London, Feb 13 (IANS) India’s new envoy Navtej Sarna told leading members of the Indian community in the UK that India House is an “institution open to all Indians” and the community could play a…
MASTERCHEF: Contestant Hetal in the “Rice Rice Baby” episode of MASTERCHEF airing Friday, July 17 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. CR: Greg Gayne / FOX. © 2015 FOX Broadcasting. MASTERCHEF: HETAL VASAVADA. Age: 27. Hometown:…
CARE Board of Directors member, Ravir Trehan. Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) President Barack Obama plans to appoint Ranvir Trehan, an alumnus of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in India, as general trustee on…
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) An Indian-origin man who was among 47 immigrants denied recruitment as police officers for being foreign-born has won a $3.1 million discrimination suit filed against the Chicago Police Department in the…
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) An Indian American danseuse has been nominated for 2016 US Presidential Scholars in the Arts, one of the nation’s highest honours for high school students. Pavithra Nagarajan from California is one…
Washington, Feb 11 (IANS) Pandit Jasraj has been honoured in Houston for his lifelong contribution to classical Indian art. He is happy that he is able to popularise Hindustani music in the US. At an…
Washington, Feb 6 (IANS) Soumitra Dutta, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, will become the dean of a new integrated College of Business being launched by the Cornell University during the 2016-17 academic…
Washington, Feb 3 (IANS) Starting with “Miss India America” as the opening night movie, the 2016 Dallas/Fort Worth South Asian Film Festival (DFW SAFF) will showcase 13 award-winning shorts, documentaries and feature films. In addition…
Gurgaon, Feb 1 (IANS) An NRI, working with a private airline in Saudi Arabia, has been booked on charges of raping a divorcee in Gurgaon on the pretext of marrying her, police said on Monday….
Washington, Jan 30 (IANS) The University of Chicago has established a professorship for the study of Sanskrit with a $3.5 million gift from an Indian-American couple to help it advance the study of the Indian…
Washington, Jan 23 (PTI) An Indian-origin businessman claiming to be a Hindu monk who performed healing rituals has pleaded not guilty after being ordered to stand trial on charges of sexually assaulting three women. The…
The Lord hungers for devotion, which he finds but rarely. He sells himself to the devotee who attempts for his grace with pure devotion. All devotees are dear to Lord Hari. As the soil derives…
Telugu Desam Party Founding President, Former Chief Minister, Viswa Vikhyaatha Nata Saarwabhowma Dr.N.T.Rama Rao’s 20th Vardhanthi was conducted by NTR fans and NRI TDP in Philadelphia. This event was held at Norristown and attended by…
New York, Jan 21 (IANS) A 26-year-old Indian-American entrepreneur from Nevada, in the southwestern US, has been invited on Shark Tank, the popular American television series, the American Bazaar reported on Wednesday. Shaan Patel will…
Washington, Jan 21 (IANS) Of the nearly nine lakh Indians who visited the US on visitor or business visa in 2015, more than 14,000 overstayed, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report has said. According…
New York, Jan 21 (IANS) Fourteen students from the Indian diaspora have been selected to compete for $1 million in prizes at the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search Competition this year by fielding high-level projects…
Washington, Jan 21 (IANS) Goldman Sachs Group’s former Indian American director Rajat Gupta, freed early after serving 19 months in federal prison, will have to stay at home until March with an ankle bracelet, according…
Washington, Jan 16 (IANS) The vibrant cultural experience of the Indian state of Kerala captured the imagination of corporate leaders attending a ‘Kerala Evening’ in Silicon Valley, which is home to the world’s top technology…
Washington, Jan 16 (IANS) Indian-American professor Dr. Rakesh K. Jain and 16 other scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and innovators will receive the National Medals of Science and Technology and Innovation from President Barack Obama next Friday….
Sydney, Jan 15 (IANS) A 26-year-old Indian Sikh was on Friday granted a special visa by the Australian government on humanitarian grounds. The special visa will allow Jaspal Singh to return to Australia after attending…