Sikh cab driver in US found guilty of raping, kidnapping woman
NEW YORK: A Sikh cab driver in the US has been found guilty by a jury of raping and kidnapping a 29-year-old woman and faces up to 25 years in prison for the 2011 assault. Gurmeet Singh, 42, will be sentenced on May 12 after the jurors at his trial in Brooklyn Supreme Court on […]
Liverpool F.C. Slip increases Manchester City’s grasp on EPL title
With the top two neck-and-neck on 80 points and with two games to play each, City were braced for a repeat of the 2012 campaign, when they pipped Manchester United to the title on goal difference on the final day. However, Liverpool’s late capitulation at Selhurst Park on Monday, when they let a 3-0 lead […]
BCCI Suspends Rajasthan Cricket Association After Lalit Modi Elected President
Within hours of Lalit Modi being declared as the president of the Rajasthan Cricket Association in Jaipur on Tuesday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has decided to indefinitely suspend RCA and appoint an ad-hoc body to run its cricket affairs. This is likely to trigger a new round of legal battle between the Board […]
John Oliver on the American Media’s India Blind Spot
The premiere of John Oliver’s new HBO news satire show, “Last Week Tonight,” included a segment on the Indian parliamentary election that seemed to speak for the legions of Indian journalists who actually are covering the story, as well as the political junkies here who are avidly tracking every development. Mr. Oliver took Americans and the […]
Pakistan cuts prime minister’s electricity for not paying bills
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government on Tuesday cut off the electricity supply to several major official buildings for non-payment of bills, including parliament, the prime minister’s offices and the president’s official residence. Pakistan is blighted by rolling power cuts, caused in part by people not paying their bills, with government offices among the worst offenders. Ordinary […]
Barack Obama nominates 3 Indian-Americans to advisory commission
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has announced his intent to appoint three Indian-Americans to his 14-member advisory commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). The Indian-Americans include, US Air Force officer Lt Col Ravi Chaudhary, prominent community leader Shekar Narasimhan and popular film and television actor Maulik Pancholy. N Nina Ahmad of Bangladeshi-origin has […]
Indian-Americans ask Hagel to allow Sikhs to serve in US army
WASHINGTON: Sixteen influential Indian- Americans from across the country have asked US secretary of defense Chuck Hagel to allow Sikhs to serve in the armed forces with their religious faith intact. “As entrepreneurs and community members dedicated to advancing issues important to the Indian-American community and strengthening ties between the US and India, we respectfully […]
Indian-American CEO charged with beating girlfriend is fired by company board
WASHINGTON: An India-born Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur has been fired as CEO of company he founded by the company’s board following charges of battering his girlfriend, even as he alleged that racial bias has coloured the case. According to reports in the tech media, the board of RadiumOne, an internet advertising platform founded by Gurbaksh […]
Champions Challenge hockey: Indian women lose again, surrender 4-0 to Scotland
Glasgow: India women’s hockey team lost 0-4 to Scotland to slump to their second consecutive defeat in the Champions Challenge 1 at the Glasgow National Hockey Centre here. The Indian eves had earlier lost 2-4 to Korea in their opening Pool A match. India will next play Belgium on Wednesday. Scotland made a confident start […]
Kings XI Punjab’s Sandeep Sharma credits Virender Sehwag for success
On cloud nine after his Indian Premier League success against top batsmen such as Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli, Kings XI Punjab young medium pacer Sandeep Sharma has credited Virender Sehwag for helping him become a better cricketer and described him as a “gem of a person”. “Viru pa is an amazing person! In the nets, we […]
IPL scam: Mukul Mudgal panel agrees to continue investigation after Supreme Court rejects BCCI panel
The Supreme Court has entrusted the Justice Mukul Mudgal committee to further investigate theIndian Premier League spot-fixing and betting scandal. The court has asked Justice Mudgal to list the investigating agencies he needs help from. The ambit of the probe will be limited to the 13 names that figure in the sealed envelope that the Mudgal committee […]
IPL 7: Glenn Maxwell, Lakshmipathy Balaji star in Kings XI Punjab’s 72-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sharjah: Glenn Maxwell produced yet another blistering knock of 43-ball 95 before Lakshmipathy Balaji returned with a four-wicket haul as Kings XI Punjab notched up a crushing 72-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their third IPL-7 match here on Tuesday. After scoring 95 and 89 in his last two innings, Maxwell once again produced a […]
White House names Indian-American “Solar Champion of Change”
WASHINGTON: White House has named Indian-American professor Rajendra Singh as one of ten “Solar Champions of Change” who are taking the initiative to spur solar deployment across America. Rajendra Singh is D Houser Banks Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of Clemson University’s Centre of Silicon Nanoelectronics in South Carolina. “Today, the White […]
Indian-American mother accused of killing son kept his body in bathtub, ‘waited for husband to return’
WASHINGTON: An Indian-American woman in north Texas, accused of killing her son and leaving his body in the bathtub for four days, claims she did so in accordance with her Hindu beliefs. Pallavi Dhawan, 38, who is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 10-year-old son, Arnav, almost three months ago, describes the […]
Boy Who Hid in Plane’s Wheel Well Beat Long Odds in Surviving 5 ½-Hour Flight
Jumping a deteriorating airport fence, running across the airport unobserved in the darkness and climbing into the wheel well of a parked Boeing 767, as a California teenager did on Sunday, is not all that difficult, according to experts, but surviving the trip — in this case, a five-and-a-half-hour flight from San Jose, Calif., to […]
Indian-origin woman chosen for New York City’s immigrant affairs commissioner job
WASHINGTON: An India-origin woman, Nisha Agarwal has been selected as the New York City’s new commissioner of immigrant affairs. Agarwal, who was earlier an advocate, will be tackling the biggest issues during her term, including language access in hospitals and pharmacies to help implement city council and mayor Bill de Blasio’s push for a municipal […]
April is Sikh Heritage Month in Canada
Sikh Heritage Month is celebrated to honour the culture and way of life of Sikhs. This is celebrated throughout the month of April in Canada for people to appreciate what Sikhs have contributed to the world and the accomplishments that they have made throughout history. Sikh culture has become famous because of significant contributions of […]
US-based NRIs land in India to campaign for Modi
AHMEDABAD: BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has found supporters away from India, as a group of US-based non-resident Indians (NRIs), who had raised funds for Barack Obama during the 2012 US presidential elections, have come to India to root for him. A team of 650 NRI volunteers led by Bharat Barai under his ‘Global […]
Rafael Nadal reaches quarterfinal of Monte Carlo Masters with 300th career win on clay
The eight-time winner here became just the 11th man to crack 300 wins on the dirt: the last to do so was Spaniard Carlos Moya in 2007. Nadal began his formidable run on the surface with his first clay win in 2002 and has not looked back since. At the top of the all-time table […]
N. Srinivasan taking ‘unilateral’ decisions on IPL scam case, ‘rebel’ Board members want BCCI emergency meeting
In spite of being suspended by the Supreme Court, is N. Srinivasan still remote controlling the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s affairs as far as the Indian Premier League scandal case in Supreme Court is concerned? A letter from Rajasthan Cricket Association written to acting BCCI president Shivlal Yadav on Wednesday clearly reflects a clear […]
