Criticising the Delhi government for its failure to check power tariff hike, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday protested against the hike in the national capital. Staging a protest at Bhajanpura, BJP Delhi unit chief Vijay Goel said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has failed to check power tariff hikes. “Kejriwal-led AAP had promised that after […]
Former Indian-American US treasury official Neel Kashkari, a multimillionaire who oversaw the $700 billion bank bailout after the 2008 financial crisis, thinks he can unseat California’s popular Democratic Governor Jerry Brown. Kashkari, who lives in Laguna Beach in Orange County, previously worked for Goldman Sachs. Last year, Kashkari quit his job as an investment banking […]
An Indian-origin woman in Britain, accused of conspiring with a former police officer to steal and sell details of accident victims, walked free after a jury failed to reach a verdict. Paramjeet Kaur, 26, from Birmingham, who was charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office with her husband Raza Khan, 27, and […]
Three Indian-origin chicken factory workers in Britain, who were sacked over claims that they took cash bribes for jobs, have won claims for unfair dismissal. Baljit Johal, Mukesh Kumar and Balwinder Jackhu won their cases for unfair dismissal at the Birmingham Employment Tribunal against 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd, the Birmingham Mail reported Friday. The […]
An Indian-origin homeless woman, who suffered 80 percent burns as a result of what she called an acid attack, died in a hospital in Australia. Monika Chetty, 39, was found by police at Hoxton Park in Sydney Jan 3 after a resident reported hearing a woman crying for help. It was found that the Fijian […]
Myanmar President U Thein Sein said Saturday that the next meeting between the government and ethnic armed groups at Hpa-an in Kayin state could work out a date for signing a nationwide ceasefire agreement. U Thein Sein made the remarks in his monthly radio speech to the nation, Xinhua reported. Underscoring the successful holding of […]
The next round of nuclear talks between Iran and the six major world powers will be held Feb 18 in Austria’s capital Vienna, said an Iranian minister. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced the decision Friday after his meeting with Catherine Ashton, European Union foreign policy chief, on the sidelines of the Munich Security […]
Three people were arrested in connection with the sensational Rs.7.69-crore heist in the national capital, the special cell of Delhi Police said Saturday. “Three people were arrested from different parts of the city and Rs.1.5 crore has so far been recovered,” a police officer told IANS. Police said four others are also involved, who have […]
The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) event to be held here in April will be a four-day weekend this year with the launch of IIFA Stomp, a free-for-all public party with “a taste of India”. Stomp – an entertaining mix of Indian food, music and handicrafts, will take place April 23 at the picturesque Curtis […]
Asserting that the US downgrade of India’s aviation regulator had “absolutely nothing” to do with the Khobragade affair, the US says it was committed to help India get its status back as soon as possible. “This absolutely had nothing to do with the ongoing case of Dr. Khobragade,” State Department spokesperson Marie Harf told reporters […]