BENGALURU – Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya resigned Feb. 25 as chairman and non-executive director of United Spirits Ltd as part of a $75 million deal with its majority holder and global liquor major Diageo plc […]
MUMBAI/PUNE — Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt walked free from a Pune prison and returned to his home in Mumbai to a hero’s welcome Feb. 25, finally ending 23 years of legal troubles that began when he was found […]
Program Will Support 80 Entrepreneurs and Create More Than 700 New Jobs for New Yorkers in First Three Years Alone Entrepreneurs Will Be Required to Base Business at CUNY Incubators, Bringing Employment and Education Opportunities […]
Feb 24: The Union HRD Minister lashed out at the Opposition in Lok Sabha saying there was no question of an apology from her government in the suicide case of Rohith Vemula and the controversy […]
SAN FRANCISCO: An Indo-Canadian Toronto-based Sikh comedian and YouTube and Vine star, Jasmeet Singh — better known online as ‘JusReign’ alleged that he was forced to take off his turban at the San Francisco airport […]
Actor Farhan Akhtar has announced the “first ever” tour dates for his band Farhan Live’s music concert in the US. The six-day tour will start on May 20 from Dallas, Texas and will conclude on […]
Growing up is a wonderful experience, but when we grow up, one particular question from elders makes us confused: “ What do you want to become when you grow up?” Well, “Why not talk about their […]
Taking part in mentally stimulating activities such as reading books and magazines, playing games and using computers in the middle age may delay symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, says a study by an Indian-origin researcher. ‘The […]
Indian American journalist and writer Sonia Shah writes how epidemiologists are bracing themselves for what has been called the next “Big One” — a disease that could kill tens of millions of people in the […]
Feb 24: California Attorney General Indian American Kamala Harris is running for Senate, a seat she has been campaigning for more than a year. “We got in early, we’ve been running hard, and this makes […]
Feb 24: In a first of its kind research, an Indian American led team at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, Syracuse University have essentially hit the pause button on boiling. Using a focused […]
The New York Indian Film Festival, the oldest, most prestigious South Asian Film Festival in North America has been scheduled from May 7-14, 2016, a press release said. NYIFF screens feature films, documentaries and shorts by […]
February 23: Sling TV and DISH announced they have expanded their strategic relationship with Willow TV International for the Willow cricket channel. The agreement brings some of the world’s most popular cricket matches and events, […]
A Kerala-born Indian-American missionary, who founded and runs Gospel for Asia — one of the largest U.S.-based Christian mission agencies — has been charged with fraudulently soliciting hundreds of millions of dollars in charitable donations, and misdirecting […]
NEW YORK: A 40-year-old Indian-origin law firm executive in the US has been charged with conspiring in a 20 million dollar embezzlement case and stealing approximately USD 900,000 from the firm’s accounts to pay her […]
Feb 25: Indian American Attorney Priya J. Harjani, currently senior associate general counsel at Northwestern University, has been promoted to deputy general counsel for the University, effective March 1, Philip Harris, Northwestern’s vice president and […]
NEW YORK: A prominent Indian-American billionaire is locked in a real estate battle with the State of California after he sought USD 30 million for reallowing public access to a stretch of beach he owns, […]
LOS ANGELES: The body of a 55-year-old Indian man, who was on a visit to the US has been found in a waterway, 10-days after he walked away from his daughter’s wedding reception, a media […]
In an effort to curb battery drainage as you use Wi-Fi to play games or watch movies, a team of engineers including Indian-origin researchers has demonstrated that it is possible to generate Wi-Fi transmissions using […]
Mumbai: While underworld don Dawood Ibrahim continues to live in hiding, his nephew Sohail Kaskar has been arrested by the US authorities for narco-terrorism. According to a Times of India report, Sohail Kaskar, 36, has […]
Feb 24: Indian-American community has pinned all their hopes with Sonika Vaid who might become the first Indian-American to become the American Idol this season. This week Vaid sang the Celine Dion classic, “I Surrender” […]
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday, Feb 22, accused BJP of unleashing its “divisive agenda by generating a wholly unwarranted debate on patriotism and nationalism” and said it was the government’s responsibility to ensure that […]
MINEOLA: He runs one of America’s largest suburban counties and has repeatedly deflected questions about federal probes of political cronies and personal friends. But until last week, Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano never had to […]
Hollywood star Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock posted a picture featuring Priyanka Chopra along with the entire cast of the movie on Instagram. Like a proud papa silverback, just look at this talented cool/hot #Baywatch […]
The latest in Bollywood’s attempts at retelling real-life stories, Ram Madhvani‘s “Neerja” is a shining example of what happens when the film-maker respects his source material and doesn’t introduce unnecessary melodrama. Neerja, a biopic, encapsulates the life […]
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