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Sonia recalls Nehru, says there could be no India minus secularism
Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday said the values promoted by India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru continue to remain relevant, and secularism was a compelling need without which there...
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Sikh Farmer Honored by California Governor Brown
Didar Bains, a farmer known as the “Peach King of California”, was honoured by California Governor Jerry Brown for his service to society, media reported. Brown Sunday praised Bains and thousands of...
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India is the world’s largest arms importer. It aims to be a big weapons...
NEW DELHI — For more than a decade, India shopped around the world in search of a deal for more than $1 billion worth of helicopters to replace about 200 of its military’s aging light-utility...
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Sankara Eye Foundation Raising Funds for Jodhpur Hospital
The Sankara Eye Foundation, a U.S. non-profit that fundraises for its namesake foundation in India, held two consecutive fundraisers and volunteer appreciation events in the tri-state area last...
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LaGuardia College Hosts Series of Events About Muslim Identity
– NEW YORK A photo exhibit, an open-mic, spoken word poetry and a Bengal tiger in search of the meaning of life, highlighted a day-long series of events at LaGuardia Community College last week, as...
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Musicians Join Hands with Nonprofit to Help Mumbai’s Slum Children
– NEW YORK Melodious sounds of the guitar, tabla and piano entertained music enthusiasts at an India-inspired jazz concert to benefit children in Mumbai’s slums. Hosted by the Stamford,...
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South Asians Playing Important Role in “Ready for Hillary” Super PAC Campaign
On Nov. 20, the local chapter of the national “Ready for Hillary” Super PAC is holding a grassroots event where several South Asians are playing leading roles, among them, Manhattan Democratic...
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Three-day Literary Festival in New York Draws Celebrity Writers
– NEW YORK Well established authors, first time novelists and experienced publishers mingled with each other, shared stories about their writing careers and gained knowledge about honing their skills...
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Lok Sabha Speaker Urges Community to Contribute to India’s Development
– FORDS, New Jersey Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan wants nonresident Indians to visit India and actively participate and contribute in helping to make their homeland more reliant and...
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Gurdwara With History of Safety Violations Closed After Fire
– ISLAND LAKE, Ill. Gurdwara Gurjot Parkash Sahib here, also known as Guru Nanak Sikh Mission of America, is closed after fire gutted the building Nov. 11. No one has been reported hurt till now and...
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Shia Community Mourns Islam’s Martyrs on Muharram
– GLENDALE HEIGHTS, Ill. About 300 families attached to the Husaini Association of Greater Chicago and Muslim Education Center here gathered at the Armada Hotel and Conference Center to recollect and...
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Thanks but no thanks: Pakistan PM shuns Indian limo for SAARC summit
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will bring his own car to a regional meeting in Nepal next week, an official said on Tuesday, turning down an offer to borrow a bulletproof limousine lent by...
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President Barack Obama waves as he and other leaders leave after a group photo at the G20 summit in Brisbane November 15.
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Police storm religious leader’s compound to find six dead
Police on Wednesday deployed water cannon and a baton charge in storming the hermitage of a self-styled religious leader who is facing murder charges, discovering six bodies in an operation to...
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Under Modi, Israel and India forge deeper business ties
At the U.N. General Assembly in New York last September, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set aside time for a critical meeting. But it wasn’t President Barack Obama he was keen to see. It...
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Modi’s has over 25 million followers on Facebook
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has crossed 25 million followers on Facebook and continues to remain the second-most followed politician in the world after US President Barack Obama, the social...
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Supporters of Satguru Rampalji Maharaj, a self-styled “godman” take shelter under placards as they are hit by a police water cannon during a protest outside the ashram of Rampal in Hisar in the...
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Legendary Indian-origin hotel doorman dies
Kottarapattu Chattu Kuttan, the legendary doorman at the Galle Face Hotel here, who served dignitaries like Lord Mountbatten, Princess Elizabeth, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi, Yuri Gagarin...
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Police capture cult leader Rampal, six dead as compound stormed
Self-styled religious leader Satguru Rampalji Maharaj was charged on Thursday with sedition and waging war against the state after a days-long siege of his sprawling compound ended in his arrest along...
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2nd Annual Diwali Celebrations Held on Capitol Hill
More than 150 lawmakers and members of the Indian-American community attended Diwali celebrations on Capitol Hill Nov. 19, organized jointly by the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans...
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