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New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Hindus and Krishna devotees may be fighting a court battle in the Siberian city of Tomsk against a move to ban the Bhagavad Gita, but their 40-year quest to find a foothold in Russia is taking shape in the construction of a massive temple on Moscow’s outskirts. The Moscow Vedic Centre, as the temple devoted [...]
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 23 (IANS) Around 6.7 percent of Malaysia’s total population of 27.5 million are people of Indian origin, according to the country’s latest census report. The decennial census report was released by the statistics department Thursday, Xinhua reported. Ten years ago, Malaysia’s population was 22.2 million. Of the 27.5 million people counted till 2010, ethnic Malays made up [...]
Washington, Dec 22 (IANS) Though originally aimed at teaching Hindi to Indian children in the US, an Indian American has launched a virtual tutoring portal for teaching various academic levels as well as 18 languages. TheETutor.com, an educational online tutoring company, started by Harry Aurora, CEO, and Preeti Aurora, managing director, was launched by Nassau county executive, Edward P. Mangano, [...]
Washington, Dec 21 (IANS) Ten Indians, including a 17-year-old, rub shoulders with the likes of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and pop stars Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber in a Forbes list of ‘tomorrow’s brightest stars’. The reputed US business magazine’s ’30 under 30′ list profiles about 360 young ‘ultra impressive up-and-comers’ that the companies should either ‘hire today’ or would [...]
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The Indian government had advance notice of a move in a Russian court to ban Bhagvad Gita as an extremist text in the form of a letter to Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) dispatched as early as Nov 1. But little action appeared forthcoming. In the letter addressed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Principal Secretary Pulok [...]
Port of Spain, Dec 18 (IANS/CMC) Trinidad and Tobago’s Indian-origin Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will pay a 10-day state visit to India in January, where she will meet President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and also attend the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas programme in Jaipur. A statement issued in Port of Spain by the Indian High Commission said Persad-Bissessar will [...]
Moscow, Dec 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a telephonic conversation with his US counterpart Barack Obama said that Washington’s comments over Russia’s allegedly rigged parliamentary polls were inadmissible. Speaking at the meeting with the members of the ruling United Russia party, Medvedev said that Friday he told Obama that the US officials’ assessment of Russian elections ‘does [...]
London, Dec 17 (IANS) A British woman’s Indian husband of 37 years has been barred by a court from entering the country because he cannot speak English. A law that requires immigrant spouses to speak English before entering the country was ruled legitimate by the London High Court Friday, the Daily Express reported Saturday. Three claimants, including British-born 54-year-old Rashida [...]
Washington, Dec 17 (IANS) South Carolina state’s Indian American governor Nikki Haley’s endorsement of front runner Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is threatening her own support at home. Former Massachusetts governor Romney’s campaign is using Haley’s endorsement to build his acceptance among the tea-party base that’s never been comfortable with his candidacy, especially in a state where former House speaker [...]
London, Dec 16 (IANS) A primary school in Britain where the majority of students are of Indian and Asian origin has achieved the best exam results in the country. Students at Newton Farm School in Harrow, northwest London, gained the highest average points score in their tests, The Sun reported. More than three-quarters of pupils are from ‘minority ethnic groups’, [...]
Patna, Dec 14 (IANS) Bihar will begin in March next year its first survey of non-resident Biharis (NRBs), an official said Wednesday. The survey will collect information about their socio-economic condition, education level and other details. The survey will be conducted by the Patna-based A.N. Sinha Institute and Bihar Foundation along with the ministry of overseas Indian affairs. The Bihar [...]
Islamabad, Dec 13 (IANS) Several members of the minority Sikh community in Pakistan Tuesday joined cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, a media report said. Sikh leader Sahib Singh made the announcement at a press conference at the Peshawar Press Club, Online news agency reported. Sahib Singh said he and his community expect security of the rights of the [...]
Dharamsala, Dec 13 (IANS) A majority of the people in China do not know what the Dalai Lama’s ‘middle-way approach’ for Tibet is, the Tibetan spiritual leader said Tuesday blaming censorship of the media for this. ‘If all Chinese citizens knew about it, 100 percent of the Chinese would support it,’ the Nobel laureate told reporters in Prague, according to [...]
Washington, Dec 11 (IANS) It’s the marriage season for Indian Americans too. And those who wish to marry in the traditional style – and who doesn’t – can do so with ‘band, baja, barat’ et al right here in the American capital! Be it the ‘sherwani’ or the ‘ghodi’ for the groom, zari-embroidered ‘lehnga choli’ for the bride, or the [...]
Washington, Dec 8 (IANS) President Barack Obama has named Indian-American, Preeta D. Bansal, as a member of an independent agency promoting improvements in the efficiency, adequacy, and fairness of government procedures ‘I am proud to appoint such impressive individuals to these important roles, and I am grateful they have agreed to lend their considerable talents to this Administration,’ he said [...]
Washington, Dec 7 (IANS) Indian and Vietnamese immigrants become ‘Americanised’ over time through social activities, but still retain their identities, say researchers after studying the two communities in Texas. Typically, Indian immigrants came voluntarily, seeking education, jobs and economic opportunity, although some came to join family members, said Caroline B. Brettell, an anthropology professor at Dallas’ Southern Methodist University, who [...]
Washington, Dec 4 (IANS) Indians chasing the ‘American Dream’ had reason to be happy about a law on the anvil that would help techies get the coveted green card faster, but a broad fix of the US immigration system is still distant. The system is widely acknowledged to be broken, but there is little agreement across the political divide on [...]
Washington, Dec 2 (IANS) Amid charges of racial profiling by a group of 38 civil rights organizations led by the Sikh Coalition, the US Transportation Security Administration is investigating allegations that Mexican travellers were being targeted for extra screening. The allegations of such targeting at Honolulu International Airport ‘resulted in launching an immediate and thorough investigation of the behaviour detection [...]
Pretoria, Nov 30 (IANS) South Africa has launched a series of postage stamps commemorating the arrival of Indian labourers to the country 150 years ago, state-run news agency BuaNews reported. Two stamps were launched Monday by the Department of Communications and the South African Post Office in partnership with the Department of Arts and Culture. A further two stamps will [...]
Washington, Nov 29 (IANS) Guyana born US resident Ashook Ramsaran has been elected the international president of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO), the largest umbrella organization of overseas Indians. Besides Ramsaran, Sunny Kulathakal (Bahrain) was elected executive vice president, Piyush Agrawal (US) senior vice president and Inder Singh reelected as chairman during GOPIO’s biennial convention in [...]
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