Indian-American teen wins South Asian Spelling Bee
Washington, Aug 19 (IANS) An Indian-American teenager from New Jersey won the 2019 South Asian Spelling Bee, after correctly spelling the word “flipe” to earn the
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Kashmiri Pandit diaspora meet in Houston
Photo caption: Surinder Kaul Houston (Texas), Aug 18 (IANS) Celebrating the abrogation of Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, the Global Kashmiri
‘Sacred Games’: Unnecessary, vile, venomous
BY SUBHASH K JHA “Sacred Games 2” (Netflix); Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Kalki Koechlin, Ranvir Shorey; Direction: Anurag Kashyap and Neeraj Ghaywan; Rating:
Pro-Khalistan Sikhs protest with Pakistanis outside UN
New York, Aug 16 (IANS) Pro-Khalistan Sikhs joined by some Pakistanis held a protest outside the UN demanding the restoration of Kashmir’s special status. About 400
United Nation Security Council to hold closed door consultations on Kashmir
United Nations, Aug 15 (IANS) The UN Security Council (UNSC) is to hold closed-door consultations on the Kashmir developments on Friday at the request of China,
Mission Mangal: Ordinary film about an extraordinary feat
BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY Film: “Mission Mangal”; Cast: Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari; Nithya Menen, Sharman Joshi; H.G. Dattatreya; Direction: Jagan
Vidya Sinha: The girl next door
BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY VIDYA SINHA (November 15, 1947 – August 15, 2019) She was the girl next door for an entire generation of Bollywood fans.
Former Iowa legislator Swati Dandekar endorses Presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar
BY VEENA RAO Atlanta, GA, August 14, 2019: Former Iowa state legislator and US ambassador of Asian Development Bank Swati Dandekar is endorsing Minnesota Senator Amy
Coffee Day is selling Tech Park to US-based Blackstone
Bengaluru, Aug 14 (IANS) Coffee Day Enterprises Ltd on Wednesday approved selling Global Village Tech Park of its subsidiary Tanglin Developments Ltd in Bengaluru to the
India, China no longer growing nations, they are taking advantage of the tag: Trump
Washington, Aug 14 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said that India and China are no longer “growing nations”, claiming that they are “taking advantage” of