The Japanese steamship Komagata Maru, carrying 376 immigrants, mostly Sikhs, from India was denied entry by the Canadian government in May 1914 and was forced to return to India.
An IIT Roorkee graduate, Chandran joins a distinguished group of 24.
The family has said that since investigations are still on, the cause of death is still undecided.
Saif and Amrita Singh's daughter makes her Bollywood debut opposite Sushant Singh Rajput.
A man was arrested outside White House for attempting to scale a bicycle barrier at the main fence.
This year, there was no Pulitzer awarded for drama.
Rajiv Chandrasekaran wrote Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Baghdad's Green Zone, based on his days as the Washington Post's correspondent in Baghdad. It was made into a movie, starring Matt Damon.
The journey of getting used to a new way of life -- without domestic help, without the necessity of dressing up to step out and just staying cooped up indoors -- has been out of the ordinary, equal parts good, bad and ugly.
Tiwana said he was still trying to deal with the shock of the violent attack by four Caucasian teens while he was out on an evening walk on Tuesday with his wife Surjit Kaur.
NASA says the Discovery shuttle will be on the most complex mission yet -- to give the International Space Station a new electricity system. The STS-116 will drop off Sunita for a six-month stay at the space lab.
Happy Feet is fast becoming a big hit in the US.
And Sara has not even made her debut yet!
A hearing in the matter is scheduled for April 12 in downtown Vancouver. Bhandal's society as well as the Akali Singh and Guru Nanak Sikh temples support his petition. Sangha earned a PhD in environmental science in Germany.
India Abroad -- the newspaper published from New York and owned by Rediff.com -- releases a special edition honouring the 11 winners of the India Abroad Person of the Year Award.
Reyat, a former Duncan electrician, could be imprisoned for an additional 14 years if convicted of perjury.
He was most recently credited as one of the brains behind labour law reforms in Rajasthan
Sixth seed Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia, eighth seed Francesca Schiavone of Italy and India's Sania Mirza moved into the second round of the $1.3 million Qatar Open on Monday.
'The poetry of the earth is never dead,' John Keats once wrote. But when Keats wrote these lines, man had no way of reaching up to the hem of the sky and gaze down upon earth.
Inderjit Singh Reyat, convicted bomb-maker in the 1985 Air India bombing case, has been charged with perjury arising from his testimony during the Kanishka trial.
"Moreover, PBD has a lot to do with government and each government takes advantage of it and utilises it for its vested interest."
The Glee star passed away in his hotel room on July 13.
Brand India should have more ambassadors. They should be people and opinion makers like the CEOs of top companies.
Sri Srinivasan could become the first Indian-American to be on the bench of the US Supreme Court.
Trained to remain aboard the space station until July, Williams will also join space station commander Mike Lopez-Alegria for three spacewalks early in 2007.
The World Happiness Report published on Wednesday ranked 156 countries by happiness levels, based on factors such as life expectancy, social support and corruption.
With these three recipients, 48 eminent people have been conferred the award so far.
Following their passion paid off for Harsh Jain and Bhavit Sheth with their fantasy sports platform Dream11 entering the unicorn club with a valuation of over $1 billion.
Continuing his campaign of reaching out to less privileged sections, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Mhow in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, the birthplace of Dr BR Ambedkar around whose work and ideology struggles of the suppressed classes are centred.
Here is all you need to know about the virus, its symptoms and how you can prevent it.
Economists have said if a stimulus is needed it should be different from what was provided in 2008-09, when the economy faced the ripple effects of a global meltdown following the Lehman Brothers collapse.
Retinoids can cure skin issues, but they can harm too, says Dr Syed Nazim Hussain.
