Meet the Hindus for Donald Trump
Of the 13 “Little Indias” in New Jersey, the one that offends Gloria Nisbet most is a 15-minute drive away, on Oak Tree Road in Iselin. Nisbet is mixed race and reluctantly admits she has a bit of Indian ancestry. She lives in Woodbridge, New Jersey, and visits this particular Little India often. “I have […]
NRIs in Saudi Arabia over 60 years may have to return home
JEDDAH (Saudi Arabia): Indian expatriates in Saudi Arabia over 60 years of age may have to return home with the Saudi government contemplating an age bar for foreign workers in private sector companies. If the decision is implemented, returning back home may be the only viable option for the thousands of NRIs who have settled […]
After SRK, Omar faces immigration check for two hours at US airport
NEW DELHI: After Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has complained that he spent two hours in a holding area, adding that this happens to him every time he goes the U.S. “Another “random” secondary immigration check upon landing in the US. Thrice in three visits, the randomness […]
Pakistan’s largest telescope brings outer space down to Earth
Few residents of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad likely know that the country’s largest telescope – capable of observing the solar system, the Milky Way and neighbouring galaxies – is housed in the capital, just 17 kilometres from Zero Point on the Islamabad Expressway. The telescope observatory is on the roof of the […]
Delhi choking: Root cause stems from deep crisis in agriculture
North India faces an annual trauma as winter approaches — the air in the region having more than 200 million people becomes toxic. Fingers are pointed at the hand that feeds India, farmers in the granary of the country are rebuked asking them not to burn agriculture waste in their fields as their action fouls […]
Greenpeace, others sought US intervention after action by India: Wikileaks
Environmental groups such as Greenpeace and other international NGOs working in India had sought US government intervention after their funding came under increased scrutiny of the Modi government, according to emails released by the Wikileaks. The emails, hacked from the email account of John Podesta, who is the chairman of the Clinton Campaign, also indicates […]
Yadav family feud: Damage irreversible, now SP govt at stake
Succession battles in political families are rarely smooth. DMK patriarch Karunanidhi has passed the party’s baton by and large comfortably to his son MK Stalin, but Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, caught between his demanding brother and son, has failed miserably. The SP power struggle has split the Yadav family and the 25-year-old party, […]
