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The Consulate General of India in New York marked Gujarat and Maharashtra Day on May 3, celebrating the contributions of both states and of the Indian diaspora to India–US ties. Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra described...
Dharamshala, India — On World Press Freedom Day, the Association of Tibetan Journalists (ATJ) gathered in Dharamshala to spotlight the urgent need to preserve the Tibetan language. The ATJ, an organisation of Tibetan...
At a May 3 gathering at the India International Centre in New Delhi, poet-diplomat Abhay K discussed his new collection, The Alphabets of Africa, in conversation with Professor Siddharth Mallavarapu of Shiv Nadar...
Doha, May 2 — Gurreet Singh Gopi, an Indian national diagnosed with terminal-stage cancer, was repatriated from Qatar to India on May 1 after coordinated efforts by a community group and the Indian Embassy in Doha, ANI...
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), May 1: Exiled Tibetans and Himalayan Buddhist communities gathered in large numbers in Shimla on Friday to observe Buddha Purnima, the 2,570th anniversary of Gautama Buddha’s birth. The...
Dharamshala, May 1 — On Buddha Purnima, the Dalai Lama extended warm greetings to Buddhists worldwide as they marked the birth, awakening and parinirvana of the Buddha. He said the Buddha’s teachings remain urgently...
An Indian-origin man who was sentenced to 18 months in jail for abducting a child in Canada may be deported to India after serving his term, CTV News reported. Manoj Govindbalunikam, 37, was sentenced earlier this month...
Sacred relics of Lord Buddha reached Ladakh on Wednesday ahead of a public exposition scheduled from May 1 to May 15. The relics were flown in on a dedicated Air Force aircraft and received at the Air Force Airport by...
A Singapore court has sentenced 33-year-old Melvinder Singh Gurmit Singh to 19 months' imprisonment after finding him guilty of molesting his friend’s younger sister more than a decade ago.
A man from Punjab who moved to the United States says he chose to return to India because of healthcare — and food. In an Instagram video shared by user _sangym_ with the caption “Why I (willingly) moved back from the...
New Delhi — The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said over 13.19 lakh passengers (about 1.32 million) have traveled from the Gulf and wider West Asia region to India since February 28, as authorities continue to...
A US-based doctor visiting Bengaluru for her nephew’s wedding has alleged that gold jewellery worth about Rs 1 crore was stolen from a marriage hall on Old Madras Road, police said. According to the complaint, she...
