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Mahendra Singh Dhoni Visits Siddhivinayak Temple in New Jersey
In a rare public appearance in the United States, Indian ODI Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni visited Siddhivinayak Temple in Toms River, New Jersey, Aug. 30 and briefly interacted with the guests who...
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Indian-origin Man Pleads Not Guilty In New York Shooting Case
– NEW YORK After giving authorities the slip for nearly 16 years, an Indian-origin man accused of killing a person outside a New York wedding in 1999 has finally been arrested in Trinidad, media...
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Dushahra Kick-off Event Held Event At Consulate
– NEW YORK The annual Dushahra Festival celebrations in New York and New Jersey, which is organized by Indo-American Festivals Inc., was ceremonially kicked off Aug. 28 at the Indian Consulate in New...
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Actress Divya Vani Shares Her Journey Of Faith In Chicago
Telugu movie actress and popular TV Artist Divya Vani, who has acted in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil movies for many years, shared her personal testimony of faith on her maiden visit to...
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Hindu-Jewish Dialogue Held At Manav Seva Mandir Temple In Bensenville
An estimated 300 members of the Hindu and Jewish community gathered at the Manav Seva Mandir Temple in Bensenville Aug. 30 to take part in the first Hindu-Jewish dialogue sponsored by the Global Hindu...
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Sunil Kumar Named Booth Business School Dean For Second Term
In 2010 when he was appointed Dean of the University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business Sunil Kumar, an expert in operations research at that time at Stanford University Graduate School of Business,...
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Social media attacks against Modi critics not directed by us: BJP
The frenzied reactions of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters on social media against anyone strongly critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi or his policies are not organised by the party, says...
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Financial whizkid Asdhir Bhim scripts super success story in Canada
Toronto-based Bhim D. Asdhir ranks among Indo-Canadians whizkids who have scripted super success stories in the Canadian financial sector. Asdhir, whose family comes from Ludhiana in Punjab, is the...
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It’s Time To Rethink How We Look At Immigrant Cuisines
Ethnic food. Lately, the very term makes me lose my appetite. I encounter it where I don’t expect it — in mainstream food writing — and where I do: Yelp. Browsing that vast compost pile of opinion, I...
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13-year-old Indian-American Gets Wild Card In U.S. Open
–WASHINGTON A 13-year-old Indian-American girl is all set to play in the 2015 US Open after getting a wild card for the tennis championship, said a media report. A top ranked player in the Under-14...
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Millions strike to protest against Modi’s labour reforms
Policewomen try to detain activists from the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) during a nationwide strike in Kolkata, India, September 2, 2015. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri Protesters wielding...
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Uber rape: Indian woman withdraws U.S. case
An Indian woman executive who sued Uber after allegedly being raped by a driver for the cab-hailing service in India has voluntarily withdrawn her lawsuit, a media report said citing a court filing....
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Trial of Alabama Cop Who Slammed a Grandfather Begins
The trial of a former Alabama police officer who slammed down an Indian grandfather walking in his son’s neighbourhood in February has begun with the first day spent in selection of the jury. Eric...
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Pakistan court rejects bid to have deaf-mute Indian woman sent home
Geeta lights a match as she prepares to pray at the Bilquis Edhi Foundation in Karachi, Pakistan, August 6, 2015. The 23 year old deaf-mute Indian girl is believed to have mistakenly crossed into...
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As porn watching rises among women, experts say it’s double-edged sword
As more Indians surf for online pornography, despite efforts to ban it, experts caution that excessive exposure to explicit sex on the net may result in some of them turning into porn addicts and...
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National security, education scenario discussed at BJP-RSS meet
India’s national security and education scenario figured prominently on the second day of the meeting between leaders of the BJP and the RSS here. “RSS samanvay Biathak today discussed scenario of...
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Village council denies ordering rape of sisters
Meenakshi Kumari, 23, one of the two sisters allegedly threatened with rape by a village council in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, adjusts her headgear as she sits inside her lawyer’s...
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A fish apparently spawns, relieving itself on U.S. President Barack Obama (R) as the latter meets a traditional fisherman on the shore of the Nushagak River in Dillingham, Alaska September 2. The post...
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What did Mahatma Gandhi think of black people?
Was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the revered leader of India’s freedom movement, a racist? A controversial new book by two South African university professors reveals shocking details about Gandhi’s...
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Nikki Haley’s race speech: What it said — and what it didn’t
South Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki Haley came to Washington on Wednesday and said some things on race that will make it hard to claim that Republicans unilaterally avoid matters of race. Haley...
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