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NRI

Shirin Abbas March 28, 2018 0 Comments #Dubai, #Dubaidutyfree, #Lottery

Indian wins USD $1 million in UAE lottery

DUBAI: An Indian man in the UAE has hit a jackpot by winning USD one million in a raffle draw

India World

Shirin Abbas March 27, 2018 0 Comments #AEROFLOT, #ASIANAMERICANS, #RACIALDISCRIMINATION

Russian Airline Sends American Flyers Back to India Because of ‘Skin Colour’

Aeroflot forced five Asian-American passengers to fly to Delhi instead of New York on grounds of their skin colour. Racial

India

Shirin Abbas March 27, 2018 0 Comments

SC Turns Lens on Polygamy, Nikah Halala, AIMPLB ups the ante against Live-Ins

NEW DELHI: All India Muslim Personal Law Board general secretary Maulana Wali Rahmani has remarked that the board will argue

India technology

Shirin Abbas March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 0 Comments #BJP, #CHRISTOPHERWYIE, #Congress, #DATATHEFT, #FACEBOOKDATALEAK, #MARKZUCKERBERG, #RahulGandhi, Narendra Modi

FB data misuse: Whistleblower Reveals Cambridge Analytica Worked Extensively in India

Congress and BJP lock horns on “breach of privacy” New Delhi. While Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook remain in the international

India lifestyle

Shirin Abbas March 26, 2018March 31, 2018 0 Comments #CLAIRESARMADI, #Cousud'Or, #EKAYA, #PALAKSHAH, #PIERRELETZ, #VERONIQUEPOLES, fashion, France

The French connection: Lucknow Chikankari and Benarsi Brocade adorn French wedding gowns

NEW DELHI: It was truly a labor of love– a love affairế between France and India –at the Cousu d’Or (Magical

Interface

Shirin Abbas March 24, 2018March 26, 2018 0 Comments #Congress, #SalmanKhurshid, #tripletalaq, India, politics

TRIPLE TALAQ: Three’s not company-Salman Khurshid

Triple Talaq, or talaq-e-bidat, is one of the most debated issues in the Muslim world. From time immemorial, Islam has

India lifestyle World

Shirin Abbas March 23, 2018March 31, 2018 1 Comment #CLAIRESARMADI, #Cousud'Or, #EKAYA, #Lucknow, #Lucknowchikankari, #NewDelhi, #PALAKSHAH, #PIERRELETZ, #VERONIQUEPOLES, fashion, France

The French connection: Lucknow Chikankari and Benarsi Brocade for French wedding gowns

NEW DELHI: It’s a love affairế between France and India at the Cousu d’Or (Magical Weaving) exhibition that opens over

India

Shirin Abbas March 20, 2018 0 Comments #Iraq, #MissingIndians, #Mosul, #sushmaswaraj, ISIS

All 39 Indians Abducted by ISIS in Mosul Are Dead: Sushma Swaraj

NEWDELHI : A pall of gloom has descended on families of the 39 people missing in Iraq with the External

India

Shirin Abbas March 19, 2018 0 Comments #HINDUCALENDAR, #MACCESHWARTEMPLE, #Mecca

Hindu Mahasabha calendar refers to Mecca as a temple

LUCKNOW: On the occasion of the Hindu New Year, the Hindu Mahasabha, Aligarh, on Sunday released a controversial Hindu New

India

Shirin Abbas March 19, 2018 0 Comments #AIMPLB, #Lucknow, #muslimwomen, #tripletalaq, #TripleTalaqBill

Muslim women lead silent protest against Triple Talaq Bill

The protest was organised by the women wing of All India Muslim Personal Law Board. Lucknow: A sizeable number of

India

Shirin Abbas March 18, 2018March 18, 2018 0 Comments #AmitabhBachchan, #Copyrightlaws, #Harivanshraibachchan, #IndianCopyrightAct, #madhushala

Big B sees red over 60 year-old Indian Copyright law

MUMBAI: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, son of late noted poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, has questioned the stipulation in the copyright

India

Shirin Abbas March 17, 2018 0 Comments #America, #Finland, #happiness, #happinesscurriculum, #norway, #Worldhappinessreport, India

India ‘unhappiest’ in SAARC, Finland bags top spot, ousting Norway World Happiness Report released

NEW DELHI: India is unhappiest among its neighbors according to the annual World Happiness report released ahead of the International

India

Shirin Abbas March 13, 2018 0 Comments #devendrafadnavis, #Mahagovt, #mumbai, KisanMarch

Kisan Long March: Social Media agog with Mumbai’s welcome to farmers

MUMBAI: The 35000 farmers who marched into 180 kilometers from Nashik to Mumbai have left, through two special trains run

India

Shirin Abbas March 13, 2018 0 Comments #BhaktiMovement, #ColumbiaUniversity, #MaharanaMewarAwards2018, #ProfJohnStrattonHawley, #Surdas

Columbia University Prof. Hawley bags top award

UDAIPUR: New Yorker Prof. John Stratton Hawley was on Sunday bestowed the prestigious Col. James Tod Award, the highest honor

Diaspora

Shirin Abbas March 7, 2018April 1, 2018 1 Comment #Diaspora, #InternationalWomensday, #ShobhaTharoorSrinivasan

OF ROOTS AND ROUTES: A MOST INTERESTING JOURNEY

The India Observer is proud to introduce talented Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan in the inaugural article on DIASPORA, a column that

India News

Shirin Abbas March 3, 2018March 15, 2018 0 Comments #BJP, #Meghalaya, #Nagaland, #North East Poll, #TIO, #Tripura, Narendra Modi

BJP sweeps North-East polls

Photo: Indiatoday Modi stops victory speech midway for ‘Azaan’ Victory after victory is a positive sign. This has boosted our

News

Shirin Abbas February 26, 2018March 15, 2018 0 Comments #BonneyKapoor, #Dubai, #FamilyWedding, #JumeirahEmiratesTower, #Sri Devi, #TIO

Sridevi’s death acase of “Accidental drowning”

MUMBAI-DUBAI/ The India Observer HIGHLIGHTS Autopsy says veteran actor drowned in her bathtub: Local media Sridevi had gone to

India

Shirin Abbas February 21, 2018 0 Comments #ancestralproperty, #daughter, #hindumarriage, #son

83-year-old ‘groom’ for 30-year-old bride for want of a son!

Residents of 12 villages near Samrada in Rajasthan turned out to bear witness to this unusual wedding between an 83-year-old

India

Shirin Abbas February 21, 2018February 21, 2018 0 Comments #India-Canada, #JustinTrudeau, #Khalistan

Khalistan shadow mars Justin Trudeau’s India Visit

New Delhi: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will finally be meeting the Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday when

India

Shirin Abbas February 21, 2018February 21, 2018 0 Comments #AIADMK, #DMK, #KamalHaasan, #rajnikanth, #TNpolitics

Kamal Hassan launches political party

Stalin terms him and Rajnikanth “paper flowers”, Kamal Hasan retorts-I am a seed, I will grow! Superstar Kamal Haasan launched his

India

Shirin Abbas February 21, 2018 0 Comments #AreYouInUP, #UPInvestorsSummit

#AreYouInUP is the buzzword as Investors Summit opens in UP

HIGHLIGHTS The two-day event is aimed at showcasing investment opportunities and potential across various sectors in the state This is

Health India

Shirin Abbas February 17, 2018 0 Comments #cryopreservedsemen, #IVFtreatment, #prathmeshpatil, #punewoman, #surrogacy, India

Pune Woman Becomes Granny With Dead Son’s Preserved Semen

Medical science has worked a miracle for a Pune-based woman. Her world had come crashing down when her son succumbed

India

Shirin Abbas February 15, 2018 0 Comments #hatecrime, #hindurashtrasena, #pluralism, #SupremeCourt

SC Warns Courts Against ‘Hate crimes, Religious Bias’

In another case, the Supreme Court maintained that every court has to be mindful of the pluralistic character of the

India

Shirin Abbas February 15, 2018 0 Comments #CrimesagainstWomen, #madhyapradesh, #NirbhayaFund, #Rape, #SupremeCourt

Rape at Rs 6500($101) ‘Are You Doing Charity?’: SC Asks

In a country where nothing seems to be working, hate crimes and religious bigotry are at their peak and crimes

India

Shirin Abbas February 15, 2018 0 Comments #bankingFrauds, #Fraud, #LalitModi, #NiravModi, #PNB, #VijayMallya

Why just Nirav Modi, here’s A List Of Other offenders who fled India after committing fraud

While Vijay Mallya fled to London, Lalit Modi is in UK, Deepak Talwar in UAE and Sanjay Bhandari is reported