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San Francisco Attorney Elected To Top GOP Body
The Republican Party broke through some barriers over its lack of diversity when the California GOP elected an Indian-American to represent the state at the national level. On May 1, Republican Vice...
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Modi’s education record made public to halt row
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party on Monday made public his university degree certificates, in a bid to disprove allegations by a political opponent that he had fabricated his qualifications. Since...
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PM’s degrees produced by BJP fake: AAP
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Ashutosh on Monday said the BA and MA degrees of Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were fake and forged. Pointing out several...
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India is my home, this is where I will die: Sonia
In an emotion-choked voice, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday described herself as “the daughter-in-law of Indira Gandhi” and said she will die only in India. “Yes, I was born in Italy. But in...
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‘Sikh Captain America’ fights intolerance — and Trump
DONALD TRUMP says he wants to make America great again. But in the view of at least one Captain America, the presumptive nominee for president is making America hate again. “Donald Trump has certainly...
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Two-day Cricket Coaching Clinic Held In Queens
A two-day cricket coaching clinic was held for more than a dozen trainers from New York area at the Idlewild Cricket Facilities of Queens United Sports Club in Queens April 30-May 1. The clinic was...
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Indian textbooks delete Nelson Mandela, Jawaharlal Nehru
An independent education panel in the Indian state of Rajasthan caused a firestorm by almost completely erasing the legacy of the country’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, from a draft school...
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An Indian teen was raped by her father. Village elders had her whipped
MAUJE JAWALWADI, India — The teenage girl, dressed in pink, sits in the dirt before six community elders. In a scene captured on a cellphone video, one of the men wags his finger angrily at her. He...
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New Jersey Man Sentenced For Distributing Child Pornography
An Indian-American man from New Jersey was sentenced May 6, to four years in prison for distributing child pornography on the Internet. Nil Choudhury, 27, a resident of Margate, N.J., was arrested in...
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’24’: Tiresome time travel tripe with likeable performance by Suriya
Film: “24”; Director: Vikram Kumar; Cast: Suriya, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Nithya Menen; Rating: ** Be warned. This overblown overbaked sci fi-meets-mythology-meets-Ekta Kapoor saga of time travel is...
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Physicians Stand Out Among 2016 South Asian Ellis Island Awardees
Four Indian American physicians, including Dr. Ajay Lodha, president-elect of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, were among seven South Asian Americans who were last week given...
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All Eyes On Marathoner Fauja Singh At Vaisakhi 5K Run
This time he was not running the race, nonetheless Fauja Singh, believed to be the world’s oldest marathoner at age 105, seemed to be the cynosure of all eyes at the 3rd annual Vaisakhi 5K Run in New...
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Congress wins Uttarakhand trust vote, BJP admits defeat
In a major boost to the Congress, ousted Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Tuesday won the floor test in the Uttarakhand assembly though the result will be officially known only on Wednesday. The...
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Connecticut Teenager Tops Wells Fargo National Essay Contest
A 13-year-old girl from Connecticut was named the 2016 grand prize winner of ‘Succeeding Together’ national essay contest that has been created by Wells Fargo to celebrate the huge impact The First...
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Former Mortgage, Loan Officers Sentenced To Prison
Mohsin Raza, 51, and his wife, Humaira Iqbal, 40, of Woodbridge, Virginia, were sentenced April 29, to 24 months and 15 months in prison, respectively, for conspiracy and wire fraud affecting a...
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South Brunswick Man Charged With Criminal Mischief
Ajinka Kelkar, a 20-year-old resident of South Brunswick who allegedly sought to take a revenge on a man who was dating his ex-girl friend, accidentally targeted the wrong house and caused $10,000 in...
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Woman Who Aided Massive Credit Card Fraud Sentenced
A Philadelphia woman who participated in one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever was sentenced May 6, to 40 months in prison, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Paul J. Fishman announced. Vernina...
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N.Y. Indian Film Festival Features Film World’s Elite and Newbies
The 16th annual New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) held its inaugural gala May 7, at the Skirball Center for Performing Arts. Billed as the oldest, most prestigious Indian film festival in the...
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Most Americans Don’t Agree With Donald Trump: Kal Penn
Indian-American actor Kal Penn, who served in the Barack Obama administration, feels most Americans don’t agree with Republicans’ presumptive nominee Donald Trump’s racist views. “I seriously believe...
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Retired Pakistani Army officers were involved in 26/11: Husain Haqqani
Husain Haqqani, a former Pakistani ambassador to the US, says that an ex-chief of the ISI spy agency had admitted that “some retired Pakistani Army officers” were involved in the 26/11 Mumbai terror...
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