Vancouver | 11 hours ago
Air India bomber faces fresh trial next week
Vancouver, Sep 1 - Air India Kanishka bombing convict Inderjit Singh Reyat, who was released last year after spending 15 years in jail, faces a fresh perjury trial from Sep 9. If convicted, he faces another 14 years in jail.Reyat was the only person jailed in the 1985 Air India bombing by Khalistani extremists to avenge the Indian Army operation at the Golden Temple against Sikh militants in 1984. ... read more

Toronto | 3 days ago
Speak up against Roma expulsion by France, India told
Toronto, Aug 29 - India must speak up against France for the en masse expulsion of Indian-origin Roma people, said Ujjal Dosanjh, former Canadian health minister and top Indo-Canadian leader.The Roma people - also called gypsies - claim their roots in north India from where they were enslaved and taken away by invaders from Afghanistan and Turkey almost a millennium ago. In the 14th and 15th centu ... read more

Toronto | 3 days ago
India asked to speak up against Roma expulsion by France
Toronto, Aug 29 - Ujjal Dosanjh, former Canadian health minister and top Indo-Canadian leader, has condemned France for en masse expulsion of Indian-origin Roma people and urged India to speak up against the French action.The Roma people - also called gypsies - claim their roots in north India from where they were enslaved and taken away by invaders from Afghanistan and Turkey almost a millennium ... read more

Washington | 8 days ago
Yet another Indian American joins USAID
Washington, Aug 24 - Sohini Chatterjee, an Indian American lawyer involved in development work worldwide, has been appointed as Senior Advisor in the Office of Donor Engagement in the US Agency for International Development's newly created Policy Planning Bureau.Chatterjee will work closely with USAID administrator, Dr Rajiv Shah, the highest ranking Indian American in the Obama administration, an ... read more

Washington | 11 days ago
Indian-American US football chief looks at IPL for tips
Washington, Aug 21 - Looking at the 'phenomenal launch' of the Indian Premier League -, Sunil Gulati, Indian-American president of the US Soccer Federation, believes that even the United States can learn a thing or two from India.'That was a phenomenal launch,' said Allahabad-born Gulati, 51, credited with the rise of the US football team, in a webcast Friday over BlogTalkRadio, when asked if he ... read more

Singapore | 13 days ago
Youth Olympics: Prannoy wins silver, Yuki reaches final
Singapore, Aug 19 - Shuttler Prannoy Hasina Sunilkumar became the second Indian to win a silver at the Youth Olympics while Yuki Bhambri reached the boys singles tennis final here Thursday.Sunil's dream run was halted by Pisit Poodchalat of Thailand who beat him 21-15, 21-16 in the badminton final of the boys singles at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Woman wrestler Pooja Dhanda had Monday won the f ... read more

Washington | 20 days ago
Indian American senator loses Minnesota seat
Washington, Aug 12- Satveer Chaudhary, an Indian American member of the Minnesota Senate, has lost his seat after serving the state for 14 years. He lost his primary election to challenger and former State House representative Barb Goodwin.Just four years after his election to the House in 1996, Chaudhary became Minnesota's first Asian-American and then youngest senator as also the highest ranking ... read more

Washington | 21 days ago
Indian American senator concedes Minnesota seat
Washington, Aug 11 - Satveer Chaudhary, an Indian American member of the Minnesota Senate, has conceded the primary election for District 50 to challenger and former State House representative Barb Goodwin.Chaudhary, who in 1996 became the first Asian-American lawmaker in the Minnesota House of Representatives, represented his district for 14 years, four years as a member of the Minnesota House of ... read more

Washington | 22 days ago
Former NASA head in crashed plane; five killed
Washington, Aug 10 - Sean O'Keefe, the head of EADS' North American unit and a former NASA administrator, was on board a small private plane that crashed in Alaska, aerospace firm EADS confirmed Tuesday.Five people died, one person was seriously injured and three others were unaccounted for as the plane went down Monday night in a secluded south-western part of the state, the US Federal Aviation A ... read more

Washington | 22 days ago
Indian-American IT contractor gets jail in bribery scandal
Washington, Aug 10 - The Indian American chief executive of a Washington-based IT contracting firm has been sentenced to 20 months in prison and ordered to repay $844,000 for his part in a bribery and kickback scheme.Sushil Bansal, 42, president and CEO of Advanced Integrated Technologies and Innovative IT Solutions, will also serve a three-year period of supervised release after undergoing two co ... read more