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India To Ban Commercial Surrogacy, Ending A Lucrative Business
India’s government has cleared the way for a measure that would ban all commercial surrogacy in the country, allowing only close family relatives to become surrogate mothers. The proposed measure is a...
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Becoming World No.1 Is Ultimate Goal, Says Olympian Sindhu
Basking in Olympic glory, star shuttler Pusarla Venkata Sindhu has now set her eyes on the World Superseries, the only trophy missing from her cabinet, while becoming the World No.1 remains her...
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Indian man carries wife’s body for miles
Dana Majhi said he had to carry his wife’s body for miles after she died and the hospital in Odisha, India, said it could not provide transportation for her body. For more than six miles, Dana Manjhi...
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Deepika Padukone Makes It To World’s Highest Paid Actresses List
Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, who is set to make her Hollywood debut, has already landed a spot in a list of the world’s highest paid actresses, with earnings of $10 million. The list also...
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Delhi court grants bail to JNU leader Kanhaiya Kumar
A court here on Monday granted regular bail to Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and two others accused in a sedition case after Delhi Police didn’t oppose...
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Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar among highest paid
Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson topped a Forbes magazine list of the world’s highest paid actors on Thursday with an estimated 2016 payday of $64.5 million. Johnson, 44, knocked Robert Downey Jr....
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Diwali Stamp: ‘I Never Thought It Would Be So Hard,’ Rep. Maloney
For the last 7 years since she took up the cause of the Diwali stamp, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., has pushed every possible button to make it happen. She told News India Times about her efforts...
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Hard-fought Campaign For Diwali Stamp Finally Pays Off
Since the year 2000, Indian-Americans from all walks of life pursued the United States Postal Service to issue a stamp commemorating Diwali, the festival of lights that hundreds of millions of Hindus,...
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Curfew lifted from Kashmir after 51 days
Authorities on Monday lifted curfew from Kashmir after 51 days since the ongoing unrest began on July 9, officials said. “Curfew has been lifted from the entire Valley. But, it will remain in force in...
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India vs Windies second T20I abandoned, Dhoni’s men lose series
The second match of the two-match Twenty20 International (T20I) between India and the West Indies here on Sunday was called off due to rain, leading to the latter clinch the cricket series 1-0. After...
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Will Smith silently flew into Mumbai without anyone noticing. And then he went to a party at Akshay Kumar’s home on Sunday. The post appeared first on News India Times.
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Huma Abedin splitting from former congressman Anthony Weiner
Hillary Clinton’s long-serving aide Huma Abedin announced Monday that she is separating from her husband, former congressman Anthony Weiner, who resigned under pressure in 2011 after sending...
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Cricket Makes Historic Comeback In The U.S.
More than 15,000 people, a majority of them of Indian origin, came from around the country in planes, trains and automobiles, to Lauderhill, Florida, to watch their favorite game played by the...
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Sanders Endorses Peter Jacob For Congress From N.J.’s District 7
While Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders ceded his bid for the presidential nomination to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, he is continuing his “political revolution” pressing the establishment...
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9/11 Memorial Museum Docent To Run For Jersey City Board Of Education
An Indian-American business professional, who is one of the 180 certified 9/11 historian docents has announced he is running for the Jersey City Board of Education in New Jersey, news reports said....
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Prayers Held For Pramukh Swami Across Tristate Area
Hundreds of grieving men, women and children gathered at Swaminarayan temples over two dozen locations across the Tri-state Aug, 21 to hold prayers in remembrance and honor of Pramukh Swami Maharaj,...
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Janmashtami Block Party In Queens Draws Thousands
The Radha Govind Dham New York in Glen Oaks, Queens, celebrated annual Janmashtami block party with over 4,000 devotees attending the event Aug. 25. The organizers said this was the biggest such party...
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Siyona Mishra Wins South Asian Spelling Bee
Siyona Mishra of Orlando, Fla. correctly spelled the word “zubrowka”, meaning a dry straw- colored liqueur of vodka flavored with herbs during the 2016 MassMutual South Asian Spelling Bee finals to...
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Radha Govinda Temple In Brooklyn Celebrates Janmashtami
With continuous chanting of ‘Hare Krishna, Krishna Hare’ evening through midnight, and a variety of soulful bhajans in praise of Lord Krishna, the Brooklyn temple of the International Society for...
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U.S. says will look into India’s visa concerns
U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker said on Tuesday she would look into India’s concerns over a hike in visa fee for professionals. New Delhi has protested against the hike, which it says is a...
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