Nucleya excited about his own radio show
Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Electronic music producer Udyan Sagar, popular as Nucleya, will make his BBC Asian Network debut on May 20. He says his music isnt played on the Indian radio so, he is…
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NRI matrimonial dispute: Centre decides to issue another LoC
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) on Tuesday said it has decided to issue another Look-out Circular (LoC) in a NRI matrimonial dispute. The Ministry also decided to…
Gender bias kills over 200,000 girls in India each year: Lancet
London, May 15 (IANS) Apart from the rising number of female foeticide cases in India, more than 200,000 girls under the age of five die each year in the country, finds a Lancet study led…
Indian man killed in Australia road accident
Canberra, May 15 (IANS) A 36-year-old Indian man has died after an accident on a highway in South Australia. Amit Kumar Bonsrey worked in a factory in Adelaide and was delivering goods to Mildura, in…
Modi to meet Putin amid US sanctions against Russia
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on May 21 for an informal summit with President Vladimir Putin in the summer beach resort of Sochi amid US sanctions against Moscow…
The Indian-American diaspora: A vital resource for India
By Frank F. Islam Over 31 million people of Indian birth or descent are part of the Indian diaspora spread around the world. Of them, 3.1 million, or 10 per cent, are Indian-Americans living in…
Britain becomes land of self-made millionaires
London, May 13 (IANS) Britain’s self-made billionaires and millionaires make up more than 90 per cent of the country’s 2018 rich list that was published on Sunday, with two Indian-origin brothers ranking second. The 94…
Sunny Leone in Canadian artiste’s music video
Mumbai, May 11 (IANS) Indo-Canadian actress Sunny Leone has joined forces with Canadian producer and DJ of Indian descent, UpsideDown, for the video of the song “Got it all”. It also features The PropheC, a…
S.Korea, US begin air manoeuvers
Seoul, May 11 (IANS) South Korea and the US on Friday began large-scale annual joint air manoeuvers. The annual two-week Max Thunder exercises are being held after Seoul and Washington postponed the dates of their…
Trump nominates Indian-American to federal judgeship
By Arul Louis New York, May 10 (IANS) US President Donald Trump nominated Diane Gujarati, a prosecutor of Indian descent, to a federal judgeship on Thursday in an unusual move as she had been former…
‘Love Sonia’ to open Birmingham Indian Film Festival
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) “Love Sonia”, a film starring Demi Moore, Freida Pinto, Rajkummar Rao and Richa Chadha among others, will open the Birmingham Indian Film Festival (BIFF), to be held in the British…
No place like ‘Indian occupied Kashmir’, Sushma to J&K student
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is just a tweet away for people in need, on Thursday questioned the origin of a youth from Jammu and Kashmir studying in the…
Childhood trauma may trigger physical pain in adulthood
New York, May 10 (IANS) Do you want your children to be happy when they grow up? If yes, then you have to make sure that they are not experiencing any kind of trauma as…
‘UK expansion to help Hero Cycles grow 60% by 2022’
By Vishav Manchester, May 9 (IANS) As Indias iconic Hero Cycles makes inroads into the UK and European markets with the launch of 75 bikes under its new “Insync” brand, the worlds biggest bicycle manufacturer…
Have responsibility for getting things right in tech: Sundar Pichai
San Francisco, May 9 (IANS) Amid a global call to regulate digital platforms and safeguard users’ data privacy, Google’s Indian-born CEO Sundar Pichai has reiterated that the tech companies have a “deep responsibility to get…
Creating international platforms for Indian arts
By Sanjoy K Roy In 1999, as part of a British Council showcase programme, I travelled to the Edinburgh Festival and that set in motion the idea of creating platforms for Indian contemporary and classical…
Duo gets 1-year jail for robbing Indian in Dubai
Dubai, May 5 (IANS) Two men have been sentenced to one year in jail here for robbing an Indian man of 200,000 dirhams. The 38-year-old Indian man was intercepted by the two men in July…
Padma Lakshmi poses for naked photo shoot
Los Angeles, May 5 (IANS) India-born supermodel Padma Lakshmi posed with pizza slices in a bathtub for a naked photo shoot. The “Top Chef” host posted the series of sultry photographs on Instagram on Friday,…
Kansas shooting: Indian techie’s killer gets life term
Washington, May 5 (IANS) A former US Navy veteran has been sentenced to life in prison for killing Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla in a racially motivated hate crime at a bar in Kansas city in…
US Navy veteran who murdered Indian techie gets life imprisonment
By Lalit K Jha Washington, May 5 (PTI) A US Navy veteran who killed Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla in a racially motivated hate crime at a bar in Kansas City last year has been sentenced…