A pilgrim, identified as Muhammad, said, "We had to go to the Holy Haram early in the morning without a wash. We thought our complaints would be attended to by the time we returned. But we found that our complaints fell on deaf ears."
Chanting slogans of "Modi Modi" and India-US friendship, Indian Americans walked in a procession for over an hour towards the historic Lincoln Memorial where the participants busted into an impromptu dance.
A group of community leaders met Dr Devyani Khobragade on Monday at the Indian consulate in New York and offered the support of the people.
Henry Jardine has said the issue is no longer controversial in the US.
The US said the exercise had given it an opportunity to highlight some of the most sophisticated systems of its arsenal.
Getting a US visa can be a relatively simple process. But there always are a few queries pertaining to the basic procedure. We answer them here.
The US is keeping a close watch on the developments in the IT sector in West Bengal, which has just witnessed the formation of an union affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions.
Richard Sherman, Deputy Consul General, New Delhi, has advice you can use.
You may have many questions on how the new system works. We invited Richard Sherman, deputy consul general, New Delhi to chat with readers.
Words of advice from Peter G Kaestner, US Consul General, New Delhi.
A special commission has been set up by Germany's western city of Essen for a thorough probe into the gurdwara explosion.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Purshottam Rupala was not granted visa to attend the World Gujarati Conference
Admissions for Dhirubhai Ambani International School & Rishi Valley School
It will also reduce such charges for other categories and adjust the consular exchange rate.
A group of eminent Indian Americans in Silicon Valley has held a special meeting with senior officials of the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation and police and told that the United States soil is being used for terrorist activities against India.
The US move came after the Justice Department said that hackers working with the Chinese government targeted firms developing vaccines for the coronavirus and stole hundreds of millions of dollars worth of intellectual property and trade secrets from companies across the world.
September 11 is a "stark reminder" of the continuing threat of terrorism and the world must unite against this menace, India's Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said, as he paid homage to the victims of the terror attacks at the 9/11 Memorial here.
On Sunday, August 9, over 400 California-based community leaders from various organisations and inter-faith groups gathered under the Indo-American Community of West Coast USA banner, some of whom were the first to sign up for the event.
In an important decision, the new government in Maharashtra on Thursday announced lifting of the stay on the construction of Mumbai Metro-3 car shed at the controversial site in the Aarey Colony, a green belt in the city's western suburbs.
Singh and Bhatia were swimming in the lake when a sudden current of water pushed them deeper.
Control Rooms have been set up in Indian Haj Mission, Makkah, Consulate General of India, Jeddah, and the Indian Embassy in Riyadh
Maoist rebels in Nepal reportedly plan to create a 'revolutionary zone' with the help of ultras drawn from Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal.
The United Nations on Friday said it has received official notification from India to register diplomat Devyani Khobragade, who was arrested on visa fraud charges, as a member of the country's Permanent Mission and the request will be processed according to "standard procedures".
The Bell of Hope rings every time terror strikes any part of the world. The City of London gifted this bell to the City of New York a year after the attacks of 9/11. On November 3, St Paul's Chapel invited India's Deputy Consul General Dr A M Gondane to ring the Bell of Hope following the terror attacks in Mumbai.
The programme is not targeted at any country or region, and US visa offices in Frankfurt (Germany), Brussels (Belgium), San Salvador (El Salvador) and Guatemala were the first posts to begin the programme in September last year.
Japan, the fourth largest investor in the country, on Wednesday expressed keenness to increase its trade and investment ties with India.
Claims of a spike in poverty and inequality in India during the Covid-19 pandemic are patently false as such claims are based on uncomparable different surveys, according to a paper co-authored by eminent economist Arvind Panagariya. The paper also noted that inequality fell in the country during Covid years, both in rural and urban areas as well as nationally. Panagariya, Columbia University Professor and former vice chairman of NITI Aayog and Vishal More of Intelink Advisors, New Delhi have co-authored a detailed paper 'Poverty and Inequality in India: Before and After Covid-19'.
The new factory of the Chennai-based Sundram Fasteners Limited, its first overseas venture, was inaugurated in Haiyan county in China on Friday.
The State Bank of India, the country's largest commercial bank, will open its first branch in Australia this week to further promote trade and economic cooperation between the two countries.
Peter G Kaestner, US Consul General, New Delhi, answers visa-related queries.
