Hundreds in Fiji come out to take crash course in Sanskrit
bySydney, June 1 (IANS) Hundreds of people in Fiji are coming out to take a seven-day crash course of the Indian classical language Sanskrit….
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Mayor backs Indian American for lieutenant governor’s post
byWashington, June 1 (IANS) The mayor of the city of Richmond has come out openly in support of an Indian American Democrat who is…
Trinidad celebrates 168th Indian Arrival Day
byPort-of-Spain, May 31 (IANS) Trinidad celebrated its 168th Indian Arrival Day with street parades, religious services, plays, skits and re-enactments of the first landing…
British town gets its first Sikh mayor
byLondon, May 31 (IANS) A Sikh man has for the first time become the mayor of the town of Warwick in England’s West Midlands…
Kuwait tightens labour laws, 12 Indians return
byThiruvananthapuram, May 31 (IANS) A sudden tightening of labour laws in Kuwait appears to have landed Indians in trouble, according to a few Keralites…
Irish court rules Sikh can’t wear turban on duty
byLondon, May 31 (IANS) A Sikh man in Ireland has lost his appeal in a court to be allowed to wear the turban while…
Jamaican gets life term for killing Indian American woman
byWashington, May 31 (IANS) A Jamaican man has been convicted to life in prison by a US court for the murder of an Indian…
Illegal phone recordings set to quiet burial in Himachal Pradesh
byShimla: Probe into the sensitive phone tapping case is up against a legal wall for the investigators hold that contents of the unauthorized snooping…
Indian professor, Oprah honoured at Harvard
byCambridge (Massachusetts), May 31 (IANS) Sir Partha Dasgupta, Indian-born professor of economics at the University of Cambridge, UK and talk show celebrity Oprah Winfrey…
Indian-American wins 2013 spelling bee in the US
byWashington, May 31 (IANS) Thirteen-year-old Indian American Arvind Mahankali won the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee breaking a personal four-year losing streak. Arvind, of…