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A women’s wrestling revolution in Haryana

The dusty village of Balali in Haryana, barely 10 km from the national capital, was not too long ago up in arms when three...

Philip Noyce Retrospective Director at Australian Film Fest of India

The Australian Film Festival of India has announced Phillip Noyce as the retrospective director of the third annual Australian Film Festival of India.  With...

Modi gives shape to a new era in diplomacy

Indian diplomacy may have lost its highfalutin edge with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, known to have little patience for bombast, keeping his sentences, like...

UWS program aims to promote Australian, Indian writing

Anita Heiss, Mridula Chakraborty, Alexis Wright An innovative project convened by the University of Western Sydney will bring Australian and Indian Indigenous writing to new audiences...

India’s first mental health policy being developed: Minister

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Tuesday said that the government is in the process of developing India's first mental health policy to curb the...

Vijay Jolly made advisor of NRI body

 BJP leader Vijay Jolly has been appointed Global Political Affairs advisor of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin, International. Guyana-born Ashook Ramsaran, president...

Make in India to be highlight of PBD, over 3000 diaspora to attend

The Modi government's key programmes, including Make in India, would be highlighted during the Jan 7-9 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) being held in Gandhinagar,...

Taj Mahal entry tickets go online

Online booking of tickets to the Taj Mahal will begin from Saturday, according to Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) officials. Arrangements for barcode screening and...

Kerala to set up NRI panel to resolve diaspora woes

Kerala will set up an NRI commission to help resolve problems faced by the diaspora, a minister said Thursday.The commission would be a quasi...

Assalamu-Alaykum, Guruji: A Muslim scholar with a passion for Sanskrit

In downtown Worli, it is common to hear the strange greeting of 'Assalamu-Alaykum, Guruji' whenever an 80-year-old Muslim man steps out of his modest...