India Denies Asylum to Snowden
NEW DELHI—Edward J. Snowden, the world’s most famous homeless person, has a wish list of 19 countries where his representatives are seeking his political asylum from the United States. The list includes Cuba and Ireland, Finland and France, Russia and China, and more. And then there is India. On Tuesday, India’s embassy in Moscow received a request […]
Why Does the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Resent Cricket?
Nagpur, a city of nearly 2.5 million in central Indian state of Maharashtra, has the slow rhythms of a small town. The noise and edginess of the new Indian metropolis, the gargantuan shopping malls and luxury automobiles, have yet to overwhelm it. Nagpur seeks half-hearted recognition as India’s Orange City, for being a major trade […]
Free roaming comes into effect, Airtel & Idea lead charge
NEW DELHI: Telecom majors Bharti Airtel andIdea Cellular today announced ‘free’ roaming packs, paving the way for cheaper roaming across India. Other operators are expected to follow suit soon. The country’s biggest telecom company, Airtel on Monday became the first to announce “free incoming calls” on roaming at a charge of Rs 5 per day. Airtel subscribers can […]
When Everest Climbers Became Rescue Men
NEW DELHI— On the morning of June 17, Prakash Bhatt, a 36-year-old soldier in the Indian Army and an instructor at the government-run Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in Uttarkashi in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, was teaching a class. Mr. Bhatt is one of the 10 soldiers on a three-year assignment to the mountaineering […]
Mandela’s Illness Weighs on Obama’s Africa Trip
DAKAR, Senegal — Barack Obama had been a United States senator for just weeks in early 2005 when Oprah Winfrey offered to carry a message for him to Nelson Mandela, the iconic South African leader. Mr. Obama disappeared into a back room in Ms. Winfrey’s television studio to write the note, but he was gone […]
Sri Srinivasan Sworn in as D.C. Appeals Court Judge
By Indiawest Sri Srinivasan was sworn in June 18 as a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the second most powerful court in the U.S. after the Supreme Court. He won confirmation to the post on a vote of 97-0 by the U.S. Senate. “You all made it possible,” the […]
SF Bay Area Students Win ‘Renaissance Award’
By Indiawest “The PDH Brainwaves” comprising of seven elementary Indian American school students, Aditya Sankar, Arnav Jain, Maya Shah, Pranav Uppiliappan, Raj Shah, Shreya Jindal and Shubra Tiwari, won the “Renaissance Award” at the Destination Imagination Global Finals tournament held in Tennessee last month. The Destination Imagination program encourages teams of learners to have fun, […]
19 feared killed in IAF chopper crash in Uttarakhand
GAUCHAR: About 19 people, including Air Force and para-military personnel, were today feared killed when a sophisticated IAF helicoptercrashed in bad weather near Gaurikund in Uttarakhand during rescue operations. Vice Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) M Sashidhar Reddy said eight bodies have been recovered and chances of any survivor among the 19 onboard were remote. “There were 19 people […]
India to take up Rs. 2.75 lakh visa bond issue with UK govt
New Delhi: With the British government planning to demand a Rs. 2.75 lakh visa bond from visitors of certain “high-risk” countries including India, the Ministry of External Affairs today said that the government will seek information and implications from UK on the new policy. “The ministry has asked our mission in London to find out official details on […]
Uttarakhand: Over 800 from Karnataka rescued
Bangalore: Over 800 out of the over 1,300 people from Karnataka stranded in Uttarakhand have been rescued so far, an official statement said on Tuesday. “All 817 people have returned to the state,” the statement said in Bangalore. Efforts were on to rescue 517 more people from the state, it said. The state government has sent […]
Rupee recovers to 58.39 on suspected RBI intervention
Suspected RBI intervention hauled the rupee off a record low struck on Tuesday afternoon, reassuring a market worried by the central bank’s earlier inaction as the currency’s fall gathered pace. Striking 58.98 per dollar at its weakest, the rupee had plunged 3.25 percent so far this week, notching record lows for two consecutive days. Dollar-selling […]
Pakistan again violates ceasefire along LoC
JAMMU: Pakistani troops fired on Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, the second ceasefire violation in the past four days. Pakistan troops opened small arms firing on Indian posts in Nangi Tikri forward area along LoC in Krishnagati sub-sector of Poonch on Monday night, defence PRO S N Acharya said on Tuesday. He […]
Immigration is a driving force in American economy, Obama says
WASHINGTON: Immigration is a driving force in American economy, President Barack Obamasaid as he called on the Congress to pass the immigration reform bill which would provide pathway to citizenship to millions of undocumented workers from countries like India. “Immigration isn’t just part of our national character, it is a driving force in our economythat creates jobs and prosperity […]
Indian restaurant owner allegedly beaten up in Australia
Melbourne: In an apparent racist attack, an Indian restaurant owner was allegedly beaten up and verbally abused by a group of teenagers in Australia’s Ballarat near Melbourne. 22-year-old Himanshu Goyal was allegedly assaulted while closing his Bridge Mall eatery about 9.30 pm on Friday when eight teenagers shouted racial abuse at him while another in the […]
Tata Medical Center Hosts SF Fundraiser for Kolkata Center
By A Staff Reporter, Indiawest SAN FRANCISCO, United States: The Tata Medical Center gave a presentation to 65 invitees interested in philanthropy April 19 at the Taj Campton here. Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe, introduced Geeta Gopalakrishnan, the director of Donor Relationships for the Tata Medical Center in India, who apprised the audience on the issue of cancer treatment, […]
6 Indian Americans Receive Ellis Island Medals of Honor
By News Dispatches, Indiawest NEW YORK, United States: Six Indian Americans joined more than 100 “outstanding Americans” who were awarded May 11 with the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. The Indian American winners are Dr. Bharat Barai, Prof. Vidyasagar Dharmapuri, Mahendra Patel, Ramesh Patel, Dr. Kamala Saxena, and Dr. Valavanur Subramaniam. The medals are awarded annually to […]
Immigration Reform Bill Passes Judiciary, On to Full Senate
By Sunita Sohrabji, India west United States: On a vote of 13 to 5, the Senate Judiciary Committee May 21 approved a far-reaching comprehensive immigration reform bill, which critics say favors a business agenda at the expense of family re-unification. The committee spent three weeks marking up the original proposal, created by a bi-partisan group of […]
Bangladesh finally lifts ban on YouTube
Dhaka: Bangladesh on Wednesday lifted a ban on video-sharing site YouTube which has been blocked since September after an online anti-Islam movie spawned violent protests across the Muslim world. The amateur video that denigrated the Prophet Mohammad, billed as a film trailer and made in California with private funding, provoked a wave of anti-American unrest in […]
US banker offers $1 million reward to solve this math problem
A billionaire Dallas banker will shell out $1 million to anyone who can solve a mathematical problem that has baffled geniuses for years. The American Mathematical Society (AMS) in Rhode Island has announced that the prize for the solution to the Beal Conjecture, a number theory problem, has been increased to $1 million. The prize and conjecture […]
Dawood Ibrahim, Chhota Shakeel named co-accused in IPL spot-fixing, MCOCA invoked; Sreesanth to stay in jail
New Delhi: The Delhi Police today told a trial court that they have credible evidence that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his associate Chhota Shakeel control the alleged betting and spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League. They have named Dawood and Shakeel as co-accused in the case and have invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised […]
