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India’s Man of the Future Must Break With Past
When he was elected as India’s Prime Minister one year ago, Narendra Modi earned a handsome mandate for one task above all else: to revive the economy and deliver jobs and prosperity to India’s 1.25...
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Sonam Kapoor poses on the red carpet as she arrives for the screening of the film “The Sea of Trees” in competition at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, May 16. The post...
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Bollywood Beauties Sizzle on Cannes Red Carpet
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on May 14 inaugurated the India Pavilion at the 68th Cannes International Film Festival here. He stressed the importance...
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Seven charged with stealing the identities of Indian Americans
Seven members of an identity-theft ring that used information from Indian Americans to net more than $540,000 in cash and high-priced merchandise have been arrested. Police in New Jersey state seized...
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Food inspectors order recall of Maggi noodles, say found excess lead
Food inspectors have ordered Nestle India (NEST.NS) to recall a batch of Maggi noodles from shops across the country, saying the product contained dangerous levels of lead. The Food Safety and Drug...
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Aishwarya Rai returns to cinema with ‘Jazbaa’
After a five-year hiatus to embrace motherhood, Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan marked her return to the big screen by taking on one of her most demanding roles, playing a mother whose child...
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With nuclear deal in sight, Iran drives harder bargain in Indian trade talks
Iranian trade negotiators have become more assertive with Indian counterparts as hopes rise of international sanctions on Tehran easing later this year, sources said, and Indian companies fear they...
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Why the U.S. chooses to believe Pakistan, despite doubts
Why do allies sometimes pretend to believe one another’s lies? There are good reasons and bad, as new evidence about the U.S. relationship with Pakistan demonstrates. Throughout its “war on...
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Sunanda murder case: Tharoor’s aides to undergo polygraph test
A court here on Wednesday allowed Delhi Police to conduct lie-detector tests in the Sunanda Pushkar murder case on three suspects, closely associated with her husband and former union minister Shashi...
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Greenpeace staff to work for free after India blocks funds
Samit Aich, executive director of Greenpeace India, gestures as he addresses the media during a news conference in New Delhi, India, May 21, 2015. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi Greenpeace is determined to keep...
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Activists alarmed about Indian laws curbing free speech amid charity crackdown
REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO: A woman with her mouth covered with black cloth takes part in a silent protest in Jammu August 8, 2008. REUTERS/Amit Gupta/Files NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Human...
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Beef eaters can go to Pakistan, says BJP’s Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday justified ban on cow slaughter and asked all those who want to eat beef to go to Pakistan. “It is...
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Investment policy for overseas Indians tweaked
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The union cabinet on Thursday approved certain amendments to the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy to make investments by overseas Indians in the country easier and...
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My mother couldn’t have killed herself, says Shikha Joshi’s daughter
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Shrawani Joshi, daughter of model-turned-actor Shikha Joshi, 40, who was found dead in Mumbai on May 16, claimed her mother could never commit suicide as she was not a coward....
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‘Patang’ Director Prashant Bhargava Dies Of Cardiac Arrest At 42
Filmmaker Prashant Bhargava died of a cardiac arrest on May 15 in New York. The 42-year-old, who had a history of heart trouble, is survived by his parents Vijay and Ranjana Bhargava and his sister...
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Obama Names Yale Professor to Key Administration Post
President Obama has nominated a Yale professor as a member of the National Council on Humanities. The nomination of Akhil Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at the university since...
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Ambassador of India to the United States, Arun K. Singh, presents his credentials to President Barack Obama at the Oval Office of the White House, May 18. The post appeared first on News India Times.
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Indian National Charged With Fraud In New York
NEW YORK An Indian national along with two other people was charged with conspiracy to trick distressed homeowners into selling their residences and reaping millions of dollars through the fraud....
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New York Woman Jailed For 24 Years For Bias Killing Of Hindu
NEW YORK A New York woman who said she hates Hindus and killed a Hindu man by pushing him under a metro train has been sentenced to 24 years in prison, a local has prosecutor announced. When Erika...
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Teen Works With Microsoft On Updated Version of His Braille Printer
A California eighth-grader who invented a low-cost Braille printer, has partnered with Microsoft to realize his dream of improving life for the blind. Shubham Banerjee, 13, of Santa Clara, is now...
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