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Modi’s bid to ease land for companies could impact reforms
(Reuters) – A bid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make it easier for businesses to buy farm land for infrastructure and industry has sparked a backlash that could stymie his efforts to get reforms...
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Rajendra Pachauri to miss key meeting due to sex harassment complaint
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A top United Nations climate official, Rajendra Pachauri, has pulled out of a high-level meeting in Kenya next week, a spokesman said on Saturday, as Indian...
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Consul General Ausaf Sayeed Reinforces Ties With Minnesota
CHICAGO Consul General of India Ausaf Sayeed visited Minneapolis, Minnesota, from Feb. 5 through 8, to meet with the Minnesota Secretary of State, Steve Simon, former Secretary of State Mark Ritchie...
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Kashmiri Pundits Shaped Sino-Tibetan Buddhist Culture
EVANSTON, Ill. Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies at University of Chicago Divinity School Matthew T. Kapstein’s lecture “Pandits and Poets: Kashmir’s contribution to Buddhist literature...
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Illinois Chapter of Aam Aadmi Party Celebrates Delhi Victory
CHICAGO About 200 supporters attended the celebration by the Chicago/Illinois chapter of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of its thumping victory in the Delhi assembly election here at Devon’s Northshore Banquet...
View ArticleOver 347K People Sign Up for Health Care Through Marketplace
CHICAGO According to a report released Feb. 18 by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 347,300 people in Illinois selected plans through the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace as of...
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Former Employees Charged With Embezzling $170 K from Henri Bendel
Three former employees Henri Bendel’s flagship accessories store on 5th Avenue were charged last week with embezzling about $170,000 from the company. Among them, Sanjay Damodar of Garfield, New...
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NYU Professor Receives National Science Foundation Award
Srikanth Jagabathula, an assistant professor in the Information, Operations, & Management Sciences department at the New York University Stern School of Business was recently recognized by the...
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College student accused of rape claims he was reenacting ’50 Shades of Grey’
A college student who has been accused of raping a classmate told authorities he was reenacting scenes from “50 Shades of Grey,” authorities said. After bringing the 19-year-old woman back to his dorm...
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Red-hot Lahiri lauds effects of meditation
(Reuters) – A decade spent practising the art of meditation has played a fundamental role in transforming Anirban Lahiri from an also-ran golfer into a world-class performer, the Indian said. The...
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Pakistanis face a deadline: Surrender fingerprints or give up cellphone
ISLAMABAD — Cellphones didn’t just arrive in Pakistan. But someone could be fooled into thinking otherwise considering the tens of millions of Pakistanis pouring into mobile phone stores these days....
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Heritage Museum Showcases ‘Amazing India’ at Navy Pier
Indo-American Heritage Museum (IAHM) along with Consulate General of India brought the fifth annual “Amazing India” cultural mela (festival) to Chicago’s Navy Pier’s Crystal Garden Feb. 15 The cold...
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Cold Case: Revisiting the Mysterious Death of Geetha Angara
The case of a New Jersey woman, who died mysteriously at a facility run by a state water supplier a decade ago, could be reopened, with a little help from a state senator. Geetha Angara’s body was...
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Bhagwat’s Mother Teresa comments kick up storm
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s comments on Mother Teresa kicked up a furore as political parties and Christian groups Tuesday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi show that he meant every word of his...
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Sarah has ‘piggy bank’ of inspirations for music
From being a former Miss World contestant, Sarah Jane Dias tiptoed into Bollywood with “Game” and she has now launched her debut music track. She equates music to a “piggy bank”, where she kept...
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Katrina Kaif reveals secrets behind her glowing skin
Don’t take your skin for granted, says actress Katrina Kaif, who believes in the use of sunscreen, right intake of water and ensures that her makeup is removed well. The brand ambassador of the...
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Obama Continues to tap Indian Americans to fix Things
President Barack Obama, with the largest number of Indian Americans in his administration, keeps dipping into the expanding talent pool of the three million-strong Indian American community, to take...
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Designers Khan, Mohapatra Receive Rave Reviews at N.Y. Fashion Week
Indian-American designers Naeem Khan and Bhibu Mohapatra both received rave reviews for their Fall 2015 collection at the recently concluded New York Fashion Week. Khan celebrated his 10th year...
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Hindu nationalists step up attacks on India’s beef industry
(Reuters) – Hindu nationalists in India have stepped up attacks on the country’s beef industry, seizing trucks with cattle bound for abattoirs and blockading meat processing plants in a bid to halt...
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Kejriwal keeps poll promise; halves power tariff, gives free water
The AAP government Wednesday halved the power tariff for up to 400 units per month and said it would supply 20,000 litres of water free to Delhi’s metered households from March 1 – keeping its two...
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