Modi getting rock star treatment from investors
Washington: With money managers pouring in a whopping USD 16.5 billion in Indian stocks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being treated like a rock star by investors around the world, a leading American financial daily has said. "Investors around the world are giving Modi, and India, the rock star treatment. Money managers have poured USD 16.5 billion into Indian stocks this year, the most of any developing country tracked by the Institute of
UK police apologise to Sikh taxi driver over turban burning
London: British police today apologised to a Sikh taxi driver for not taking seriously a vicious hate crime last year when a group of drunken women attacked and racially abused him before ripping off his turban and burning it. The attack happened in
Singaporeans record a new National Day song in Tamil
Singapore: A new National Day song in Tamil, Singapore's fourth official language, has been launched for celebrating the country's 50 years of independence next year. The song and music composition project leader, Logapreyan Renganathan, 42, said he
UP launches exclusive website to attract NRI investment
Lucknow: In a bid to woo non-resident Indians (NRIs) from Uttar Pradesh to invest in the state, the state government launched a website for them late Sunday, officials said. The exclusive website aims to be a single window gateway for the NRIs native
Modi slips to second spot in TIMEs Person of the Year poll
Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has slipped to the second place in the Time magazine's 'Person of the Year' poll with the Ferguson protesters surging ahead of him in a vote by the readers. As per latest reports, Modi is leading second with 9
Indian nun helping UK police raid brothels run by traffickers
London: A "a tiny, bird-like nun" from Indiain the UK has emerged as an integral part of police raids on brothels run by human traffickers here. Sister Ancy Mathew is providing care for women freed from clutches of criminals in London, The
Sony films leak online after hack attack
Los Angeles: A hack attack into Sony Pictures' systems has led to several of their unreleased films leaking online. Several DVD screener copies of new Sony movies such as 'Annie', Brad Pitt starrer 'Fury', 'Still Alice', 'Mr Turner' are among t
Russian movie Leviathan wins best film award at IFFI
Panaji: Russian movie "Leviathan", directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, won the best film award, while Marathi film "Ek Hazarachi Note" won two awards at the 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) which concluded in Goa on Su
Indian among three workers kidnapped in Nigeria
Lagos: An Indian is among three expatriate construction workers who were kidnapped in Nigeria's Bayelsa state, media reported on Saturday. The kidnapping happened Friday and the victims were taken from the Emakalakala town in the Ogbia council area,
