Maha Rudram: History Made at Sri Meenakshi Temple
By M.K.Sriram PEARLAND: History was created at Sri Meenakshi Temple. The great Maha Rudram conducted here this past weekend, took the temple and the city of Houston to new heights, as one of the very few temples and cities in the US to have organized this most important event for Lord Shiva. The status of […]
Northeast Winners Set in 2017 South Asian Spelling Bee
BOSTON: Continuing its quest for the best speller in the community, the 2017 South Asian Spelling Bee traveled to Massachusetts and New Jersey this past weekend with stops in Boston and New Brunswick. In the Boston Regional, Sravanth Malla, 13, of Haverstraw, New York was the regional champ. Anmol Dash, 12, of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, […]
A Dance and Poignant Remembrance by the Love of Friends
By Jawahar Malhotra FRIENDSWOOD: It was a mark of remembrance for two of their own dear friends, who were also founders of the 16 year-old non-profit Friends Helping Friends, which brought the Board of Directors of the Clear Lake based charity once again to the Hope Village in Friendswood. After all, Shoba and Alan Wenger […]
The Extraordinary Life and Times of Mahatma Gandhi – Part 5: Story of Mahatma Gandhi
The story thus far…In South Africa, Gandhi saw how the Indians were treated as inferiors, only allowed to work the soil but not permitted to own land. Under the law enacted in the Orange Free State in 1888, Indians had been deprived of their rights. In Transvaal, they had to pay a poll tax of […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Loon-Mirch Da Parantha (Salt-Pepper Wheat Pancrusted Flatbread)
By popular demand from many readers – and especially some younger ones – this is a reprint of Mama’s Loon-Mirch da Parantha recipe, but with some additional information and directions. By now, every Indian probably knows what a parantha is and immediately associates it with Punjabi cuisine. Other cuisines have tried to copy them and […]
Nach Baliye 8 gets its winning couple
Star Plus’ popular celebrity couple dance reality show Nach Baliye 8 has finally got its winner couple, following the cut throat competition among the three finalists, Divyanka Tripathi-Vivek Dahiya (Divek), Mohit Sehgal-Sanaya Irani (Monaya) and Abigail Pande-Sanam Johar (Abhinam). The social media was just witnessing a lot of speculations and fan wars between fans for […]
Bank Chor Movie Preview, Story, Synopsis, Trailer, Songs, Cast & Crew
Bank Chor is a Hindi comedy thriller directed by Bumpy and produced by Asish patil. The movie is distributed under Yash Raj Film banner. The film stars Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi and Rhea Chakraborty. Vivek Oberoi has returned to Yash Raj Films after 12 years, his last film under their banner was Saathiya. Click here […]
Tubelight Movie Review
TUBELIGHT STORY : Laxman Singh Bisht (Salman) is nicknamed tube light by his neighbours because he is feeble-minded. Despite being special, Laxman lives by one life-lesson; keep the faith alive and you can do almost anything, even stop a war. TUBELIGHT REVIEW : At the outset, one must warn people that Tubelight is a departure […]
ISRO’s PSLV-C38 successfully vaults Cartosat-2 Series, 30 other satellites into orbit
In yet another masterful demonstration of its space prowess, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday successfully launched its workhorse rocket PSLV-C38 from Sriharikota carrying the Cartosat-2 series satellite for earth observation along with 30 co-passenger satellites. Weighing 712 kg, Cartosat-2 series satellite has been specifically designed for the benefit of the defence forces. The latest […]
Trump approves $2B sale of drones to India ahead of meeting
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has authorized the sale of unarmed surveillance drones to India, the manufacturer said Friday, as the two nations’ leaders prepare for their first face-to-face meeting. India initiated its request to buy 22 Guardian MQ-9B unmanned aircraft for maritime surveillance last year. The deal is estimated to be worth about […]
Visa row: Infosys reaches $1mn settlement with NY state
NEW YORK: Infosys has reached a settlement for USD 1 million with the state of New York for “systematically abusing” the H1-B work visa programme, allegations that Infosys has denied. The development comes just days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting US President Donald Trump, where he is expected to take up the issue of […]
‘PM Modi must raise H-1B visa issue with Donald Trump’: Indians in US
WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Narendra Modi must raise the contentious H-1B visa issue besides defence cooperation and terrorism during his first bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump, members of the Indian community said here today. Modi, who arrived in the US capital today, was welcomed with loud cheers and applause by a group of people […]
‘Smash an Indian’ incident: 3 arrested in US
NEW YORK: Three people have been arrested and charged in the US in connection with the murder case of a 43-year-old Indian-origin store owner who was gunned down outside his home in South Carolina in March. The incident had sent shockwaves through the Indian-American community in the country. Click here to read more… Credit: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Indian-origin Sikh woman first turbaned judge in Canada Supreme Court
British Columbia Supreme Court judge of Indian-origin, Parbinder Kaur Shergill, has become first turbaned Sikh woman Supreme Court judge of Canada. Shergill migrated from Punjab to Canada with her family when she was four years old. Her appointment was announced along with two other judges by Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of […]
MIT’s School of Engineering gets Indian-origin dean
Anantha P Chandrakasan, the Indian-origin head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has been named dean of the university’s School of Engineering, effective July 1. His predecessor Ian A Waitz is set to take over as the university’s vice chancellor. Click here to read […]
