Indian-American News

Nov 11 - New York City's Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival kicks off with a feast of diverse films that bridges the South Asian diaspora with the 2.5 million strong Indian American community.

Though fakes affect genuine business, there is sometimes a positive rub-off in the form of spreading a designer's fame, feels a young designer.

REGINA a ' The inequities of the Indian Act that discriminate against aboriginal women need to be rectified, said newly elected Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Chief Guy Lonechild.

Indian companies continued to invest in London in the 2008-09 financial year despite the global recession and are set to emulate the strong growth registered in the previous year, according to new data.

An Indian American scientist was Saturday asked to vacate his government house here in three days, nearly two weeks after being sacked from a senior post at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research .

Whether it's nurturing a vegetable garden in the White House or tending to their children's needs amid all their work, the Obamas are like any other American family, juggling personal and professional lives, US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer said here Friday.

When Ritu Sen, 23, went on a holiday to the Andaman islands, she was the only Indian woman in a swimsuit while others on the beach either wore salwar kameez or saris.

A bookkeeper has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for embezzling nearly $650,000 from a business on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Scottsdale.

An Indian-American scientist, academic and entrepreneur hired to work with the 67-year-old Council of Scientific and Industrial Research has written to the Prime Minister, saying he was fired for criticising the leadership of Indiaa s largest scientific organisation.

M.C. Mary Kom led the charge of four Indian boxers into the finals of the Asian Indoor Games in Vietnam Monday.

HANOI: Four-time world champion M.C. Mary Kom will spearhead the five-member Indian team as women's boxing makes its debut at the Indoor Asian Games here on Saturday.

A paradigm shift has occurred in the institutional recognition of women in public spaces across India.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has said that the Home Ministry has approved citizenship for 2,220 out of the 3,335 applications by the Indian community.

New Delhi, Oct. 29 : External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has met Vikram Buddhi's family and has promised the latter's father that the Ministry of External Affairs will request United States Ambassador Meera Shankar to talk to Eric Holder, US Attorney General, to review the Buddhi case.

Jessica Simpson has embraced Indian fashion. The 29-year-old actress wore a turquoise sari, henna hand tattoo and traditional bindi to a party thrown in her honour by Indian superstar Neha Dhupia in Mumbai this weekend.

The new Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino is scheduled to open Friday at the Gila River Indian Community near Chandler.

Hollywood star Jessica Simpson looks set to win over millions of new fans in India, where she has started shooting a new television documentary.

London Indian government has not yet decided where it will keep Mahatma Gandhi's memorabilia, including some rare letters written by him, which will be received by President Pratibha Patil from members of Indian community in London on Wednesday during her ongoing 4-day state visit.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 -- Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam has outlined five key areas in the Budget 2010 where the Indian community will benefit, including from the additional allocation of RM20 million for the Tekun Foundation.

A Hollywood movie which was set to lift the lid on the final days of Britain's colonial rule of India, starring Cate Blanchett, is reported to have been put on hold.