Namrata Brar

Nirav Modi, Linked To $1.6 Billion Fraud, Staying In This New York Hotel

India News | Written by Namrata Brar | Friday February 16, 2018

Billionaire diamond merchant Nirav Modi, who is being investigated in connection with a Rs 11,300 crore Punjab National Bank scam, has been traced to an apartment in New York's Manhattan. Sources have told NDTV that Mr Modi is staying in a luxurious suite at JW Marriott's Essex House, a short walk away from his Madison Avenue jewellery retail store...

Hike Minimum Salary Of H1-B Visa Holders, Says US Congress Committee

India News | Reported by Namrata Brar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday November 16, 2017

The US Congress is trying to pass a law that could make life tougher for companies hiring workers on H1-B visa, which is popular among Indian IT professionals. The proposed law involves a substantial hike in minimum salary -- from $60,000 to $90,000. It also makes it impossible to replace Americans with workers brought in under H1-B visa.

Latest From Shivraj Chouhan: Indore's Road Better Than Washington DC

India News | Written by Namrata Brar | Sunday October 29, 2017

Panned for his recent declaration that roads in Madhya Pradesh were superior than those in the US, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, while talking to NDTV, reiterated that he would prefer the Super Corridor to reach the Indore Airport than take the road from the Washington DC Airport to the city.

In US Congress, Concern Over Gauri Lankesh Murder, Threat To Kancha Ilaiah

India News | Reported by Namrata Brar, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Monday October 16, 2017

The murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh and the threats to Dalit author Kancha Ilaiah, including one by a Parliamentarian of India's ruling coalition, have not gone unnoticed even halfway across the world.

Following Right Economic Policy, Not Populism: Arun Jaitley To NDTV

India News | Written by Namrata Brar | Sunday October 15, 2017

Amid intense criticism over the government's handling of the economy, Finance Ministry Arun Jaitley told NDTV that the Centre is following the "right economic policy", adding that it didn't indulge in populism

India Counters Pak's Fake Photo With One Of Army Man Killed By Terrorists

India News | Reported by Namrata Brar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday September 26, 2017

India had a photograph to show the United Nations General Assembly on Monday -- that of Ummer Fayaz, the young army officer who had been dragged out of a wedding party and gunned down by terrorists in Kashmir in May this year.

From Sushma Swaraj At UN, A Measured Rebuttal To Trump's Jab At India

India News | Reported by Namrata Brar, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Sunday September 24, 2017

Reiterating India's commitment to the Paris Climate Accord, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said India's unflinching backing for the climate change pact was an outcome of a philosophy that was at least 5,000 years old. "This is not because we are afraid of any power, influenced by friend or foe, or tempted by some imagined greed," she de...

Amid Sushma Swaraj's Takedown Of Pakistan At UN, A Veiled Dig At China

India News | Reported by Namrata Brar, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Sunday September 24, 2017

Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj was unsparing in her attacks on Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi at the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, mercilessly lampooning PM Abbasi's speech that had pointed fingers at India. But the Foreign Minister didn't miss the opportunity to take a thinly-veiled dig at China as well, the veto-wie...

We Made IITs, Pakistan Made Lashkar, Says Sushma Swaraj At UN: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Namrata Brar, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Sunday September 24, 2017

In a takedown of Pakistan for its non-stop support to terrorism, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday dismissed Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's accusations of violating human rights, telling the United Nations General Assembly, "Look who is talking". "We are completely engaged in fighting poverty; alas our neighbour Pakistan se...

'Pakistan Is Terroristan', India Says In Strong Reply To Pak PM At UN

India News | Reported by Namrata Brar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday September 22, 2017

Pakistan is now "Terroristan", India has said in a formidable rebuttal at the UN to Pakistani prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi calling for a special envoy to Kashmir while alleging that the "struggle of the people in the region is being brutally suppressed by India".

A PM Modi Idea That Rahul Gandhi Wishes Congress Had

India News | Reported by Namrata Brar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday September 20, 2017

Rahul Gandhi, speaking at the Princeton University on Tuesday, confessed that the Narendra Modi government's "Make in India" is one policy that he wished his Congress party had introduced, although with tweaks.

Donald Trump Bats For Reform In United Nations, Says US Will Help

World News | Reported by Namrata Brar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday September 18, 2017

US President Donald Trump, once a harsh critic of the United Nations Security Council, took a measured tone today and called for reforms in the body - a view India has taken for long. Addressing a meeting on UN reforms a day ahead of his address at the General Assembly, President Trump said he encouraged member states to strike out for change and n...

Ban On Masood Azhar, Security Council Seat Top India's List At UN Meet

India News | Written by Namrata Brar | Sunday September 17, 2017

India is expected to press for ban on Jaish-e Mohammad chief Masood Azhar at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly, indicated Syed Akbaruddin, India's ambassador to the UN. Last year, China had blocked India's efforts for a ban on the terror chief at the UN. But at the summit of BRICS - a block of emerging economies including Brazil, Russia, Ind...

Indian Doctor Chased, Stabbed To Death in Kansas, Allegedly By Patient

Indians Abroad | Reported by Namrata Brar, Uma Sudhir and Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday September 15, 2017

A 57-year-old doctor from Telangana was stabbed to death at his clinic in Kansas, US, on Wednesday. Achutha Reddy, a psychiatrist, was found with multiple wounds in an alley behind his clinic in East Wichita. One of his patients, a 21-year-old Indian-American, has been arrested and charged with first degree murder.

'Absolutely Ready To Take Charge,' Says Rahul Gandhi At US University

India News | Written by Namrata Brar | Tuesday September 12, 2017

Rahul Gandhi began his two-week US tour with an address to students at University of California's Berkeley today, attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP and also saying that he is "absolutely ready" to take charge of his party.