Washington: Secretary of State Antony Blinken rejected the notion that the Taliban were holding Americans on grounded flights in northern Afghanistan hostage but said the planes were being prevented from departing as some passengers lack proper travel documents, UPI has reported. Blinken in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday told reporters during a press conference that they have identified a small number of...
San Francisco: California Governor Gavin Newsom is likely to defeat the effort to remove him from office through next week's recall election, polling results released over the last two weeks suggest, Newsweek has reported. If the Democrat is recalled, conservative radio host Larry Elder is the candidate most likely to replace him, according to several voter surveys conducted...
Old Westbury, NY: SUNY Old Westbury and Shanti Fund signed an agreement on September 2 to establish Gandhi Lecture Series (under Social Justice Lecture Series) that will begin with the 2021 Fall semester for undergraduate students. This is Shanti Fund’s second project at SUNY Old Westbury. Two years ago, to celebrate the Mahatma’s 150th birth anniversary,...
Kabul: An Afghan policewoman was shot dead by the Taliban in front of her family in Ghor province, an Afghan journalist informed in a tweet. Nigara was 6 months pregnant and was shot in front of her husband and children, the journalist informed. A Sputnik correspondent reported recently: "Women started buying head and body coverings out of...
By Neera Kuckreja Sohoni As we commemorate the most terrible and tragic day in US and human history, our faith in the sanctity of what we did and continue to do to avenge it and prevent it from happening again is tottering. To what further cost to American lives and dwindling resources do we wish...
Four persons of Indian origin have died due to drowning as the massive flooding ravaged New York and New Jersey following Hurricane Ida. Two Indian-origin persons are still missing in New Jersey where the authorities are helping them with the help of drones. Hurricane Ida, made landfall on August 29 in Port Fourchon, Louisiana is...
In a second wave of calamity in the Northeast, fires broke out in swamped homes and businesses in New Jersey Friday, many of them inaccessible to firefighters because of Hurricane Ida's floodwaters. Authorities suspected gas leaks triggered by the flooding fed the flames. The Saffron Banquet Hall on South Main Street in Manville exploded in flames...
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...
Shanti Fund gifted SUNY Old Westbury Foundation $20,000 for holding a series of lectures on Mahatma Gandhi. Pictured at the check presentation (from left) Consul Vipul Kumar Dev, Dr. Bhupi Patel, Ravi Bhooplapur, SUNY President Dr. Timothy E. Sams, Consul General Randhir Jaiswal, President of Shanti Fund Arvind Vora, Kamlesh Mehta, Dr. Sharda Jayagopal, and Bakul...
