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Category: INDIAN NEWS

  • Muslims donate land for world’s largest Hindu temple

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    By Imran Khan Muslims in Bihar, in a stellar demonstration of communal harmony, have donated land to help build the world’s largest Hindu temple which will have the capacity to seat a staggering 20,000 people. “Muslims have not only donated land, they have also provided land at a nominal rate for construction of the world’s…

  • Indian doctors blog goes viral

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    A Kerala doctors blog that will put some light into the minds of Indian parents have gone viral on the social media. In what many will see as an eye opener among Indian parents. A father, who is a doctor, has said he would rather his child choose any profession -including pole dancer- over following…

  • Goa minister on the run

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    Troubles have compounded for the “on-the-run” former Goa minister Francisco “Mickky” Pacheco with the AAP now accusing the state government of allowing him to get away with a loan default of around Rs.5 crore taken from a government-run corporation. Pacheco, whose conviction in an assault case was upheld by the Supreme Court in May, has…

  • Arun Singh presents credentials to Obama

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      India’s new ambassador to the US, Arun Kumar Singh formally presented his credentials to President Barrack Obama at a ceremony in his Oval Office at the White House. Obama warmly welcomed Singh back to Washington and wished him success in his new responsibilities as India’s envoy to the US. He fondly recalled his visit…

  • Indian businesses explore Ethiopia

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    By Hadra Ahmed   A delegation of Indian investors from various sectors came on a three-day visit here during the course of which they met Ethiopian officials to discuss multi-sector projects that would benefit the two countries and strengthen the long standing Ethiopian-Indian diplomatic and socio-economic relations. The 24 business delegates came from sectors including IT,…

  • Big B looks back at ‘Sharaabi’

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    Amitabh Bachchan, who is basking in the success of the father-daughter tale in “Piku”, is nostalgic about how “Sharaabi”, which released 31 years ago, delved on the father-son camaraderie. The 1984 drama revolves around a son played by Amitabh, of an uncaring and ruthless businessman (Pran), who grows up to be an alcoholic and a…

  • ‘Found love in enemy territory’: Swara Bhaskar

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       By Nivedita Human relationships are greater than politics. That’s what actor Swara Bhaskar has learned after two “memorable” visits to what she once thought was “enemy territory” but where, after two visits to Pakistan, she was showered with warmth, hospitality and free ‘chai and samosas’ for being an Indian. Her first visit to Pakistan…

  • India the new bright spot of hope: Modi

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India “is the new bright spot of hope” for the region and the world and that the country’s progress will help make the Asian dream “a bigger reality”. Addressing the Asian Leadership Forum, which was also attended by South Korean President Park Geun-hye, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and…

  • Chandy praises Modi for evacuating Keralites

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    By Sanu George  Politically he doesn’t agree with the prime minister but Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is happy that Narendra Modi helped evacuate Keralites from troubled spots in the Middle East. Asked to sum up one year of Modi’s rule at the head of the union government, Chandy expressed appreciation for all the assistance…

  • Bobby Jindal testing waters for 2016

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    By Arun Kumar   Louisiana’s Indian-American Governor Bobby Jindal has taken another step towards a possible 2016 presidential run by forming an exploratory committee and launching a national website, www.bobbyjindal.com. Though Jindal has said he still isn’t an official candidate yet, he is expected to formally enter the race after the Louisiana Legislature adjourns on June…

  • Modi and Ban Ki-moon discuss UNSC

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    By Arul Louis  UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi met in Seoul and discussed Security Council reforms, an issue considered important by New Delhi. Ban also asked Modi to attend the landmark UN Summit in September, which would mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the world body and…

  • Seoul offers $10 bn for smart cities

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      South Korea offered to provide $10 billion for infrastructure projects in India, including smart cities and railways, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with President Park Geun-hye here on Monday and the two countries decided to elevate their ties to a special strategic partnership. Both sides agreed to increase their defence and security…

  • Gentle Keith Kept His Promise

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    London, No 10 Downing Street Time 12.30 noon. There was a knock at the door. Who is that? It’s Keith …Keith Vaz? What’s in the box?  Mangoes….! Keith Vaz MP, Britain’s  longest serving MP of Asian origin, has fulfilled his promise to deliver a shipment of fine quality Indian Alphonso Mangoes to No. 10 Downing…

  • Harriet’s Unusual Art at Nehru Centre

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    Harriet Riddell who practices an amazingly different art – that of a textile performance artist shall present a  Talk and Exhibition: In Stitch You India today, May 18 at 6.30 pm She has travelled India with her sewing machine, creating art works in live scenarios. Harriet stitches her observations and creates narrative illustrations of the…

  • Aruna triggered changes in euthanasia law

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    By Q. Najmi  One moment of murderous lust by a hospital contract sweeper consigned a young woman looking forward to her impending marriage to over four decades of a vegetative half-life. But Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug’s plight attracted attentive devotion of her sister nurses, touched millions of Indians and led to the apex court’s intervention to…

  • Modi’s adopted Varanasi village gives a thumbs up

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    By Mohit Dubey   After the rumble-tumble on the highway and the pot-holed arterial road near Raja ka Talaab, the road to Jayapur, some 30 km from Kashi, feels like an oasis in a parched desert. One does not encounter a single bump on the way to this village, indicating its VIP status. This is the…

  • Maudany reaches Kochi

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    People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Nasir Maudany arrived here  from Bangalore. Maudany, a prime accused in the 2008 Bengaluru serial bomb blasts conspiracy, was allowed on Friday by the Supreme Court to travel to Kerala for five days to see his ailing mother. Maudany was arrested by the Karnataka police in 2010. He secured…

  • Indian Navy admits to shooting fisherman

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    The Indian Navy  admitted to “accidentally” shooting a fisherman in a boat in the Arabian Sea, around 80 km off Mumbai, adding that an inquiry was ordered into the incident. An Indian Navy officer said the fisherman had strayed close to an offshore oil rig, a high-security zone. The incident occurred late Sunday evening when…

  • ‘Secret Millionaire’ to row from London to Paris

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    Mo Chaudry, British-Asian “Secret Millionaire,” is preparing to row from London to Paris on May 25 to raise funds for charity. The Tower to Tower Rowing Challenge will see the team tackle the gruelling 450 nautical mile open-water row from Tower Bridge in London to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Branded the “Everest of open-water rowing”,…

  • Bhangra for Leicester Tigers

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    Bhangra Dancers to entertain the crowd at Leicester Tigers vs. Northampton Saints Dance group from West Midlands ‘Gabhru Panjab De Bhangra Dancers’ (GPD) were invited to perform in front of a crowd of 24,000 at the Leicester Tigers vs. Northampton Saints game and launch the Leicester Tigers Foundation’s new ‘Nach Nach Tigers’ program  at Welford Road stadium. GPD…

  • Husain paintings on display in London

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    Works of India’s ‘Barefoot Picasso’ will be displayed at Grosvenor Vadehra in London   Grosvenor Vadehra in London to showcase M. F. Husain, Paintings and Drawings: Works from a Private Collection. The exhibition opens with a private reception on Friday May 22ndand runs until Tuesday June 9th. There is also another late night event at the Gallery on Friday 5th…

  • Modi takes a dig at UPA govt in Seoul

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      Prime Minister Narendra Modi  took a dig at the previous UPA dispensation, saying that his government had initiated an ‘Act East Policy’ that had remained ‘Look East’ for a “long time”. Addressing the Indian community in Seoul after his arrival here, Modi also said that the ‘I’ of BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China…

  • INTERVIEW: Anurag Kashyap

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    Anurag Kashyap’s latest offering “Bombay Velvet” might have not received a great opening, but the filmmaker has no regrets making the period crime drama. According to trade analyst Taran Adarsh, the Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma-starrer has collected Rs.10.30 crore since its release. “It’s time to close the book and move on. It’s been a…

  • Mother Teresa to be canonised

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    Mother Teresa would be canonised in September 2016, senior priest and spokesperson of the Syro Malabar Church Paul Thelekat said. Pope John Paul-II beatified Mother Teressa on October 192003. “As a Christian, I am eagerly waiting for the canonization of Mother Teresa. She has been a mother to millions of Indian especially the poorest of…

  • B-Town hopes Aruna Shanbaug finds peace

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    Film celebrities like Madhur Bhandarkar and Rishi Kapoor have hoped for a “a better life in a better world” for that nurse Aruna Shanbaug, who died after being in a vegetative state for almost 42 years ever since she was raped. Shanbaug, who was the world’s oldest comatose patient, died in Mumbai’s KEM Hospital. Here’s…

  • South Korea offers India $10-bn fund

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    By Rohit Vaid    As Prime Minister Narendra Modi commenced his two-day visit to Seoul , South Korea has offered to set up a $10-billion fund to support several of his ambitious projects, from bullet trains to smart cities, the country’s envoy to India Joon-gyu Lee has said. “My country is offering India a financial package…

  • India’s Smart Cities must be safe,habitable and smart

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    By Sanjiv Kataria Each time there is a mention of Smart Cities in India, I get concerned about the safety of women because there is a surfeit of news stemming from the vulnerability of women in our cities. A few incidents that shook India recently, include: * A police officer attacks an allegedly errant scooter-riding…

  • Modi’s temple message confuses monks

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    A message written by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his native language during a visit to a Chinese temple, went through three rounds of translation before it could be understood by monks, media reported. In his message to the Daxingshan Temple in Xi’an in Shaanxi province in the course of his three-day visit to…

  • World’s oldest comatose patient Aruna Shanbaug dies

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     The world’s oldest comatose patient, nurse Aruna Shanbaug who had been in a vegetative state ever since she was raped and choked with a dog leash, died in Mumbai’s KEM Hospital after remaining in coma for almost 42 years, Dean Avinash Supe said. She was in her early 60s and was deserted by most of…

  • India looking into universal healthy coverage

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    Investment in universal health coverage, including for the aged population, should be considered a smart investment for the future, union Health Minister J.P. Nadda said here. “India is committed to achieve universal health coverage for all age groups. It has charted a path that depends largely on provision of affordable, quality health care through the…

  • Modi gets a 7 on year one report card

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    The Assocham  awarded Narendra Modi government 7 out of 10 for its first year’s performance, saying it still needed to cover some ground on tax issues and a lot more remained to be done on improving ease of doing business. “The NDA government has to cover some ground in terms of taxation issues, particularly with…

  • UDF will retain power:Chandy

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    On the eve of his government completing four years in office, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said he was confident the people would again repose confidence in the United Democratic Front (UDF) administration when assembly elections are held next year. “There will be continuity in government and we are confident that we will return to…

  • India won’t forget Kargil war: Musharraf

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      Recalling the Kargil conflict of 1999 between India and Pakistan, former military strongman Pervez Musharraf said New Delhi would never be able to forget the three-month-long battle when his armed forces “grabbed India by the throat”. “There was a second line force, too, which caught India by the throat and that was latter given…

  • NEWS N PICS – World

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    latest news pictures from world event. Asian Lite, UK’s best newspaper for British Asians, compiles news pictures every day  

  • HCL launches TalentCare

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    HCL has launched HCL Talent-Care to bridge the gap between the available and required talent pool in verticals like information technology, banking, insurance and healthcare. HCL is also banking on the acquisition route to fill future gaps in its content, technology solutions and staffing expertise. “We will be open to acquisitions in the staffing space…

  • India to create EU-model virtual university

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    In collaboration with King’s College London and the University of Bologna, Italy, four Indian unis will create EQUAL – a ‘virtual university’ Four Indian varsities will launch pilot open online courses by the beginning of next year to spearhead a major ‘virtual university’ concept funded by the European Union, officials said here. Called Project EQUAL (Enhancing…

  • GALLERY: Rains Hit Bengaluru

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    Bengaluru, the capital city of Karnataka, welcomes the Monsoon rains. Even though the rains hamper the normal routine, Kannadigas  dare the rains to continue life as usual

  • A Sikh Samaritan lauded worldwide

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    A young Sikh from India who did not hesitate to break religious protocol by removing his turban to help an injured child bleeding profusely after an accident in New Zealand’s largest city of Auckland has earned worldwide praise. Harman Singh woke up on Sunday to hundreds of messages from around the world praising his humanity.…

  • How to conquer the sugar cravings?

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    Excessive sugar cravings are a sign that your body is deficient in trace minerals like zinc, magnesium, chromium and vanadium that are involved in glucose metabolism. Increase the intake of yoghurt, chickpeas, almonds, oatmeal, asparagus, cheese, brewer’s yeast, whole grains, mushrooms, soy beans, spinach, oat bran and brown rice to address the root cause of…

  • Modi vs Manmohan

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    Modi’s foreign trips (53 days) are not very different from his predecessor Dr Manmohan Singh, who spent 47 of 365 days in 12 countries during the first year of the second term of the United Progressive Alliance, or UPA-II (and 30 days during UPA-I) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is executing his “fast-track diplomacy” -as his…

  • SPECIAL: Shia community in India

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    Centrality of Lucknow in world’s Shia culture…writes Saeed Naqvi  Last year, addressing a group of foreign policy analysts in New Delhi, the ambassador of Iran to India, Gholamreza Ansari, made an important admission. He admitted that Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, came from an important family of divines from Kuntoor, in the…

  • Can women take smart decisions?

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    Can women take smart decisions? Asks Amit Dasgupta  If you were asked to respond “Yes/No” to the above question, there is every likelihood that, apart from some good humoured jokes about women and decision making, your response would emphatically be in the affirmative. The uncomfortable fact is that you probably believe that women are incapable of…

  • Modi signs $1 bn cheque for Mangolia

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      India and Mongolia  elevated their 60-year-old diplomatic ties to a strategic partnership as Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime minister to visit the landlocked northeast Asian nation, which has declared India as its “third neighbour and spiritual neighbour”. The two countries inked 13 agreements, including in the sphere of air services and cyber…

  • Jaipur Literary Fest Opens in London

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    The highlight of the first day’s event includes a clash on dais in between India’s leading journalists Rajdeep Sardesai and Swapan Das Gupta and Mrs Nadira Naipual’s allegations against Jnanpith Award winner Dr Kirish Karnad…writes Kaliph Anaz London gets the taste of Jaipur Literary Festival as South Asia’s largest literary event showcased some of its programmes…

  • Racial balancing in Harvard admissions?

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    By Arun Kumar  A coalition of more than 60 Asian-American groups, including four Indian groups, have sought an investigation into what they allege are “discriminatory practices” in Harvard University’s admission process. In a complaint filed on Friday with justice and education departments, the coalition asked that Harvard be required to “immediately cease and desist from…

  • Gandhian philosophy can fight terrorism: Modi

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      Prime Minister Narendra Modi  inaugurated the Centre for Gandhian and Indian Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai and said Gandhian philosophy can help in the fight against terrorism and deal with climate change. “Historic launch of Centre for Gandhian & Indian Studies at Fudan University by PM @narendramodi,” tweeted external affairs ministry spokesperson Vikas…

  • Indians rage over Zuckerberg’s incorrect India map

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    Indian netizens are angry with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg after he posted a map of India sans Jammu & Kashmir, Forbes reported. Zuckerberg posted the image on his Facebook page following the launch earlier this week in Malawi of the Facebook-led Internet.org. However, several Indian net users were not amused by the graphic which missed…

  • Indian generic drugs under scanner in US

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    A US class action lawsuit accusing India’s Ranbaxy of large-scale deception on its generic drug applications puts a question mark on drug imports from India, the largest supplier of generic drugs to the US. The problem of lack of compliance with US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidance and gaps in protocol make it difficult…

  • Congress slams fuel price hike

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    The Uttar Pradesh unit of the Congress reacted sharply to the hike in petrol and diesel prices and slammed the Narendra Modi-led central government for “adding more burden” on the common man. Transport fuel prices were hiked effective Friday midnight by Rs.3.13 per litre for petrol and by Rs.2.71 a litre for diesel, including state…

  • Indian students wins Intel awards for science

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    An Indian American student won the prestigious Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award, while nine students from across India won awards in various categories and five US students were awarded science trips to India at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (IISEF) in Pttsburgh. The IISEF honors the world’s most promising high school student scientists,…