Indian-American doctor gifts new ears to boy
In a miraculous surgical feat, an Indian-American surgeon has gifted a pair of new ears to an eight-year-old boy in the US, media reported. Elijah Bell, a second-grade student at the Frazer Elementary...
View ArticleIndia-Pakistan peace talks collapse, deadlock sours relations
Advisor to Pakistan’s Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign, Affairs Sartaj Aziz, shows dossiers on Indian intelligence agency’s involvement in promoting terrorism in Pakistan, during a news...
View ArticleBAPS Pays Homage To Former President Kalam
The Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville, New Jersey, honored the legacy of the late former president of India, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam...
View ArticleA Celebration Of Gujarati Culture And Entrepreneurship In Edison
The first ever Glorious Gujarat exhibition in the United States held late last month in Edison, New Jersey, ended on a high note with impressive dance and cultural events as well business seminars...
View ArticleN.Y. Democratic District Leader Rajkumar Has Albany On Her Mind
Incumbent Democratic District Leader representing Part C of the 65th District in Lower Manhattan Jenifer Rajkumar, has her eyes on a bigger prize – a move to Albany, N.Y. involving a race for the 65th...
View ArticleIndia’s stock markets rebound from one-year lows on short covering
India’s stock markets rose on Tuesday, bouncing back from their lowest levels in a year as markets were seen as oversold, while sentiment was also helped after the government said it would make...
View ArticleThree killed in Gujarat as Modi urges calm
A man on a scooter stands next to burning vehicles after the clashes between the police and protesters in Ahmedabad, August 26, 2015. REUTERS/Amit Dave At least three people were killed in clashes...
View ArticleHindu population drops below 80 pct as Muslim ratio rises
Devotees try to form a human pyramid to break a clay pot containing curd during the celebrations to mark the Hindu festival of Janmashtami in Mumbai August 18, 2014. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade/Files...
View ArticleWill religious census stir up India’s political cauldron?
Lucknow/Patna, Aug 26 (IANS) Will the religious census released by the central government on Tuesday stir up India’s political cauldron? Reports from two states with a sizeable Muslim population...
View ArticleUS court dismisses 1984 riots case against Sonia Gandhi
A US court of appeals in New York has affirmed a district court’s order and dismissed Nov 1984 anti-Sikh violence case against Congress party president Sonia Gandhi for lack of subject matter...
View ArticleIndia’s prime minister appeals for calm after night of rioting
A man is seen through a bus that was burnt in the clashes between the police and protesters in Ahmedabad, August 26, 2015. REUTERS/Amit Dave AHMEDABAD, India — India’s prime minister appealed for calm...
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Commuters ride their motocycles next to the wreckage of a bus that was burnt in the clashes between the police and protesters in Ahmedabad, August 26. The post appeared first on News India Times.
View ArticlePakistani-American Extradited To Serve 15-Year U.S. Sentence For Bribery
A former Deputy Treasurer of Ohio has been extradited from Pakistan to the United States to serve a 15-year prison sentence for his role in a multimillion dollar bribery and money laundering scheme...
View ArticleReport: Pakistan adding nuclear arms
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A new report by two American think tanks asserts that Pakistan may be building 20 nuclear warheads annually and could have the world’s third-largest nuclear stockpile within a...
View ArticleGujarat limps to normalcy under army watch
Ahmedabad: Army conducts flag march in Ahmedabad, on Aug 27, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Ravaged by violence since Tuesday, Gujarat limped back to normalcy on Thursday even as the army was moved into three...
View ArticleThe Legality Of Arkansas Rejecting Hanuman Statue
Arkansas, which is poised to erect a new Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of its state capitol, has just rejected a request by a Hindu group to erect a statue of the god Hanuman there....
View ArticleIndian babysitter to serve jail time over Connecticut child’s death
An Indian who had worked as a baby sitter in Connecticut was sentenced to 14 years in U.S. federal prison for the death of a 19-month-old boy in her care last year. Kinjal Patel, 29, was sentenced on...
View ArticleTexas Teen Tops MetLife National South Asian Spelling Bee
Shourav Dasari, who correctly spelled the word ‘Psocoptera,’ meaning an order of insects including booklice, clinched the National Champion title and took home a cash prize of $10,000 during the 2015...
View ArticleSeven Indians on Forbes Asia’s list of philanthropists
Seven Indians feature in Forbes Asia’s ninth annual Heroes of Philanthropy list, highlighting some of the region’s most noteworthy givers from 13 countries across Asia Pacific. Among them is...
View ArticleCricket: Team India needs a long rope
Weaving a half-baked theory after one innings is a cardinal sin, but a handful of cricket writers did just that when India collapsed at Galle for 112, losing the Test by 63 runs on Aug. 15. Evidently,...
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