June 5, 2013
By Geeta Goindi
Centreville, VA – It was a strong show of community spirit and Indian culture at the fourth annual Punjabi Mela, held Memorial Day weekend in the sprawling Bull Run Regional Park. Setting a record of sorts for Indian-American festivals, it drew over 9,000 people from all walks of life.
June 5, 2013
NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi, riding a sweeping victory in the Gujarat byelections, on Wednesday met BJP president Rajnath Singh amid indications that he may be made the head of the party's campaign committee for next Lok Sabha elections at the national executive meet in Goa this weekend.
June 5, 2013
BEIJING: China's top Internet security official says he has "mountains of data" pointing to extensive US hacking aimed at China, but it would be irresponsible to blame Washington for such attacks, and called for greater cooperation to fight hacking.
June 5, 2013
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Wednesday called Rajasthan Royals owner Raj Kundra to seek details about accused players in the IPL spot-fixing case and the agreement they had reached with them.
IPL spot-fixing: Police questions Rajastan Royal's owner Raj Kundra
June 5, 2013
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has decided to skip the Chief Ministers' conference on internal security organized by the Centre in New Delhi on Wednesday, saying that they were being "railroaded" to finish their speeches within ten minutes.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister - J. Jayalalithaa
June 4, 2013
Underworld dons Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and Chhota Shakeel are prime suspects in the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot fixing scandal and Delhi Police will be naming the duo in the official court complaint.
June 4, 2013
BANGALORE: "Be crazy and don't seek too much advice on what you propose to do", this is the mantra that Michael Dell, the man who founded the world's third largest PC making company - Dell, has given to budding entrepreneurs in India for becoming successful.
June 4, 2013
NEW DELHI: India, known as the "pharmacy to the world", on Monday defended its lucrative generic drug industry as safe and strongly regulated after the nation's biggest drug firm pleaded guilty to US charges of making adulterated medicines.
June 4, 2013
KUALA LUMPUR: Divorce among ethnic Indians in Malaysia is rapidly rising and if the trend continues, it is feared the community could be plagued with social problems.
Tamil Bell Club Malaysia national president SV Lingam said that if the trend continued, the Indian community would be plagued with social problems.
June 4, 2013
MUMBAI: Actor Vindu Dara Singh and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) principal Gurunath Meiyappan, arrested in connection with the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal, were on Tuesday granted bail by a local court.
IPL spot-fixing: Vindu Dara Singh, Gurunath Meiyappan get bail
