50 chartered planes to ferry VVIPs to Nagpur for Gadkari’s daughter’s wedding
Over 10,000 guests, most of them VVIPs like Union home minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president Amit Shah, industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Ratan Tata, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, Union ministers and chief ministers, will be flown to the city in 50 charter flights on Sunday evening. The reason — the wedding of Union minister Nitin […]
India presses for collective efforts against terrorism at Heart of Asia meet
India pressed for collective efforts on Sunday to ensure resurgent forces of terrorism and extremism do not find sanctuaries and safe havens in any name, form or manifestation. Neighbours of Afghanistan have a particular responsibility in this regard, union finance minister Arun Jaitley said at the ‘Heart of Asia’ conference in Amritsar. “There is also […]
Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa suffers cardiac arrest, back in critical care unit
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa was readmitted to the critical care unit (CCU) of Chennai’s Apollo Hospital after she suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening. Her condition stabilised later, sources said, but anxious supporters rushed to the hospital and broke through police barricades. The 68-year-old AIADMK supremo was readmitted to the CCU shortly […]
Donald Trump’s Conversation With Nawaz Sharif ‘Ignorant’: US Media Report
WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump’s “ignorant” conversation with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may send India an “unwelcome message”, a leading American magazine has said. The Forbes magazine said that Donald Trump’s “flattering” conversation sends a message that he has no awareness of the issues between the US, Pakistan and India. “His bluster is more […]
Income tax department keeping an eye on all suspect money trails, warns finance ministry
NEW DELHI: Giving a stern warning to those who were converting black money into white, the finance ministry on Friday said that the trails were being watched by the income tax officials and a coordinated action was underway. “Those indulging in or colluding with money laundering or converting black money into white+ will not be […]
Army proves Mamata Banerjee wrong, releases letters informing West Bengal government of exercise
NEW DELHI: The Indian Army proved the Trinamool government wrong on Friday, inthe raging controversy+ over its exercise in West Bengal. The Army released four letters it had written to different authorities in the West Bengal government to inform them of the exercise and request their cooperation. The letters the Army released clearly show acknowledgements […]
India House Cricket Tournament
By Ravi Ozarker HOUSTON: India House has organized more than 200 professional cricket games in the year 2016! Starting their first cricketing session a year ago with a humble 6 teams, the progressions has been phenomenal, from 6 to 8 to 12 to 16 Teams in One Year. Cricket is increasingly becoming a professional sport […]
Sewa International “De Ghuma Ke” Cricket Tournament 2016 raises money to support 21 kid’s education in India
Sewa International concluded its annual “De Guma Ke” Charity Cricket Tournament in collaboration with Houston cricket clubs. This was a friendly tournament open for all age group including men’s and women’s interested in playing and promoting cricket in greater Houston area. This year 12 teams participated from different parts of Houston: Telfair Tigers led […]
Demonetisation protests across India, but Opposition divided over bandh
The Centre’s demonetisation exercise has brought a rarely seen unity among opposition parties in Parliament, but they appear divided over the way they will protest against the measure on Monday. The Left Front is intent on making its 12-hour West Bengal bandh to protest the scrapping of high-value banknotes a success, while the Trinamool Congress-led […]
RSS’ vision of humanity’s development will be vision of India in future: Bhagwat
RSS’s vision, which is for the development of humanity, will be the vision of the country in future, the organisation’s chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday. Addressing the volunteers in Bhilwara, Bhagwat said that RSS’s vision was for the overall development of humanity and the world and this was going to the be the vision […]
All measures being taken to ease citizens’ pain: RBI guv Urjit Patel on note ban
RBI governor Urjit Patel has said the central bank was taking necessary actions to “ease the genuine pain of citizens” in the wake of the government’s demonetisation move, breaking his silence on the decision to scrap high-value banknotes about a fortnight ago. In an interview to PTI, Patel said the central bank was monitoring the […]
New army chief Bajwa brings no immediate change in policy: Pakistan
There will be no immediate shift in Pakistan’s military policy under the new army chief, the country’s defence minister said, after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appointed a new military leader on Saturday. Lieutenant General Qamar Javed Bajwa will replace retiring army chief Raheel Sharif when his three-year term ends on Tuesday, a rare example of […]
Vikas Krishan to get ‘Best Boxer’ award at AIBA 70th anniversary gala
NEW DELHI: In a historic first for Indian boxing, former Asian Games gold-medallist Vikas Krishan will be presented the ‘Best Boxer’ award by the International Boxing Association for his performance this year, during the world body’s 70th anniversary celebrations on December 20. “In recognition of your achievements throughout the year, AIBA would like to use […]
Indo American Presence Grows in Politics, Congress
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: Across the nation, inspite of the inflammatory rhetoric of the Presidential election that has roused concerns of a resurgence of racism and a polarized society, there has been a bright ray of hope in the election of five new Indo Americans to Congress from Illinois and California. It is a long […]
‘Priceless,’ Says Virat Kohli About Debut of Jayant Yadav, Who Took Four Wickets
Indian captain Virat Kohli on Monday celebrated his bowlers, especially debutant Jayant Yadav, after an emphatic 246-run win over England in the second cricket Test in Visakhapatnam to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. Kohli said everything fell in place in both batting and bowling which made the victory possible after a tame […]
Time to transport cash to banks cut from 21 to 6 days
NEW DELHI: The government has managed to cut down the transportation time of cash from printing to the main distribution centres from 21 days to six and is using all modes of transport, including helicopters and Indian Air Force planes, to move the cash quickly. The government is hopeful that the situation will improve over […]
NIA raids Zakir Naik’s premises; blocks website
MUMBAI: The NIA carried out searches at 17 premises of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, his NGO and a few associates for the third consecutive day on Monday, even as it blocked the website of outlawed Islamic Research Foundation founded by him. The anti-terror investigation agency is also set to summon Naik, who is abroad […]
Deposits, withdrawals, and purchases post-demonetisation: Who’s allowed to do what
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the currency ban on November 8, there have been restrictions on withdrawals from ATMs, and on deposits of defunct notes in banks. However, the government has announced some exceptions in the 13 days that have passed since demonetisation was implemented. Here’s a useful guide that will help you understand […]
TCC Taped Ball Fall 2016 Tournament: ECC Winners, Cougars Runners up
HOUSTON: ECC won the TCC taped Ball Fall 2016 tournament by defeating Cougars by 7 wickets in a keenly contested final between 5-time finalist and 2 time winners ECC and 7 time finalists and 4-time winner Cougars. With this win ECC claimed its 3rd title. Both ECC and Cougars made it to the final, losing […]
Karnataka minister Tanveer Sait files complaint against reporter who had filmed him watching porn
BENGALURU: Karnataka primary and secondary education minister Tanveer Saithas lodged a complaint against a journalist and his cameraman, who shot a video of him purportedly watching sleazy pictures on his cellphone at a Tipu Jayanti function in Raichur, about 450 km from Bengaluru. “Based on the minister’s complaint, we’ve registered a case against the TV […]
