UP declares Vrindavan & Barsana as sacred sites

THE UTTAR Pradesh government on Friday issued an order notifying Vrindavan and Barsana towns in Mathura district as “pavitra teerth sthals (sacred pilgrimage sites)”....

Bangladesh eyes sterilisation to curb Rohingya population

Bangladesh is planning to introduce voluntary sterilisation in its overcrowded Rohingya camps, where nearly a million refugees are fighting for space, after efforts to...

Denial of scholarship to sister turned Hardik Patel into a Patidar leader

How denial of scholarship to sister turned Hardik Patel into a formidable Patidar leader Prabhash K Dutta Hardik Patel graduated from an Ahmedabad college with less...

Diwali Lights switch on at The Coca-Cola London Eye

On 15 October 2017, for the first time ever, the Diwali Lights were switched on at the Coca –Cola London Eye to mark the...

Diwali Festival Lights Up New York’s Times Square

New York City’s iconic Times Square transformed into a vision of South Asian culture on Saturday, as thousands of revelers gathered for an early...

Anamika Mazumdar- First Crorepati on KBC9

Anamika Mazumdar’s feat on Kaun Banega Crorepati 9 will go down in history. The 41-year-old woman from Jharkand toiled hard to become the first...

Indian doctor new WHO deputy director-general

NEW DELHI: Dr Soumya Swaminathan, director-general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and secretary to the department of health research, has been...

Postage stamps on Ramayana released

Prime Minister Narendra Modi  released a postage stamps on different aspects of Lord Ram's life at the historic Tulsi Manas Mandir Varanasi, and said...

Growth rate dip a temporary blip for India

Ignore the doom mongers, India will return to the high growth path by winter, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. There’s an old...

Objection to Caste Discrimination Laws in the UK

Vishwa Hindu Parishad UK have written to Caste Consultation Responses Government Equalities Office and  Rt Hon. Justine Greening MP outlining their objections to Objection to Caste Discrimination...