Justice Hegde Decries Decline of Moral Values for India’s Corruption
By Pramod Kulkarni HOUSTON: Foundation for India Studies (FIS) featured a crusader against corruption as the latest speaker for its Distinguished Lecture Series. Despite the short notice, more than a 100 FIS members and guests attended Justice Santosh Hegde’s passionate lecture on the causes of India’s systemic corruption and possible solutions on Thursday, Sept. 29 […]
Bollywood Boogie Event at the Sugar Land Town Square
SUGAR LAND: On September 30, 103 dancers of the Rhythm India Bollywood Dance Company mesmerized a crowd of close to 1000 people at the Sugar Land Town Square for an event called Bollywood Boogie. Rhythm India’s Artistic Director & Founder Arzan Gonda and members of Rhythm India have always been passionate about helping animals. So […]
Women 2016: Navigating the Corridors of Power
By Fatima Mohiuddin HOUSTON: Daya, a Houston-based nonprofit organization that supports South Asian women affected by domestic violence, held their annual seminar on Saturday September 24, at the University of St. Thomas. The program started with a welcome speech by Viji Raman, one of the founding members who gave a brief history of the organization […]
Unmesh to Unfold Spectrum: Traditional Music at its Colorful Best
By Sasi Raghavan HOUSTON: After a sultry afternoon, imagine a beautiful evening – relaxing on your porch, with a cup of tea, watching the rainbow colors of the trees all around. The ambient temperature perfectly poised between warm and cool, you feel the gentle breeze brushing past your face. Slowly, you hear the droplets of […]
UH Honors Late Dr. Lakshmi Putcha with a Symposium on Pharmacokinetics
HOUSTON: A Research Symposium on “Pharmacokinetics: A Pivotal Link to Mechanistic Drug Research, Pharmaceutical Product Development and Clinical Therapy” was held on Friday, September 23, by the College of Pharmacy at the University of Houston in memory of late Dr. Lakshmi Putcha. It was a well-attended by over hundred people comprising of students, her colleagues […]
Diwali and Dusshera Mela Celebrations at Skeeter’s Stadium, Sugar Land
By Nik Nikam, MD SUGAR LAND: Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA will be presenting the Diwali – Dusshera Mela at the Skeeter’s stadium on Oct. 15, 2016, between 4-10 PM. This will be the FIFTH year in a row, where Shri Sita Ram Foundation will be displaying this cultural extravagance, where the Triumph of Good […]
Dr. Sumant Malhotra Optimist and Devoted Friend 1976-2016
HOUSTON: Dr. Sumant Malhotra, an optometrist devoted to family and a legion of friends who all packed into the hall, was eulogized in a standing room only funeral service at the Winford Funeral Home on the city’s southwest side on Monday, October 3. He was almost six weeks shy of his 40th birthday when he […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Loon Mirch da Parantha (Salt ‘n’ Pepper Crispy Flatbread)
If you want to make a true Punjabi really happy about a meal, just tell him or her that you’ll be serving hot paranthas and they will come right over. They might even invite themselves over if they smell the paranthas being cooked on a hot tava (flatplate). There’s just something about the smell of […]
ICC Test rankings: India back to No 1 after beating New Zealand at Eden Gardens
NEW DELHI: India have reclaimed the No 1 spot in the ICC Test rankings following their 178-run win over New Zealand at Eden Gardens on Monday. Points gained from victories in the Kanpur and Kolkata Tests saw Virat Kohli’s team move past Pakistan and back to the top spot, which it had briefly held onto in August. India will hold […]
Hiten Tejwani bags Star Plus’ next
Actor Hiten Tejwani will soon be back on TV with yet another prized role. After essaying performance-oriented roles in shows Balika Vadhu and Gangaa, Hiten will now be part of a show that will touch the lighter vein of the TV viewing audience. News coming in is that Hiten will be part of the Sanaya […]
Kishwer to now become Brahmarakshas; Apara Mehta to enter
Viewers of Zee TV’s Brahmarakshas (Balaji Telefilms) can gear up for major twist in the show. As we know its ‘The End’ for Parag Tyagi aka Brahmarakshas. His character has already been shown dead in the last episode. Now, we have heard that, in the coming sequence, Kishwer who plays the character of Aparajita, will be the new Brahmarakshas. After Parag Tyagi it […]
Dhoni biopic scores Rs 60 crore-plus on opening weekend
“M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story”, the biopic on India’s star skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, has netted Rs 66 crore on its opening weekend at the Indian box office, the makers have said. Directed by Neeraj Pandey, the film features Sushant Singh Rajput in the role of Dhoni. He has been lauded for his form and […]
Regret deportation of Indian students on F1 visas: US ambassador Richard Verma
By Dileep Thekkethil Four days after a San Francisco-bound Air India airline refused to accept 19 Indian students who had secured admission in two California universities that are allegedly under the scrutiny of the US government, the US embassy in Delhi said they are still collecting facts. According to the US ambassador to India, Richard […]
Legal Immigrants from India on H-1B and F1 visas surpass Mexicans entering the US
By Raif Karerat Immigrants from India and China, many with student or work visas, have overtaken Mexicans as the largest groups coming into the U.S., according to U.S. Census Bureau. While Mexicans still dominate the overall composition of immigrants in the U.S., accounting for more than a quarter of the foreign-born people, of the 1.2 […]
Indian film producers ban Pakistani actors ‘for ever’ over Kashmir crisis
The Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association has banned Pakistani actors, singers and technicians from working on Indian films. The organisation’s president, TP Aggarwal, said: “No Pakistani will be hired by their producer members for ever.” However, as a crisis between Indian and Pakistan over attacks in the disputed territory of Kashmir escalates, other reports stated […]
Tata Global Beverages: in search of tea drinkers
A presentation that Tata Global Beverages Ltd made last week to US-based investors gave a spring to its share briefly, before it cracked along with the market in the aftermath of India’s “surgical strike” across the border. After gaining 5% mid-week, it closed the week ended 30 September below the previous week’s close. One item […]
Vedanta pays over $2 billion in royalties, taxes to India in FY16
NEW DELHI: Mining giant Vedanta Resources has paid more than $2 billion (over Rs.3,300 crore) in taxes, royalties, licence fees and other payments to India in the last financial year ended March 2016. In total, the firm led by billionaire Anil Agarwal has paid about $ 2.18 billion in taxes, royalties, licence fees and other payments to […]
