ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday expressed serious concerns over the violations of human rights in Indian-occupied Kashmir and called for resolving the issue in the light of United Nations (UN) resolutions. Speaking at a weekly press […]
WASHINGTON: Chennai born Raja Rajeswari, who came to America when she was 16, has become the first person of Indian descent to be named as a criminal court judge in New York City. Ms Rajeswari, […]
PLACERVILLE (CALIFORNIA) (TIP): A 95-year-old California man has become the world’s oldest active pilot. The Sacramento Bee reported Tuesday that Guinness World Record keepers confirmed that a flight last month by Peter Weber Jr. qualified […]
MOBILE, ALABAMA (TIP): A death row inmate reached a plea deal Thursday that makes him the second prisoner to escape the death penalty in Alabama in less than two weeks. William Ziegler, 39, agreed to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 16, 2015): George Washington University is gearing up to permanently ban from campus an important religious symbol, one which is sacred to many Hindus and Buddhists in India and elsewhere, because it […]
Washington: In her second bid to break the glass ceiling and return to the White House, the former first lady chose a low key video message on social media to announce her run before heading to […]
Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has named Indian-American Maya Harris to head a team of senior policy advisers to put together her presidential campaign’s agenda. Harris, 46, has a background in human rights, […]
Fast-food workers are holding rallies in 230 U.S. cities Wednesday in their biggest protest yet for higher pay and union rights. The events were organized by the union-backed Fight for $15 campaign, which is demanding […]
Srinagar: Tension prevailed in Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Srinagar after a large group of separatists waved Pakistani flags to greet All India Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on his arrival in Srinagar […]
The European Union’s competition regulator on Wednesday accused Google of illegally abusing its dominance of the Internet search market in Europe by favoring its own comparison-shopping product when consumers shop online. The case could cost […]
Washington (TIP): Sixteen US lawmakers led by Democrat John Garamendi have introduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives, honouring the Sikh group’s celebration of Vaisakhi. The bipartisan resolution was co-sponsored amongst others by […]
Berlin, Apr. 14 (TIP): The grand nephew of one in every of India’s well-known freedom fighters and Congress chief Subhash Chandra Bose, Surya Bose, has stated his complete family was united in their demand for […]
HOUSTON: An Indian-American couple has donated USD one million for the construction of a cancer services facility at the University of Arizona. The couple, Dr Ram, an orthopedic surgeon, and Meera Krishna made the donation in […]
NEW YORK: An Indian IT professional, sentenced to death in the US for killing a baby and her Indian grandmother, is so frustrated with his lawyers that he sought immediate execution rather than seeking a new […]
LONDON: It was not any of the hard-nosed journalists or politicians but a 10-year-old Indian-origin schoolgirl that has stumped the British Prime Minister David Cameron on the campaign trail. Reema, a student from the northern England […]
Idaho Governor C. L. “Butch” Otter has issued a proclamation declaring April one as “Rajan Zed day” after Hindu statesman Zed and mentioning “historical first Hindu invocation in the Idaho State Senate” of March three. […]
Nasa’s Curiosity rover has found that water can exist as a liquid near the Martian surface. Mars should be too cold to support liquid water at the surface, but salts in the soil lower its […]
The Motorola Moto E 2nd gen smartphone with 4G LTE has finally been launched in India with a budget-friendly price tag of Rs 7999 attached to it. It’s available for pre-order through Flipkart and shows a tentative […]
Indian-origin student and entrepreneur Pooja Chandrashekar created history by securing admission at all eight Ivy League schools and six other top US universities. “They are all fantastic schools, so I couldn’t discount any of them… I wanted to make sure I could […]
JOHANNESBURG: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Johannesburg has been defaced by a group of people who threw buckets of white paint on it amid racist taunts. The incident occurred yesterday when the group came in […]
WASHINGTON: Three Indian-Americans are among 50 biggest philanthropists of 2015, that includes top business honchos like Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The list compiled by American lifestyle ‘Town […]
It seems, most of us don’t know how to breathe – the one thing we thought we knew at birth If you catch a cold often, or suffer from sinusitis worse than Kaa’s from Jungle […]
After 11 gruelling weeks of innovative vegetarian cooking and 67 episodes of high-intense drama, 21-year-old Nikita Gandhi, an Indian based in Abu Dhabi, bagged the winner’s golden chef coat and Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million) on […]
Days after Prime Minister Modi warned the judiciary of dangers posed by five-star activists, the Union Home Ministry cut off foreign funding to Greenpeace for “campaigning against government policies” and “obstructing India’s energy plans”. Among […]
Rarely is found a person in the history of mankind who has left such a deep imprint on the life and character of people within a brief span of 42 years. More than three hundred years […]
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