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Brothers Get Lengthy Sentences On H-1B Visa Fraud Convictions
Two Indian-Americans were sentenced by a Texas judge June 3 for committing visa fraud to employ low-cost workers ostensibly for their own IT company, but in fact, circulated them to third parties and...
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California Ignites Higher Political Aspirations After Primary Wins
Three Indian-American candidates for Congress fared well in the June 7 California primaries, opening the door to the potential that more than one political leader from the community will go to Capitol...
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Foundation Honors Trailblazers, Partners With Global Association Of Physicians
The WHEELS Global Foundation, a non-profit started by alumni of India’s Indian Institutes of Technology, held its first fundraising gala June 2 in Maryland, recognizing several “Trailblazers” and...
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Modi’s Speech To Congress Helps Strengthens Ties: Cory Booker
American lawmakers impressed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s June 8 address to Joint Session of the U.S. Congress, said it further cemented ties between the two democracies. Senator Cory...
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Veteran journalist K.K. Katyal dead
Veteran journalist and former Chief of Bureau of The Hindu in New Delhi K.K. Katyal died in a hospital here on Wednesday after a brief illness. He was 88. He is survived by his wife Darshan and...
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‘Udta Punjab’ is not anti-Punjab: Benegal
Acclaimed filmmaker Shyam Benegal has said “Udta Punjab” does not denigrate Punjab and that it’s a “laudable effort” by the filmmakers to bring to light the state’s vulnerability to drug abuse. “It’s...
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Modi Receives Stolen Ganesha Statue At Washington Ceremony
Prime Minister Narendra Modi received several antiquities, including a a statue of Ganesha stolen from India that were returned to the country by U.S. officials at a repatriation ceremony in...
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Indian men given life for gang-rape of Danish tourist
Five Indian men were sentenced to life in prison on Friday for raping a Danish tourist in the heart of New Delhi’s tourist district in 2014, in a case that reignited worries about sexual violence...
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Resistance to India joining nuclear suppliers group softens
A U.S.-led push for India to join a club of countries controlling access to sensitive nuclear technology made some headway on Thursday as several opponents appeared more willing to work towards a...
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Modi Declares India And The United States “Natural Allies”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, denied a visa to enter the United States for nearly a decade, on Wednesday addressed a joint meeting of Congress, declaring that India and the United States are “natural...
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Trains, Rickshaws & Jeeps: Calcutta To Darjeeling
On the Ground in India: Perspectives from American India Foundation’s Clinton Fellows “The train can reassure you in awful places – a far cry from the anxious sweats of doom airplanes inspire, or the...
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Akhil Sharma’s ‘Family Life’ Wins Prestigious European Literary Award
Indian-American author Akhil Sharma has won the 2016 International DUBLIN Literary Award for his novel “Family Life.” The Award is organized and sponsored by Dublin City Council and at 100,000 euros,...
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High Honor For Memorial Sloan Cancer Surgeon Jatin Shah
Dr. Jatin P. Shah, Elliot W. Strong Chair in Head and Neck Cancer Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, who retired earlier this month, was presented a festschrift, a bound...
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Jersey Merchants Association Honored
Jersey City Asian Merchants Association was last week given New Jersey State Governor’s Jefferson Awards for Public Service along with Fountain of Salvation Church for providing 36,000 meals to the...
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Vigil At Diversity Plaza, Queens Honors Orlando Victims
Scores of people, including from the LGBT community, cut across religious lines to hold a vigil in Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights, Queens, June 12 to affirm their unity, deplore extremism and...
View ArticleImpact Of Modi Visit “Compelling” Vision Of Future, Official Says
A top official of the State Department said the impact of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit was a”clear and compelling” vision of the future between the two democratic nations. Nisha...
View ArticleNew York Hedge Fund Manager Charged With Insider Trading
A hedge fund manager of Indian origin has been charged with participating in a stock market insider trading scam involving generic drugs that allegedly netted him at least $25 million in profits,...
View ArticleNita Ambani Nominated For International Olympic Committee
Nita Ambani Nominated For International Olympic Committee Nita Ambani, founder-chairperson of Reliance Foundation, has been nominated as an independent candidate to be a member of the International...
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Texas University Acquires Archive Of Indian Author Raja Rao
The University of Texas at Austin’s Harry Ransom Center has acquired the archive of Indian author and philosopher Raja Rao (1908-2006). Rao, whom the New York Times Book Review in 1964, described as...
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Paris Attack Victim’s Father Sues Twitter, Google, Facebook
The father of a Paris terror attack victim has filed a lawsuit against Twitter, Google and Facebook for allowing Islamic State (IS) to use their platforms to spread terrorist propaganda, the media...
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