Arunachal integral part of India, says US consul general

United States Consul General in Kolkata Craig L Hall on Thursday said the US government is very clear that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India. Craig said this during a meeting with......

Classical dancer shot dead in another attack on Indians in US

In yet another deadly attack on Indians and Indian-Americans in the United States in recent months, a 34-year-old trained classical dancer from India and a student of Washington University, was......

US consulate joins NGO to fight human trafficking

A woman from Kolkata was forced to be a domestic help by an Indian in the US. She was provided a meal a day and no wages. Another woman from Kolkata was beaten up and kept in confinement. A Kolkata......

'I will go to China as a proud Indian, not as some half citizen'

Ninong Ering, the MP from Arunachal East, wants to meet his tribes folk across the border in China.But he is not going to make that trip on a stapled visa issued by China to residents of Arunachal......

India-China trade may touch $100 bn by 2015

The two-way trade between India and China is expected to touch $100 billion by 2015, 50.6 per cent higher than $66.4 billion recorded in 2012."Our target for bilateral trade between India and China......

Cap on H1B visas to not impact India

The cap on H1B visas will not have much of an impact on India, said Beth Payne, US Consul General in Kolkata, allaying fears that there would be a significant reduction in the number of H1B visas.......

India tops ODA list

India will remain the biggest recipient of Japan's official development assistance (ODA) in the near future. Since Japan's first ODA to India in 1958, the country has received monetary aid worth......

Art in focus in AIDS fight

In an attempt to create awareness about AIDS and HIV in rural areas where media cannot reach, the Public Affairs Office of the US Consulate General, Kolkata, would make use of scroll-painters to......

'Baseball can coincide with cricket'

Cricket is a religion in India and no other sportcomes close. But Major League Baseball believes thatbaseball, which is a huge hit in the United States, can actually develop in the country......