PETALING JAYA — The government today promised full scholarships to the top 100 students from the Indian community who graduate with first-class honours from public universities.
March 20, 2012
Asin Thottumkal is in no mood to return to southern movies - at least, not right now. The actress is comfortable in Bollywood and says she is happy to see how technology and awareness have brought the two film industries closer than ever before.
March 19, 2012
Islamabad: Forced conversions and increasing incidents of kidnapping have instilled a "deep sense of insecurity" in the minority Hindu community in Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan, a provincial minister has said.
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March 19, 2012
Per Chris Mortensen of ESPN, Peyton Manning has made his decision ... and he's taking his talent to the Mile High City. Mort reported that Manning had advised agent Tom Condon to wrap up negotiations on what is believed to be a five-year, $90 million offer.
March 19, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook, moving swiftly after taking over from the late Silicon Valley icon Steve Jobs, fulfilled a longstanding desire of investors by initiating a quarterly dividend and share buyback that will pay out $45 billion over three years.
March 19, 2012
WASHINGTON, March 19 – The United States will launch an online portal that will help Indian-Americans to safely donate funds to non-government bodies in India following some reports claiming that almost half of that money is misused.
It is reported that some NGOs in India are misusing foreign aid, mostly to support high administrative costs of running organizations.
The website, initiated by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is in its final stages before the launch in late April or early May.
March 19, 2012
BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha trashed the comparison made by a US magazine between Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, saying there was "no match" between the two and no one stands even close to the saffron leader.
March 18, 2012
Scorecard: India 330 for 4 (Kohli 183, Rohit 68, Tendulkar 52) beat Pakistan 329 for 6 (Hafeez 105, Jamshed 112, Younis 52) by six wickets
March 18, 2012
With two of them governors, four billionaires and over a score sitting in high places in government, Indian Americans not only keep making news but have also emerged as major players in American media.
Take Indian-born Aparism Bobby Ghosh, for instance, who was last week named by Time magazine as 'Editor-at-Large'. In naming Ghosh, Time Managing Editor Richard Stengel, called him "one of Time's greatest assets and this past year was one of his best yet."