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India’s Diversity, Economic Growth Praised at FIA I-Day

India’s Diversity, Economic Growth Praised at FIA I-Day

By Indiawest ARTESIA, CA, United States: Support from an all-star lineup of state dignitaries, cultural events and fervent speeches showcasing India’s diversity and economic growth marked the day as thousands gathered to celebrate the Federation of Indo-American’s 67th India Independence Day commemoration here in Artesia Park Aug. 3. The event was co-sponsored by the city of […]

Protests continue in Visakhapatnam

Protests continue in Visakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam: Protests against division of the state continued on the sixth day on Monday. An elderly man died of cardiac arrest while taking part in protest for Samaikyandhra in Bheemunipatnam here this morning. According to reports reaching here, Malleti Adinarayana, 65, a resident of Bank Colony in Bheemunipatnam, took part in the protest rally organised by […]

Bomb alert at US consulate in Milan lifted: reports

Bomb alert at US consulate in Milan lifted: reports

Rome: A bomb alert that forced the evacuation of a US consulate in Italy today has been lifted, reports said, amid fears of an imminent Al-Qaeda attack. The alert was raised after a suspicious package was found at the consulate in the Italian business hub of Milan, but no explosives were found, according to leading daily […]

Five Indian soldiers killed by Pak Army which crossed Line of Control

Five Indian soldiers killed by Pak Army which crossed Line of Control

Poonch / New Delhi: Five Indian soldiers were shot dead and one seriously injured by Pakistani soldiers who crossed the Line of Control in the Poonch area of Jammu and Kashmir at 2 am. In a strong statement, Congress President Sonia Gandhi said “India cannot be cowed down by such blatant acts of deceit” and urged […]

Red alert in Arunachal over possible disaster

Red alert in Arunachal over possible disaster

ITANAGAR: The Arunachal Pradesh government on Tuesday sounded a red alert after a massive landslide blocked the flow of the Polo river atPolosang a week ago, leading to reverse flow of water towards China. Experts say a disaster may take place if the debris blocking the river are breached. Meanwhile, a report from the district said three minor girls of […]

Baby Born With Rare Genetic Disorder Gets New Life

Baby Born With Rare Genetic Disorder Gets New Life

By Sunita Sohrabji, India west  JACKSONVILLE, United States: On Sept. 18, 2011, a little baby without eyelids, a cleft palate, legs fused together and numerous other external disorders was born at the Burrows Memorial Christian Hospital in rural Assam. Upon seeing their son, the biological parents determined they did not want to keep the baby. But India’s […]

Telangana aftermath: Protests rock Andhra Pradesh, four ministers quit

Telangana aftermath: Protests rock Andhra Pradesh, four ministers quit

Hyderabad/New Delhi:  The Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked for “restraint, brotherhood and cordial relations” with people of Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, a day after the Centre agreed to form a separate Telangana state. At least four state ministers and six Congress MLAs resigned in protest against the decision. The announcement to create India’s 29th state […]

Obama Proposes Deal Over Taxes and Jobs

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — President Obama came to a cavernous Amazon distribution center here Tuesday and backed a cut in corporate tax rates in return for a pledge from Republicans to invest in more programs to generate middle-class jobs. The proposal, an effort to break a stalemate with Republicans over budget policy, comes as Mr. Obama […]

Anna Hazare to visit US to participate in Independence day parade

Anna Hazare to visit US to participate in Independence day parade

VARANASI: Anna Hazare is going to the US to take part in India’s Independence day parade in New York. “I got an invitation for attending the parade, and I am going to take part in it,” said Anna when asked during meet the press programme whether he was going to attend the India Independence day parade which will also […]

No going back on Telangana: Sonia Gandhi told Congress lawmakers from Andhra Pradesh

No going back on Telangana: Sonia Gandhi told Congress lawmakers from Andhra Pradesh

New Delhi: Hours before the Congress announced that Telangana will be India’s 29th state, Sonia Gandhi met a group of legislators and MPs from Andhra Pradesh who are against bifurcating the state and informed them that there was no going back on the decision this time. She also told her party leaders that they must impress […]

UK’s Oldest Woman, World’s Second Oldest Person Dies at 115

UK’s Oldest Woman, World’s Second Oldest Person Dies at 115

By Indiawest LONDON,United Kingdom: West London-based Sant Kaur Bajwa, who at the age of 115 years and 199 days, was officially the United Kingdom’s oldest and the world’s second oldest person, passed away of natural causes July 19. Bajwa was born Jan. 1, 1898 in Sialkote, Punjab — in what is now Pakistan — in a […]

Dawinder S. Sidhu Selected as 2013-14 Supreme Court Fellow

Dawinder S. Sidhu Selected as 2013-14 Supreme Court Fellow

By Indiawest United States: Dawinder S. Sidhu, an assistant professor of law at the University of New Mexico School of Law, has been selected as a 2013-2014 Supreme Court Fellow assigned to the United States Sentencing Commission. The Supreme Court Fellows Program was created in 1973 by the late Chief Justice Warren E. Burger to provide […]

Virat Kohli slams 15th ODI ton as India cruise to 6 wicket victory versus Zimbabwe

Virat Kohli slams 15th ODI ton as India cruise to 6 wicket victory versus Zimbabwe

Harare: Virat Kohli had said he would lead India in Zimbabwe by setting examples. His 115 in the opening match at the Harare Sports Club on Wednesday helped India register a comprehensive 6-wicket win after the home team scored 228 for seven wicket in their 50 overs. Scorecard | Match as it happened Kohli came to the […]

Disgusting way to start Indian Badminton League: Jwala Gutta

Disgusting way to start Indian Badminton League: Jwala Gutta

HYDERABAD: India’s top two women’s doubles players Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa are hurt at the way they were treated at the Indian Badminton League (IBL) auction.The only doubles team to win a bronze in the World Championships, Jwala and Ashwini were rightly named as the icons of the league. However, they were stunned to know that their base price was reduced […]

India, China hold third meeting on border affairs

India, China hold third meeting on border affairs

NEW DELHI: India and China are holding their third meeting on border affairs here on Tuesday against the backdrop of recent Chinese incursions and the first since the three-week “face-to-face” standoff in April at Depsang Valley near LAC inLadakh. “The meeting deals with all issues of peace and tranquillity on the border…However, this meeting does not deal with border issues as […]

NASA launches new probe of spacesuit failure

NASA launches new probe of spacesuit failure

Washington: The US space agency said on Tuesday it is launching a second investigation into a leaking helmet that forced an abrupt halt to an Italian astronaut’s spacewalk last week. The probe will examine maintenance, quality assurance, and any operations that could have had a role in the gushing water that mysteriously appeared in the helmet […]

World gets its first glimpse of royal baby as Prince William, wife Kate leave hospital

World gets its first glimpse of royal baby as Prince William, wife Kate leave hospital

London: A beaming Prince William and his wife, Kate, emerged from a London hospital on Tuesday with their newborn baby boy, presenting the world with a first glimpse of the prince who is third in line to the British throne. (First pics) A smiling Kate, wearing a baby blue polka dot dress, carried the future monarch […]

Supreme Court Restricts Tobacco Advertising

Supreme Court Restricts Tobacco Advertising

The Supreme Court of India has overturned a lower court’s suspension of a law regulating the promotion of tobacco products and criticized the central government for doing nothing to get the interim order revoked since it was issued in 2005. Parliament passed an anti-tobacco law in 2003, and in the following year it introduced a set of rules that […]

Report Reveals Half of Child Deaths Caused by Malnutrition

Report Reveals Half of Child Deaths Caused by Malnutrition

WASHINGTON, D.C., United States Global leaders met in London this month to launch the Lancet’s “2013 Series on Maternal and Child Nutrition.” This new four-part series is a much-anticipated follow-up to their landmark 2008 set of papers that elevated nutrition on the agenda of global health and development leaders. Those reports identified the critical 1,000-day […]

Crowley Urges Defense to Allow Turbaned Sikhs in U.S. Military

Crowley Urges Defense to Allow Turbaned Sikhs in U.S. Military

By Sunita Sohrabji, Staff Reporter Rep. Joe Crowley, D-New York, announced July 15 that he will send a letter to Defense Department Secretary Chuck Hagel urging him to allow all Sikhs to serve in the U.S. military, regardless of whether they keep their articles of faith. Crowley is circulating a letter among members of Congress, which […]