Washington, March 6 : The US on Monday assured India of “speedy justice” to the Indian-American victims of “hate crimes” as the Indian envoy here reached out to the State Department to convey his “deep concerns” over such tragic incidents. “State Department, on behalf of US Govt, expressed condolences and assured they are working with […]
Washington, March 6 : Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera has condemned the shooting of an Indian-origin Sikh man in Kent, saying crime motivated by hate are on the rise even as FBI joined probe into the “potentially hate-motivated crime”. “This disturbing crime is an outrage that goes against everything we stand for as a nation of […]
Washington : As CEO of alt-right news publication Breitbart News, Steven Bannon seriously considered an Indian edition, according to an Indian writer he pitched the idea to in 2015 Amit Varma recounted the pitch in a blog he wrote on November 29, 2016, just a week after Trump was elected president. “Exactly one year ago, […]
New Delhi, February 28 : Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur, who has been in the news for her Twitter campaign against alleged violence by ABVP at Ramjas College, on Tuesday tweeted that she was withdrawing from the Save DU campaign. Twenty-year-old Kaur, had started the campaign, “I am not afraid of ABVP”, following the violence […]
Chandigarh : The youth in Punjab is more inclined to illegal drugs, including opioid drugs, stimulant drugs, inhalant substances and prescription drugs, than tobacco and alcohol. A recent survey has highlighted this. National Mental Health Survey conducted by Bengaluru’s National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences has brought out that 13.42 per cent of the […]