JERUSALEM: India-born music conductor Zubin Mehta has been honored with the Israeli Presidential Award of Distinction for his contribution to the society through the language of music.
Mehta, 76, the first non-Jew to receive such an award, joins an elite group of people like former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Judith Feld Carr, a Canadian-Jewish musician and human rights...
WASHINGTON: US commanders are keen to develop "more jointness" in military operations with India to enhance strategic combat capabilities of both the forces.
Suggesting that US forces under its Pacific Command (PACOM) were working to "advance and deepen" relationship with India, a top US commander has said that currently American and Indian forces were engaged in as many as 56...
PALATINE: Shree Jalaram Mandir of Hoffman Estates, Illinois organized a successful Raas Garba program on October 13 in Building M of Harper College in Palatine.
Parking was ample, the hall was huge, number of people was large and the enthusiasm was overflowing. It is estimated that more than 1,500 devotees of Jalaram Bapa and Mataji played Garba and Raas with...
NEW YORK: India stands tall as a secular country only because the majority Hindu population is tolerant and believes in inter-faith movement, said E. Ahamed, India's Minister of State for External Affairs.
Addressing a reception hosted in his honor by the Indian National Overseas Congress (I), he said those who protested against and brought to light the massacre in Gujarat...
WASHINGTON: An anti-Obama documentary, directed by an Indian-American filmmaker that became one of the most successful documentaries of all time has now been made available online and on DVDs.The documentary - 2016: Obama's America - directed by Dinesh D'Souza, a former staffer of President Ronald Reagan, had entered the top 10 at domestic box office early last month.
The hour-and-a-half-long...
MUMBAI: Bollywood star couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor on October 16 tied the knot here in a quiet affair after a five-year courtship.
Saif, 42, son of late Nawab of Pataudi and former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and actress Sharmila Tagore, sealed his relationship with Kareena, 32, at his residence in suburban Bandra through a...
UNITED NATIONS: India has said that poverty eradication should be the focus of the United Nations operational activities for development, which must have the ability to respond and adapt to the evolving environment and expectations of individual countries.
For UN development system to be successful globally it needs to be firmly rooted in its core focus area, which has primarily...
NEW DELHI: Government will highlight the big-ticket reform measures and policy initiatives to woo overseas Indian investors at the next Pravasi Bhartiya Divas - India's annual event to connect with its Diaspora - to be held in Kochi from January 7.
Attracting investment, highlighting resilience of the economy and explaining steps taken to reverse the growth slump will be the...
WASHINGTON: A US-based Sikh body has raised over USD 250,000 to fund scholarships for bright but poor students striving to acquire higher professional education in Punjab and neighboring states.
The Sikh Human Development Foundation (SHDF) raised the amount after it held a fund raising gala in the Greater Washington Area.
In the 12 years, when SHDF started this project, it has...
JACKSON: Citing US President Barack Obama's stance on outsourcing of jobs to India and work visas for IT firms, a leading Indian American Republican has said that Mitt Romney, not the incumbent, is the best bet for strong and enduring Indo-US relations.
Dr Sampat Shivangi, who was one of the three Indian American delegates to the Republican National Convention and...