SEATTLE: A bust of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled at Seattle Center on October 2, in honour of the Indian freedom fighter’s birth anniversary. Positioned beneath the iconic Space Needle and adjacent to the Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum, this...
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21st Nov 2024 | Updated at 05:27am 21st Nov 2024
TRUMP’S HISTORICAL COMEBACK
- 07 Nov 2024
With millions of Americans casting their votes, the 2024 presidential race is emerging as one for the history books.
PM Modi and Xi vow to rebuild ties, put seal on LAC truce
- 30 Oct 2024
The landmark agreement India and China reached recently to end one of the longest military standoffs in recent times received the final seal of approval from PM Modi and President Xi Jinping, as the two held a bilateral meeting after a gap of...
No wish for revenge, Nawaz tells supporters on return
- 25 Oct 2023
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif arrived home on Saturday, ending a four-year self-imposed exile in London and restarting his political journey ahead of the general elections with a huge rally at Minar-e-Pakistan...
Bilawal to attend SCO meet in Goa, India plays it down
- 26 Apr 2023
Pakistan's foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will attend SCO foreign ministers meet which India is hosting in Goa on May 5.The Indian administration didn't explicitly rule out a meeting between S Jaishankar and Bilawal, but it didn't seem...
Have patience, efforts on to overcome challenges: Yunus
- 28 Aug 2024
Bangladesh interim govt chief adviser Muhammad Yunus has requested people in his county to have patience and allow his govt time to address the challenges instead of insisting on addressing everything right now
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina flees to India, Army in charge
- 07 Aug 2024
Bangladesh’s embattled PM Sheikh Hasina (76) on Monday resigned and fled the country following more than a month of deadly demonstrations that began as protests against job quotas and swelled into a movement precipitating the end of her 15-year...
TRUMP’S HISTORICAL COMEBACK
- 07 Nov 2024
With millions of Americans casting their votes, the 2024 presidential race is emerging as one for the history books.
PM Modi leads Yoga day event at United Nations
- 28 Jun 2023
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the celebration of International Yoga Day at the United Nations in New York and urged people "to join hands together to realise the goal of one earth, one family, one future"
Gotabaya Rajapaksa calls for constitutional changes to curb minority parties
- 08 Jan 2020
Sri Lanka’s new president endorsed amending the constitution to reduce the power of minority political parties, saying the country wasn’t suited to a system that creates unstable governments “constantly under the influence of extremism”.
Trouble brewing in post-election Sri Lanka
- 11 Dec 2019
Weeks after the election of hardliner Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the president of Sri Lanka, the prospects for justice and reconciliation between the different communities on the island lie in tatters.
Nepal PM Prachanda likely to visit India next month
- 22 Mar 2023
Kathmandu: Nepal’s PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is likely to travel to India on an official visit next month - his first foreign trip since assuming the office for the third time in December last year, a media report said.
Nepal ruling coalition bags 90 seats out of 165
- 07 Dec 2022
Kathmandu: The top leaders of Nepal’s five-party ruling coalition on Monday met at PM Sher Bahadur Deuba’s official residence to review the general elections and discuss the formation of a new government.
Three generations, three journeys
- 05 Sep 2022
Rakesh Patel, a 47-year-old commodity trader took a plunge to visit Greenland. Speaking to Asian Voice, he said, “Over a hundred years ago, our grandparents emigrated from India to Africa in search of a better life. In 1972, our parents had...
‘2024, MODI ONCE MORE’
- 04 May 2022
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a grand welcome by the diaspora in Germany, on his three-nation Europe trip.
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres underscored Mahatma Gandhi's message of non-violence, peace and equality as he voiced deep concern over a world "bristling with violence" and conflicts raging from Ukraine to the Middle East.
- 09 Oct 2024
Dhaka: Amid concerns over security during Durga Puja, 40 eminent citizens of Bangladesh have urged the govt to take steps to ensure the Hindu community can celebrate its biggest festival peacefully. This year, Durga Puja is likely to be celebrated...
- 02 Oct 2024
A prominent Indian-American attorney’s law firm representing a Haitian community group in Ohio has filed a criminal complaint against Donald Trump and JD Vance seeking their arrest for provoking chaos, threats, and unrest in Springfield with...
- 02 Oct 2024
Dr Jay Varma, the former Covid-19 czar of New York City, has been fired from his position at SIGA Technologies following the revelation of his involvement in drug-fuelled sex parties during the pandemic. Dr Varma's NYC Covid policies drew national...
Hurricane Helene killed more than 130 people across North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Virginia, and the death toll is expected to rise once rescue teams reach isolated towns and telecommunications are restored.
- 02 Oct 2024
A London surgeon has told of his joy after successfully separating one-year-old twin girls in an extraordinary 14-hour operation. Professor Noor ul Owase Jeelani, a consultant paediatric neurosurgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), completed...
The US Muslim advocacy group Emgage Action endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris despite its ongoing concern over the war in Gaza, saying former President Donald Trump posed a greater danger with his promise to reinstate travel...
The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in California was desecrated with anti-Hindu messages, the second such incident in the US in the past 10 days
Singapore's former Transport Minister S Iswaran has pleaded guilty to receiving gifts while in office, local media reported, as proceedings began in a rare graft trial involving a state official in this Asian financial hub.
