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Special Movie Screening of ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’ for Arun Jaitley by Javed Akhtar
Veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar has organised a special screening of his daughter Zoya Akhtar’s forthcoming film Dil Dhadakne Do for Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi on Tuesday (June 2) evening. “Javed sahab has kept a special screening of Dil Dhadakne […]
Other News
Study: Microendoscope could eliminate unneeded biopsies
By providing real-time histological data to endoscopists, Rice’s microendoscope can help rule out malignancy in cases that would otherwise require a biopsy. “While traditional endoscopy can rule out malignancy and eliminate the need for biopsies […]
India
Govt.’s ‘khoyapaya’ website to help trace missing children
With 11 children disappearing every hour in the country, the government will on June 2 roll out a web platform for people to directly report, track and upload information on missing children. The web portal […]
India
Maggi controversy: Bihar Court orders FIR
In the wake of UP FSDA finding monosodium glutamate and lead in excess of the prescribed limit in the instant noodles, a district court in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur directed the police today to register an First Information […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Team at Rice Univ. Creates Imaging System to Monitor Vital Signs
The Indian American team of Rice graduate student Mayank Kumar and professors Ashok Veeraraghavan and Ashutosh Sabharwal created the touch free video imaging system that will let doctors diagnose patients from a distance with special […]
United States
Indian Charged With Visa Fraud in US
An Indian national claiming to work with a Bollywood company was charged with visa fraud on arrival at a US airport, media reported. Sukhpal Veer Singh arrived at Kennedy Airport from Kuwait with a visa […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Ro Khanna to Contest 2016 US House of Representatives Polls
Indian-American Ro Khanna has announced that he will contest for a US House of Representatives seat that represents most of the Silicon Valley in California for a second time after losing out in the 2014 […]
Other News
Sepp Blatter resigned as FIFA president on Tuesday, four days after being re-elected
Sepp Blatter resigned as FIFA president on Tuesday, four days after being re-elected to a fifth term. Blatter, 79, announced the decision at a news conference in Zurich, six days after the FBI raided a […]
United States
HAB BANK Hosts Customer Appreciation Luncheon for its Jackson Heights Branch
JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY (TIP): HAB BANK, nation’s oldest and largest South Asian bank, hosted a luncheon for Jackson Heights Branch customers in Jackson Heights, NY, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. The event was organized in honor […]
United States
Patel Brother’s 50th Grocery Store opened in East Windsor, New Jersey
Patel Brothers, undisputed king of the Indian Grocery business in the United States opened its record breaking historic 50th grocery store in East Windsor, New Jersey on Thursday, May 28th 2015. Honorable Mayor of the […]
Europe
Missing Indian-Origin Hotelier from UK Murdered in Punjab
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Police on Saturday clarified that British hotelier of Indian-origin Ranjit Singh Power has been murdered, but his body was yet to be recovered, rejecting initial reports that a body found in a Punjab forest […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Scientist Finds New Way for Kidney Diagnosis
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: In a major success, an Indian-American scientist and his colleague have identified a new, less-invasive method to provide diagnostic information on kidney disease and its severity. They used an optical probe and Raman […]
Africa
2 Indian-origin Youths from South Africa Die Fighting for ISIS
Two youths belonging to the Muslim community of a small Indian township south of Johannesburg have died allegedly fighting for the Islamic State, becoming one of the first South Africans to have died in Syria. […]
Europe
Narendra Modi to visit Israel, 1st by an Indian PM
New Delhi (TIP): Narendra Modi will be travelling to Israel, the first by an Indian Prime Minister to the Jewish country with which bilateral defence cooperation is on an upswing. No dates have been finalised for […]
United States
Beau Biden, son of vice president and former Delaware AG, dies at 46
Beau Biden died of brain cancer at the age of 46 on Saturday. Beau, the son of Vice President Joe Biden, was being treated at the Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, at the […]
Entertainment
AC/DC Bassist Cliff Williams Sells Fort Myers Home
AC/DC are spending a lot of time on the road these days, and one member of the band has one less home, but a whole lot of money to come back to. According to News-Press.com, AC/DC bassist […]
United States
8-year-old girl killed in Dallas crash
8-year-old girl, Jordin Barrett was killed Saturday evening after a car she was traveling in crossed one or two lanes of U.S. Highway 175 at Second Street, hit an embankment and flipped into floodwaters, authorities […]
United States
US military says it mistakenly shipped live anthrax samples
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is investigating what the Pentagon called an inadvertent shipment of live anthrax spores to government and commercial laboratories in as many as nine states, […]
United States
Nebraska abolishes death penalty in landmark override vote
LINCOLN (TIP): Nebraska abolished the death penalty on May 27 in a landmark veto-override vote backed by an unusual coalition of conservatives who oppose capital punishment. Senators in the one-house Legislature voted 30-19 to override […]
United States
Bobby Jindal slams Republican presidential opponent
WASHINGTON (TIP): Moving closer to a formal announcement of his US presidential bid, Indian-American Bobby Jindal has slammed his fellow Republican and presidential aspirant Rand Paul for being “unsuited to be the commander in chief.” […]
Europe
Russia steps up propaganda push with online ‘Kremlin trolls’
ST PETERSBURG (RUSSIA) (TIP): Deep inside a four-story marble building in St Petersburg, hundreds of workers tap away at computers on the front lines of an information war, say those who have been inside. Known […]
Europe
Oxford gets its first-ever female vice-chancellor
LONDON (TIP): The oldest university in the English speaking world has got its first ever female head. Professor Louise Richardson, currently the principal and vice-chancellor of the University of St Andrews, has been nominated as […]
Europe
More taxes for UK businesses with foreign labour: Queen
LONDON (TIP): The British Queen on May 27 announced at the opening of the UK parliament session that businesses that employ foreign labour will have to pay a new visa levy which will be used […]
Europe
‘China now home to 1m super rich’
BEIJING (TIP): The number of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in China passed the one million mark for the first time last year following a surge in the “innovative industries” sector, a study has shown. […]