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Muslim leader under fire for supporting female genital mutilation
The leader of the only South Asian Muslim community known to practice female genital mutilation (FGM) came under criticism on Friday by campaigners who accused him of urging followers to continue the...
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Vijay Mallya resigns from Rajya Sabha
Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, whose passport has been revoked by the government, on Monday resigned from the Rajya Sabha. He sent his resignation to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari on Monday, sources...
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Man Beaten By Youth Yelling ‘ISIS” And Carrying Iron Pipe, Baseball Bat
A young man of Indo-Caribbean origin was attacked by several youth in Astoria, Queens, N.Y., last week, shouting “ISIS, ISIS” and punching and beating him. Police are describing it as a bias crime,...
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Padma Lakshmi Named 2016 Ellis Island Honoree
Padma Lakshmi, host of popular reality show ‘Top Chef’, added a new feather to her cap last week when the author and model was named a recipient of 2016 Ellis Island Medal of Honor. According to the...
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Lovely to meet funny, charming Barack Obama: Priyanka
Actress Priyanka Chopra was elated to meet the “very funny and charming” US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner here. The 33-year-old...
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Bangladeshi Street Vendors In Jackson Heights Hold May Day Rally
Over 50 street vendors, joined by construction, domestic, retail shop, and restaurant workers held a rally and a march in Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights on May Day in honor of the International...
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Stalking Woman From Delhi To New York Lands Man In Jail
Jitender Singh of Delhi never stopped chasing the girl he wanted to marry even after she spurned his marriage proposal when both of them were studying in college in Delhi in 2006. Last week,...
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Queens High School Student Wins Congressional District Art Contest
Samiya Fagun, a Bangladeshi student at Newtown High School in Elmhurst, Queens, has been crowned the winner of the fourth annual Congressional District Art Contest, known locally as Meng art contest...
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Former Jana Sangh president Balraj Madhok dead
Balraj Madhok, a founder leader of the erstwhile Bharatiya Jana Sangh who was later sacked from the party, died here on Monday, his associates said. He was 96. Madhok, who had been ill for some days,...
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‘India, Pakistan were poised to sign peace treaty, but US played spoiler’
India and Pakistan had agreed on a peace and no-war treaty and were on the verge of signing it in July 1984 before Pakistan President Zia ul-Haq, who had even dismissed any need to discuss Kashmir,...
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AAP Leader Visits Chicago To Garner Support For Party
The Chicago Chapter of Aam Aadmi Party held a meet-and-greet session with Sukhpal Singh Khaira senior party leader from Punjab, April 28. Khaira who is a former member of the Punjab Pradesh Congress...
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Indian Consulate Holds Visa And OCI Camp In Michigan
As part of the consular outreach activities, a consular camp in collaboration with Michigan Indian American Democratic Caucus was organized by the Consulate General of India, Chicago April 24 at...
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Cultural Group’s Vaisakhi Program Showcases Heart Of Punjab
The Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago presented its flagship annual event “Rangla Punjab 2016” to celebrate Vaisakhi festival April 23 at Meadows Club Banquet Hall in Rolling Meadows, Ill with...
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Wearing Heart On Their Sleeves At Gujarat Day Celebration
Thousands of miles away from their home state, Gujaratis in the Tristate area celebrated Gujarat Day at the Indian Consulate May 2, reminiscing the birth of the state that was officially created May...
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Multicultural Holi Hai In Manhattan And Brooklyn
Thousands of men, women and children, crowded into Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in mid-town Manhattan April 30, to enjoy the festival of colors in what organizers see as a trend toward globalization of the...
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Gujarat And Maharashtra Day Celebrated At Times Square
In the first such joint celebration both Gujarat Day and Maharashtra Day, which fall on May 1, were observed through colorful dances and music in Times Square May 1. The two-hour event on the corner...
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Lovely To Meet Funny, Charming Barack Obama: Priyanka
Actress Priyanka Chopra was elated to meet the “very funny and charming” U.S .President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner here. The 33-year-old...
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A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man covers his face as an earthen pot with burning “Upale” (or dried cow dung cakes) rests on his head during a prayer ceremony at the Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Ujjain, May 2. The...
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Brutal rape, murder of a woman in Kerala sparks protests
CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hundreds of people in Kerala took to the streets on Tuesday to demand a fast investigation into the rape, murder and mutilation of a woman whose death has...
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Rise in girls living on Mumbai’s streets raises trafficking concerns
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Girls make up almost half the street children in Mumbai, a steep increase in recent years, according a local charity which says life on the streets puts girls at...
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