• Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Indian Uber driver jailed for transporting illegal ‘aliens’ in US

AN Indian Uber driver has been sentenced to a year in prison for transporting individuals who had entered the US illegally in exchange for money. Jaswinder Singh, 30, most recently resided in Philadelphia. He was sentenced on Thursday to 12 months in prison for knowingly transporting illegal aliens within the…

Indo-US ties are ‘unshakeable’, says top American diplomat

THE ties between India and the US are “unshakeable”, a top American diplomat has said, asserting that the Trump administration looked forward to an even warmer relationship as Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts President Donald Trump later this month. President Trump will pay a state visit to India on February…

Indian foreign minister shuts US senator down on Kashmir

INDIA’S External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar gave a firm repartee to a senior US senator that India will "settle" the Kashmir issue on its own when the American lawmaker brought up the subject at the ongoing Munich Security Conference. Referring to the Kashmir issue during a panel discussion, Senator Lindsey…

A mosque in India conducts Yoga classes

IN a first, Yoga classes are being held inside a mosque in Hyderabad in Southern India. The classes are aimed at fighting non-communicable diseases and obesity. The mosque committee of Masjid-e-Ishaq at Nawab Saheb Kunta at Tadbun, Hyderabad has given the nod to conduct Yoga classes. Earlier, one of the…

Sports Ministry to train ‘India’s Usain Bolt’

INDIA’s Sports Authority of India (SAI) will train Srinivasa Gowda, the 28-year-old Kambala jockey from Karnataka, who became an instant social media sensation when he covered 145 meters in 13.62 seconds. Netizens in India started to call him ‘India’s Usain Bolt’. Many people including politicians and businessmen have praised him…

Saif reveals the tip Rani gave him when he started…

SAIF ALI KHAN and Kareena Kapoor Khan started dating each other while shooting for the film Tashan. In the year 2012, the two tied the knot and in 2016 Taimur Ali Khan was born. Well, Saif and Kareena have always given us couple goals Recently, Saif came on Kareena’s radio show What…

Indian IT companies provide 500,000 jobs in US

INDIAN IT companies provide half-a-million high-paying jobs in the US, says a new report has said. In 2018, Indian IT employed nearly 180,000 people in the US and supported an additional 340,000 jobs across the US economy. These companies are estimated to have paid an average compensation of $96,300 to…

Trump will meet India Inc. heads in Delhi

AMERICAN President Donald Trump will meet heads of Indian companies with interests in the US, as he looks to drum up investments during his visit to New Delhi this month. Trump is scheduled to make his first visit as president to India on February 24-25 during which he will travel…

Remove ‘Bangladesh’ from pro-CAA ads, says Indian Censor Board

THE Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) in India has asked to omit the word “Bangladesh” from pro-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) ad films produced and directed by Sanghamitra Choudhury. In a letter earlier this week, the Board asked Choudhury to either ‘cut’ or ‘replace’ Bangladesh from the films. The filmmaker…

Rishi Sunak: Rapid rise of UK’s new Chancellor

RISHI SUNAK, a 39-year-old high-flying business investor who only entered politics five years ago, has enjoyed a rapid rise to become Britain’s new Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sunak entered parliament in 2015 and got his foot on the most junior rung of government in January 2018 — and was still…