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India’s abused women break their silence using ATM-type kiosk
BHUBANESWAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – For almost a decade, the 45-year-old housewife suffered beatings at the hands of her businessman husband who relentlessly demanded more dowry money after...
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Supreme Court says Bollywood must allow female make-up artists
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A nearly six-decade ban on women being employed as make-up artists in India’s film industry is set to end after the Supreme Court said it was gender biased and...
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Bangladesh Islamist leader sentenced to death for war crimes
A Bangladesh war crimes court convicted an Islamist party leader on Sunday of atrocities during the country’s war of independence from Pakistan more than four decades ago and sentenced him to death....
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Nisha Agarwal Extols the Virtues of Municipal IDs for New Yorkers
Nisha Agarwal, commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs hopes that the municipal identification cards will revolutionize the way New Yorkers interact with their city. All New York City...
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Department of Justice Releases Punjabi Anti-Bullying Guide
The U.S. Department of Justice last week released a new Punjabi-language fact sheet to help Sikh American parents protect their children against school bullying. According to a press release issued by...
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Naeem and Rajana Khan Host Fundraiser for City-based Nonprofit
Over 200 guests, including Congresswoman Grace Meng enjoyed an evening of cocktails, fashion and a silent auction at the annual gala hosted by Wishwas, a New York City-based nonprofit. Around $15,000...
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Bhangra Dancers Open New York City Marathon
– NEW YORK Dancers from NYC Bhangra opened New York City Marathon festivities in Central Park Oct. 31, as runners from around the world paraded across the marathon finish line. Representatives from...
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Home Invasions Rattle Indian-American Community in Central Jersey
– SOUTH BRUNSWICK, New Jersey The Indian-American community in Middlesex County is in a state of shock following a series of home invasions in Old Bridge, South Plainfield and Edison in less than two...
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Anupy Singla Launches Indian Cookbook for Everyone
– CHICAGO Popular cookbook author Anupy Singla recently released her latest work, “Indian for Everyone: the Home Cook’s Guide to Traditional Favorites” At a pre-launch party, “Evening with Anupy” here...
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Nikki Haley, Kamala Harris win; Neel Kashkari goes down
Indian-Americans had a mixed outing in the US mid-term elections with Republican Nikki Haley and Democrat Kamala Harris re-elected as South Carolina’s governor and California’s attorney general...
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Indian-American law student is among US youngest lawmakers
At 23, Indian-American law student Niraj Antani, a Republican, will be one of America’s youngest lawmakers after being elected to the state House in Ohio in the mid-term elections. “I think the...
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Top Hospital Names Cardiac Laboratory After Indian Donor
New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital has named its cardiac catheterization lab after a renowned Indian-American physician following a $5 million endowment. The Cardiac Catheterization Lab is now named Dr....
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SAC’s Martoma wins delay of nine-year insider trading prison term
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mathew Martoma, a former portfolio manager at billionaire Steven A. Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors LP hedge fund, won an order Tuesday to delay the date he would begin serving a...
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Congress faithful question Gandhi leadership
Rumblings of dissent are growing against the Gandhi family that leads India’s hapless Congress party, five months after the most resounding electoral defeat in the party’s 129-year history. The...
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Tendulkar releases autobiography ‘Playing It My Way’
In a glittering event at a posh hotel here Wednesday, cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar released his much awaited autobiography “Playing It My Way” among other star cricketers. Emcee Harsha Bhogle...
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Many Indian-Americans score victories in states
As South Carolina’s Indian American Governor Nikki Haley and California’s Indian-American-African Attorney General Kamala Harris handily won their jobs back, many other lesser known individuals also...
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Modi ranked 15th on Forbes power list; Putin tops
Prime Narendra Modi Wednesday joined the world’s most powerful people ranking 15th on the Forbes list with Russian President Vladimir Putin once again beating US President Barack Obama to the top...
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Kashmiri Shi’ite Muslim women watch a Muharram procession marking Ashoura from a residential building in Srinagar, Indian-Administered Kashmir November 4.
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Pakistani police officer axes man to death over blasphemy
A policeman in Pakistan hacked a man to death for allegedly making derogatory remarks about the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, police said, just two days after a Christian couple was lynched over...
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A Minute With: Parineeti Chopra
For someone who stumbled into acting by chance, Parineeti Chopra has done rather well for herself. The 26-year-old caught people’s attention in her debut film “Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl”, and was hailed...
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