‘He Stabbed Me, Darling,’ Indian Techie Killed in Sydney Told Husband on Phone
Sydney: Indian IT professional Prabha Arun Kumar was on the phone with her husband when she was stabbed just 300 meters from her home in Sydney on Saturday night. “He stabbed me, chinna (darling),” the 41-year-old reportedly said to her husband Arun Kumar, as the conversation ended abruptly. By the time she was found by a passer-by […]
German univ denies Indian an internship citing ‘rape problem’
NEW DELHI: A professor in Germany on Monday apologised for refusing an Indian male student an internship because of his country’s “rape problem”, after the German ambassador to India condemned the incident. Annette Beck-Sickinger, a professor at Leipzig University, expressed regret after her emails refusing the Indian man surfaced on social media, causing a wave […]
World Cup 2015: India beat West Indies to reach quarterfinals
NEW DELHI: Reaffirming his status as one of the best finishers of the game, captain MS Dhoni led India to a four-wicket victory against the West Indies in their World Cup Pool B match at the WACA in Perth on Friday. With this victory, India booked their quarterfinal berth in the World Cup, as Mohammed […]
‘India’s Daughter,’ the film banned by India: What did it show?
(CNN)“India’s Daughter,” the BBC’s documentary about the infamous gang rape and murder of a student in Delhi in 2012, was banned by an Indian court because the excerpts “appear to encourage and incite violence against women.” The controversial BBC Storyville film was originally scheduled to air Sunday — on International Women’s Day — but was […]
India-born Anu Aiyengar to co-head JPMorgan’s M&A division for North America
Financial giant J P Morgan Chase has promoted India-born executive Anu Aiyengar as co-head of mergers and acquisitions for North America, making her one of the most senior women running a mergers group at a big bank on Wall Street. Aiyengar, 42, along with Henry Gosebruch, a German citizen who specializes in health care and […]
Anirban Lahiri Hasn’t Looked Back since a Meeting with Tiger Woods Last Year
The best golfer in India played before an enormous gallery with the kind of buzz that is rare for his country. Anirban Lahiri wound up the winner, a day he won’t forget. Except that he wasn’t the star that day. Tiger Woods was in town. Lahiri and Shiv Kapur, who played college golf at […]
Indian American Teen Named ‘Child Genius’
Indian American middle school student Vanya Shivashankar beat 20 gifted teenagers from across the U.S. to win the title of “Child Genius 2014.” Thirteen-year-old Shivashankar of Olathe, Kansas beat three other finalists to win $100,000 for a college fund in Lifetime’s intelligence contest “Child Genius.” Shivashankar, a student at California Trail Middle School, was one […]
CURRENCIES: Surprise China Rate Cut Pushes Dollar Higher
LONDON (MarketWatch) — The dollar shrugged off a slate of weak economic data Monday to trade higher against the euro, yen and pound, benefiting from a surprise rate cut from the People’s Bank of China. The central bank cut its benchmark lending and deposit rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Saturday, raising […]
World Cup 2015: MS Dhoni hurt at nets while batting
PERTH: Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was on Friday hurt while batting in the nets at the WACA here ahead of India’s ICC World Cup 2015 league match against the United Arab Emirates on Saturday. It happened while Dhoni was facing a net bowler whose delivery kicked up suddenly and brushed his forearm. Dhoni was […]
Will Narendra Modi be India’s Thatcher?
Expectations are running high for the new government’s first major budget. The hundreds of millions of Indians whose votes helped sweep Prime Minister Modi to power in May last year believed that he offered the best hope for bringing growth and jobs to the country. The budget will be the first really big test […]
Immigration Reform News 2015: H4 Visa Holders, H1B Dependent Spouses to Obtain Permission to Work, Seek Employment
The Department of Homeland Security has announced that it will grant employment authorization to certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B visa holders or foreign workers in the U.S. According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director León Rodríguez, the new policy will take effect on May 26, 2015 for spouses of H-1B visa holders who are […]
Andy Murray climbs above Rafael Nadal to third in world rankings
Andy Murray has swapped places with Rafael Nadal to move to third in the ATP world rankings. The Scot, 27, climbed to his highest ranking since occupying second place after beating Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in the 2013 Wimbledon final. He had dropped to 12th in September 2014 after missing three months following back surgery on a […]
Brazen, brutal: 5 terror groups making headlines this month
By Faith Karimi / CNN The terror groups are getting more ruthless, their attacks more brazen. Every few weeks, right when one extremist group is dominating the news with threats of attacks, along resurfaces another with a different, more harrowing claim. Over the weekend, Al- Shabaab released a video urging its sympathizers to attack malls in the United […]
Houston Housing Market Losing Energy
Houston’s booming housing market is losing some of its momentum due to the steep decline in oil prices in recent months. The Houston Association of Realtors reported Wednesday that finalized sales of homes in the metropolitan area increased by 6.1% in January from a year earlier, marking a deceleration from the market’s 11.6% year-over-year gain in December. […]
White House Names ‘DJ’ Patil as the First U.S. Chief Data Scientist
Arun Kumar, IANS Washington — The White House has named Dhanurjay ‘DJ’ Patil as its first chief data scientist to help shape policies and practices to help the U.S. remain a leader in technology and innovation. In a memo to the American people Feb. 19, Patil, 45, noted that “the Obama administration has embraced the […]
Rashad Hussain Named U.S. Special Envoy for Counterterrorism
Rashad Hussain has been appointed U.S. special envoy and coordinator for strategic counterterrorism communications, the U.S. State Department announced Feb. 18. The Indian American will lead a staff comprised of a number of U.S. departments and agencies to “expand international engagement and partnerships to counter violent extremism and to develop strategic counterterrorism communications around the […]
Saudi King Salman opens coffers for masses
RIYADH: European leaders are still battling over austerity. The United States Congress is gearing up for another fight over the budget. But in Saudi Arabia, there are no such troubles when you are king — and you just dole out billions and billions of dollars to ordinary Saudis by royal decree. Not surprisingly, Saudis are […]
World Cup 2015 is fixed, WhatsApp message claims
NEW DELHI: In what may serve as a big blow to cricket enthusiasts, a message on WhatsApp that has gone viral claims that the ongoing ICC World Cup 2015 is fixed. The shocking fact about this message is that all the results of the World Cup 2015 matches so far have come true and […]
Indian workers win $14 million in US labour trafficking case
A federal jury on Wednesday awarded $14.1 million to five Indian guest workers who claimed they were defrauded and made to live in squalid conditions after being lured to work for an Alabama-based marine and fabrication company following Hurricane Katrina. The jury issued its verdict against Mobile, Alabama-based Signal International LLC and its associates in a […]
Outrage in India after Hindu temple vandalized with hate message in US
WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI: There has been strong reactions in India after reports of a Hindu temple being vandalized in the US. A Hindu temple was vandalized with hate message and swastika spray-painted on its wall in the US state of Washington, the latest incident that has shocked the community ahead of the Maha Shivratri festival. The […]
