Rs 600 crore from NRIs, others for Guru Gobind Singh's birthplace
Patna: Hundreds of NRIs and businessmen from across India will contribute a whopping Rs600 crore to develop the birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th guru of the Sikhs, on the lines of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, ahead of the guru's 350th birth anniversary in 2017. Officials of the Takht Harmandir Saheb said NRIs from across the world, including the US, Britain and Canada, and businessmen from Mumbai, Delhi, Ludhiana, Kolkata and other cit
Indian pharmacologist charged with smuggling fake drugs
Washington: An Indian pharmacologist and an American pharmacist have been charged with smuggling four million misbranded and counterfeit pharmaceuticals into the US, federal prosecutors said. Indian Balbir Bhogal, 67, from Las Vegas, and Wisconsin-ba
Royal prank: Australian radio station donates $5,50,000 to Jacintha's family
Melbourne: The Australian radio station, which aired a prank on an India-born nurse who later took her life after the broadcast of the prank, has donated 550,000 dollars to her family to help them rebuild their lives. Southern Cross Austereo sai
Obama appoints India-American to key administration post
Washington: US President Barack Obama has appointed another Indian-American to a key administration post as member of prestigious J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Obama announced Maneesh K Goyal's appointment and other key administratio
Delhi's LSR College launches London chapter
London: One of Delhi's premier institutions for higher learning, Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR), has announced the launch of its London chapter. The LSR Alumni network, referred to as ELSAs, will hold its inaugural London meet at the posh hote
Kashmir important for world peace, UK Parliament debate
London: A resolution to the Kashmir dispute is crucial for world peace, a group of cross-party lawmakers stressed on Thursday during a debate in the UK Parliament complex. "A final resolution to the Kashmir issue is hugely important to world pea
Indians denied permission to participate in march in South Aus
Melbourne: A group of retired 15 Indian defence officers in south Australia have been denied permission to participate independently in an annual march that commemorates the day 15,000 Indians with Australian and New Zealand forces landed in Tu
Indian Day celebrated in Egypt
Cairo: India and Egypt, which share close bilateral ties, should look ahead to forge cooperation in multiple areas including science and technology and economy, the Indian envoy here said on Tuesday. Ambassador Navdeep Suri's comments came during the
Indian-origin fund manager in US sentenced to 9 years in jail
New York: An Indian-origin portfolio manager has been sentenced to 9 years in jail for his role in one of the "most lucrative" insider trading schemes ever in the US involving a "staggering" USD 276 million and ordered to forfeit
