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Crowd chants “Modi, Modi” as India PM winds up Silicon Valley tour
Lights flashed and chants of “Modi, Modi” filled the 18,000-seat sports arena in San Jose, California, on Sunday as the Indian premier took the stage for the final event of his Silicon Valley tour,...
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Anti-India protests erupt in Nepal as fuel rationing bites
Protesters marched in Nepal’s capital on Monday carrying an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing their giant neighbour of imposing an economic blockade and meddling in internal...
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Sons of Indian haj victims desperate to know how parents perished
Firojsha Aiyubsha and his two brothers only found out that their parents had died in last week’s stampede during the haj in Saudi Arabia when a boy from their village deep in Gujarat spotted the names...
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The daughter of Divan Ayubsha Bafaisha, 65, and Divan Jubedabibi Aiyubsha, 62, an elderly couple who died in a stampede during the haj last week in Saudi Arabia, weeps inside her parent’s house in...
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Rahul Gandhi, spoiled child of Indian politics: BJP
The BJP on Monday termed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi “a spoilt son of Indian politics” while seeking to know the reason behind his attempts to “hide” his visits. “The way Rahul Gandhi is...
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21st century belongs to India, says Modi as he wows Indian community
San Jose, Sep 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the 21st century belongs to India and the world has begun to acknowledge the fact, as he addressed an 18,000-strong cheering crowd of Indian...
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Demonstrators hold signs in protest against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi before a community receptiion outside SAP Center in San Jose, California September 27. The post appeared first on News...
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Eyes on space, India launches ‘mini-Hubble’
India launched its first space research observatory and several U.S. satellites on Monday, part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s drive to expand his country’s influence in the competitive, $300...
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Maldives president unhurt in boat blast; wife, aides injured
The president of the Maldives was unhurt but his wife and two aides were injured in an explosion on Monday on board their launch as it approached Male, capital of the Indian Ocean archipelago, a...
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Climate change, combating terror top Modi-Obama talks
New York, Sep 28 (IANS) Climate change and cooperation in combating terrorism and boosting defence ties were high on the agenda of talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack...
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Gay Muslim Films Secret Pilgrimage In ‘A Sinner In Mecca’
Among the 2 million Muslims who flock to Saudi Arabia each year for the hajj pilgrimage, Parvez Sharma’s journey stands out. He filmed his 2011 trip despite strict prohibitions against camera use at...
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At The U.N., Obama And Modi Reaffirm Commitments
President Obama met Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sept. 28 on the last leg of the Indian leader’s visit to the U.S. Sept.23-29, for the United Nations General Assembly meetings, and a historic trip to...
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Lending Their Voice To Change Children’s Lives
Hundreds of Indian-Americans, old and young, are looking forward to seeing their singing idols, Sukhwinder Singh and Kanika Kapoor, at the gala Oct. 4 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, but not just for...
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Amputee Climbs Every Mountain For Women’s Empowerment
It takes some chutzpah to climb Mount Everest with all your limbs intact. But Arunima Sinha has an extra dose of that courage accomplishing the climb with just one leg. The 29 year old has many firsts...
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How The West Was Won: Modi Regales Indians In Silicon Valley
Diwali came early to San Jose. Or, so it seemed going by the festive mood at the city’s SAP Center, an indoor stadium, where thousands of exuberant Indians turned up to hear Prime Minister Narendra...
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Gala Held To Fund South Street Seaport Diwali Festival
– NEW YORK The Association of Indians in America, New York Chapter, hosted a benefit gala at the Swan Club in Roslyn, Long Island Sept. 27, in support of its 28th Annual Deepavali Festival scheduled...
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Columbia’s Environmental Engineer Gets MacArthur Genius Award
A graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkie, is among 24 recipients of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation Fellowship for 2015, the foundation announced Sept. 29. Often referred to as...
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Kumar Named Head Of U.S. Maritime Education and Training
An Indian-American has been selected to head the nation’s Maritime Administration’s education and training wing to build the corps of merchant mariners of the country. Shashi Kumar, currently dean of...
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Amputee Climbs Every Mountain For Women’s Empowerment
It takes some chutzpah to climb Mount Everest with all your limbs intact. But Arunima Sinha has an extra dose of that courage accomplishing the climb with just one leg. The 29 year old has many firsts...
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Modi Networks With Who’s Who Of Silicon Valley
Routers, iOS, Android, networks, optical fiber network, or say Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and et al – are not words that usually are in politicians’ lexicon, and spoken – rarely, if at all,...
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