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Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Raman Raghav 2.0′ premieres at Cannes
A Bollywood film based on a real-life serial killer who preyed on victims living on the streets of Mumbai premiered at a sidebar event of the Cannes film festival on Monday. Nawazuddin Siddiqui“Raman...
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Mired in controversy, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar tries to set the record straight
Two weeks ago, I wrote a story about a world-famous Indian guru — the founder of the massively popular Art of Living Foundation — who had stepped into controversy three times in quick succession after...
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Indian government bars another activist from leaving the country
Gladson Dungdung is either a security threat, or the Indian government doesn’t want the attendees of a workshop on environmental politics at the University of Sussex, in England, to hear what he has...
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Two Indian-Americans Among Jonas E. Salk Scholarship Winners
Two Indian-Americans were among eight students who were awarded the prestigious Jonas E. Salk Scholarships for medical study by the City University of New York May 10. The scholarships were given at...
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Indian-Americans In Top Two Percent Of 2016 Rutgers Graduates
When President Barack Obama described Rutgers University in his convocation address May 15 as the “intellectual melting pot where ideas and cultures flow together”, nobody perhaps could agree more...
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First Lady Sports Favorite New York Designer’s Creation At State Dinner
It could have been a teaching moment but instead it was simply a lovely one. Eschewing a dress by a designer with Nordic roots, first lady Michelle Obama wore a blush colored gown with a full skirt...
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Huma Abedin Didn’t Want To See New Documentary On Anthony Weiner
Political-junkie audiences might be eager to parse the details of “Weiner,” the forthcoming documentary about the scandal-plagued 2013 campaign of former U.S. representative Anthony Weiner as he runs...
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Young Artist Wins U.N. Award For Poster On Peace And Nuclear Disarmament
The works of an artist of Indian origin from New York, were selected out of 4,000 entries from around the world, by the United Nations for its Poster for Peace contest. The award was presented May 3...
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Neena Gupta, Rajit Kapoor Win At NYIFF 2016
Actors Neena Gupta and Rajit Kapoor were honored with the Best Actress and Actor award at the 16th annual New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) for their roles in “The Threshold”. Directed by Pushan...
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Indian TV Content Today A Huge Sign Of Worry: Prachi Desai
Shows that are progressive in outlook are the need of the hour on Indian television, says actress Prachi Desai, who feels the content on the far-reaching medium is in a dismal state of affairs. Prachi...
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AAP wins in five wards, Congress bags four in Delhi civic bypolls
The Bharatiya Janata Party, which has been governing the Delhi Municipal Corporations for over eight years now, since before its trifurcation, suffered a major setback losing 10 of the 13 wards to...
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Pakistan sees jihad as low-cost option to bleed India: Haqqani
Prosecution of jihadis in Pakistan is difficult as the system considers them to be “the good guys”, according to Husain Haqqani, Pakistan’s former envoy to the US. Talking about his latest book,...
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Tim Cook kicks off India tour visiting Apple facility
From announcing a Design and Development Accelerator facility in Bengaluru to performing aarti at the famed Shree Siddhivinayak temple and attending a star-studded dinner at Bollywood superstar Shah...
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When a ‘Gabbar Singh’ in Kharagpur came to head AAP
Title: Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party: An Inside Look; Author: Pran Kurup; Publisher: Bloomsbury; Pages: 133; Price: Rs.399 Two things stand out in the book. One, author Pran Kurup does not...
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Obama Nominee Confirmed As U.S. Director Of Asian Development Bank
Swati Dandekar, former Iowa state lawmaker, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate May 17, for the position of U.S. executive director at the Asian Development Bank, an ambassadorial rank position. She was...
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Trinamool, AIADMK retain power, BJP takes Assam, Left Kerala
West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Thursday crushed the opposition and Tamil Nadu’s AIADMK proved exit polls wrong by retaining power in assembly elections, the biggest popularity test after...
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Georgia’s alleged ‘Dr. Death,’ indicted on three counts of murder after 36 of...
The drugs killed Cheryl Pennington, 47, and a 49-year-old father named David Robinson. They got Audrey Austin, too, less than a week after the 29-year-old mother of two left rehab. The substances –...
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Nikki Haley pushes for an inclusive GOP
RICHMOND, Va. – Republican Ed Gillespie brought South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to Virginia this week to help him talk about his plans to run an inclusive, policy-based campaign for governor in 2017....
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Supporters of Trinamool Congress (TMC) celebrate after learning the initial poll results of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata, May 19. The post appeared first on News India Times.
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Calcutta Club Of USA Holds Sanskriti Book Fair In Massachusetts
Hundreds of viewers decked in traditional Indian attire gathered at the Thoreau School in Concord, Massachusetts, last month as Calcutta Club USA, a Concord-based group passionate about the ‘City of...
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