Maryland Mortgage Broker Admits Defrauding Investors, Could Get 20 Years
Sultana Siddiqui, aka “Sultana Ahmad,” 56, of North Potomac, Maryland, pleaded guilty Feb 29, to defrauding unsuspecting investors of hundreds of thousands of dollars that she pocketed and spent on...
View ArticleTowing Company Owner Indicted For Bribing City Council Member
The co-owner of a towing business was named in a federal grand jury indictment returned Feb. 26 that charges him with allegedly paying a bribe to a member of the Huntington Park City Council,...
View ArticleHarvard project aimed at translating ancient text sparks outrage among Hindu...
A group of Sanskrit scholars in India are calling for an American professor working on a groundbreaking project on Indian classics at Harvard University to be removed because of his “deep antipathy”...
View ArticleTop Pakistani religious body rules women’s protection law “un-Islamic”
A powerful Pakistani religious body that advises the government on the compatibility of laws with Islam on Thursday declared a new law that criminalises violence against women to be “un-Islamic.” The...
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View ArticleModi faces voters in five states as reforms slow
Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party will face elections in five states beginning next month, according to a schedule released on Friday, at a time when its approval ratings are slipping and it is under...
View ArticleIndia says U.S. religious freedom body has no right to judge
India on Friday explained its denial of visas for a U.S. government body monitoring international religious freedom by saying the group had no business judging the situation in the country. The U.S....
View ArticleKamala Harris Is One Step Closer To The Hill
California Attorney General Kamala Harris has received an overwhelming endorsement from the state party convention for her Senate run that could vault her on to the national scene, becoming the first...
View ArticleSanders Campaign Finds Fodder With Clinton’s TV Appearance In India On...
In a bid to gain advantage ahead of next week’s Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Bernie Sanders’s campaign is planning to widely distribute a video March 11 showing Hillary Clinton on...
View ArticleOf JNU Radicals, Hypocrites And Anti-nationals
History has seen it repeated time and again. People with ulterior motives and vested interests use genuine issues like human rights, freedom of speech, environment, secularism, tolerance, religious...
View ArticleVermont Assemblywoman Wants To Be An Activist Lt. Governor
Twenty-nine-year-old Kesha Ram, who is running for the office of Lieutenant Governor in Vermont, has already served 8 years in the State House having been elected immediately on graduating from the...
View ArticleGov. Haley Says Trump Win Scary For Republican Party
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, whose thrown her support behind Sen. Marco Rubio for President, dissed his opponent, businessman Donald Trump, the frontrunner in the Republican field. Speaking on...
View ArticleFormer Lok Sabha speaker P.A. Sangma is dead
Former Lok Sabha speaker Purno A. Sangma, who along with Sharad Pawar and Tariq Anwar revolted against Congress president Sonia Gandhi in 1999, died here on Friday morning following a heart attack. He...
View ArticleFrom the cauldron of secession charges, a leader is born
On a dark Thursday night in the noisy JNU campus, when Kanhaiya Kumar called for “azaadi”, the student leader little known before his jail term on seemingly fallacious sedition charges appeared to be...
View ArticleMore than 40 percent of India’s women confined to domestic work
Women are among the most excluded groups in India, with almost 43 percent of working-age women confined to domestic work, while many who do work outside the home face exploitation and low pay,...
View ArticlePreity Zinta Confirms She Is Married
Bollywood actress Preity Zinta has confirmed that she has given up her ‘Miss’ tag by marrying her American beau Gene Goodenough. The dimpled beauty made the announcement on her official social media...
View ArticlePriyanka Chopra Beats Jimmy Fallon At Wing-eating Contest
ABC’s Quantico Star Priyanka Chopra, who appeared on “The Tonight Show” Starring Jimmy Fallon March three, beat the latter when the host got her to take part in a New York City-style wing-eating...
View ArticleKarishma, estranged husband said to nearing divorce settlement
The Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday that both Bollywood actress Karishma Kapoor and her estranged husband Sanjay Kapur have agreed on all terms of settlement for parting ways and only they have...
View ArticleGathering Encourages Solidarity With Muslims In DuPage County
???????????????????????????????????? More than 1,000 people turned out for the DuPage County for “Solidarity with Muslims” Campaign Feb. 28, at Shalimar Banquets in Addison, Illinois. The program...
View ArticleAmerican Telugu Association Holds Precursor Gala For ATA Convention
The American Telugu Association hosted a grand ‘ATA DAY’ gala with overflowing guests packed to the capacity at the grand ballroom in Sheraton Hotel in Lisle, Illinois Feb. 27. The gala was held as a...
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