Asian Lite News Archive

Category: INDIAN NEWS

  • Brahma Kumaris Host Yoga Event

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    Hundreds of people have gathered at Brahma Kumaris Global Cooperation House in London to hear to the 100-year-old Dadi Janki, Head of the Brahma Kumaris…reports Ragasudha Vijamuri for Asian Lite, Best newspaper for British Asians Dadi Janki is a world renowned spiritual leader who has spent a lifetime developing inner strength and resilience through Raja…

  • India can’t do without coal

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    Amit Bhandari writes in Asian Lite, Britain’s leading Asian newspaper on India’s addiction with coal.  Coal generates over 75 percent of India’s electricity and is among the cheapest energy sources available. Its main advantage over other feasible alternatives is that it is largely immune to interference from nature — quakes, floods, droughts-economic vagaries and artificial accidents. India…

  • Indian American students Spelling Bee co-winners

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    Two Indian American students have jointly won the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition. Vanya Shivashankar, 13, of Olathe, Kansas, and Gokul Venkatachalam, 14, of Chesterfield, Missouri, were declared co-champions on Thursday night, CNN reported. Vanya correctly spelt ” scherenschnitte” and Gokul did likewise with “nunatak”. In this year’s national championship, 285 spellers competed for the…

  • Its no big deal? Indians only marginal polluters!

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    Amit Bhandari writes in Asian Lite, UK’s top Asian Newspaper on why Indians are marginal polluters compared to the developed world.  India’s development dilemma centres around a basic calculation: the carbon emission for an average Indian is only marginally higher than the carbon dioxide produced in flying one passenger from Tokyo to San Francisco. In other…

  • Uni Honours Lord Swraj Paul

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       The University of Wolverhampton to name the new business building after Lord Paul The University of Wolverhampton’s new business school development is to be named the Lord Swraj Paul Building. The £18 million project is a six-storey facility located in Molineux Street, Wolverhampton and will provide teaching and social learning space for The University…

  • Indian students bring $3.3 billion to the US economy

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    Last year alone Indian students in the US contributed $3.3 billion to the US economy. US Ambassador Richard R. Verma said Indian students played an important role in helping build closer ties between the two countries. “You are doing this for maybe your individual career pursuits, but I also want to tell you how important…

  • RAHUL ROCKS KERALA

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    He may be snubbed as the Crown Prince of Congress. But now the bearded Crown Prince of Congress is a Warrior Prince after the meditation session in Thailand. The Congress leader is garnering support where ever he go. In Kerala he visited a fisherman village to get a first-hand experience of the common man. He…

  • India tells journalists to be neutral and impartial

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    Arul Louis writes in Asian Lite the largest Asian newspaper in Britain on India’s stand on journalism Journalists should “maintain strict neutrality and impartiality” when covering conflict situations so that the countries they operate in can ensure their safety and, for their part, governments should not put arbitrary restrictions on reporters, according to India. Speaking  at…

  • ‘PK’ takes China by storm takes $7.03 mn

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    Actor Aamir Khan’s “PK”, which hit the screens in China on May 22, has turned out to be biggest international release for an Indian film across 5,400 screens and a collection of a massive $7.03 million. “PK” had also turned out to be the highest grossing Indian film in Australia, New Zealand and Pakistan, and…

  • Heat wave toll crosses 1,300

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     The heat wave sweeping across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana claimed over 1,360. Officials said 157 people succumbed to sunstroke in Andhra Pradesh while 70 died in Telangana. There was no respite from the blistering heat as both the states recorded temperatures three to seven degrees Celsius higher than the average. The toll in Andhra Pradesh…

  • Modi meets Singh at home

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    Hours after rebutting the BJP’s allegations of corruption and policy paralysis against the erstwhile UPA government, former prime minister Manmohan Singh met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here. Manmohan Singh’s office said the meeting took place on an invitation from Modi. It said the two leaders discussed the country’s economic situation and foreign policy issues. An…

  • India warns Swedish daily to edit Bofors comment

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    The Indian envoy to Sweden has warned Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter to edit references to the Bofors controversy made by President Pranab Mukherjee in an interview else the presidential visit to Oslo was “at risk of being cancelled”, according to the daily. But Dagens Nyheter refused to oblige Indian envoy Banashree Bose Harrison and went…

  • Vigilance probe against Mani nearing end

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    The coming days will be crucial not only for Kerala Finance Minister K.M. Mani but also for the Chandy government as the vigilance department is expected to submit its report soon in the bars bribery case in which Mani is an accused. The report is likely to be submitted soon, said Kerala Police officials. If…

  • Mukherjee on sticky wicket over Bofors remarks

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    As President Pranab Mukherjee prepares to travel to Sweden on a three-day visit , a controversy has been triggered over his telling Sweden’s Dagens Nyheter daily that the Bofors gun issue was not a scandal but rather a “media trial”. The Indian envoy in Sweden has directed the Swedish daily to edit the references to…

  • Family crucial in diabetes battle

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    Asian lite, UK’s top Asian newspaper reports on the cultural health beliefs and social networks crucial in South Asian people’s management of diabetes Researchers from The University of Manchester in collaboration with Keele and Southampton Universities have published new findings which shed light on the poor outcomes of South Asian people with diabetes in the…

  • Indian dance art collection for sale in London

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    Asian Lite, Britains largest Asian newspaper reports on the dance inspired art collection owned by The Anglo -Indian great niece of Abanindarnath Tagore the artist and creator of ‘Indian Society of Oriental Art’ and the first major exponent of swadeshi values in Indian art on sale in London.    A fascinating art collection from a couple…

  • Rahul lashes out against Land Act

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    Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi  again lashed out at the Narendra Modi government on the sensitive land issue, saying that it had “taken away the land of the farmers, which is like a mother to them, and given the same to its friends and corporates”. “Likewise, they (government) have taken away the sea from the…

  • Indian court allows Greenpeace to operate accounts

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    The Delhi High Court allowed NGO Greenpeace India to operate two of its domestic accounts to accept fresh domestic contribution which it can use for its day-to-day functioning. The high court bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher also allowed Greenpeace to encash its fixed deposits and utilise the funds for running the organisation. The court said…

  • Stakes high for Kerala parties in bypoll

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    With their prestige at stake, the ruling Congress, the CPI-M and the BJP in Kerala are gearing themselves up for the June 27 by-election to the state assembly from the Aruvikara constituency. The bypoll in the Thiruvananthapuram district was necessitated by the death of senior Congress leader and speaker G. Karthikeyan in March 2015. It…

  • Never misused public office: Singh

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    Former prime minister Manmohan Singh hit out at allegations of corruption and policy paralysis against his government, saying he never used public office to “enrich” himself or his family and friends. “I say in all humility that I have not used public office to enrich myself, family or friends,” Manmohan Singh said at the national…

  • India stands firm at UN environment meet

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    Don’t use universality and shared responsibilities for the environment as pretexts to kick away the ladder of development for the poor or to avoid responsibility for the global ecological havoc, India told the developed nations in a telling message. “The poor did not cause the problem of climate change, but they are now condemned to…

  • Modi to visit Bangladesh

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     Armed with the goodwill generated by ratification of the land swap agreement and with promising noises on a likely deal on Teesta river water sharing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a two-day state visit to Bangladesh on June 6 and 7. Modi’s visit, his first to Bangladesh after taking over a year ago, is…

  • Prof. Sen Defends Marxism

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    Nobel Prize winning economist Amartya Sen delivered a passionate defence of the importance of free thought, in Hay’s annual lecture in honour of the festival’s former president Eric Hobsbawm. Challenged by a questioner who asked him how he could respect a philosophy whose practitioners had created the Gulag and the Cultural Revolution, Sen said ideas need…

  • US media see challenges for Modi

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    Reflecting on the completion of one year of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, the US media on Monday underlined various challenges facing his government, saying he “must face the reality that much of his agenda is still only potential”. “After soaring through India’s political stratosphere on the economic promise ‘achche din aa gaye’ or ‘better…

  • Lanka rejects Indian proposal to solve fishing dispute

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    The Sri Lankan government  said it has refused to agree to a proposal from India to allow Indian fishermen to catch fish in Sri Lankan waters. Fisheries Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said that India had requested Sri Lanka to allow Indians to catch fish for 65 days a year in Sri Lankan waters in an attempt…

  • Time for action: Rahul tells Modi

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     “The suit boot government is interested in protecting the interests of a few friends of Modi who gave him money for the elections. He wants to take land of the poor farmers and give it to his few friends,” Rahul Gandhi said at a meeting in Kozhikode, Kerala Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi asked Prime Minister…

  • Lord Bilimoria lauds Modi

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    Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea CBE, the Indian-origin crossbench life time peer of British parliament, said  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has global vision to make India a super power. Lord Bilimoria was commenting on Modi’s first year in government. “The whole world is looking to India as it emerges as a global economic superpower under the leadership…

  • Sushma chairs meet on overseas Indians

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    Fourth Meeting of the Board of Trustees of India Development Foundation of Overseas Indians (IDF-OI) was held in Delhi The Fourth Meeting of the Board of Trustees of India Development Foundation of Overseas Indians (IDF-OI) was held in New Delhi. The meeting was chaired by Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs, Smt. Sushma Swaraj.  IDF-OI is a…

  • Chiltern Council gets first British Asian chief

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    Britain will witness a unique event tomorrow. Cllr. Mrs Mimi Harker OBE will be invested in the office of Chairperson of Chiltern District Council on Wednesday.  She will be the first British Asian councillor to serve as Chairperson on Chiltern District Council.   This is the beginning of Cllr. Harker’s fifth term as councillor .…

  • Modi puts India on right track

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    After a period of policy paralysis, India is again open for foreign business – and it is reaping encouraging results…writes Vijay Goel, chairman of the Asian Business Association of the London Chamber of Commerce Business people generally welcomed the result, the democratically-minded everywhere applauded the process, but what is the reality one year on from…

  • Heat wave toll crosses 800

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    The heat wave sweeping through Telangana and Andhra Pradesh claimed 90 more lives in the two states, taking the toll to over 800. While 55 people succumbed to sunstroke in Andhra Pradesh, 35 were killed in Telangana. Andhra Pradesh’s Deputy Chief Minister N. Chinna Rajappa on Tuesday said 551 people died till Monday while disaster…

  • Chariot Festival in Manchester

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    ISKCON Manchester celebrates their Seventh Annual Rathayatra at the beautiful Cathedral Gardens located in the City Centre Devotees and well-wishers from all over the UK joined to receive the unlimited mercy from Lord Jagannath, Baladev and Subhadra as they took to the streets of Manchester to give their darshan and enliven the lives of the…

  • Welcome to Harrow Mr Modi

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    There is no question in my mind that Britain and India should be very close partners on the international stage and should enjoy a special relationship. The premiership of Narendra Modi and the Conservatives in Government in the UK have very compatible outlooks with regard to encouraging private competition, cutting red tape for businesses and…

  • NRI scientist creates first single-molecule device

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    A team of Columbia Engineering researchers led by an Indian-American scientist Latha Venkataraman has created a single-molecule electronic device which has a potential of real-world technological applications for nanoscale devices. Under the direction of Venkataraman, researchers created a single-molecule diode which performs 50 times better than all prior designs. Constructing a device where the active…

  • Bihar temple could inspire Ram temple

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    The world’s biggest Hindu temple coming up in Bihar, for which Muslims have also donated land, could inspire the building of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Naik said. Naik however, admitted that building the temple would take time because it is a “complicated issue”. The North Goa MP,…

  • Salman allowed to travel for Dubai show

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    The Bombay High Court  permitted Bollywood superstar Salman Khan to travel to Dubai for a show scheduled for May 29. The vacation judge, Justice Shalini Phansalkar-Joshi, allowed Salman, on an application filed last week, to go abroad as per the conditions laid down in his bail after a trial court convicted him in the 2002…

  • Modi promises to fulfill promises

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    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote a letter to the nation to mark his one year in office. The Indian leader said his government had rejuvenated a languishing economy, brought a corruption-free rule and restored trust. Here is the full letter:  My dear fellow citizens! Service, in our Indian ethos is the ultimate duty – Seva Parmo…

  • India needs explore deeper into Latin America

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    By Deepak Bhojwani  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a crackling diplomatic pace for his government. Barely two months after being sworn in, he was in Brazil in July 2014, where he met 12 Latin American leaders on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit. This triggered a more active engagement with a region benignly ignored…

  • I’m fit and fine:Big B

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     Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who expounded on the feeling of pain on his blog, and ended up raising concern about his health amongst his fans and followers, has clarified that he is hale and hearty. Big B makes it a point to update his fans about his personal and professional life on several virtual platforms and…

  • Prevent Blindness elects Bradly D’Souza to the Board of Directors

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    The Ohio Affiliate of Prevent Blindness, the state’s leading volunteer nonprofit public health organization dedicated to its mission to prevent blindness and preserve sight, elected Cincinnati resident Bradly D’Souza, Product Specialist, Tesla Motors, to the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting on May 18, 2015 for a three year term. Bradly, also a student…

  • Modi fuels hope in India: Dr Rami Ranger

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    From day one Mr Modi’s victory brought a new sense of optimism and pride amongst Indians. Their confidence touched new heights not seen in decades. Their morale and confidence was felt across the world especially amongst the huge Indian diaspora scattered in over 150 countries of the world…Dr Rami Ranger, Chairman of London-based Sun Mark…

  • Rohit’s love affair with Eden

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    By Debdoot Das  As Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma held the Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy aloft on a Sunday night sky filled with fireworks, one could very well fathom from the roar of the crowd the undeniable love that one of the world’s most iconic venues has for this man. Eden Gardens has never…

  • INTERVIEW: Naina Lal Kidwai

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    By Aparajita Gupta   Women have broken through the glass ceiling not just in India’s financial services space, holding top positions in top banks, but have also made a significant mark in a host of other industries, says Naina Lal Kidwai, executive director of HSBC Asia Pacific. The editor of “30 Women in Power: Their Voices,…

  • Heat wave toll crosses 500 in Andhra

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      Telangana and Andhra Pradesh continue to reel under intense heat wave, which claimed 85 more lives , taking the toll to 517 in six days. There was no let-up in severe heat wave conditions in the two Telugu states as the mercury remained three to six degrees above the average temperatures. While 45 more…

  • ‘Sikh Samaritan’ gets new furniture

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    The Sikh man who captured the hearts across the globe when he took off his sacred turban to cradle a boy’s head who had been hit by a car has been rewarded for his kind act after a generous business owner donated new furniture for his sparse home. Harman Singh, 22, didn’t think twice about…

  • Maoists enforce Bihar shutdown

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    Maoists burnt 32 vehicles in Bihar’s Gaya district to enforce a two-day shutdown  to protest the killing of a woman leader of the rebel group, police said. They also blew up a mobile phone tower in Panapur area in Saran district, about 100 km from here. “A group of Maoist guerrillas forcibly stopped vehicles on…

  • Mumbai Indians to celebrate at Wankhede

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     After being crowned Indian Premier League (IPL) champions for the second time, Mumbai Indians invited their jubilant fans at the Wankhede Stadium here  to join the celebrations with the victorious team. Skipper Rohit Sharma and his team, who will reach the Maharashtra capital from Kolkata on Monday afternoon, will head for their home ground along…

  • Hindu and Sikh votes helped Cameron sweep power

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    The Conservative strategy to target Hindu and Sikh voters may have helped David Cameron to sweep into power. According to new research, over one million ethnic minority votes were cast for the Tories – the highest share the party has ever enjoyed from an electoral group it has failed to connect with in the past reports…

  • Mumbai erupts in joy after IPL 2015 crown

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     Mumbai erupted in joy  as exuberant fans celebrated Mumbai Indians’ Indian Premier League (IPL) 2015 triumph as team beats Chennai Super Kings (CSK) convincingly by 41 runs in the final at the historic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Mumbai Indians win their second IPL crown, first winning it back in 2013 at the same venue. Fans…

  • Jaya launches 201 Amma Canteens

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      A day after she was sworn in as chief minister, J. Jayalalithaa inaugurated 201 Amma Canteens and various populist schemes across the state via video conferencing. She launched a scheme to sell 500 gm packets of “A” grade lentils (pigeon pea) and black gram at subsidised rates of Rs.53.50 and Rs.56, respectively. According to…