
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MOMI, ICF, Launch India Kaleidoscope Film Festival In New York
The Museum of the Moving Image and the India Center Foundation are next month launching India Kaleidoscope, a new film festival that will offer film-lovers a chance to watch the unique sights and...
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Cash shortage hits goods movement in India as ATMs remain dry
The crisis sparked by the shortage of cash in India following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s anti-graft measure to ban high-value currency bills has hit the movement of goods in Asia’s third-largest...
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A woman holds 20 Indian rupees banknotes after exchanging them with old high denomination banknotes at a bank in Allahabad, November 13. The post appeared first on News India Times.
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Abu Ghraib Detainees’ Case Revived Thanks To Rutgers Professor Shah
A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit filed by 4 former detainees of Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison thanks in part to Rutgers Law School professor Jeena Shah who played a key role in reviving the...
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N.Y. Consulate Latest Among Indian Diplomatic Websites To Be Hacked
The Indian consulate’s website is the latest Indian diplomatic internet outlet hacked by a person claiming to be a 17-year-old student in Tokyo who asserts that it was a well-intentioned attempt to...
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Kerala Center Honors 5 at Annual Awards Banquet
The Indian American Kerala Cultural and Civic Center honored five for their outstanding achievements or for their service to the society at its 23rd Annual Awards Banquet on November 5 at the World’s...
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Dev Patel Is Excited About His Role In ‘Lion’
Actor Dev Patel, who stars in Garth Davis’ “Lion” underwent a drastic change for his role as Saroo Brierley in the upcoming drama “Lion,” to look like a man “no one has ever seen before”, which led...
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Netflix Releases Comedy Series on New York-based Desi Family
A struggling entrepreneur with quirky employees and a dysfunctional family and how he deals with them forms the plot of a new satirical comedy released on Netflix. “Brown Nation,” directed by Abi...
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Chinmaya Mission Raises Over $200,000 For Expansion Project
The Chinmaya Mission Chicago raised over $200,000 for an expansion project and to enhance existing mission programs during a fundraiser at Waterford Banquet and Conference Center in Elmhurst, Ill.,...
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Nikesh Patel Arrested $179M Loan Fraud Case May Plead Guilty
Businessman Nikesh Patel, who had previously pleaded not guilty after being arrested in September 2014 in a $179 million loan fraud case, has indicated that he might enter a guilty plea during his...
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Internet Entrepreneur Gurbaksh Chahal Joins NIN As Advisor
Gurbaksh Chahal, founder, chairman and CEO of Gravity4, has joined Chicago-based NIN Ventures as a member of the advisory board, bringing a wealth of experience in internet entrepreneurship. Gravity4...
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A man walks through a garden on an autumn day in Srinagar, Nov. 15. The post appeared first on News India Times.
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Senior Pakistan Official Sartaj Aziz Says To Visit ndia, Hints At Detente
Pakistan’s top foreign policy official said on Tuesday he plans to attend the Heart of Asia conference in India and suggested the visit could be used to “defuse the tension” between the nuclear armed...
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Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj in hospital with kidney failure
India’s foreign minister said on Wednesday she was in hospital being treated for kidney failure and undergoing tests for a possible transplant, an announcement that raises questions over how long she...
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