September 2016 — Page 13 of 19 — The Indian Panorama

Sunny Leone (left) and Reshma Qureshi walk for designer Archana Kochhar at New York Fashion Week

Actress Sunny Leone & acid attack victim Reshma Qureshi walk at New York Fashion Week

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:48 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Designer Archana Kochhar showcased, September 8, the rural art of India in New York City as part of New York Fashion Week with her collection, “A tale of two travels”. The […]

Celia faces 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison on 35 counts of offering a false instrument and attempted grand larceny

Young Politico of Queens arrested for faking donations to campaign fund

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:47 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

QUEENS, NY (TIP): A young Queens politico who ran for City Council in 2015 was arrested Tuesday, September 6 for faking donations to get 6-for-1 matching taxpayer funds for her losing campaign, authorities said. A […]

Fantastic Costumes, Delirious Dancing at the West Indian American Day Parade which draws millions of spectators

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:45 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

BROOKLYN, NY (TIP): Millions of spectators from around the world were drawn to the Eastern Parkway to watch the West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn Monday. Caribbean culture, food and fashion were on full […]

Police Captain Rachel Evans, volunteers to serve food to the poor at a facility run by Mother Teresa's sisters in New York's South Bronx

Saint Teresa’s sisters in New York serve the poorest

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:43 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): Mother Teresa, who was declared a saint by Pope Francis on Sunday, September 4 has been hailed as the “Saint of the Gutters of Kolkata.” But her sisters find they are needed […]

"Every child will achieve, every parent will be happy and every teacher will feel their best," says Carmen Fariña

NYC’s new education plans aim to diversify more classrooms, restore failing schools

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:41 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The nation’s largest public school system roars back to life Thursday as more than a million New York City kids return to class. As families and students scramble to get ready […]

Designer Vaishali Shadangule will be presenting her collection under the label Vaishali S at the New York Fashion Week on September 8

Indian-Origin Designer Vaishali Shadangule to Showcase at New York Fashion Week

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:40 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Designer Vaishali Shadangule is all set to showcase her collection under the label Vaishali S at the New York Fashion Week for the very first time, says an IANS report To be […]

Indian American Aam Aadmi Party Activist, Pran Kurup, dies of Cardiac Arrest

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:39 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

SACRAMENTO (TIP): Indian American entrepreneur and social activist Pran Kurup, nicknamed the “unsung hero” behind the nascent Aam Aadmi party movement in Northern California, died Sept. 3 in Thiruvananthapuram, India, of cardiac arrest. Kurup was […]

AAPI Victory Fund Launches Anti-Trump Ad in Virginia

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:38 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON(TIP): The Asian-American and Pacific Islander community has launched an anti-Donald Trump campaign in the crucial state of Virginia, alleging that the Republican presidential candidate continues to make fear-mongering comments against the American Muslim community. […]

A die hard entrepreneur Gurbax Chahaldecided to return at the helm of his business, after having relinquished control for a while in the light of his having been found guilty of violating his probation

Indian American Entrepreneur Gurbaksh Chahal back in command at Gravity4, pending Jail Sentence notwithstanding

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:38 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): Despite a 12-month pending jail sentence for domestic violence, tech mogul Gurbaksh Chahal has returned to the helm of Gravity4. TechCrunch reported that Chahal had handed over control of the company he […]

Indian American girl dead in fatal road accident in Kerala to be cremated in Chicago

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:37 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

KOTTAYAM (TIP): A 4-year-old Indian-American girl Jerena, who was spending her vacation with parents in the ancestral village, died on September 1 after suffering severe injuries in a fatal road accident that happened near Kottayam, […]

SICC Eyes Youth & Women’s Cricket Development with ACF Coach Certification Clinics

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:36 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

SARASOTA, FLA (TIP): The Sarasota International Cricket Club (SICC) recently hosted a weekend-long American Cricket Federation (ACF) Level 1 and Level 2 cricket coaching certification session attended by 16 prospective coaches. West Indian Legend Shivnarine […]

‘Sidhu never asked to be made CM face, said God told him to work with AAP’

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:33 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

As cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Sidhu fired his first salvo at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) saying Arvind Kejriwal wanted to use him as a “piece of decoration” during elections, AAP’s Punjab co-incharge Sanjay Singh, in an […]

Sidhu’s new outfit a ‘B-team’ of the RSS, says AAP’s Jarnail

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:31 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Aam Aadmi Party’s Punjab co-incharge Jarnail Singh hit back at Navjot Singh Sidhu, alleging that his political outfit Awaaz-e-Punjab is the “B-team of the RSS”, and said his attack on the Badal family was a […]

ARVIND KEJRIWAL ONLY WANTS ‘YES-MEN’, SAYS NAVJOT SIDHU

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:30 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

CHANDIGARH (TIP): Playing the cards close to his chest, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on September 8 launched a non-political front in Punjab attacking the Akali-BJP combine, Congress and the AAP but gave no indication about […]

‘Final decision yet to be made’: India clarifies about Modi’s Pakistan visit

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:28 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

HANGZHOU (CHINA) (TIP): India was left scrambling on Sept 6 after its envoy to Pakistan said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “looking forward” to visiting Islamabad for the Saarc Summit in November, with officials clarifying […]

Kashmir: Centre to wait for cessation of violence

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:27 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Centre’s next political course in Jammu and Kashmir will entirely depend on the drop in number of incidents of clashes and complete cessation of violence. No fresh initiative is likely till […]

With United Spirits asking its own chairman Vijay Mallya to quit, the majority owner Diageo today said its "contractual obligations" to support his presence would not apply in the event of "defaults" by the Indian businessman and his group firm UB Holdings Ltd. (PTI)

People taking cots thieves but Mallya a defaulter: Rahul takes dig at BJP

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:26 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

GORAKPUR (TIP): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Sept 7 attacked the Modi government saying those who took away cots were being branded as thieves while industrialists like Vijay Mallya who escaped with Rs 1,000 crore […]

Pakistan drops charges against 26/11 accused, says no proof

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:18 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has dropped charges against an accused in the 26/11 Mumbai attack case citing a lack of evidence. Local media reported on Thursday that FIA submitted a chargesheet before […]

India-US military logistics pact is anti-Muslim, Hafiz Saeed says

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:17 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The recent India-US pact to share their military bases for repair and resupply is anti-Pakistan, meant to counter the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor+ (CPEC) and, in fact, against the Muslim world, declared Pakistan-based […]

Dallas Businessman Receives Prestigious Honor at Global Business Summit

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:04 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

DALLAS, TX (TIP): Arun Agarwal, CEO of Dallas-based home textiles company Nextt, was among NINE successful Indians honored at “Celebrating 69, Pride of the Nation Series Awards and Business Summit 2015-16,” organized by URS-AsiaOne and […]

ITT Technical Institute to Close all Campuses

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:02 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

DALLAS (TIP): The company that runs ITT Technical Institute announced Tuesday, September 6 that it was shutting down academic operations at all of its campuses and thousands of its employees will lose their jobs. The […]

WHISTLING IN THE DARK: The new groupthink in Kashmir is misconceived

Sep 9, 2016 - 8:38 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Three weeks after the Americans had elected him as their next President, Barack Obama met a group of reporters and shared his thoughts on pitfalls of decision-making. In the course of that interaction, he made […]

Taking the Paris process forward

Sep 9, 2016 - 8:34 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The ratification of the Paris Agreement on climate change by the United States and China, which together account for 38 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, provides much-needed momentum for the global compact to […]

Nothing seems to be out of bounds for the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump

Stop boring us, Mr. Trump

Sep 9, 2016 - 8:31 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

As the sole surviving super power, the United States demands the attention of the world. And every four years it enacts a long-running circus that often entertains the universe by its weirdness, if nothing else. […]

Ashok Vyas (The author is a writer, poet and a host with ITV. He can be reached at insightashok@yahoo.com)

A Rejoinder to George Abraham’s article – ‘RSS, BJP and India’s independence struggle’

Sep 9, 2016 - 8:27 am EDT George Abraham 0

George ji, You have invested lot of time and energy in sharing your views through this article. We are gifted as human beings to seek out that, which supports our point of view, some are better […]

Month: September 2016