Annapolis, Md.: Kumar P. Barve, the first Indian-American elected to a state legislature in the US, has officially been sworn in as a member of the Maryland Public Service Commission. A resident of Rockville, Barve is expected to take his seat on the bench in the next week, and was named by Governor Wes Moore...
New York: Cash-strapped Pakistan has rented out its iconic Roosevelt Hotel to the New York City government for three years, helping the country earn $220 million from the deal. The New York administration will pay a rent of as much as $210 for each of the 1,025 rooms of the century-old hotel owned by state-run...
New Delhi: India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Thursday hit out at senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his attacks on the Narendra Modi government during his foreign visits, saying it was not in the national interest to take the country’s internal matters abroad. “The world is watching us. Rahul Gandhi has a habit of...
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Ahmedabad: A court here has directed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh to appear before it on July 13 in connection with a criminal defamation case over their "sarcastic" and "derogatory" statements with regard to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's degree. The two Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders were earlier summoned...
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said that they have arrested a close aide of two foreign-based operatives of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF). Gagandeep Singh, alias Miti, was nabbed by the NIA this week during the agency's raids in Haryana and Punjab. He is the fifth person to be arrested as part of...
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu, who is on a three-day visit to Suriname, was conferred with the highest civilian award of the country, the Grand Order of the Chain of the Yellow Star. Taking to Twitter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the President. “This special gesture from the Government and people of Suriname symbolizes the enduring...
Chandigarh: Punjab NRI Affairs Minister Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal sought intervention of External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar in the matter of 700 Indian students facing deportation from Canada. In a letter to Jaishankar, Dhaliwal also sought time to meet him over the issue. “I have also sought time to meet EAM so that the whole matter...
Washington, DC: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a gathering of Indian Americans from across the US in Washington on June 23 on the role of diaspora in India’s growth story, an eminent community leader has said. Prime Minister Modi is visiting the US from June 21-24 at the invitation of US President Joe...
