Six Indians abducted in Afghanistan: Baghlan governor blames Taliban, MEA in touch with authorities
NEW DELHI: Six Indians were among the seven people who have been abducted by unidentified armed men from Baghlan province in Afghanistan on Sunday, reported TOLO News. The Indian nationals are staff members of KEC International ltd, an infrastructure company which recently bagged a Rs 226-crore contract in the war-torn country. One Afghan employee was also […]
SNC’s Vaisakhi Mela Grows with Added Amenities for Festival Lovers
Click here to see Photo Collage By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: The 20-acre Sikh National Center site on the West Sam Houston Beltway has been an evolution in slow but steady motion, with new additions as the money is raised and spent on various structures. With purposeful steps, it has taken on the semblance of the […]
Houston Goes Bonkers at Varun Thakur’s Stand-up Comedy Show!
By Vanshika Vipin Varma HOUSTON: Laughter is one of the only things in our existence that can soothe the feeling of emptiness- the darkness feeling and the pain of reality. In recent times stand-up comedy has become a serious business. Varun Thakur is a standout amongst the most noticeable faces in the high-quality comic drama of […]
Saadhana Sur Sang – Epitome of Musical Grandeur
By Sasi Raghavan HOUSTON: On Sunday, April 22, Center for Indian Classical Music of Houston (CICMH) brought two stalwarts, the Living Legend of Sitar Ustad Shahid Parvez and flute Maestro Shashank Subramanyam, together in the space city for the first time as a part of its popular concert series Saadhana Sur Sang. CICMH is unique in […]
ASIE Learns METRO’s Mobility Strategy to Keep Houston Flourishing
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: When he was first appointed as the first Indian-American to serve on the Board of Metropolitan Transit Authority by then-Mayor Annise Parker in 2015, Sanjay Ramabhadran (he goes by the shortened form “Ram”) was tickled pink that his boyhood fantasy may finally be fulfilled. “I grew up in a small town […]
JVB Preksha Meditation Center, 18th Annual Family Camp “Reap What You Sow”
By Sudhanshu Sipani AUSTIN: JVB Preksha Meditation Center, Houston conducted its 18th Annual Family Retreat Camp, in scenic surroundings at Radhe Madhav Dham, Austin TX, on Easter weekend, from March 30 to April 1, under the spiritual guidance of Samani Satya Pragyaji, Samani Kanchan Pragyaji, Samani Rohini Pragyaji & Samani Pranav Pragyaji. Each year, the […]
Mosque blasts kill at least 20 in northeast Nigeria: Cops
YOLA: Explosions in and around a mosque in northeast Nigeria killed at least 20 people on Tuesday, police said. The blasts in the town of Mubi bore the hallmarks of Islamist terror group Boko Haram, which has waged an insurgency in Africa’s most populous country since 2009 and often deploys suicide bombers in crowded places. […]
Do you get easily angry in hot weather? This finding will surprise you
We all get hot and irritable during summers and now we have a theory that explains why it happens. A team in Poland conducted a study to find the link between rising temperature and stress levels. This has been something that has puzzled experts for many years. The research has revealed that cortisol, which is […]
The world’s best sunset destinations
Sunset has a magic beyond the scientific fact of the sun disappearing behind the horizon and the atmosphere playing up the colours as the earth turns. Memories, farewells and romance cloud your thoughts. And like romance, there’s more to it than just science and scattering air molecules. A wedding planner friend was recently asked where […]
Naagin’s Adaa Khan enjoys her vacation in Goa
Popular actress Adaa Khan, who played the role of Shesha in the supernatural drama show Naagin, is chilling with her friends in Goa. The sultry actress will turn a year older on May 12 and is enjoying her break away from the small screen. The gorgeous telly actress has taken an off from her hectic […]
US agency conducts H-1B visa lottery for 1.90 lakh applications
MUMBAI: The number of applications for the H-1B visa, heavily relied upon by India’s tech industry, has fallen for the second year in a row. For the 2018-19 season (FY 2019), which would permit successful visa applicants to work in the United States (US) from October 1, the US agency received 1.90 lakh applications as […]
Harendra new men’s hockey coach, Marijne to return to women’s camp
NEW DELHI: Women’s hockey coach Harendra Singh was on Tuesday made in-charge of the men’s side, while men’s coach Sjoerd Marijne was re-designated the women’s coach in an inexplicable rejigging of roles by Hockey India following the medal-less show at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games last month. Dutchman Marijne, who was handed the reigns of […]
Ranveer Singh’s most quirky costumes
Ranveer Singh is having a gala time in Switzerland and how! The actor has been sharing regular posts in dressed up avatars from his Swiss vacation. He has now shared his Charlie Chaplin look along with the description, “A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.” […]
Congress has initiated culture of ‘ease of doing murder’: PM Modi
SANTEMARANAHALLI/UDUPI (Karnataka): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday assailed the Congress government in Karnataka for initiating the culture of “ease of doing murder”, as he launched the second leg of his campaign blitz in the state for the assembly elections. He also accused the successive Congress governments at the Centre of allowing a handful of […]
Oil PSUs freeze petrol, diesel prices ahead of Karnataka polls
NEW DELHI: A fortnight before Karnataka goes to polls, PSU oil firms have stopped revising petrol and diesel prices even though benchmark international rates have gone up by almost $2 per barrel. With finance ministry refusing to cut excise duty to give relief to the common man from petrol hitting a 55-month high of Rs […]
Infused Performing Arts 6th Halftime Performance, Showcases Best of Bollywood
Click Here for Photo Collage By Akhila Kumar HOUSTON: As thousands of viewers filed into the Toyota Center on Saturday, April, 7, they had no idea they were in for more than just a show down between James Harden and Russell Westbrook. Houston’s premier Bollywood dance company, Infused Performing Arts, took to the courts for […]
