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Punjabi Singer Goes Missing In Canada: Police

Dec 17, 2015 - 5:39 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

TORONTO: A 30-year-old Punjabi singer, who visited Canada for a music performance, has gone missing, prompting authorities to seek the public’s help in locating him. Lehmber Singh missed his return flight to India on November 5 […]

Its back to School In Myanmar, Suu Kyi sends new members to parliament school

Dec 17, 2015 - 5:25 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

Aung San Suu Kyi is sending her newly elected MPs on a crash course on Myanmar’s parliament as they prepare to take their seats for the first time early next year, her party said today. […]

White House to Hold Meetings with Sikh and Muslim Community Leaders

Dec 17, 2015 - 5:23 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

WASHINGTON: In the wake of increase in hate-crimes directed against Sikhs and Muslims after a deadly shooting in California, senior White House officials will hold meetings the leaders of these communities to discuss ways to address […]

Indian American Senior Executive At Twitter To Quit

Dec 17, 2015 - 5:11 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

NEW YORK: Baljeet Singh, Twitter‘s product lead in charge of video, will quit the company early next month, a media report said quoting a Twitter spokesperson. Mr Singh, who works as a senior product director, […]

H-1B, L-1 Visa Fee hiked by upto $4500

Dec 17, 2015 - 3:06 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Congress has imposed a special fee of up to $4,500 on the H-1B and L-1 visas popular among Indian IT companies to fund a 9/11 healthcare act and biometric tracking system. […]

Dhanraj feels India are on the right track

Dec 12, 2015 - 2:42 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

MUMBAI: Former India captain Dhanraj Pillay responded to critical views that have popped up in the aftermath of India’s bronze medal success at the Hockey World League Final saying credit needs to be given where […]

Anand back in business after crushing Topalov in London

Dec 12, 2015 - 2:37 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

LONDON (TIP): Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand bounced back from his fourth round loss and beat his former world championship challenger Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the fifth round of London Chess Classic, the concluding edition […]

The Horror in San Bernardino

Dec 4, 2015 - 12:25 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

America’s gun violence shifted Wednesday to San Bernardino, Calif., where at least 14 people were killed and at least 17 wounded. Amid the chaos were the horrifying and familiar aspects of a mass assault by […]

Suspected ISI agent arrested in Meerut by Uttar Pradesh STF

Nov 28, 2015 - 2:04 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

Uttar Pradesh: An ISI agent today has been arrested from Meerut Cantt area by Special Task Force team of Uttar Pradesh, who has some sensitive documents related to Indian Army. IG Sujit Pandey of UP STF […]

Former-Disney Workers Replaced by H1-B Visa Holders File Complaint

Nov 25, 2015 - 10:39 am EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

WASHINGTON: Replaced by H-1B visa workers, at least 23 former Disney IT workers have filed a complaint alleging discrimination. In a complaint filed before the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the fired Disney employees alleged that […]

Indian origin Swati Dandekar has been named by President Obama to succeed Robert M. Orr as United States director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of ambassador

Indian origin Swati Dandekar is named ADB director

Nov 20, 2015 - 11:32 am EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama has nominated India-born Swati A. Dandekar, a Nagpur and Bombay University alum, to be United States director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of ambassador. The nomination of Dandekar […]

Man Tried For Racism Against Indian Family in Ireland

Nov 17, 2015 - 6:47 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

LONDON: A man appeared before a court in Northern Ireland for alleged racism against an Indian family and for pounding the front door of their residence with a hammer, a media report said. William Strain, 29, […]

29 Per Cent Rise in Number of Indian Students in United States: Report

Nov 17, 2015 - 6:45 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

MUMBAI: The number of Indian students heading to the US for higher education recorded a robust jump of 29.4 per cent to 1,32,888 in the 2014/15 academic year, according to a report, beating China in terms […]

NRI Caught While Trying to Cross India-Pak Border by Car

Nov 17, 2015 - 6:43 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

AMRITSAR, PUNJAB: An NRI, said to be undergoing psychiatric treatment, allegedly attempted to cross the Attari-Wagah Indo-Pak land route in his car today. His car smashed into a barrier near the international border before he was […]

Canadian Sikh Wrongly Pictured as Paris Terrorist; Image Photoshopped

Nov 17, 2015 - 6:41 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

TORONTO: An innocent Canadian Sikh journalist was wrongly accused of being involved in the Paris attacks after his Photoshopped image went viral on social media and a Spanish newspaper printed the snap identifying him as a […]

Detail from a US visa document. Selective focus with point of focus in the center of the picture.

New bill proposes H1B & L1 visa reforms

Nov 17, 2015 - 5:04 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 1

BENGALURU: The US is set to pass a bill on immigration with major implications for the Indian IT sector and its employees. The bill seeks to prohibit companies from hiring H-1B employees if they employ more than […]

China, India taking advantage of US: Donald Trump

Nov 15, 2015 - 8:30 am EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): Terming China as “number-one abuser”, leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has alleged that the Communist nation, along with India, is taking advantage of the US through its economic policies. Trump said China […]

Akhlaq’s son indirectly accuses BJP of Hate politics

Nov 11, 2015 - 9:08 am EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

As the Bihar poll results trickled icon Nov 08, residents of the Greater Noida village of Bisada, who had gathered around a TV set to follow the counting, spoke in one voice – that this was […]

Subi reef, located in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, is shown in this handout Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative satellite image taken September 3, 2015 and released to Reuters October 27, 2015. (Reuters photo)

US-China Confrontation in South China Seas

Nov 5, 2015 - 8:38 am EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

China Reacts to US Ships in South China Seas Tuesday Oct 27: China reacted more harshly than expected to the passage last week of the warship USS Lassen that skirted within 12 miles of one […]

Sania on top, pairs with Hingis to win WTA finals

Nov 5, 2015 - 1:11 am EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

‘When you start off as a child playing tennis, you dream of being No. 1 in the world. I feel honored to be No. 1… she (Hingis) really helped me get there.” — Sania Mirza NEW […]

SC to hear plea to ban websites with jokes on Sikhs

Nov 5, 2015 - 12:46 am EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

New Delhi, October 30: The Supreme Court will look into a plea for a ban on websites carrying jokes on Sikhs, as a lawyer-petitioner told the apex court on Friday the community was projected as […]

Initially a peaceful demonstration, the protest turned violent forcing police to cordon off the area around the Indian mission in central London

Police Apologize to Sikhs Over Conduct at London Protest

Nov 1, 2015 - 2:19 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

LONDON: The London police have apologised for their treatment of Sikh protesters during a demonstration outside the Indian embassy in the British capital last month, a media report said on Sunday. Mak Chishty, Metropolitan Police’s chief of […]

Pakistan loses UN Human Rights Council election

Oct 30, 2015 - 8:07 am EDT Agencies | Media Reports 0

ISLAMABAD / UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Pakistan failed to win a re-election to the top UN human rights body, garnering just 105 votes in the 193-member General Assembly. The General Assembly on Oct 27 elected 18 […]

Drone strike at Pakistan-Afghan border kills three

Oct 30, 2015 - 8:01 am EDT Agencies | Media Reports 0

ISLAMABAD/KABUL (TIP): At least three suspected rebels, belonging to the self-styled Islamic State militant group, were killed on Oct 29 in a US drone strike in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, near Pakistan’s Khyber agency. Security […]

Asia

No amnesty for fasting Lankan Tamil prisoners: Govt

Oct 30, 2015 - 8:00 am EDT Agencies | Media Reports 0

COLOMBO (TIP): There will be no common amnesty for over 200 prisoners, mostly Tamils, who staged a hunger strike in jails throughout the country, the Sri Lankan government said on Oct 26. The prisoners went […]

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