From the many large communal riots across decades to the six-hour mass cull of Muslims in Nellie, 1983; Sikhs in Delhi and elsewhere, 1984; Kashmiri Pandits, 1990; selective massacres of Hindus in......
The Dalai Lama will be bestowed with the Congressional gold medal, America's highest civilian honour, at a function on October 17, sources said in Dharamsala on Friday. United States President......
Chicago has chosen Interpreter of Maladies by noted Indian American author Jhumpa Lahiri for its programme, 'One Book, One Chicago'. This isan annual event, which encourages residents of the city......
The US Senate has passed a resolution to award the Congressional Gold Medal -- the country's highest civilian honour -- to Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, in recognition of his "enduring and......
Intellect, and not emotion, should be used to tackle terrorism, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said on MondayThere can also be no compromise on the response to terrorism, he......
Subir Chowdhury, chairman and CEO of ASI Consulting Group, LLC, has been named for the 'Outstanding American by Choice Award' by the USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) in......
The six-day long 33rd annual meeting of the World Economic Forum concluded in Davos on Tuesday after agreeing to identify values, economic risks, political volatility and development as the main......
At least 50 victims of Bernard Madoff sat in a packed US District Courtroom in Manhattan Thursday as the disgraced money manager was led off to jail in handcuffs after pleading guilty to......
Barely two months ago, Oscar-winning film director Steven Spielberg withdrew as artistic adviser to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing over China's policy on the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region. On......
Oscar-winning film director Steven Spielberg withdrew on Tuesday as an artistic adviser to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing over China's policy on the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region. "I find......