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Malayalee Community Celebrates Onam Across Tristate Area
SAMSUNG CSC Onam, Kerala’s biggest and the most important festival, was celebrated across the tristate area last week with hundreds of people from the community attending the event which is associated...
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New Yorker Magazine Says Sania Mirza Helps Open Door For Indian Women In Sports
If women in India today are not discouraged as much as they used to be from participating in high-level sports, part of the credit should go to Sania Mirza, the Indian professional tennis player who...
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ISKCON’s 50th Anniversary Rath Yatra Attracts Thousands In Chicago
More than 2,000 people gathered for the Rath Yatra festival Sept. 17 at the Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago as part of the national kickoff celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the International...
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Eye On India Festival Features Contemporary Indian Literary Writers
The 6th Eye On India Festival under the leadership of Anuradha Behari collaborated with The Poetry Foundation and the Chicago Public Library to feature a yearly one-of-a- kind literary event “Words on...
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Multi-ethnic Task Force Holds Reception On Illinois Congressman’s Birthday
The 7th Congressional District’s multi-ethnic advisory task force of Illinois hosted a reception to honor U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis on his 75th birthday at Captain Hard Times Banquet in Chicago...
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Association of Indians In America Hosts Dance Competition in Chicago
More than 400 people gathered to witness performances by community members in group dance competition hosted by the Association of Indians in America, Illinois Chapter, at the Harper College...
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Indian journalist asked to leave Pakistan press briefing in New York
Indian media was not allowed to attend a press briefing addressed by Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry in New York, and an Indian journalist of NDTV news channel was asked to leave the...
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Indian woman stabbed more than 20 times in broad daylight
The footage lasted for an agonizing 45 seconds. Captured by CCTV on Tuesday in the streets of Burari, in North Delhi, it began with a man dragging a woman along the sidewalk before throwing her to the...
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Failure Of Governance – From Kashmir To Karnataka
Be it Kashmir or Karnataka, poor governance has been responsible for making a bad situation worse. Such administrative lapses are true of minor incidents of lawlessness as well like the antics of the...
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Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘Pink’ Is Largely A Triumph
Handout still from the film “Pink” There’s a sense of foreboding in the opening titles of Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s “Pink”, as the camera follows two sets of people in their cars late at night. In one,...
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India’s 007, Former Super Spy, Is Shaping Modi’s Foreign Policy
He spent seven years undercover in Pakistan, recruited rebels as informants in disputed Kashmir, and once disguised himself as a rickshaw driver to infiltrate a militant group inside India’s holiest...
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U.S. Lawmaker Wants Pakistan Designated State Sponsor of Terrorism
Congressman Ted Poe, R-TX, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Terrorism, introduced legislation Sept. 20, calling for Pakistan to be designated a state sponsor of...
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Modi ran as a strong leader. He now faces his first big test
NEW DELHI — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept to power in 2014 projecting the image of a strong leader who could bring an end to terrorism and tame nuclear rival Pakistan. Just over two years...
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Three South Asians Win Prestigious MacArthur Fellowship
Three South Asians are among the 23 recipients of this year’s MacArthur Fellowships, also popularly referred to as the “Genius Grants.” Each recipient receives a no-strings-attached grant of $625,000...
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Indo-Canadian Man Detained In Florida In Alleged Investor Fraud Scheme
An Indo-Canadian man has been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit and committing mail and wire fraud Sept. 19. If convicted on all counts, Karamchand “Raj” Doobay, 42, of Ontario, Canada and...
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Building of new city in south India raises fears of debt bondage, campaigners...
The building of a new capital city in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh will fuel demand for migrant labor and put thousands of poor workers at the risk of debt bondage, campaigners said,...
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Facebook hires Anand Chandrasekaran to help Messenger app grow
Signalling how important India is for its growth, Facebook has hired Anand Chandrasekaran, a former Yahoo executive who was working as chief product officer at e-tailer Snapdeal, to boost future...
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Computer Program Beats Doctors At Spotting Brain Cancer
A computer program developed by a team of researchers led by an Indian-origin scientist has outperformed physicians in diagnosing brain cancer. The program was nearly twice as accurate as two...
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India Seeks Loan From U.S. For Nuclear Reactors, Snags Remain
India is negotiating with U.S. Export-Import Bank for an $8-9 billion loan to finance six Westinghouse Electric nuclear reactors, two sources familiar with the talks said, although a lending freeze at...
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U.S. Lawmaker Wants Pakistan Designated State Sponsor of Terrorism
Congressman Ted Poe, R-TX, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Terrorism, introduced legislation Sept. 20, calling for Pakistan to be designated a state sponsor of...
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