Four Indian-Americans Among Crain’s New York “40 Under Forty”
Reshma Saujani, 39, founder of Girls Who Code, eats lunch at her desk, has an Android phone, wears jeans and chucks, is highly organized, and uses social media 3-5 times a day; Amy Jain, co-founder of...
View ArticleNew York Indian Film Festival to Screen 30 Films, Shorts, Documentaries
NEW YORK Shonali Bose’s “Margarita With a Straw” will open the 15th edition of the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) at the Paris Theater May 4. The film, starring Kalki Koechlin, Revathi and...
View ArticleSupreme Court Issues Notice to Advani, Joshi over Babri Demolition
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to BJP leaders L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi and 17 others on a petition challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict discharging them of criminal...
View ArticleDev Patel link-up reports irk Nargis Fakhri
Link-up reports have always been a part and parcel of the glamour industry. And it has now struck actress Nargis Fakhri as reports of her dating British actor of Indian descent Dev Patel have started...
View ArticleColumbia Conference to Discuss Opportunities and Challenges Facing India
NEW YORK The South Asia Business Association at Columbia Business School will host the 11th Annual India Business Conference April 4 at the Alfred Lerner Hall at Columbia University here. Every year,...
View ArticleCultural Programs, Fashion Show, Networking at Holi Event
More than 350 people from the tristate area attended Holi celebrations hosted by the Bihar Jharkhand Association of North America (BJANA) at Royal Albert’s Palace in Fords, New Jersey on March 22....
View ArticleAir India Unveils New Summer Menu at JFK
JAMAICA, N.Y. Air India unveiled its new summer menu at an event held March 25 at Flying Food inflight caterers at JFK International Airport. Air India Regional Manager – Americas, Rishikant Singh,...
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Police and rescue workers search for bodies amongst the rubble after a hillside collapsed onto a house at Laden village, west of Srinagar, March 30. The post appeared first on News India Times.
View ArticleIndiana Woman Sentenced to 41 Years for Feticide, Neglect of Dependent
An Indiana woman was sentenced on March 30 to 41 years in prison on charges of feticide and felony neglect of a dependent after a jury found her guilty of the charges in early February. Purvi Patel...
View ArticleIndia evacuates 350 nationals from Yemen, to help Bangladesh
With fighting intensifying in Yemen, India on Wednesday evacuated 350 nationals, mostly from Kerala, from the southern Yemeni port of Aden to Djibouti, where IAF Globemaster transport planes were...
View ArticleIndia’s Nirodh condoms to get visual facelift
(Reuters) – When it comes to the wrappers of government-supplied condoms, boring is out, attractive is in, but erotic is too much. India is readying a redesign of the staid packaging of its...
View ArticleIndian fashion weeks: Still holding their own
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) This year saw the 25th edition of what is now called the Amazon India Fashion Week (AIFW) in the national capital while Mumbai saw the 15th anniversary of the Lakme Fashion...
View ArticleActress Roopa Ganguly eyes political stardom
Content with her exploits on celluloid, actress Roopa Ganguly – who became a household name playing Draupadi on the small screen decades ago – is now eager to let the political activist in her to take...
View ArticleIndiana woman jailed for “feticide.” It’s never happened before
When Purvi Patel showed up in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center’s maternity ward, bleeding and showing a protruding umbilical cord, Dr. Kelly McGuire immediately knew something was wrong. “There...
View ArticleGiriraj does it again: Remark on Sonia’s ‘white skin’ triggers outrage
Union Minister Giriraj Singh caused embarrassment to the government and triggered outrage on Wednesday with a racist remark about Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s skin colour. The Congress demanded...
View ArticleAndhra’s new capital named Amaravati
Amaravati will be the name of the new capital city of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu announced on Wednesday. He told reporters after a cabinet meeting that it was unanimously...
View ArticleBollywood star seems firmly committed to feminism, but not everyone is behind...
Bollywood star Deepika Padukone has been making some interesting moves lately that have nothing to do with filmmaking. Last year, actress Emma Watson emerged as a worldwide avatar for the modern...
View ArticleInterview: Sushant Singh Rajput talks about “Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!”
“Please don’t ask me about my process. Are you going to ask me about my process?” Sushant Singh Rajput asks as soon I switch on my recorder. The 29-year-old actor is in the middle of hectic promotions...
View ArticlePakistan PM approves deal to buy eight Chinese submarines
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has approved a deal “years in the making” to buy eight submarines from China, a Pakistani government official said on Thursday, in what could be one of China’s...
View ArticleSri Lanka government unlikely to allow Dalai Lama visit
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