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Indian jewellers strike gold in Nepal
Kathmandu, Sep 16 At Kedarnath Road in Muzaffarpur town of India's Bihar state, the Sarafs are still remembered as a family of jewellers. But in Nepal, the family business has undergone a sea change, striking gold in the Nepali silver screen.
Malaysian Indian may invest in India
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 10 An ethnic Indian, rated as the second richest Malaysian, may invest $250 million in a power production venture in India.
Indian-origin pilot marries Chinese colleague
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 16 Two fighter pilots — one of Indian origin and the other of Chinese origin — of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) have got married in one of the military's first inter-racial weddings.
PIO to address Malaysian forum
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 11 Virgin Group founder and chairman Richard Branson and US-based Indian management guru Anil Gupta will address a forum here next month.
Dhaka gets $1 bn loan from India
Dhaka, Aug 9 Bangladesh on August 7 inked a $1 billion loan agreement with India to finance several projects in the country.
Bollywood choreographer to start school in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 9 Indian actress Tabu is among the Bollywood stars who are here to promote choreographer Saroj Khan's dance academy that will open the doors to Malaysian students in September.
Four S Asian nations to allow mutual transit
Dhaka, Aug 9 An exchange of letters by this year-end among four South Asian nations — India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan — will formalise arrangements that will allow transit into each others’ territories.
Indian is Malaysia's first woman mridhangam player
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 4 An ethnic Indian teenager in Malaysia has qualified as a mridhangam player, becoming the first woman to specialise in playing the traditional South Indian drum.
Indian-origin man becomes road safety envoy
Kuala Lumpur, July 26 An Indian-origin man who lost his arm in a road accident in Malaysia has turned into a road safety ambassador, urging public to use helmets and drive carefully.
73-yr-old Indian runs Malaysian race
Kuala Lumpur, July 19 A 73-year-old Malaysian-Indian woman has become the oldest participant in an annual running competition in Malaysia.
Ethnic Indian wins Malaysian golf tournament
Kuala Lumpur, July 19 An ethnic Indian has won Malaysia's golf tournament Negri Sembilan Masters Invitational, becoming the first Malaysian to win it.
Nations pledge to double tiger count
Bali Island (Indonesia), July 15 Thirteen nations, including India, on Wednesday agreed to step up their conservation efforts with the aim of doubling the wild tiger population by 2022, officials said.
'India an important partner'
Beijing, July 6 Premier Wen Jiabao has said that China regards India as an important strategic partner and the two countries would 'take care of each other's core interests and major concerns'.
Malaysian Indian party elects new chief
Kuala Lumpur, June 15 A party espousing the cause of ethnic Indians in Malaysia has elected new office bearers, ending the uncertainty following the election of its last chief being held invalid by the Registrar of Societies in 2008.
Sri Lanka's president to visit India
Colombo, June 7 Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is to begin a three-day visit to India on Tuesday and will meet with his counterpart Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.
Malaysians to graduate in Indian music
Kuala Lumpur, June 7 Come August and Malaysia will see the first batch of graduates and diploma holders in Indian classical music trained at a state-of-the-art school affiliated to an Indian University.
India pays tribute to Buddha's bard in Nepal
Kathmandu, June 4 Chittadhar Tuladhar, one of Nepal's best-loved ethnic authors who wrote an epic on Gautam Buddha, will receive a fresh lease of life nearly two decades after his death, with India funding a museum on him here.
‘India, China should cooperate’
Shanghai, May 31 India and China need to develop models of economic cooperation, which will take into account each other's concerns, President Pratibha Patil said here on Monday.
Chinese throng to see Indian dances
Shanghai, May 31 'I have never seen such crowds!' said an excited Delhi-based choreographer as the Chinese poured in for the Indian classical dance performances her team put up for visiting President Pratibha Patil at the India pavilion of the 2010 World Expo here.
Patil unveils Tagore bust in Shanghai
Shanghai, May 31 President Pratibha Patil on May 30 unveiled a bust of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore on a busy road in Shanghai to mark the poet's visit to the city 86 years ago.
President dedicates temple to China
Luoyang (China), May 29 Visiting Indian President Pratibha Patil on Saturday dedicated a Buddhist temple, built with Indian assistance, to the Chinese people.
‘India to deepen ties with China’
Beijing, May 29 India wants to 'deepen, expand and diversify' relations with China, President Pratibha Patil informed Chinese leader Jia Qinglin on Friday.
President meets Chinese premier
Beijing, May 28 Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil was on Thursday extended a warm welcome here by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who called her visit one of 'great significance' at a time when India and China are 'celebrating 60 years of diplomatic ties'.
China to establish Tagore gallery in Kolkata
Beijing, May 28 As India has begun year-long celebrations of the 150th birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, China announced it will establish a gallery in Kolkata in remembrance of the bard who had visited Beijing in 1924.
Everest's youngest hero returns
Kathmandu, May 28 When he quietly flew out of Kathmandu last month with the aim of conquering Mt Everest, the highest peak in the world, very few people outside his family and circle of friends knew of Arjun Vajpai.
India pavilion at Shanghai gets huge footfall
Beijing, May 22 The India pavilion has become one of the hottest spots at the Shanghai World Expo with average 25,000 visitors every day thronging the stalls of Indian handicrafts and cuisine and jiving on Bollywood songs and dance.
Delhi schoolboy summits Mt. Everest
Kathmandu, May 22 A doughty schoolboy from New Delhi added yet another feat to the annals of mountaineering by becoming the youngest Indian to climb Mt. Everest, the world's highest peak, on Saturday.
Thousands expected at Malaysian temple event
Kuala Lumpur, May 11 More than 20,000 Hindus are expected to attend the consecration ceremony of the 105-year-old Sri Maha Mariamman temple in Malaysia.
Senatorship for Malaysian Indian
Kuala Lumpur, April 29 Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) deputy president G. Palanivel is among four people who will be made senators, it was announced on Wednesday.
Bollywood huge draw in Sri Lanka
Colombo, April 26 Sri Lankans are huge fans of Bollywood. With the long-drawn battle with the LTTE ended, people of this emerald island are now enjoying the fantasies Bollywood sells and encouraging Indian filmmakers to shoot in the country.
Another Indian joins Malaysian by-poll
Kuala Lumpur, April 17 V.S. Chandran, a businessman of Indian origin, Saturday joined the fray for a Malaysian parliamentary by-poll.
Malaysian state grants $5.2 mn for Tamil schools
Kuala Lumpur, April 16 Malaysia's Selangor state has set aside an additional $5.2 million for the development of 97 Tamil schools in the next five years, executive councillor Xavier Jayakumar announced on Friday.
Malaysian PM greets Tamils, Sikhs on New Year
Kuala Lumpur, April 14 Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak on Wednesday greeted Tamils and Sikhs on their New Year.
Indian composer wants to open school in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, April 14 Popular south Indian composer Vijay Anthony wants to open a music college in Malaysia to train budding musicians.
'Hindi-Chini bhai bhai', says China daily
Beijing, April 7 China and India must 'play a bigger role in the world' and 'leave behind their past friction and look to the future', a leading Chinese daily said on Wednesday.
Malaysian academy to train Hindu priests
Ipoh (Malaysia), April 5 Malaysia's first academy to train Hindu priests will conduct a five-year course developed in consultation with similar institutions in India, a Minister said.
‘We won't neglect Indian community’
Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia), April 5 Indians who had made significant contribution to Malaysia's Sabah state would not be neglected, Chief Minister Musa Aman has assured the community.
Hong Kong compensates for death of Indian-origin lawyer
Hong Kong, April 3 The hospital authority in Hong Kong has agreed to pay compensation to an author after the death of his Indian-origin wife 10 years ago sparked off allegations of racism.
Libraries mooted to educate Malaysian Indians
Kuala Lumpur, March 30 Hindu temples throughout Malaysia should set up libraries to allow devotees to gain knowledge of Indian customs and traditions, an ethnic Indian Minister has said.
Malaysian Indians returning to ruling alliance
Kuala Lumpur, March 22 Two years after they moved away during the March 2008 election, Malaysia's nearly two million ethnic Indians are returning to the ruling alliance Barisan Nasional (BN), according to Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president S. Samy Vellu.
Reliance to help restore Japanese classics
Tokyo, March 18 Reliance MediaWorks has signed a deal with Imagica Corp, one of Japan's largest lab and post-production companies, to restore Japanese classics.
Malaysian PM assures all help to Telugu community
Kuala Lumpur, March 16 Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has assured all help to the Telugu community on the occasion of the Ugadi New Year celebrations on Tuesday.
Teaching is my mission: India-trained Bangladeshi dancer
Dhaka, March 15 A scholarship from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and training at the Rabindra Bharati University in Kolkata has made Bangladeshi classical dancer Arpita Shome resolve that she will pass on the art to others.
Malaysian Sikhs observe Nanakshahi New Year
Kuala Lumpur, March 15 Sikhs in Malaysia observed a low key New Year, as per the Nanakshahi calendar named after the founder of the faith Guru Nanak.
Malaysian Indian businessmen seek 100,000 workers
Kuala Lumpur, March 15 Malaysia's Indian business community says it needs a foreign workforce of 100,000 as it has exhausted avenues for hiring locals.
Scholarships for NRIs, PIOs announced
Kuala Lumpur, March 11 New Delhi has announced scholarships for the Indian diaspora for undergraduate studies in India during 2010-11.
Temple in Malaysia adopts school
Kuala Lumpur, March 3 The managing committee of a Hindu temple in Malaysia has adopted a school for people of Indian origin. The move has been welcomed by a newspaper that has urged other shrines to emulate it.
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