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Marie and Vijay Goradia received the Roy M Huffington Award here recently. (Photo: Twitter)

Indian-American couple honoured with Roy M Huffington Award in US

The Houston couple has made significant contributions in the areas of healthcare, literacy and education in India for...

31 Oct 2018 5:25 AM

The couple, who through their social media posts chronicled their travelling adventures, also wrote a blog called Holidays and HappilyEverAfters. (Photo: Instagram/holidaysandhappilyeverafters)

Indian couple dies in California's Yosemite National Park while taking...

Vishnu Viswanath, 29, and Meenakshi Moorthy, 30 fell to their deaths from Taft Point in the national park in California.

31 Oct 2018 3:04 AM

Together, they chronicled their adventures of travelling around the world in a blog called Holidays and HappilyEverAfters. (Photo: Instagram/holidaysandhappilyeverafters)

Indian couple dies after falling into steep terrain in California's...

Vishnu Viswanath, 29, and Meenakshi Moorthy, 30, fell to their deaths from Taft Point in Yosemite National Park.

30 Oct 2018 3:59 AM

Qatars government says it is forming a committee to pursue compensation for damages stemming from its isolation by four Arab countries. (Photo: AP)

Now, foreign workers in Qatar no longer need boss' permission to leave...

All but five per cent of company's workforce, reportedly those in most senior positions, can leave without prior...

28 Oct 2018 1:02 PM

Yussuf was convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter and sentenced to 14 years imprisonment and an additional three years on license, or release under strict conditions. (Representational Image | File)

2 men jailed for fatal stabbing of Indian-origin man in UK

Balbir Johal, 48, was attacked in the Southall suburb of west London in March and rushed to hospital with stab wounds...

24 Oct 2018 5:34 AM

In a notification, the ministry said a person, who is a foreign-origin spouse of a citizen of India or of an OCI cardholder, and who fulfil the laid down conditions shall be eligible to apply for registration as OCI card holder. (Photo: File)

Foreigners married to Indians now eligible for OCI card: Govt

Centre has simplified the process of renunciation of Indian citizenship, providing relief to Indians who have applied...

24 Oct 2018 2:21 AM

Minal Patel Davis, special advisor on human trafficking to Houston mayor Sylvester Turner, received the Presidential Medal for Combating Human Trafficking in the White House last week. (Photo: City of Houston/Twitter)

Indian-American awarded at White House for combating human trafficking

'It was unbelievable,' said Davis after winning the award, the country's highest honour in the field.

19 Oct 2018 8:10 AM

The duo were each jailed for five months and ordered to receive three strokes of the cane. (Photo: File/Representational)

Singapore: Indian yoga teacher's jail term extended for molesting...

Rakesh Kumar Prasad had appealed against his conviction but his arguments were rejected by HC which allowed an appeal by...

13 Oct 2018 6:28 AM

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley speaks to the members of an Indian think tank in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Great advocate of India-US relationship: Indian-Americans on Nikki...

Haley, the first-ever Indian-American in any presidential cabinet, surprised many when she announced her resignation on...

10 Oct 2018 5:55 AM

Trump has nominated Rita Baranwal to be an assistant secretary of energy (nuclear energy) at the Department of Energy, the White House said in a statement. (Photo: File)

Trump picks Indian-American woman to head US nuclear energy division

Rita Baranwal currently serves as the Director of the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative.

4 Oct 2018 6:02 AM

Sources said that the home department and jail authorities would study the report and then take a decision.

Indian man in Singapore faces jail, caning for extortion

Man threatened to publish defamatory libel concerning Zaidi, global head at Standard Chartered Bank, unless he paid SGD...

3 Oct 2018 6:55 AM

Kavya Kopparapu (in pic), 18, from Virginia and Rahul Subramaniam, 17, from Connecticut were recipients of USD 50,000 each as 2018 Davidson Fellows laureates. (Photo: Twitter | @KavyaKopparapu)

6 Indian American teens get prestigious Davidson Fellows scholarships

Two of the Indian Americans received USD 50,000 each as scholarship money and another three got USD 25,000 each.

2 Oct 2018 6:20 AM