Gandhi award for Binayak Sen, Bulu Imam

Two Indian human rights activists -- Binayak Sen and Bulu Imam -- will be honoured with the International Peace Award given by the Gandhi Foundation at the House of Lords. The award was created in......

Tharoor has for once spoken the truth: BJP

Shashi Tharoor's controversial remarks on Pandit Nehru's foreign policy got support on Sunday from the Bharatiya Janata Party, which said the Union Minister spoke the truth. At the same time, the......

Indian academics demand Dr Binayak Sen's release

Prominent Indian-origin academics in the United Kingdom have asked for immediate release of renowned human rights activist Binayak Sen, who has been imprisoned in Chhattisgarh since May 2007 for......

Hurdles that India must overcome soon

India should take up the challenge of improving the standard of higher education and give greater attention to research Institutions to make them truly global level, Lord Bhikhu Parekh,......

2 NRI entrepreneurs win UK awards

NRI entrepreneurs Moni Varma, founder of the Veetee brand basmati rice and Rami Ranger, founder-chairman of Sun Oil Ltd, have won the Asian of the Year and Asian Leadership in Europe Awards for......

Surina Narula is UK's 'Asian of the Year 2005'

Surina Narula, a London-based businesswoman and fundraiser for charitable causes, particularly for street children in India, has been declared as the 'Asian of the Year 2005' for her outstanding......

NRI meet to miss some big names

Absent from the list of participants for the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the largest ever gathering of global Indians being held between January 9-11, are businessmen like Laxmi Mittal, Swaraj Paul,......