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Category: INDIAN NEWS

  • Obama very pleased with Modi

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    President Barack Obama was “very pleased” with and “enjoyed” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit as it reflected the depth of the strong relationship between the US and India, according to the White House. The president was “very pleased with” and “certainly values the opportunity that he had to visit personally with Prime Minister Modi”, Obama’s…

  • Salman, Sachin,Aamir to spread Clean India message

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      Prime Minister Narendra Modi  nominated actors Salman Khan and Priyanka Chopra, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and industrialist Anil Ambani among nine people to spread the message of Clean India. Modi has said the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan he launched earlier in the day should clean up the country by 2019, the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.…

  • Modi begins clean up

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      Prime Minister Narendra Modi symbolically wielded the broom Thursday to launch a nationwide campaign that aims to clean up India in five years. Modi chose the Valmiki Colony in the heart of Delhi — a place once home to Mahatma Gandhi — to do the sweeping in a small area for just about one…

  • Modi to launch ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the “Swachh Bharat Mission” here , which is aimed at creating a ‘Clean India’ in the next five years. Modi would symbolically wield a broom Oct 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, and reach out to all Indians to make cleanliness a mass movement. Preparations are being made…

  • ISRO & NASA to collaborate on missions

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    US and India have agreed to enhance cooperation in Mars exploration and establish a pathway for future joint missions to explore the red planet besides launching a NASA-ISRO satellite mission to observe Earth. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and K. Radhakrishnan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), signed two documents for this purpose in…

  • Two NRI achievers to be honoured in US

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    Indian-born Stanford University professor Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj and Indian techie Himanshu Asnani, pursuing research in mathematics at Stanford, will be honoured in Washington DC Thursday by the US-based Marconi Society. Paulraj, 69, is the winner of the Marconi Prize 2014 for his pioneering work on developing wireless technology to transmit and receive data at high…

  • King Khan enthrals Google Staff

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    HNY FIRST INDIAN FILM AT THE GOOGLE AND TWITTER HEADQUARTERS Adding more firsts to the many in the kitty, the team of Happy New Year is the first Indian film team to visit the Google Headquarter and Twitter Headquarter in San Jose, USA. Director Farah Khan, Actress Deepika Padukone, Actors Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan,…

  • Global coalition to stem organ trafficking

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    Asian Lite News looks into the organ trafficking menace, especially in the Asian countries   Organ trafficking could be more widespread than currently reported and a concerted international effort is required to confront the problem, says a study. “If countries do nothing about this problem, the consequences for both donors and recipients can be terrible, as…

  • Emerging issues in the regional race

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    Amit Kapoor in his weekly column Active Voice looks into the issues affecting regional competitiveness An emerging theme in the area of competitiveness is the importance of regional competitiveness as the right unit of analysis. It includes not just the endowments one has like natural resources but also how one is able to utilize endowments and…

  • 1914 Komagata Maru deaths remembered

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     India released a set of special coins of denominations of Rs.100 and Rs.5 launching a year-long centenary commemoration of the 1914 Komagata Maru incident to create awareness about the heroic struggle of Indian migrants against discriminatory immigration laws of Canada. Komagata Maru, a Japanese ship carrying 376 Indians, was not allowed to disembark its passengers…

  • Modi’s US trip disappointing: Congress

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    The Congress said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s US visit was “disappointing” as there were “no major takeaways” from the trip. “When you look at the outcome, it is definitely disappointing. There are no major takeaways of this much hyped visit,” Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma told the media here. He said an atmosphere was created where…

  • Priyanka on Mary Kom’s Asiad gold

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    Priyanka Chopra, the reel life M.C. Mary Kom, is ecstatic about the real life boxing champion’s gold winning exploits in the women’s flyweight category (48-51kg) at the 17th Asian Games Wednesday. The actress says it symbolises woman power. Mary Kom, a five-time World Champion, defeated Kazakhstan’s Zhaina Shekerbekova 2-0, with one judge scoring the bout…

  • Jaya bail plea adjourned to Oct 7

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    A special bench of the Karnataka High Court Wednesday adjourned to Oct 7 hearing of jailed former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa’s petition for suspension of the sentence and bail in a corruption case. “In my considered opinion, hearing on this petition should be referred to a regular bench of the high court,” special…

  • India & US commit to hit terrorist havens

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      In a significant development, India and the US have committed to make joint and concerted efforts to dismantle terrorist safe havens, including four Pakistan-based groups Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, the D-Company, and the Haqqani network, besides the Al Qaeda. A joint statement issued Tuesday after the first bilateral summit between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and…

  • Will Jaya’s imprisonment help BJP in TN?

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    By Anjali Ojha  The jailing of the charismatic J. Jayalalithaa will help the BJP to grow in Tamil Nadu, a state where it has always been a bit player, party leaders say. Bharatiya Janata Party leaders feel their party is bound to get more support now that the ruling AIADMK is rudderless minus Jayalalithaa and…

  • Modi finish his historic visit to US

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      Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrapped up what he himself called a “hugely successful journey” to the US, winning over everyone, from President Barack Obama down, hardselling India to big business and wowing Indian-Americans. If star-struck Indian-Americans, a community that numbers about three million and many of whom who played a big role in his…

  • 12 million girls in India face sexual violence

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    One in five girls in India has experienced physical violence since 15 years of age, according to a report released by UNICEF here . The figure translates into 12 million girls, said the report, which used data from the National Family Health Survey. It said that 4.5 percent of girls aged between 15 and 19…

  • Action plan to clean Ganga

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    Centre seeks the help of Ganga-basin states – Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal The Centre told the Supreme Court that the government needs the cooperation of Ganga-basin states – Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal – for the successful execution of its project to clean the Ganga. Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar told…

  • Dawood, Shakeel offenders in IPL spot fixing

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    A court here  declared underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his aide Chhota Shakeel proclaimed offenders in the IPL spot-fixing case. Additional Sessions Judge Neena Bansal Krishna declared the duo proclaimed offenders in the case after police completed the proceedings of their property attachment. Earlier, the court had issued non-bailable warrants against them. Delhi Police Tuesday…

  • Palestinians rap Bibi’s UN speech

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    Netanyahu’s UN speech provocative say Palestinian officials Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the UN General Assembly in New York was provocative to Palestinians, officials said. Netanyahu Monday said that the Hamas movement and the Islamic State (IS) are two branches of a toxic tree, and that he is seeking to reach a historic…

  • Indian men in Asiad hockey final

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    Two-time champions India stayed on course for their first Asian Games gold medal in 16 years as a solitary strike by Akashdeep Singh helped them beat hosts South Korea 1-0 in the semifinals of the men’s hockey tournament at the Soenhak Hockey Stadium here Tuesday. India not only stayed on course for a possible third…

  • SPONSOR A CHILD IN INDIA

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    Yorkshire physio Manasi Marathe  returns to India to visit her sponsored child A Yorkshire physiotherapist who wanted to “make a difference” in her home country of India has been to visit the girl she sponsors there through global children’s charity Plan UK. Manasi Marathe who was born and brought up in India, visited 14-year-old Anjali at…

  • WHAT SORT OF A STAFFER ARE YOU?

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    Daily Dose by Bikram Vohra The next time you hear someone say, “but that’s the way we’ve always done it” suggest you take him for a long one way walk. It must rank as the most annoying cop out available for avoiding doing something. The award winning Urdu writer Quratulain Haider once said that anyone…

  • Mary Kom vie for Asiad boxing gold

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    India’s M.C. Mary Kom secured a berth in the gold medal bout of the women’s flyweight (48-51kg) after a convincing win in the semi-final of the 17th Asian Games here Tuesday. The 31-year-old Indian beat Vietnam’s Le Thi Bang by a unanimous 3-0 decision to enter the final. The five-time world champion was in fine…

  • India, US special forces train together in India

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    An India-US military exercise, underway in Uttarakhand, has seen combined training between detachments of both armies’ special forces as well as given a platform for both sides to share their experiences in UN-mandated counter-insurgency/counter-terrorism missions, a defence ministry release said Monday. “Yudh Abhyas 2014” brought together troops of a mountain brigade of Indian Army and…

  • Indian Muslims will fail Al Qaeda: Modi

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    Terrorism has been exported to India and it is not home-grown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here Monday, adding that the Indian Muslims will fail the Al Qaeda. Answering a query at the Council of Foreign Relations here, Modi said India has the second largest Muslim population in the world. He said India’s basic philosophy…

  • Modi impressed with Obama welcome

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      Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he had a “wonderful meeting” with US President Barack Obama at the White House and both share a vision for partnership in which both countries would work together for the benefit of the entire humankind. In a Facebook post after his first meeting with Obama Monday night, the…

  • Prisoner No 7402 will have to wait

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    The criminal revision petition of jailed former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa for suspension of her sentence and bail was Tuesday adjourned to Oct 6 by the judge of a vacation bench of the Karnataka High Court here. After admitting the revision petition, Justice Rathnakala posted the bail plea to Oct 6 by a…

  • ‘Chalein saath saath’, US tells India

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    Once shunned by America, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the guest of honour at a private dinner hosted by US President Barack Obama ahead of their formal summit Tuesday to reset stalled India-US relations. As Modi, fasting for the Hindu festival of Navratri, sat down with Obama in the Blue Room of the president’s…

  • GALLERY: Obamas says Kem Chho

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    Modi was greeted at the doorstep of the White House by Obama with “Kem Chho” – the Gujarati equivalent of “Hello, how are you”. At the private dinner that Obama held for Modi, the two sides discussed opportunities of working together. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was also greeted by Obama and other officials, including US…

  • WHO IS JOHN MICHAEL D’CUNHA?

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    Daily Dose by Bikram Vohra To my mind more important than the Modi bandwagon’s huge US success the Oscar for courage, conviction and commitment goes to a man called John Michael D’Cunha. He is a judge in Tamil Nadu and he is the first judicial official in the history of our country to remove a…

  • Telangana release Rs 46 crore for families of its ‘martyrs’

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    The Telangana government has released Rs.46.2 crore towards financial assistance for families of those who laid down their lives for separate Telangana state. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao  signed the orders for payment of Rs.10 lakh each to the families of the martyrs. According to an official statement, the money will be paid to the…

  • Modi meets the Clinton’s

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      Prime Minister Narendra Modi met former US president Bill Clinton and his wife and former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was also present during the meeting. Hillary Clinton and Sushma Swaraj shared a hug, according to pictures of their meeting tweeted by the external affairs ministry. Hillary Clinton,…

  • Modi off to win Washington

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    After wowing the Indian-American community and wooing the big business in the Big Apple, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is headed to Washington for his first summit with President Barack Obama to reset stalled India-US relations. When Modi fasting for the Hindu festival of Navratri sits down for a private dinner with President Barack Obama…

  • Kerala Tourism, a hit in Japan

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    Kerala’s tradition of ayurveda and its unique backwaters have found numerous admirers in Japan where these were showcased at the state’s theme pavilion at one of the biggest travel events in the world. The JATA Tourism Expo, held Sep 25-28 at the Tokyo Big Sight, the biggest convention centre in Japan, saw heavy footfall at…

  • Nasscom bats for Amazon dealers

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    The Karnataka government should facilitate the growth of e-commerce by removing tax issues faced by dealers of global e-tail major Amazon India in selling goods in the state, a top IT industry representative said. “The Karnataka government should remove impediments in the growth of e-commerce and be a catalyst for economic growth in the state,”…

  • NHS deserves a better treatment

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    I marched 300 miles recently because I believe in the NHS and which is the best system in the developed world. In the coming few months I hope there will be more clarity from the Labour Party on how they plan to save the NHS. They must not count on the blind faith just because…

  • C’Wealth Unveils Post-2015 Agenda

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    Forum aims to tackle the causes of poverty, exclusion and inequality’….reports Asian Lite News Commonwealth Heads of Government have endorsed a Commonwealth Statement on the United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda at a meeting in New York, which took place in the wings of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly. In it, Commonwealth leaders…

  • Modi & Netanyahu discuss defence

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      With India-Israel ties on the upswing after Narendra Modi’s election, the prime ministers of the two countries met in New York to discuss boosting cooperation, with the Israeli prime minister saying “sky is the limit” for this cooperation. An official statement issued by the Indian Prime Minister’s Office said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,…

  • Tories to create 3 million apprenticeships

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    The Conservative party will cap benefits further to fund three million apprenticeships if they win the general election, the prime minister has said. David Cameron told the BBC’s Andrew Marr show he wanted to “abolish” youth unemployment. A Tory government would cut the maximum benefits a household can claim a year from £26,000 to £23,000,…

  • India’s Airtel touches lives in Ghana

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    By Francis Kokutse   Ignatius Bugyei is an ICT teacher at Som Nyame Kodur Junior High School in the Central Region of Ghana. But his school does not have the basic ICT set-up — computers. For that he has to travel with his students by public transport on rough and dusty roads to the nearest town,…

  • Jaya moves Karnataka HC for bail

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        Jailed former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday filed a criminal revision petition in the Karnataka High Court here, seeking suspension of the four-year jail sentence and bail in the corruption case. Jayalalithaa’s senior counsel B. Kumar filed a set of four applications with the high court registrar for an early hearing,…

  • Deepak Perwani wants to design for Deepika

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    By Natalia Ningthoujam   Like most Pakistanis, Karachi-based designer Deepak Perwani too is a fan of Bollywood celebrities. After styling Indian stars like veteran actress Shabana Azmi and her husband, renowned lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar, he now seeks to design for the younger lot like Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor. Perwani admits that he and fellow Pakistani…

  • Modi overshadowed Sharif at UN

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      Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at the UN was everything his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif’s was not, said a Pakistani daily . An editorial “Modi at the UN” in the Daily Times said: “Modi continued his charm offensive in the west with a speech to the UN General Assembly that was everything Nawaz…

  • Congress criticise Modi over drug pricing

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     West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Sunday attacked the Narendra Modi-led central government over its drug pricing policy and accused the BJP of spreading communalism by facilitating the RSS to get a foothold in the state. Hitting out at the central government’s decision to withdraw powers of the drug pricing authority to cap prices…

  • What Mahatma Gandhi means to us today?

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    By M.R. Narayan Swamy  Title: Leadership The Gandhi Way; Author: Virender Kapoor; Publisher: Rupa; Pages: 122; Price: Rs.195. Title: The Living Gandhi: Lessons for Our Times; Author: Tara Sethi and Anjana Narayan (Ed); Publisher: Penguin Books; Pages: 334; Price: Rs.399 What can we learn from Mahatma Gandhi as far as leadership is concerned? Was there…

  • India’s software technology exports increase

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    By Sujit Chakraborty  India’s exports from the Software Technology Parks (STP) across India are rising at a pace of 8 to 10 percent annually and would further increase in the upcoming years as the industry spreads across the country, a senior sector official said. “There are huge software technology markets across the world and India’s…

  • Panneerselvam sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM

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      Tamil Nadu Finance Minister O. Panneerselvam was Monday sworn in as the new chief minister of Tamil Nadu. Panneerselvam, 63, elected leader of the AIADMK legislature party Sunday evening, succeeds J. Jayalalithaa, who was sentenced to four years in prison Saturday for indulging in corruption. Several AIADMK legislators were also sworn in as ministers.…

  • Modi rocks New York

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rock star like reception by a rapturous Indian-American community at Madison Square Garden made quite a splash in the US media too ahead of his summit Monday with President Barack Obama. Modi “sold himself on Sunday as a onetime tea vendor who wanted to lift India to glory by cleaning up…

  • President’s rule in Maharashtra

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      President’s rule was Sunday imposed in poll-bound Maharashtra. President’s rule has been imposed and the state assembly has been kept under suspended animation in Maharashtra, an official release said here. Elections to the 288-member Maharashtra assembly are slated for Oct 15. The decision to impose President’s rule was cleared by the union cabinet in…