Europe
The Indian Panorama Publisher- Editor greets PM Modi
Publisher & editor of The Indian Panorama, Prof. Indrajit S. Saluja was one of the invitees to the dinner reception to PM Modi hosted by Indian Ambassador S. Jaishankar.
Month: October 2014
Europe
Ranju and Ravi Batra greet PM Modi at the United Nations
As Indian-Americans and friends of India and Indians, Ravi & Ranju Batra welcome India’s PM Modi to New York and UN on 9/27/14, after he had visited the 9/11 Memorial and just walked off the […]
Europe
Queens Borough President helped kick-off Queens Restaurant Week 2014
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz helped kick-off Queens Restaurant Week 2014 by enjoying a delicious lunch with Assembly member Michael Miller (front l.), City Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley (front r.), Queens Economic Development Corporation executive director […]
Europe
OFBJP Global Convener Vijay Jolly gets Modi’s pat
The untiring work of Vijay Jolly, the global convener of OFBJP has been appreciated by PM Modi. Jolly has traveled far and wide to set up organizational wings all over the world. His effort has […]
Europe
WORLD’S LONGEST FRESH FLOWER GARLAND
A new Guinness World Record for the World’s Longest Fresh Flower Garland was set , August 26 afternoon in Queens by New York City Councilman Jimmy Gennaro Ashrita Furman, holder of 206 current Guinness Records, […]
United States
Gandhi Jayanti celebrated as International Day of NON-VIOLENCE at the UN
NEW YORK (TIP): The UN General Assembly, on October 2, celebrated Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday as the International Day of Non- Violence. On 15 June 2007 the United Nations General Assembly had voted to establish October […]
United States
Dasvandh Network Inspires Giving with the Power of Ten During Dasvandh Week
NEW YORK/ TROY, MI (TIP) The Dasvandh Network (DVN) is encouraging donors to give during the second annual Dasvandh Week (November 8th-16th) via online donations (www.dvnetwork.org) or in Gurdwaras throughout the country. This year’s goal […]
United States
1984 Sikh Genocide’ report to be submitted to UN secretary general
NEW YORK (TIP): The Sikhs For Justice plans to submit a report to UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon on the genocidal violence against the Sikh community, on 7th November, on the 30th anniversary of November […]
United States
The Nartan Rang Dance Academy Organizes Navratri Celebrations
NEW YORK (TIP): The Nartan Rang Dance Academy of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan organized its 3rd annual Navratri celebration on Saturday, October 11th, 2014 at Mitchel Athletic Complex in Garden City, Long Island. With the melodic […]
United States
Ekal Raises Rs. 1 Crore to Implement Clean India Campaign in Villages
NEW YORK (TIP): ‘Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation-USA (EVFUSA)’, recently (Oct. 3-5) hosted an international conference in Cincinnati, Ohio to address various issues facing rural education, hygiene, and integrated development in remote parts of India, where it […]
United States
Tenants Protest Illegal Evictions
City Councilmembers Jumaane Williams and Steven Levin Call for Action NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Vowing to continue their campaign to end illegal lockouts and evictions, tenants of threequarter houses spoke out about landlords’ abusive practices […]
United States
Comptroller’s Audit reveals “weak and inadequate” response to complaints about rodent infestation
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): At a press conference in Harlem, October 14, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer unveiled findings of a new audit showing widespread deficiencies in the Department of Health and Mental […]
Featured
What Modi did not say on Oct 2
In the cleanliness drive Gandhi’s real message of communal harmony was missing “That communal harmony was his (Gandhi’s) foremost concern was emphasized again in 1921 and repeated on March 24, 1947, at a prayer meeting […]
Featured
A commendable effort
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), with the consummate ease that has become the rocket’s hallmark, placed the third Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) spacecraft into orbit in the early hours of Thursday. Over […]
Business & Economics
How internet is helping the ‘Islamic State’
The ISIS has turned the internet into the most effective propaganda tool ever. Propaganda war of Islamic extremists is being waged on Facebook and internet message boards, not mosques Ever since the Pentagon started talking […]
Europe
Pakistan needs to ‘incite’ those ‘fighting’ in Kashmir: MUSHARRAF
ISLAMABAD (TIP): In the wilderness for a long time, former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf made an anti-India rant by saying Pakistan needs to “incite” those “fighting” in Kashmir. “We have source (in Kashmir) besides […]
Europe
Shinzo Abe becomes first Japanese PM to visit Sri Lanka in 24 years
COLOMBO (TIP): Shinzo Abe on October 12 became the first Japanese prime minister to visit Sri Lanka in 24 years, on the second leg of a South Asian tour that sought to assert Tokyo’s interest […]
Europe
Flight MH370 mystery: Still no answers
KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): Six months after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 with 239 people on board disappeared in the Indian Ocean, aviation experts are still clueless over the world’s greatest aviation mystery. Australia, which is responsible […]
Europe
Afghanistan gang-rape case: Death sentence for 7
KABUL (TIP): Afghanistan handed the death penalty to seven men on October 12 for raping and robbing a group of women returning from a wedding in a rare case of sexual assault that has shaken […]
Asia
Myanmar cancels planned parliamentary byelection
YANGON (TIP): Myanmar’s Union Election Commission, on October 13, said that it is cancelling byelections that were scheduled for later this year to fill 35 empty parliamentary seats. Commission chairman Tin Aye made the surprise […]
United States
Obama picks PIO as head of US civil rights department
WASHINGTON (TIP): When she was barely into her mid-20s and just couple years out of law school (NYU), Vanita Gupta represented 46 African- Americans who had been convicted by an all-white jury in Texas in […]
United States
US SAYS BAGHDAD IS NOT UNDER ‘IMMINENT THREAT’ FROM IS
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Iraqi capital Baghdad is not facing immediate danger from Islamic State jihadists despite battlefield gains by the group in the country’s west and recent car bombings in the city, the US military […]
United States
‘Imperative’ to resume Israel-Palestinian talks, John Kerry says
WASHINGTON (TIP): US secretary of state John Kerry on October 16 called for a resumption of the Israel- Palestinian peace process, saying the talks were vital in the fight against extremism. “It is imperative that […]
United States
Fund to fight Ebola has $100,000 in bank: UN chief
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Secretary general Ban Kimoon said that a trust fund he launched to provide fast and flexible funding for the fight against Ebola has only $100,000 in the bank. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric […]
United States
Obama approves reservists for Ebola fight, government under fire
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama authorized calling up military reservists for the US fight against Ebola in west Africa on October 16, as lawmakers criticized his administration’s efforts to contain the disease at home. Obama’s […]