New York: British teenager Emma Raducanu continued her sensational run as she became the first qualifier to make the semi-finals at the US Open, stunning Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in straight sets. Emma, 18, defeated No. 11 seed Blenda 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and 22 minutes at the Arthur Ashe...
New York: World No. 1 Novak Djokovic inched closer to a Calendar Grand Slam as he reached the semi-finals at the US Open, beating Italian Matteo Berrettini in four sets. The 34-year-old defeated Berrettini 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 in three hours and 26 minutes at the Flushing Meadows. Djokovic has already won the Australian Open,...
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and the party's in-charge for Punjab Harish Rawat dismissed reports of friction between state Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Navjot Singh Sidhu, and said if there is any dispute between the two leaders in the future, it would be beneficial for the party. Rawat said...
Chennai: Amid protests by the BJP, the Tamil Nadu Assembly passed a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The resolution was moved by Chief Minister MK Stalin, who said the law is against the constitutional secular principles and would not be good for religious harmony in the nation. "Democracy states that a country's administration should take...
New Delhi: Ahead of the scheduled Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections next year, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appointed Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan as the election incharge for the state. Union Ministers Anurag Singh Thakur, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Shobha Karandlaje, and Annpurna Devi, MPs Saroj Pandey and Vivek Thakur have been appointed as the election...
New York: Four people of Indian origin and a Nepali family of three have died in New York from the flooding caused by Hurricane Ida that battered the US. Phamatee Ramskriet, 43, and her son Krishah, 22, drowned when their basement flat flooded in New York City on September 1. Mingma Sherpa, 48, and Ang Gelu Lama,...
Garden City, NY: The Associations of Indians in America (AIA) NY, hosted a farewell dinner on Sept 1 at Mint restaurant here in honor of the outgoing Deputy Consul General of India, Shatrughna Sinha to recognize his outstanding services to the Indian community. After almost three years of shouldering the responsibility as DCG, Mr. Sinha is leaving for India. He...
An Indo-Canadian non-profit will sponsor the children of fallen Indian soldiers for study in Canada. The Toronto-based Canada-India Foundation raised over C$100,000 for this purpose at its Charity Golf Tournament here last week. "This golf tournament is our new initiative to support the families of fallen Indian soldiers. We will support the children of these families...
Disney Theatrical Productions, under the direction of Thomas Schumacher, has announced casting for The Lion King and Aladdin, returning to Broadway this fall. Both companies will welcome back nearly all of the cast members who were performing when Broadway shut down last March, along with exciting fresh faces, including new actors in the starring roles of Simba...
