Arthur J Pais And Ritu Jha

Stories by Arthur J Pais And Ritu Jha

Indian American convicted of drug charges killed

Indian American convicted of drug charges killed

Rediff.com   20 May 2011

An Indian American and his wife were shot at by an unidentified assailant in Sacramento, California on Thursday.While Balbir Singh Dhami was killed, his wife Kuldip Kaur Dhami was taken to the area hospital for treatment of "critical injuries", according to Sacramento Police spokeswoman Laura Peck. The shooting happened just after 10 am at the 7900 block of Marla Way Marla in North Laguna Creek in South Sacramento.

Pirates 4 poised to earn as much as $200 million

Pirates 4 poised to earn as much as $200 million

Rediff.com   20 May 2011

The fourth edition in the Pirates of the Caribbean series is all set to make new records at the box office.

How I Won the War gets new life

How I Won the War gets new life

Rediff.com   20 May 2011

The 1960's classic which film features former Beatle John Lennon and Roy Kinnear has been launched in a Special Edition DVD

'Sham' Tri-Valley varsity president arrested

'Sham' Tri-Valley varsity president arrested

Rediff.com   3 May 2011

California based Tri-Valley University president Susan Xiao Ping Su, finally got arrested early on Monday morning. She has been indicted by the federal grand jury on 33-criminal counts, charging her with wire fraud, mail fraud, visa fraud and conspiracy to commit visa fraud, use of a false document, making false statements to a government agency, alien harboring, customs enforcement's homeland security investigations.

Fast Five: Huge hit already!

Fast Five: Huge hit already!

Rediff.com   2 May 2011

The Vin Diesal film leads the US box office charts.

Fast Five, Thor flag off big summer releases

Fast Five, Thor flag off big summer releases

Rediff.com   29 Apr 2011

THe films are all set to be the next big blockbusters.

Indian American wins Pulitzer for book on cancer

Indian American wins Pulitzer for book on cancer

Rediff.com   19 Apr 2011

Indian-American physician Siddhartha Mukherjee's acclaimed book on cancer, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, has won the prestigious 2011 Pulitzer Prize in the general non-fiction category. According to the Pulitzer citation, the book by the New York-based cancer physician and researcher is "an elegant inquiry, at once clinical and personal, into the long history of an insidious disease that, despite treatment breakthroughs, still bedevils medical science".

Is this decade's most successful horror film?

Is this decade's most successful horror film?

Rediff.com   18 Apr 2011

Made on a shoe-string budget, the Insidious collections is looking very good.

Rio: The first big hit of 2011

Rio: The first big hit of 2011

Rediff.com   11 Apr 2011

Rio rides high on success even before US release.

Court witnesses strength of faith in murder trial

Court witnesses strength of faith in murder trial

Rediff.com   6 Apr 2011

Joseph Mathai Pallipurath looks around quite a bit during the murder trial going on in a court room in Patterson, New Jersey. He looks stoically at the exhibits displayed for the jury. Occasionally, he looks at the ceiling and smiles, and turns to the jurors for a second or two.

Another US state radio-tags 2 Indian students

Another US state radio-tags 2 Indian students

Rediff.com   9 Mar 2011

Electronic tagging is back to haunt students once again in the United States. Two students from the Tri-Valley University, which has been shut down on charges of a massive visa fraud, were radio tagged in Virginia on Tuesday following a meeting with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at Prosperity Avenue in Fairfax.

The fine movies of Colin Firth, Natalie Portman

The fine movies of Colin Firth, Natalie Portman

Rediff.com   1 Mar 2011

The King's Speech and Black Swan aren't the only great work they've done.

Here's how King's Speech will benefit post-Oscars

Here's how King's Speech will benefit post-Oscars

Rediff.com   1 Mar 2011

The film will soon get a new release.

'We are like a firewall; we make things happen'

'We are like a firewall; we make things happen'

Rediff.com   28 Feb 2011

Whether Premendra Chouhan was anywhere near the fabled Eloise Suite at the Plaza Hotel in New York over three months ago when Charlie Sheen trashed it is anybody's guess.

'Let's appreciate what remains of our wilderness'

'Let's appreciate what remains of our wilderness'

Rediff.com   28 Feb 2011

Sandesh Kadur dropped out of a University of Texas hotel management course over five years ago to join the environment protection movement and began to focus on wildlife photography. Today, he is one of the most recognised names in the field.

He died on the road to Tibetan freedom

He died on the road to Tibetan freedom

Rediff.com   28 Feb 2011

Norbu, 45, who died last week in Florida while tackling the day's final two miles of his walking tour to publicise the demand for Tibetan independence from the Chinese, had been active in the Tibetan cause for more than two decades.

Tri-Valley: TANA, consulate pitch in with help

Tri-Valley: TANA, consulate pitch in with help

Rediff.com   26 Feb 2011

Ashok Kolla, chair, student committee, TANA, said last week that seven of the 18 students radio tagged had been relieved of their ankle irons. Peddibhotla said radio tags being removed is the first step in a long battle.

NY: Indian-origin jewellers on trial

NY: Indian-origin jewellers on trial

Rediff.com   26 Feb 2011

Shah and Kankariya, the prosecutors say, sought to use the December 31, 2008 daytime robbery of their money-losing jewelry business, hoping to collect $ 7 million from insurance. The court papers say the dealers were six months behind on rent and had a $ 1 million debt.

'Without guidelines, lawyers can't do much'

'Without guidelines, lawyers can't do much'

Rediff.com   26 Feb 2011

Leaving the United States is the only solution left, felt Sheela Murthy of the Baltimore, Maryland-based Murthy Law Firm, for students of Tri-Valley University, who have been running from one university to another and from one attorney to another since federal authorities raided and shut down the college on January 19.

Radio tags removal just the beginning: Attorneys

Radio tags removal just the beginning: Attorneys

Rediff.com   11 Feb 2011

The removal of tags on two students is only the beginning as the rest 1500 students are still in a quandary whether to stay and risk more money or go back.