Bhagat Singh’s house and school in Pakistan gets Rs. 80 million for restoration
Lahore: Legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh’s ancestral house, school and his village in Punjab Province in Pakistan will be restored under a Rs. 80-million project. “We have allocated Rs. 80 million for restoration of the house and school of Independence war hero Bhagat Singh. The amount will also be spent for the uplift of Singh’s village where clean drinking water […]
Telangana Bill in Parliament tomorrow, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy may resign
New Delhi: With only five days left of the last Parliament session before national elections due by May, a desperate government is now reportedly working out how to push the controversial Telangana Bill through the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, without a discussion if it has to. It will be a tricky manoeuvre because the main opposition […]
French investigators say Michael Schumacher crash not due to safety breaches
Lyon: French investigators said Monday that Formula One legend Michael Schumacher’s ski accident in the French Alps was not due to safety breaches by the ski station or faulty material. Schumacher has been lying in a coma in a French hospital since the December 29 accident when he crashed into a rock so hard that […]
Kuldeep Yadav’s hat-trick takes India to Under-19 World Cup quarters
Left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav became the first Indian bowler to grab a hat-trick in the Under-19 World Cup before the defending champions entered the quarterfinals with a patchy five-wicket win over Scotland in their low-scoring Group A match in Dubai on Monday. Yadav’s hat-trick was the highlight of a superb bowling effort by the Indians […]
Autopsy of Arunachal Pradesh Student Confirms Assault Caused Death, Uncle Says
NEW DELHI — The final autopsy report of Nido Tania, the 18-year-old from Arunachal Pradesh who died after an altercation with shopkeepers in south Delhi, confirmed that injuries suffered during an assault caused his death, Mr. Tania’s uncle said Monday. Mr. Tania was found dead in his Delhi home on Jan. 30, a day after […]
Uttar Pradesh Festival Honors Unsung Feminists from Region’s Past
LUCKNOW, Uttar Pradesh — Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, was buzzing with activity in recent days as Sanatkada, a well-known nonprofit in the city for women has been hosting its annual handicrafts festival, where vendors from across India come to sell their goods. Aside from shopping, the festival, which began in 2010, offers musical […]
Coke Defies Critics with Multilingual ‘It’s Beautiful’ Ad
SAN LEANDRO, Calif., India: ABC News reported Feb. 7 that soft drink giant Coca-Cola would release an even longer version of an ad, previously aired on the Super Bowl, which embraces cultural diversity. Coke’s original, 60-second Super Bowl ad had enraged xenophobes with its multilingual version of “America the Beautiful,” sung in Hindi, English, Spanish […]
Axe Ad Campaign Featuring Sikh Model Spurs Xenophobic Outrage
SAN LEANDRO, United States: After a Gap ad campaign drew attention to hip young Sikhs with its photo of model Waris Ahluwalia being fondled by a non-Indian model, Axe body spray is now on the bandwagon as well, featuring a turbaned Sikh model kissing a woman on the New York City subway in its new campaign […]
Strike on London Underground Disrupts Commute
LONDON — A strike on the London Underground crippled much of the transport network on Wednesday, disrupting the plans of millions of travelers and forcing commuters to cram into overcrowded buses and trains or walk or cycle to work. The 48-hour strike, which began Tuesday evening, was called by two unions to protest plans to […]
Cyberabad’s Swagger Returns as Native Son Takes Top Spot at Microsoft
HYDERABAD, Andhra Pradesh — Not since March 24, 2000, when President Clinton addressed a gathering of technology entrepreneurs here, has the Hyderabad software industry’s swagger been more pronounced, now that Satya Nadella, a Hyderabad native, has been named the chief executive of Microsoft. “It is an exciting and proud moment for all of us,” said Aditya Marri, a […]
Eleven Indian American Students Named Intel Science Finalists
SANTA CLARA, Calif., United States: Eleven Indian American students and one Bangladeshi American are among 40 high school seniors from across the United States selected as finalists Jan. 22 in the country’s oldest and most prestigious pre-college science competition, the Intel Science Talent Search, a program of Society for Science & the Public. The 40 […]
A.R. Rahman Attends Grammy Awards in LA
LOS ANGELES, Calif., United States: Indian music maestro A.R. Rahman attended the 56th Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The 48-year-old composer, who won two Grammy awards for his hit track “Jai Ho” for “Slumdog Millionaire” in 2010, posted a picture of himself from the awards ceremony Jan. 26. “At the Grammys,” he […]
Bhojpuri Parivar Determined to Preserve Bhojpuri Culture
LOS ANGELES, Calif., United States: Living miles away from the home state, it is difficult to sustain your original roots and pass on to the upcoming generation one’s own language and culture. Now, those individuals seeking to preserve their Bhojpuri culture need not to worry as Bhojpuri Parivar is one such association which is trying its […]
Karl Slym, Tata Motors MD, ‘committed suicide’ after argument with wife: Thai police
BANGKOK: Karl Slym, Tata Motors managing director, apparently committed suicide after arguing with his wife and reading a note written by her that referred to “domestic problems”, the Thai Police said on Tuesday. In a fresh twist to Slym’s death in mysterious circumstances, police said the three-page handwritten note found in the hotel room from which the 51-year-old executive plunged […]
Start using your brains: Skipper MS Dhoni tells his bowlers
HAMILTON: “Start using your brains more”, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni told his wayward bowlers after losing the one-day series to New Zealand on Tuesday. Lashing out at the bowlers, who have been wayward through the series which India lost 0-3 with one match to go, Dhoni said: “When it comes to talent, we definitely have bowlers […]
4th ODI: India lose series as Ross Taylor’s hundred takes New Zealand to 7-wicket win
New Zealand sealed a one-day series win over India by recording a seven-wicket victory on Tuesday, with Ross Taylor scoring an unbeaten 112 to lead the hosts to a seven-wicket win with 11 balls to spare. Taylor’s ninth one-day international century, compiled in 110 balls with 14 boundaries, comfortably steered New Zealand past India’s total […]
BCCI concedes defeat to Lalit Modi but Supreme Court defers decision till March 4
New Delhi: Even before the Supreme Court opened the sealed envelope containing votes of the controversial Rajasthan Cricket Association elections, the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Monday conceded ‘defeat’ to arch-rival Lalit Modi. But the apex court was in no hurry to declare Modi as RCA chief, saying it will hear the […]
How Rahul Gandhi Did in His First TV Interview
NEW DELHI — It was a highly anticipated TV event on Monday night: Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the Congress Party’s election campaign, sat down with Arnab Goswami of Times Now, the most aggressive journalist on an English-language television network in India, for the politician’s first formal TV interview. That Mr. Gandhi chose Mr. Goswami for his first […]
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II down to her last million; palaces crumbling
London: Queen Elizabeth II’s household finances are at a “historic low” with just 1 million pounds left in reserve, even as the royal palaces were “crumbling” and in urgent need of repair. A report by the Commons public accounts committee found that the Queen’s advisers were failing to control her finances and her courtiers have been […]
Aziz Ansari and the Evolution of Indian Americans
United States: The other night, I was walking in downtown San Francisco after work near two other pedestrians, two men probably in their mid-twenties. I could overhear parts of their conversation when one of them said, “I hate technology. I forwarded the email to her, and then she posted it on . . . .” […]
