New York, Dec 27 (IANS) The Philadelphia Museum of Art has put on display masterful drawings from Indian royal courts, works of contemporary photographers and woven textiles of the Zo people living along the India-Myanmar…
Washington, Dec 24 (IANS) India has questioned the deportation of some students from India when they came to the US with valid student visas to study at two Silicon Valley institutions which have denied being…
Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) President Barack Obama will present the National Medal of Science to Dr. Rakesh K. Jain, an Indian-American professor at Harvard Medical School and director of tumor biology laboratory at Massachusetts General…
Patna, Dec 22 (IANS) Moved by her plight, an NRI has financially helped a widow who was barred by villagers from cooking mid-day meals at a school in Bihar’s Gopalganj district, a senior official said…
New York, Dec 22 (IANS) An Indian-American researcher has been named as a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) in recognition of his work in inventing path-breaking health care technologies, a media report…
Washington, Dec 22 (IANS) The influential Indian-American community packed more heft in 2015 as America wooed “India’s reformer-in-chief” Narendra Modi, as President Barack Obama called his “good friend” amid another love fest with the Indian…
Washington, Dec 20 (IANS) An Indian-American surgeon is hoping to raise $25 million to train 1.5 million first responders – the first rescuers to arrive at an accident scene – in five years to prevent…
Washington, Dec 19 (IANS) The National Sikh Campaign (NSC) has joined 15 diverse civil rights and faith-based organizations at a White House event aimed at reinvigorating American traditions of inclusion, freedom and interfaith cooperation. The…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 18 (IANS) There has been a surge in non-resident Indian (NRI) deposits in Kerala banks which have touched Rs.121,619 crore in September 2015, up from Rs.80,809 crore as on September 2013, according to…
New York, Dec 18 (IANS) A 12-year-old Sikh boy was kept behind the bars for three days for allegedly joking to a classmate that he has a bomb in his backpack, the boy’s cousin wrote…
Washington, Dec 17 (IANS) Sanjay Pradhan, a top Indian origin World Bank official, has been selected to lead the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a multination initiative focused on improving government transparency, accountability and responsiveness to…
Toronto, Dec 17 (IANS) A 40-year-old Indian-origin woman faces murder charges for stabbing to death a woman in the heart of Toronto, police said. Rohinie Besar stabbed the victim at a Shoppers Drug Mart in…
Mumbai, Dec 17 (IANS) After getting a rousing welcome on his first US tour, actor-comedian Vir Das is set to take his comedy antics and rib-tickling gigs to foreign shores yet again next year in…
Toronto, Dec 17 (IANS) A Punjabi musician from India visiting Canada has disappeared, police said. Lehmber Singh, 30, who was to take his flight back to India on the evening of November 5, went missing…
Washington, Dec 17 (IANS) President Barack Obama has announced his intent to appoint Harold d’Souza, an Indian-American activist from Vadodara, to the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. “I am honoured that these talented…
(150702) — WASHINGTON, July 2, 2015 (Xinhua) — Photo taken on July 2, 2015 shows a cordon line outside the White House in Washington, capital of the United States. The Pentagon on Wednesday warned of…
Washington, Dec 14 (IANS) The US town of Spotswood in New Jersey will set up a scholarship fund to honour the memory of an Indian-origin emergency medical technician, who died in the line of duty…
New York, Dec 14 (IANS) Granting a rare religious accommodation to an active-duty combat soldier, the US Army has allowed a Sikh captain to grow his beard and wear a turban, in a move that…
Wellington, Dec 11 (IANS) A 16-year-old girl, born prematurely in India and having a condition called hemiplegia, has won a prestigious award constituted to honour outstanding achievements of New Zealanders with disabilities, a media report…
Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) An Indian-American couple has gifted $4.4 million to the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) of Berkeley to establish and endow the first Centre for Dharma Studies in the US. Ajay and Mira…