UNITED NATIONS: Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan today joined UN chief Ban Ki-moon and American actor Michael Douglas to commemorate the International Peace Day, describing it as an "absolute honor."Bachchan was among a host of celebrities who were at the UN headquarters to take part in the ceremony which is held every year on September 21 and seeks cessation...
NEW DELHI: A man today shouted slogans against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as he got up to deliver his address at an international conference here, protesting against the recent hike in diesel prices.Lawyer Santosh Kumar Suman (32), a member of the Supreme Court Bar Association, stood on the desk, took off his shirt and shouted, "Prime Minister, go back....
CHENNAI: BJP today blamed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for pushing the country to a '1991-like' economic situation and questioned the rationale for introducing reforms now after eight years of rule."The Prime Minister's (televised) address on Friday (explaining the need for FDI and increase in diesel price) is disappointing, deceptive and unconvincing. He could not justify the reasons and convince...
BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Saturday stayed the two-year AITA ban on Indian tennis players Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna from representing the country till June 30, 2014 on disciplinary grounds.Hearing a writ petition filed by the duo challenging the two-year ban imposed by All India Tennis Association, Justice Mohan Shantanagoudar ordered issue of emergent notice to AITA...
CHICAGO: The third strike and it may get over in Baseball game but it is a different ballgame for Indo American Community Services (IACS), a Chicago based no profit body that has expanded its base over the past three years and is set for further expansion.
IACS, already successful in hosting Asian Women's conference, job fairs and professional networking meets,...
CHICAGO: Lakhwant Singh Komal, Secretary at Gurdwara Sahib of Chicago and a past president of Sikh Religious Society in Palatine opened the September 12 meeting of the City Council of Chicago with a Sikh invocation.
Chicago Aldermen Ameya Pawar with co-sponsorships of Aldermen Deborah Silverstein and Joe Moore introduced a resolution in the Chicago City Council addressing the recent violent...
CHICAGO: The three-hour fifth Global Punjabi Milap held on Saturday, Sept 15 at Des Plaines Theater in Des Plaines to a packed auditorium turned out to be a huge success
Thakar S Basati welcomed the audience and shared why people from different parts of Punjab need to come together and forget the horrible time of partition of 1947. He introduced...
CHICAGO: With 32 chapters in 22 States across USA, the name stands for service- SEWA ( Selfless Efforts for Welfare of All) is now poised to do one better in the coming year by expanding its base and areas of service to the community at large.
Anil Deshpande, Vice President Development SEWA International, said that one of the focal points...
CHICAGO: Gandhi Memorial Trust has slated celebration of Gandhi Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, on October 2 at the Gandhi statue site in Skokie, a north side suburb of Chicago.
Mayor George VanDusen has issued a proclamation to honor the legacy of the Mahatma and has blessed this event. Om Prakash Kamaria, chairman of the Trust, said, "Let...
CHICAGO: The Vedic Day Care Center, a pre-school and kindergarten in Chicago, celebrated its 18th annual graduation program on Sunday, August 26 at the Vedic Day Care Center with lot of enthusiasm and joy.
Over 150 people attended the near three hours program that highlighted performances by Vedic Day Care Center children. The start was with recitation of some slokas...