New York, Nov 1 New York City Mayor Eric Adams honoured leading Indian-American organisations and a Person of Indian origin for their contributions and 'outstanding work' towards their communities. During the recent Diwali celebrations at his Gracie Mansion, Mayor Adams awarded the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO), ...

Washington, Nov 1 US President Joe Biden on Monday extended his deepest condolences to the families who lost their loved ones in the bridge collapse tragedy in Morbi, Gujarat, on Sunday, in which 141 people were killed. "Today, our hearts are with India. Jill and I send our deepest condolences ...

New York, Oct 31 Having a violent encounter with an intimate partner or family member even once may increase a young adult's risk of having a heart attack, stroke or hospitalisation for heart failure years later, according to preliminary research. Women, between the age of 18 to 34 years, generally ...

Kampala, Oct 31 Kuntaj Patel, a 24-year-old Indian businessman from Gujarat, has been allegedly shot dead by a police constable in Kisoro town of Uganda, local media reports said. Police constable Elioda Gumizamu, 21, a member of the Field Force Unit, has been arrested after he stormed a hardware shop ...

Seoul, Oct 30 As many as 146 people have been killed while 150 others were injured in a deadly stampede in Seoul's Itaewon district, as huge crowds of partygoers stampeded at late-night Halloween celebrations, fire authorities said on Sunday. The accident took place on Saturday evening in a narrow downhill ...

Nicosia, Oct 29 Hundreds of asylum seekers fled the main reception centre in Cyprus for irregular migrants after a fire broke out there amid clashes, police said. Chief of Police Stelios Papatheodorou said a large force of regular and anti-riot police officers was trying to contain the situation on Friday ...

Ireland, Oct 28 Calling for major reforms in abortion laws, marches and vigils have been planned in Dublin on Saturday to mark the 10th death anniversary of Savita Halappanavar -- the Indian-origin dentist who died on this day after being denied an abortion in Ireland. Savita, 31, died on October ...

New York, Oct 28 Adding on to the Diwali cheer among Hindu Americans, a new 87-foot tower at the Sri Venkateswara Temple in Cary was inaugurated by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper of hundreds of devotees. The completion of the tower, which is named "Tower of Unity and Prosperity", comes ...

New York, Oct 27 Opening up for the first time since the gruesome killing of their 20-year-old son on the Purdue University campus in the US, the parents of Indian-American Varun Chheda said they are struggling to understand how it happened. Varun Chheda, a data science student at Purdue University ...

United Nations, Oct 27 The UN human rights expert on Myanmar has said that the extremist Rohingya organisation that has been involved in the massacre of Hindus in Myanmar should be apprehended and held accountable. Asked at a news conference on Wednesday, about the attacks on Hindus by the Arakan ...