Hundreds gather for Sikh Temple victims' memorial in Oak Creek People across US mourn gurudwara shooting victims

Oak Creek, WI: Thousands of mourners streamed into Oak Creek High School on August 10 morning for a visitation and memorial service for the six Sikh members killed at Gurudwara on August 5.

Prabhjot Singh, a co-founder of the Sikh Coalition, said this memorial service was for healing and paying respec...

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan starts shooting for Dhoom 3 in Chicago

Chicago: Bollywood actor Aamir Khan is in Chicago for Yashraj’s action thriller Dhoom 3. Back in action, Dhoom 3 had shooting on and around Lower Michigan Avenue on August 9.

Aamir was accompanied by his wife Kiran Rao and 8-month old son Azad Rao Khan. This Mr. Perfectionist is now on his way to beco...

Unsung heroes who profusely adopt India’s Constitution by helping millions

“Don’t ask your country what it does for you, ask yourself what you can do for your country”

Virchand Gandhi — a Gandhi before Gandhi An unsung Gandhi who set course for his namesake

Chicago: August is month dedicated to Forgotten Indian Patriot Shree Virchand Raghavji Gandhi (VRG - August 25, 1864 – August 7, 1901), who captivated 1893s’ first ever world religion of parliament organized in Chicago.

As for all Indians, August 15, happens to be a day dedicated to Indian Patriots, A...

India’s tragedy: The old never retire, the young don’t deliver

The late N.T. Rama Rao (“NTR”), founder of Telugu Desam, would have continued merrily well past his seventies but for a coup by his son-in-law N. Chandrababu Naidu. Naidu did an Aurangzeb on him and seized power through an internal coup in 1995 — a year before NTR’s death.

He battled 95 % burns, coma and 54 surgeries to get his MBA

Manoj Rana, who came to the US on an exchange program, was a victim of a fire accident in 2005. However, the determined young man survived the extreme situations in his life to chase his dream and succeed in his way to become an MBA today.

Uttar Pradesh-born Manoj Rana is not the predictable computer...

Pranab sworn in as 13th President of India

New Delhi: Pranab Mukher-jee, who has had an active political career spanning five decades, on July 25 became the 13th President of India pledging to protect the Constitution and rise above personal or partisan interests. The 76-year-old leader, who is the first leader from Bengal to become President...

Bobby Jindal hits campaign trail for touring Romney

Washington, DC: With Mitt Romney on his three-nation tour, Indian-American Louisi-ana Governor Bobby Jindal, one of his top possible running mates for November polls, is leading the Republican campaign against US President Barack Obama in battleground states, where he slammed the incumbent's economic...

Amitabh Bachchan carries Olympic torch

London: The 69-year-old actor in a white track suit covered a 300-meter distance running and walking occasionally and waved at the cheering crowd, as the Olympic Games torch relay entered the 69th day on July 26.

Ahead of his participation in the relay, Bachchan said it was a "proud moment" for him an...

Jain muni's Kadve Pravachan to enter Limca Book of Records

Ahmedabad: A book by a Jain spiritual leader that contains his hard-hitting discourses on religion is all set to enter the Limca Book of Records.

With the aim of spreading awareness among the youth about the principles of the Digambar Jain saint Munishree Tarunsagar Maharaj, his popular book Kadve Pra...