Indian Diaspora


‘Khushiyaan’ selected for Punjabi film fest in Toronto

Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Toronto, May 17: US-based Indian filmmaker Tirlok Malik is delighted after his Punjabi film "Khushiyaan" was selected for a screening at the first Punjabi International Film Festival (PIFF), starting May 18. The four-day festival will be held in Ontario province with events planned for the cities of Toronto, Brampton and Mississauga. "The ...

Olympic Flame reaches Acropolis for handover ceremony

Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Athens, May 17: The Olympic Flame for the 2012 London Games was welcomed with great enthusiasm in Athens, as it reached the Acropolis Hill, finishing its long trip across Greece on the eve of the handover ceremony. Greek world champion in high jump Dimitris Chondrokoukis lit the cauldron on the sacred hill ...

Jennifer Lopez tops list of world’s most powerful celebrities

Thursday, May 17th, 2012
New York, May 17: Jennifer Lopez dethroned Lady Gaga as the world's most powerful celebrity, according to a list published Wednesday by Forbes magazine in which the queen of US television Oprah Winfrey came in in second place. The singer of numbers such as "Let's Get Loud" and "Love Don't Cost A ...

A Whiff of Paris

Thursday, May 17th, 2012
A Whiff of ParisMINAKHEE MIHSRA Sophie went on to divulge how they had ditched the conventional bandwagon on their trip to Europe and thoroughly enjoyed it. They had opted out of the clichéd tourist sites and set their hearts on four days and three nights stay at a cottage. A fishing trip in a ...

Sikh police officers in Washington can now wear turbans, beards while on job

Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Sikh police officers in Washington can now wear turbans, beards while on jobWashington, May 17: Sikh police officers in the American capital will be allowed to wear turbans, beards and other religious items while on the job. The new uniform policy announced by Washington DC police Chief Cathy Lanier Wednesday makes it the first major metropolitan police department in the US to permit Sikhs ...

No one bothered to study ‘psychic depression’ European literary scene underwent between two world wars: Satyapal Anand

Thursday, May 17th, 2012
No one bothered to study 'psychic depression' European literary scene underwent between two world wars: Satyapal AnandSatyapal Anand is a poet, writer, educationist and journalist. Here in a freewheeling interview to Amit Guin, he speaks about his works, Urdu poetry and his recent book of poems 'One Hundred Buddhas' Tell us about yourself, your works and achievements. Nowshehra is a small town near Peshawar where I had my ...

‘US should cut Pakistan off of every cent of aid’

Thursday, May 17th, 2012
'US should cut Pakistan off of every cent of aid'Washington, May 17: US lawmakers of both Democratic and Republican parties have slammed the Obama administration's request for $2.4 billion for Pakistan, calling it a "black hole" where the US has "sunk" $24 billion over the last decade. "Pakistan is like a black hole for American aid," Gary Ackerman, top Democrat on ...

UK favourite destination for Indian workers, students: Govt

Thursday, May 17th, 2012
UK favourite destination for Indian workers, students: GovtNew Delhi, May 17: The United Kingdom is a favourite destination for both Indian workers and students, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. There were about 5,00,000 Indian workers and 39,000 students in the UK, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said during Question Hour. As per estimates of Indian missions in ...

Indian couple in UK sentenced for major immigration scam

Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Indian couple in UK sentenced for major immigration scamLondon, May 17: An Indian citizen who arrived as a student in 2000 and went on to perpetuate a series of immigration scams to earn hundreds of thousands of pounds by helping many Indian citizens and others to stay in Britain illegally, has been jailed for 10 years. Vijay Sorthia, 35, will ...

Indian national jailed in Singapore for 20 months

Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Singapore, May 17: An Indian national has been sentenced to 20 months in jail for drunk driving a lorry which rammed into three pedestrians - all his fellow countrymen, last year, killing one of them. The lorry driver, Mutukrishnan Gunasekaran, 39, was also banned from driving for six years by a ...
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