BAH Raises Funds for a Center to Call Home
Click here for Photo Collage SUGAR LAND: The Bangladesh Association Houston held its Third Annual multicultural gala last Friday, May 13 at the Sugar Land Marriott Town Square to raise funds for the Bangladesh-American Center and celebrate Bangladeshi-American Heritage. The Gala was attended by a huge contingent of local government and elected officials […]
Chinmaya Jyoti on Chinmaya Jayanti at Chinmaya Prabha
By Padmashree Rao HOUSTON: Anticipation, Arrival, Happiness unlimited – The AAH moments of an unforgettable centenary birthday event to culminate a greater Chinmaya movement. Pujya Gurudev’s own glory filled Chinmaya Prabha Houston when the brilliant joy of the Chinmaya Jyoti arrived on the beautiful morning of May 8, the most auspicious occasion of the centenary […]
A New Technology to Count On for Census Trials
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: The Bayou City has a special role to play in the way that all the people in the US are counted and the process that started this past February is almost at an end. Now, it’s up to the hard task of contacting the people who didn’t respond electronically, a task […]
Dr. Avinash Chandra Parti 1941-2016
Dr. Avinash Chandra Parti passed away peacefully on April 17, 2016 in Sugarland, Texas. Dr. Parti was born in Jalandhar, India on July 10, 1941. He received his medical degree from the Government Medical College of Patiala, Punjab. Before moving to the United States, he practiced as a registrar in Amritsar, India. He practiced as […]
Sri Meenakshi Temple Vedic Heritage School (VHS) Year End Program
By Mahesh Iyer PEARLAND: Sri Meenakshi Temple’s Vedic Heritage School (VHS) put up a grand annual Year End Program on May 15. VHS program started in year 2000 has grown over the years. The event was truly special for the 200 children that participated because it offered an opportunity to demonstrate what they learned over […]
NRI of the Year
MUMBAI (INDIA): On April 11, TIMES NOW and ICICI Bank hosted the third annual “NRI of the Year” awards ceremony at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai. This year’s star-studded event included Sania Mirza, who was awarded the Global Sports Icon, and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, honored with the Global Indian of the Year Award. Among the […]
Spring Yoga Retreat by VYASA
HOUSTON: Houston residents from all walks of life came together on April 29, 30 and May 1, to immerse themselves in a fun, relaxing weekend of yoga and ashram living with yoga enthusiasts from across Texas. The focus of this year’s retreat was “Bhagavad Gita in everyday life” conducted by the learned and knowledgeable Yoga […]
Don’t Quit, Don’t Ever Give Up!
By Krishan Gupta Never give up efforts when you fail, because failure is truly an acronym for “First step in learning”. Never lose hope, because Hope stands for “Hold on, Pain ends”. No matter how dark the night is, it ends with hope and first rays of sun. Successful people are those who never lose […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Parmal di Subzi (Sauteed Pointed Gourds) – Quick Recipe
These pointy vegetables with yellowish-green color resemble small cucumbers with yellow stripes, but are really a member of the family of gourds and are abundant in Eastern India in the summer time. The flesh is creamy white with small firm seeds, and is quite bland, allowing it to pick up the flavor from spices in […]
Naagin: Shesha and Kabir plan to kill Shivanya and Guruma returns!
Last episode of Naagin was really fun since a lot happened from Shivanya meeting her dead mom to Shesha’s lust for Ritik. It was an amazing episode. So we thought this one too will be really hilarious but nothing of the sort happened. It was a dampener. But we will definitely tell you what happened. So […]
IPL 2016: All-round Krunal takes Mumbai to third spot
Late surges and miraculous comebacks are nothing new for Mumbai Indians . They seem to thrive in adverse situations and somehow it brings the best out of the Mumbai outfit. Sunday was no different. With just two games remaining for them in the league stages of 2016 IPL, they needed to win both to be in the […]
EC seizes Rs570 crore in Tamil Nadu; State Bank of India claims cash
Mumbai: After election officers seized Rs.570 crore in cash from three containers in poll-bound Tamil Nadu in the wee hours on Saturday, State Bank of India said this evening that it was the bank’s legitimate cash. In a statement, SBI said its officials were ferrying Rs.570 crore after the Reserve Bank of India asked them to address a […]
The Kapil Sharma Show: When Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Akshay Kumar made us laugh till we cried!
While few previous episodes have given us forced laughs, this episode was too funny. We think, the combination of Kapil Sharma and three real funny guys – Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, and Abhishek Bachchan created a laugh riot! However, when the show began, only Akshay Kumar and Riteish Deshmukh had entered, they cracked a few good […]
Actor Ranbir Kapoor buys Mumbai flat for Rs 35 crore
MUMBAI: In another big-ticket deal involving a Bollywood personality, actor Ranbir Kapoorlast month purchased a sprawling apartment in Pali Hill for Rs 35 crore. The transaction works out to be an eye-popping Rs 1.42 lakh per square feet, the biggest recorded transaction in the suburbs based on rate per sq ft. The 2,460 sq ft flat […]
For Bollywood in Cannes, there’s life beyond Aishwarya Rai, Sonam Kapoor
As the Indian contingent at the 69th Cannes Film Festival welcomes Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor, other B-town stars are doing their bit in and around the Palais des Festivals. Aishwarya walked the Cannes red carpet in an embellished couture gown by Kuwait’s designer Ali Younes while Sonam will attend the festival tomorrow. Both are brand […]
Vivah actor Amrita Rao ties the knot with RJ Anmol in Mumbai
Vivah actor Amrita Rao today tied the knot with radio jockey Anmol after seven years of dating. Anmol shared the news with fans on his Twitter and Facebook page. “An interview that started 7 years back, continues… Only to get stronger today! JUST MARRIED!!! Myself & Amrita need your Good Wishes,” he wrote alongside a […]
Patanjali to set up food processing park in Madhya Pradesh: Baba Ramdev
Ninora (MP): Patanjali group, promoted by Baba Ramdev, will soon set up a food processing park and cow research centre in Madhya Pradesh. “Patanjali group has been given offers by many states to set up food processing park. But we have decided to establish it in Madhya Pradesh and if everything goes well then it will […]
Narendra Modi govt eases red tape but foreign firms still struggle
New Delhi: Narendra Modi was elected two years ago this week promising to ease India’s notorious red tape and unpack regulatory tangles, but for foreign firms, doing business in the world’s fastest-growing large economy can still be a costly headache. With a billion consumers and rising middle class, India holds dazzling potential—yet despite signs of change […]
Indian American Sikh woman elected to key Republican position
WASHINGTON: An Indian-Americanwoman Sikh lawyer from California has been elected to a key position in theRepublican party at the national level. Chandigarh-born Harmeet Kaur Dhillon , 47, was elected as the newest national committee member of the Republican National Committee on Sunday by thousand plus votes in attendance at the California Republican Party convention. She was earlier the vice […]
