Bollywood Boulevard showcases history of Hindi films at Lincoln Center
NEW YORK – Bollywood Boulevard: A Journey Through Hindi Cinema, created by Mela Productions, in association with Aaditaal Music Project, attracted over 4,000 patrons at Lincoln Center, in Manhattan....
View ArticleNational Champion of 2017 MoneyGram Cricket Bee announced
Rahul Walia, Founder of MoneyGram Cricket Bee; Jay Kim, Managing Director of Aaaza; HR Shah, CEO of TV Asia; Alpesh Gohil, National Champion; Senthilkumar Sethuraman, National 1st Runner Up; Johnny...
View ArticleIndian American editor at LA Times fired
Indian American Davan Maharaj, the editor in chief and publisher of the Los Angeles Times, was fired Monday at breakfast along with some of his other colleagues. According to a CNN report, after...
View ArticleIndian American becomes police chief in California
The City of San Pablo, California has hired an Indian American police captain from Pittsburg, Rathnesh “Ron” Raman as their new police chief. The 21-year-old veteran of the Pittsburg Police Department...
View ArticleSuccess begins with fitness: Soni Singh
Soni Singh Actress Soni Singh believes that a star’s success begins with his or her fitness. “My or anyone’s success in the glamour industry begins with the individual’s fitness. I like to workout...
View ArticleYash Sinha knows no limits
Mumbai: Actor Yash Sinha during the shooting of film “Dhappa”, in Mumbai on July 3, 2017. (Photo: IANS) Yash Sinha says that as an actor, he doesn’t want to limit himself. “As an actor, I don’t want to...
View Article‘Bareilly Ki Barfi’ contrived with wafer-thin plot
(Photo: Reuters) Bitti Sharma is a conundrum. She lives in a small town, works in a dingy government office and her only dream seems to be to get married. She also smokes cigarettes, watches pirated...
View Article37th India Day Parade in New York
Rana Daggubati with Consul General Sandeep Chakravorty (left), Padma Shri Dr. Sudhir Parikh, Founder and Chairman, Parikh Worldwide Media, and Prof. Anand Kumar (far right), with other guests. (Photo:...
View ArticleWould love to see a ‘Mr. India’ sequel: Shekhar Kapur
NEW DELHI Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, whose 1987 movie “Mr. India” has passed the test of time generation after generation, says he would love to see a sequel directed by someone with a fresh...
View ArticleRapidly Growing Annual Veggie Fest In Illinois Draws Tens Of Thousands
Some 45,000 people came to enjoy Veggie Fest 2017 held Au. 12 and 13, on the Benedictine University grounds in Lisle, Illinois. (Photo: Veggie Fest 2017) Veggie Fest 2017, hosted by Sant Rajinder...
View ArticleAnalysis: Trump has no intention of denouncing the alt-right; he had every...
Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump formally accepts the nomination at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar – RTSJ4CL President...
View ArticleIndian American accused of gender discrimination
In 2006, Kleiner Perkins sent Indian American Ajit Nazre and his coworker Ellen Pao on a business trip to Germany. Now, after Pao lost her gender discrimination lawsuit against the company, she has...
View ArticleTrump talks tough on Pakistan’s ‘terrorist’ havens, but options scarce
Far from home,: U.S. solders serving with Alpha Company surveyed the scene after a roadside bomb attack on one of their armored vehicles in the village of Damman, in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan....
View ArticleIndian American CEO told to “go back to India” after writing an op-ed about...
Indian American Ravin Gandhi, CEO of GMM Nonstick Coatings, was racially and verbally abused after he wrote an op-ed stating that he will not defend President Donald Trump’s economic agenda after the...
View ArticleU.S. appeals court upholds Indian-American’s insider trading conviction
Mathew Martoma Martoma, a former portfolio manager at the hedge fund SAC Capital, who was convicted on insider trading charges,and sentenced to 9 years in prison in 2014. By a split 2 to 1 decision,...
View ArticleAssamese filmmaker’s short on menstruation to feature at Zimbabwe fest
Xahid Khan (Photo: IANS) NEW DELHI “Alert — Condition: Red”, an Assamese short film on menstruation, is set to soon compete at the International Images Film Festival for Women in Zimbabwe. Its...
View ArticleI’ve a genuine interest in learning Urdu: Jacqueline Fernandez
Mumbai: Actress Jacqueline Fernandez displays the creation of fashion designer Manish Malhotra during the Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2017 in Mumbai on Aug 20, 2017. (Photo: IANS) MUMBAI She has...
View ArticlePakistani national arrested in London on drug-trafficking charges laid in New...
Muhammad Asif Hafeez, a/k/a “Sultan,” 58, a Pakistani national who allegedly even tried to open up a drug manufacturing plant in India, was provisionally arrested in London on charges filed in the...
View ArticleRam Rahim Singh is guilty of rape. What about murder of UP woman, written by...
Violence engulfs India after Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was convicted of rape. Photo: Reuters. NEW YORK – India Shining is in a quandary, with growing unemployment, unease in businesses over the...
View ArticleMeet the Sikh politician who might ‘Out-Trudeau Justin Trudeau’
Jagmeet Singh in Brampton, Ontario, in July. (Photo: Reuters) OTTAWA Canada’s latest political phenomenon is just 38. He’s a dapper lawyer who wears bespoke three-piece suits, rides his bike to work...
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