From India West
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State Dept. Officials Visit Jain Temple In Buena Park, CA
India-West Staff Reporter BUENA PARK, CA – Assistant Secretary of South and Central Asia Donald Lu along with State department, Senior Advisor for Domestic Outreach Jennifer Miller and Marissa Morales, Administrative Support Specialist to the Assistant Secretary recently engaged with members of the Jain community at the […]
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Documentaries Featuring Ravish Kumar, Black Kites Protection Earn Peabody Noms
India-West News Desk LOS ANGELES, CA – Two Indian documentaries, Vinay Shukla’s “While We Watched” and Shaunak Sen’s “All That Breathes,” have been nominated for the prestigious Peabody Awards. On April 23, jurors unveiled a list of 41 contenders spanning Documentary, News, Public Service, and […]
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Hit Maker Rahman, Greets Chartbuster Taylor Swift
MUMBAI, (IANS) – Oscar and Grammy-winning music composer A.R. Rahman has greeted singer-songwriter Taylor Swift on her success for her recently released studio album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’. Rahman, who recently delivered the chartbuster album for the Imtiaz Ali directorial ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’, took to […]
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Manisha Koirala Recalls ‘Khamoshi’ As Salman attends ‘Heeramandi’ Premiere
MUMBAI (IANS) – Actress Manisha Koirala took a trip down memory lane and recalled her 1996 film ‘Khamoshi: The Musical’ after Bollywood star Salman Khan attended the premiere of her upcoming series ‘Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar’. Manisha took to Instagram and re-shared a post from […]
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Police Investigating Tamannaah Bhatia For Betting Scam
MUMBAI (IANS) – Bollywood actress Tamannaah Bhatia has been summoned by the Maharashtra Cyber Police for the ongoing investigations into the multi-crore Mahadev online gambling and betting scam, officials here said on April 25. Bhatia had allegedly endorsed and promoted the online viewing of IPL […]
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Trees Take On Unique Forms In Ompal Sansanwal's Art
NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Trees take on myriad forms — Krishna holds aloft the Govardhan hill, Christ’s Last Supper, and Shiva as Nataraja, for instance – in National Award-winning artist Ompal Sansanwal’s 60 paintings. It’s an intricately crafted set of paintings that he has worked […]
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Court Case Casts Shadow On Ilaiyaraaja's 4.5K Songs
CHENNAI, (IANS) – A division bench of the Madras High Court has ruled that all the commercial transactions of around 4,500 film songs for which the acclaimed composer R. Ilaiyaraaja had tuned, would be subject to the result of an appeal in a case filed […]
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Global Human Rights Facing Most Serious Threats In Decades: Amnesty
LONDON, (IANS/DPA) – Human rights worldwide are facing their most serious threats in decades, the London-based advocacy group Amnesty International said in its annual report on April 24. The organization highlighted the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine as well as the spread of authoritarian governments […]
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Deol Sisters, Other Daughters Campaign Strongly For Parents In UP
LUCKNOW, (IANS) – They are doughty young women who are happy in their privileged worlds, far removed from politics. However, they are now braving the heat and dust of elections and are campaigning for their parents. They may not be familiar with the world of […]
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For Americans, Preventing Another 9/11 Is A Foreign Policy Priority
WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) – Preventing terrorist strikes in the US was cited as the top foreign policy priority by most Americans in a recent opinion poll, and not promoting democracy and human rights around the world, which have been the goals of successive presidencies and […]
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Lupin Launches New Generic Drug In US Market
MUMBAI, (IANS) – Pharma major Lupin Limited has said that it has launched Mirabegron extended-release tablets, 25 mg, in the US market, after having received approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Mirabegron Extended-Release Tablets, 25 mg is a generic equivalent of Myrbetriq®Extended-Release Tablets, 25 […]
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State Dept. Report On Human Rights Cites Manipur, Rahul, BBC Tax Raid
Photo: diplomacy.state.gov India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC – The annual State Department report on human rights practices addresses various issues in India. It covers the ethnic conflict in Manipur, tax raids on the British Broadcasting Corporation, and the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by […]