London: The Birmingham Crown Court has sent two brothers -- part of an organized crime group that smuggled drugs worth millions of pounds by hiding them in chicken shipments from the Netherlands – to jail for two years. Manjinder Singh Thakhar, 36 and Davinder Singh Thakhar, 42, were involved in transport, often moving raw chicken...
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday said it is “inappropriate for one legislature to pass judgement on another and the practice can be misused by vested interests”, as European Parliament readied to take up six resolutions on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act which the two largest groups of its members fear can...
Padma Bhushan for marketing guru Prof Jagdish Sheth New York: Boston’s S P Kothari and three other Americans were named for Padma Shri by the Indian government with India American Prof Jagdish Sheth being chosen for Padma Bhushan. Kothari is the Gordon Y. Billard Professor of Management and former deputy dean at MIT’s Sloan School of...
New York: NBA legend Kobe Bryant died Sunday when a helicopter he was riding in crashed and burst into flames in thick fog, killing all nine people on board including his teenage daughter and plunging the sports world into mourning. Bryant, 41, was traveling with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other passengers and...
Washington: Ghazala Hashmi, an Indian-origin Democrat Senator and the first Muslim woman elected to the Virginia Senate, has said that the Indian-American community "not polarized but segregated", a media report said. In an interview to the India-West magazine published online on Friday, Hashmi said: "The community is not polarized but segregated. Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs...
Los Angeles: Coastal areas in the US are at increasing flooding risk and climate change-driven sea level rise could trigger mass migration of 13 million Americans to inland cities, researchers have warned. The people could be forced to relocate due to rising sea levels by 2100. Most popular relocation choices will include land-locked cities such...
Toronto: Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was deeply shocked after hearing that a 23-year-old Indian-origin woman was battling for life after she was stabbed near the York University campus in Toronto. Jaishankar asked officials to immediately arrange visas for her family. “Deeply shocked to learn of the serious attack on Rachel Albert, an Indian student...
Trenton: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on Jan. 21 signed S2555, allowing New Jersey students who are children of H-1B visa holders to qualify for in-state tuition at public institutions of higher education. This legislation is a plus for Indians in the U.S., as they are the largest contingent of H-1B visa holders. “New Jerseyans...
Washington, DC: Indian-Americans, wearing “phirans” and the tricolor headgears, held several events in different parts of the US, including in front of the White House, to mark the 30th anniversary of the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley, recognizing the resilience and noble spirit of the community. In over three dozen cities and towns...
