Irrfan Khan, Vidya Balan win best actors’ award at 63rd Jio Filmfare Awards
Mumbai: Actress Vidya Balan during the promotion of her upcoming film “Tumhari Sulu” in Mumbai on Nov 3, 2017.(Photo: IANS) MUMBAI – Actor Irrfan Khan won the Filmfare Best Actor in Leading Role (Male)...
View ArticleLooking to share vision of India’s engagement with world: Modi
FILE PHOTO: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering during his visit to Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad, India, June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo NEW DELHI – Ahead of his visit...
View ArticleNew York governor vows to reopen Statue of Liberty as shutdown enters Day 2
A sign announcing the closure of the Statue of Liberty, due to the U.S. government shutdown, sits near the ferry dock to the Statue of Liberty at Battery Park in Manhattan, New York, U.S., January 20,...
View ArticleICE has detained or deported foreigners who are also immigration activists
Photograph of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security logo. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained or deported several foreigners across the country who are also prominent immigration...
View ArticleIn first year of office, Trump hired plenty of Indian Americans
U.S. President Donald Trump talks with U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley as they attend a session on reforming the United Nations at U.N. Headquarters in New York, U.S., September 18, 2017....
View ArticleIndian-American Manisha Singh sworn in as Assistant Secretary of State
Manisha Singh Washington (IANS) Indian American Manisha Singh, a lawyer and Congressional staffer, has been sworn in as the Assistant Secretary of State for economic and business affairs in the Trump...
View ArticleA year of Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda has radically changed the U.S. role...
Donald Trump, president and chief executive of Trump Organization Inc. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, stands for a photograph after a Bloomberg Television interview at his campaign...
View ArticleDriver who targeted London mosque was angered by Islamist attacks, TV show:...
A man holds a placard from a window of Finsbury Park Mosque during a vigil near to where a van was driven at Muslims in Finsbury Park, North London, Britain, June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Marko Djurica LONDON...
View ArticleU.S. needs to pay attention to relationship with Britain, Tillerson says
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson attend a press conference in London, January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON – The United States needs to pay...
View ArticleFactbox: Effect on commodities markets due to U.S. government shutdown
Darkness sets in over the U.S. Capitol building hours before U.S. President Barack Obama is set to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington...
View ArticleSAMAR celebrates 25 years with interactive session
Group at the event on Jan 14, 2018 NEW YORK – SAMAR (South Asian Marrow Association of Recruiters), a legacy recruitment group of the Be The Match national registry which helps donate blood marrow...
View ArticleMASCONN celebrates New Year, Christmas with cultural programs
NEW YORK – The Malayalee Association of Southern Connecticut (MASCONN) held their annual New Year and Christmas celebrations, at Madison Middle School, Trumbull, CT, on January 13. The event saw a...
View ArticleIndian American Natasha Mulla joins MoviePass
Natasha Mulla (Courtesy: Facebook) Indian American Natasha Mulla will be joining MoviePass, the nation’s premier movie-theater subscription service as their Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). According to...
View ArticleAli Fazal, Anupam Kher’s films land Oscar nominations
Venice, September 3, 2017: ‘Victoria & Abdul – PREMIERE and Award. Photos: Franco Origlia for Universal LOS ANGELES – Indian actor Ali Fazal-starrer “Victoria & Abdul” has two nominations and...
View ArticleAziz Ansari skips SAG Awards amid sexual allegations
Aziz Ansari (Reuters) NEW YORK – Indian American actor Aziz Ansari decided to skip the 24th Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday amid recent sexual allegations, according to CNN. Ansari, who was...
View ArticleDr. Reddy’s Laboratories fined $5 million by the US Govt.
Logo of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (Courtesy: LinkedIn) NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of Justice has imposed a $5 million civil penalty and entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against the...
View ArticleSamir Paul, running for House of Delegates in Maryland, raises $19,000
Samir Paul (Courtesy: Facebook) NEW YORK – Samir Paul, an Indian American teacher from Montgomery County in Maryland, who is running for the state House of Delegates in Bethesda-based District 16, has...
View ArticleKumail Nanjiani’s ‘The Big Sick’ nominated for an Oscar
Kumail Nanjiani (Courtesy: Twitter) NEW YORK – Pakistani-American stand-up comedian and actor Kumail Nanjiani’s “The Big Sick” has been nominated in the “original screenplay” category for the 90th...
View Article‘Vodka Diaries’: Miserable Downer
New Delhi: Actors Kay Kay Menon and Mandira Bedi with filmmaker Kushal Srivastava during a programme organised to promote “Vodka Diaries” in New Delhi, on Jan 11, 2018. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS)...
View Article‘My Birthday Song’ Lacks Acting Chops
My Birthday Song (Reuters) Samir Soni’s “My Birthday Song” is supposed to be many things – including a psychological thriller and a midlife crisis drama – but it is mostly a repository of bad acting,...
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