Month: October 2015
Jindal’s popularity dips below one percent – refuses to bow out
WASHINGTON (TIP): The popularity of first Indian-american US Presidential hopeful Bobby Jindal has dipped below one per cent, according to latest opinion polls, indicating that all is not well with his campaign. In two leading […]
New accounting norms may add to banks’ bad loans
MUMBAI (TIP): There is a new twist to the issue of rising bad loans in the banking sector. Under the new global accounting norms that banks have to adopt from April 1, 2018, the gross level […]
RSS Chief plays down communal attacks
Since Prime Minister Modi and his ministerial colleagues have chosen to report to the RSS and invite its inputs on policy issues, it is important to take note of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s annual Vijayadashmi […]
Dallas – Oct 23 Newspaper E-Edition
A New Way to Read This Week’s Print Edition The Latest from The Indian Panorama | New York Desk Reimagined for the Web Volume 3 Issue 36 | Desktop Edition | Oct 23
China now has more billionaires than US
BEIJING (TIP): Communist China has overtaken capitalist United States in the richie rich list with 596 billionaires to America’s 537. The stunning jump has taken place in the last one year — spurred by the […]
RBI chief Rajan wants IMF to check monetary easing policies
Mumbai – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should play an active role in questioning the easy monetary policies, or so called quantitative easing measures, adopted by the developed economies rather than sitting on the sidelines, […]
In Sweden, doctors caught performing virginity tests on girls
SWEDEN (TIP): An undercover investigation has revealed doctors in Sweden are performing virginity tests on teenage girls against their will. Footage shot by reporters for the Swedish current affairs program ‘Kalla Fakta’ (Cold Fact) showed doctors […]
Naveeda Ikram: UK’s first female Muslim Lord Mayor suspended by Labour as police probe ‘financial irregularities’
BRADFORD (TIP): Naveeda Ikram, a councillor in Bradford, was suspended by the party after an allegation was made about her to West Yorkshire Police. Ikram served as Lord Mayor of Bradford in 2011-12. She missed […]
UK schoolgirl guilty of terror offences spared jail
LONDON (TIP): A British schoolgirl who admitted two terror offences of possessing “recipes for explosives” and a bomb-making guide was on Thursday spared a custodial sentence after she pleaded to a youth court to let […]
Backed by Russian jets, Syrian troops attack rebel-held towns in Homs
BEIRUT/AMMAN (TIP): Syrian troops and their allies, backed by Russian jets, attacked rebel-held towns north of the city of Homs on Thursday, targeting a long-held and strategic enclave of opposition to President Bashar al-Assad. The […]
Nations say Philippine peace effort shouldn’t break down
MANILA (PHILIPPINES) (TIP): A group of Western and Asian countries said Thursday that recent setbacks should not derail efforts that have brought a Muslim rebellion in the southern Philippines to the brink of a settlement, […]
‘Pak under Zia-ul-Haq broke promise on uranium enrichment’
WASHINGTON (TIP): Pakistan under dictator general Zia-ul-Haq’s administration broke its promise on uranium enrichment in the 1980s, a series of newly declassified documents have shown amid reports that the US is considering a civil nuclear […]
Rajapaksa cries foul of Lanka probe panel
COLOMBO (TIP): Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday slammed as an act of political revenge his summoning by a graft probe panel over not settling monies he owed to state-owned ITN television station. […]
President Mukherjee questions rising intolerance in India
Hours after another black ink incidence, President Pranab Mukherjee issued another statement on rising intolerance by fringe elements in the country. Backdrop: The President’s strong words on the need to maintain pluralism and dissent in […]
Indian American Doctors subpoenaed over Performing Needless Procedures
As many as 293 patients of an Indian-American cardiologist around a small town in Indiana have filed lawsuits against him and two other doctors in his practice claiming that they performed needless procedures. The Indiana […]
Anti-Bullying Campaign Launched in Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu
Reflecting the increasing diversity in the US, the White House has launched its annual anti-bullying campaign in three South Asian languages – Hindu, Urdu and Punjabi. Bullying is considered as a major problem in US […]
Kamlesh Mehta, Nassau County’s director of business and economic development resigns
October 18, 2015 NEW YORK (TIP): The Indian Panorama was the first newspaper to publish in its October 16 edition the news of the resignation of Kamlesh Mehta, Nassau County’s director of business and economic development. theindianpanorama.news/united-states-america/new-york/nassau-county-director-of-economic-affairs-kamlesh-mehta-resigns-article-48097.html […]
72 year old Indian American Man Killed in US Accident
A 72-year-old Indian-origin San Jose resident was killed in a hit-and-run accident and was later identified by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office in California. Inderjeet Sharma was walking near a road in San […]