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Category: INDIAN NEWS

  • Bobby Jindal fall in line with gay rights

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    By Arun Kumar  A defiant Bobby Jindal has finally fallen in line after a third court told Louisiana’s Indian-American governor that he must abide by the US Supreme Court ruling that states cannot prevent same-sex marriages. The Republican presidential candidate had held off on abiding by the top court’s ruling until a lower federal court…

  • Modi set to conquer Central Asia

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on an eight-day visit to the five Central Asian countries and to Ufa in Russia for the BRICS and SCO back-to-back summits from July 6-13 that will see a packed schedule with the prime minister spending barely 24 hours in each country….reports Asian Lite News. Modi will visit Uzbekistan…

  • ‘Hema Malini never inquired about our child’

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    The distraught father of the two-year-old girl, who died in a car crash with actor Hema Malini’s sedan, is inconsolable, while the injured mother is constantly asking “Chinni kahan hai?”, not knowing her daughter is dead. The family is even more hurt that neither the actor nor her aides bothered to ask about their well-being…

  • ISIS trying to gain hold in PoK: Indian Army

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    The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group is attempting to gain a foothold in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) even as the terror infrastructure across the border was intact, a senior army officer said….reports Asian Lite News. “Whatever inputs we have…Islamic State is definitely trying to gain a foothold in the area (PoK),” the General Officer Commanding (GoC),…

  • No intention to surround India with bases: China

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    It’s not possible for China to surround India in a ‘string of pearls’ bases as has been stated by some commentators, according to a top PLA naval official writes Hardev Sanotra for Asian Lite. Senior Captain Wei Xiao Dong, chief of staff at the Shanghai Naval Garrison said that there was no reason for India…

  • NRI’s honoured as “The Pride of America”

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    By Arun Kumar Four Indian-Americans are among 38 individuals being honoured for having “helped advance and enlighten our society, culture, and economy” as “Great Immigrants: The Pride of America” by Carnegie Corporation of New York. As a July 4th American independence day “Salute to Great Immigrants Who Help Make America Strong” and their accomplishments, the…

  • Indo-Pak ties important to us: US

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    Reiterating that relations between India and Pakistan are important to it, the US has expressed the hope that New Delhi and Islamabad would work on issues between them and reduce tensions….reports Asian Lite News. As US Secretary of State John Kerry mentioned a couple of weeks ago after a call with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz…

  • Hema Malini’s driver arrested for crash

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     The driver of veteran film actress and BJP MP Hema Malini, whose car met with an accident here, has been arrested, police said. “We have arrested the driver of Hema Malini’s car, Mahesh Thakur, a resident of Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh,” a police officer at Dausa, where the accident took place on Thursday evening, said…

  • US to deepen security ties with India

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    By Arun Kumar   Pressing forward with the rebalance to the Asia Pacific region, the US “will deepen our security relationship with India” as part of its new National Military Strategy taking into account erosion of America’s comparative advantage. Looking at the “increasing disorder in the world”, the three-point strategy is pinned on “Deter, deny, and…

  • SMART FORRAIL- Car on track

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    Nicknamed the smart ‘forrail’, it might appear like a lightly modified smart forfour but it’s, in fact, a fully certified, mini-train….reports Asian Lite News (NB: smart and Mercedes-Benz do not encourage any individual to carry out similar modifications. It’s incredibly difficult.) The new smart forfour is a pretty effective point-to-point machine. It can drive from…

  • The Rasta Link with Sadhus

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    Independent filmmaker Linda Ainouche’s new documentary Dreadlocks Story exploring the link between Hindu tradition and Rasta culture…. reports Asian Lite News Linda, an anthropologist researcher, has lived and travelled extensively within India. She is an expert on Indian culture known for her comprehensive study on Jainism. Dreadlocks Story is the first and only documentary to…

  • NRI named World Agriculture Prize laureate

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    By Arun Kumar    R. Paul Singh, a distinguished professor emeritus at the University of California, Davis, has been named as the 2015 Global Confederation for Higher Education Associations for Agriculture and Life Sciences World Agriculture Prize laureate. Singh, an agricultural engineering graduate from India’s Punjab Agricultural University, has been recognized for a body of research…

  • No Chinese troops in POK: China

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    By Hardev Sanotra   China has denied any of its armed personnel were posted in Pakistani Kashmir, stating that these were “just stories”. A senior leader in charge of bilateral relations with India and Pakistan said that with modern technology and satellites no troops could remain undetected anywhere. “Even 5,000 ants cannot hide from being seeing,”…

  • Britain calls Indian Maggi noodles safe

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    Britain’s Food Standards Authority (FSA) has announced that Nestle India’s Maggi noodles, manufactured in India and exported to Britain, were safe to consume and contained lead well within permissible levels…reports Asian Lite News. “The FSA can confirm that results from testing samples of Maggi noodles in the UK have all found that levels of lead…

  • Break ‘deafening’ silence, Congress asks PM

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    The Congress  asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his “deafening” silence on the Lalit Modi controversy amid fresh allegations that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s husband was offered a job by the former IPL chief….reports Asian Lite news. “The prime minister owes it to the nation to break his silence on the issue,” senior…

  • Mukesh Ambani commits millions for ‘Digital India’

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    Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani committed an investment of Rs.250,000 crore on “Digital India” and said he expected the group’s initiatives under it will create over 500,000 direct and indirect jobs….reports Asian Lite News. “I believe digital India will be a huge success because of the adoption of technology by the youth of India,” Ambani…

  • King Khan left out in Forbes list

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    The Forbes Magazine’s annual list of the world’s highest-paid celebrities includes  names of bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar, as well as India cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni …reports Asian Lite News. Forbes Magazine rankings reveal that Big B and Salman come in at 71st place with earnings of just over £21 million…

  • Bollywood box office pins hope on Khans

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    By Sandeep Sharma  With just one blockbuster – “Tanu Weds Manu Returns” in its first six months, it’s been a low-key 2015 for the Bollywood box office. Content turned out to be the mainstay, as proven by the success and appreciation fetched by entertainers like “Dum Laga Ke Haisha”, “Piku” and “ABCD 2”, but hopes…

  • Rights group sue Jindal

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    A gay rights advocacy group and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana are suing Louisiana’s Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal for issuing an executive order aimed at protecting opponents of same-sex marriage….reports Asian Lite News. Jindal signed the religious freedom executive order in May hours after the Louisiana Legislature refused to pass a bill that…

  • China warns India on Indian ocean

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    By Hardev Sanotra  The Indian Ocean cannot be a backyard of India which navies of other countries could not visit, according the Chinese ministry of defence here….reports Asian Lite News. China, which has been expanding its naval operations into the blue waters of the world, says that it’s important that oceans are accepted as part…

  • Modi’s Weibo greetings to Chinese goes viral

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s greetings to Prime Minister Li Keqiang on the 94th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s establishment has gone viral in China….reports Asian Lite News. Modi, who now has 170,000 followers on Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter, send the “Happy Birthday” greeting on Wednesday, and according to Wang Hao, deputy editor-in-chief of…

  • India, China to have military hotline

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    A military hotline between the armed forces headquarters of India and China is expected to become operational soon, according to defence ministry officials here….reports Asian Lite News. Yang Yujun, spokesman for the ministry of defence, told visiting Indian journalists on Tuesday that direct telephonic links between the general headquarters of the two countries is expected…

  • LILY’s Fund-raising Reception in London

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    Charity LILY Against Human Trafficking held a fund-raising reception in London to support the girls of Nepal who are at risk of trafficking…reports Asian Lite News. The reception hosted by Lord Verjee at Thomas Goode W1 was successful in raising £65,000 for Nepal.  Attended by Sharmila Tagore, Mr G.P. Hinduja, Siobhan. McDonagh MP, Baroness Margaret Jay,…

  • Without God, Is Everything Permitted?

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    Vikas Datta reviews British author Julian Baggini’s Without God, is Everything Permitted?  The dilemmas of our lives and times – A way out? Does the study of ethics and morality have any relevance in our contemporary action-oriented, technology-driven materialistic world where philosophy is dismissed as only an academic activity? Yes, it does if we are to make informed,…

  • Remnants of the worst days of China

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    The power of the state, and its control over the minds of its citizens in mainland China, has not reduced much in almost three decades, though prosperity has spread wide. The Chinese are afraid to talk to a journalist about what had happened so many years ago….writes Hardev Sanotra from Tiananmen Square, Beijing As India recalled…

  • Two Asian giants mark their darkest days

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    By Hardev Sanotra  As India recalled its darkest period 40 years ago in June, China too marked its worst days in its recent history in same the month. But the remembrance of the events 29 years ago was more in the breach here. On June 4, 1989 tanks of the People’s Liberation Army and its…

  • GOOALLL…Gurinder Scores Again

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    Gurinder Chadha creates history as she became the  first British Asian to direct a West End Musical….reports Asian Lite News The opening of Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical at a packed house at London’s Phoenix Theatre heralds a new era British cultural landscape. Gurinder Chadha has become the first British Asian to direct a…

  • The Language Of Sexual Violence  

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      The increasing reports of rapes in India call for a relook into the adjectives we use to describe the horrendous acts, which in a way redefine ‘humanity, writes Sabin Iqbal George Orwell in his popular essay on English language and politics has said that language can influence thoughts. Going by what is happening in…

  • Congress takes Aruvikara in Kerala

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    Congress candidate K.A. Sabarinathan won the Aruvikara assembly constituency by-election in Kerala, beating his nearest rival by around 10,000 votes….reports Asian Lite News. Sabarinathan, 31, was leading right from the start in the counting of votes in the morning. According to the official website of the chief electoral officer, Sabarinathan secured 56,448 votes and the…

  • Jaya returns with a bang

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    AIADMK general secretary and Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa returned to the Tamil Nadu assembly  by a record victory margin from the Radkhakrishnan Nagar constituency here…reports Asian Lite News. Jayalalithaa polled 160,432 votes while her nearest rival, Communist Party of India’s (CPI) C. Mahendran, got just 9,710 votes — a victory margin of 150,722 votes. The…

  • SRK: According to my time, I am always punctual !

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    SRK’s punctuality issues with Rohit Shetty….reports Asian Lite News Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, whose last actor-director collaboration with Rohit Shetty – “Chennai Express” – chugged away to success, says it’s pathetic he can’t keep up with the “very punctual” filmmaker, who always reaches the set before the scheduled time. The duo have once again joined…

  • South Indian Cinema gets a lifeline

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    Southern cinema in 2015: Content ruled over star power in first half….reports Haricharan Pudipeddi  The first six months of 2015 saw approximately 280 releases in the southern film industry, but performance-wise, it was a mixed first half. The success of films such as “Kanchana 2”, “Premam”, “Pataas” and “Kaaka Muttai” came as a surprise, but the…

  • By-election defeat shocks Kerala Communists

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    Congress wins Aruvikara by-poll in Kerala by a margin of over 10,000 votes….reports Asian Lite News Congress candidate K.A. Sabarinathan on Tuesday won the Aruvikara assembly constituency by-election in Kerala, beating his nearest rival by around 10,000 votes. Sabarinathan, 31, was leading right from the start in the counting of votes in the morning. According…

  • Amma set to rock Chennai

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    AIADMK General Secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa on Tuesday was all set to return to the state assembly as she surged towards a massive victory in the Radhakrishnan Nagar by-election….reports Asian Lite News At the end of 10 rounds, Jayalalithaa had got 98,519 votes while her nearest rival, the Communist Party of India’s…

  • Modi to launch Digital India Week

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Digital India Week on July 1 here aiming to encourage involvement and creating awareness about the field, Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said . “Many dignitaries will join us on that with their investment plans for the sector. We expect investments of billions of dollars from…

  • Thousands vote in Jaya by-election

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    Thousands voted here in a by-election in the Radhakrishnan Nagar assembly constituency where Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa is pitted against a CPI candidate. Election officials said an estimated 35.5 percent of the some 250,000 electorate had voted across the 230 polling centres by midday. At 10 a.m., the polling percentage was 13 percent.…

  • Obama praises Nikki Haley

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    By Arun Kumar  President Barack Obama praised South Carolina’s Indian-American governor Nikki Haley for calling for the removal of slavery era Confederate flag from the State Capitol grounds 150 years after the end of the US Civil War. “For too long, we were blind to the pain that the Confederate flag stirred in too many…

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  • Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical

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    Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical opened to a packed house at London’s Phoenix Theatre.  Amongst the audience were familiar faces including Omid Djalili, Naughty boy, Madhu and Sulaiman from Signature, Anita Anand, Nihal, Adil Ray, Vanessa Feltz, Graham Norton, Juliet Stevenson, Lily Collins, Indira Verma and Manish Bhasin. Adapted by Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges…

  • Interpol notice to be sought for Lalit Modi soon

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    By Brajendra Nath Singh   The NDA government is all set to request Interpol to issue a red-corner notice against former IPL chief Lalit Modi who is wanted for financial irregularities, it was reliably learnt…reporst Asian Lite News. The decision was taken at a meeting on Friday between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun…

  • Met Priyanka, Robert in London: Lalit Modi

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    Former IPL chief Lalit Modi has said he bumped into Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka and her husband in a London restaurant last year, sparking an attack from the BJP….reports Asian Lite News. “Happy to meet the Gandhi family in London. I had run into Robert (Vadra) and Priyanka separately in a restaurant,” tweeted…

  • Russell Brand arrives in India

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    British stand-up comedian Russell Brand, dressed in comfort wear, landed here , to make the audience chuckle away at the second season of LIVE Viacom18 Comedy Central Chuckle Festival. Brand, who developed a special bond with India after tying the knot with his now ex-wife Katy Perry back in 2010, is taking to the stage…

  • Rajan warns of 1930s-type Great Depression

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    Warning that the global economy is on the brink of a situation similar to the Great Depression of the 1930s, Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has asked central banks from across the world to define “new rules of the game” to avert a repeat of the recent global financial crisis…reports Asian Lite News.…

  • Satnam becomes first Indian in NBA

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    Hoopster Satnam Singh Bhamara  created history by becoming the first Indian to get drafted in the National Basketball Association (NBA)…reports Asian Lite News. The 7 feet two inches tall, 131-kg Indian was picked by Dallas Mavericks. The 19-year-old Satnam earlier took part in training sessions with top teams like Sacramento Kings and Boston Celtics. Satnam,…

  • ‘widespread corruption’ in India:US report

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    By Arun Kumar  Even as it praised India for holding “the largest democratic elections in history”, the US highlighted “police and security force abuses” and “widespread corruption” among its “most significant human rights problems”. “India’s parliamentary contest in April 2014 was one of the largest elections in history,” Secretary of State John Kerry said in…

  • Sachin voted 21st century’s best Test player

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    Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has been voted the “best Test player” of the 21st century in an online poll conducted by Cricket Australia….reports Asian Lite News. Tendulkar amassed the highest number of votes breezing past Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara, who had to settle for the second spot, reports cricket.com.au. “After 10 days of counting…

  • British Imams go digital to stem Daesh

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    British Imams will provide personal videos to offer spiritual guidance and support to young British Muslims….reports Asian Lite News As millions of British Muslims observing Ramadan – the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, male and female Imams and scholars from across the UK are taking part in a digital campaign titled ‘Ramadan Reminders’ to…

  • UK visa restriction to hit Indian firms: CII

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    British restriction on work visa may disrupt Indian firms, says Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). “There are over 800 Indian companies operating in the UK, contributing to the overall economy and innovation, paying taxes, hiring locally and upskilling local talent. We must not undermine the contributions of Indian companies in the UK,” CII chief  Sumit…

  • The dark months of Emergency

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     Ajit Mozoomdar, Secretary at Ministry of Finance, 1974-76 and served under prime minister Indira Gandhi recalls the dark months of emergency in the Asian Lite, the biggest Asian newspaper in UK. The experience of the Emergency – 19 months of undemocratic rule in India, without civil liberties – is now a distant memory. For the young, it…

  • A pilgrimage with a mission

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    By Mohit Dubey  The Uttar Pradesh government has chalked out a first-of-its-kind plan to take a group of Hindus and Muslims on a joint pilgrimage. The ‘dharmarth karya’ department has issued a government order (GO) in which 10 Muslim and Hindu devouts from each district will be taken on a pilgrimage in a single trip,…