An Indian restaurant in Britain was raided by immigration officers and seven workers, all from Bangladesh, were arrested on the charge of visa-related offences, according to media reports. The seven illegal workers were arrested last week from the town of Sandhurst in southeast England’s Berkshire county and face deportation, reported Getreading online on Monday. British […]
Survivors and families of the 42 Muslim men massacred in 1987 at Hashimpura in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday voiced anguish after a court freed all the accused, calling it a “massacre of justice”. On March 21, a Delhi court acquitted 16 Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) personnel of the charges of murder, attempt to murder and […]
Actor Bobby Simhaa considers the best supporting actor National Award for his work in Tamil gangster drama “Jigarthanda” as an incentive to continue doing good work. “I’m overwhelmed. My phone hasn’t stopped ringing. The award is an incentive to continue doing good work,” Simhaa told IANS on Tuesday. Simhaa, who is currently busy shooting for […]
Durban, March 24 An Indian-origin author attacked in South Africa for praising the controversial writer Salman Rushdie said on Monday that the incident left her traumatised and needing psychiatric help, according to media reports. Zainub Priya Dala, 40, said she was attacked a day after praising Rushdie’s writing style while addressing Chatsworth school children in […]
An Indian-American brother-sister duo has been awarded nearly $9 million in damages for injuries suffered when they were assaulted by two men in a night club in New York in January 2005. Anuj Sapra and Arti Sapra won the judgement on March 11 in Manhattan Supreme Court for the incident at Club 9 1/2, owned […]
An Airbus A320 of a German low-cost airline with 150 people on board crashed on Tuesday in southern France while flying from Barcelona to Dusseldorf. French President Francois Hollande said no survivors are expected. Germanwings confirmed on Tuesday that its flight 4U9525 met with an accident over the French Alps, Xinhua news agency reported. The […]
India will lead in the Asian region with growth at 7.8 percent in the next fiscal and at 8.2 percent in 2016-17, as China’s economy slows, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday. The bank’s Asian Development Outlook (ADO) report instead projected China’s economic growth to decelerate from 7.4 percent in current fiscal to […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed the much-denounced Section 66A of the Information Technology Act after finding it violative of the freedom of speech guaranteed by the Constitution, triggering a frenzy of laudatory posts in the social media within minutes of the far-reaching judgment. The apex court also read down, or found meaningless, Section 79(3)b […]
Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki on Tuesday asked people to follow the principle of “all religions are one” for which India was known, and exhorted the youth to follow the ideals of Vivekananda and Mahatma Gandhi. He said Vivekananda, through his speech in Chicago, gave a message to the world that all religions were one. […]
Mumbai, March 23 Participants from the fields of art, craft, science and technology in India will showcase new and emerging concepts at the ‘Innovation Festival’ in Mumbai, a statement from NCSM said on Monday. The three-day long event begins on March 27 at the Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai, a National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) […]