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Stardom is more accessible today: Anushka Sharma
Anushka Sharma In a career spanning less than a decade in Bollywood, known to be a tough space for outsiders, Anushka Sharma has carved a niche by slipping into a variety of roles with ease. The...
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Bollywood: the book, loaded with terrific facts, memorable trivia
NEW YORK – ‘Bollywood – The Films! The Songs! The Stars!’ (DK; hardcover; 352 pages; $40), a comprehensive illustrated guide and coffee table book is a tribute to India’s tinsel town, filled with...
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Sushma Swaraj meets Ivanka Trump at the UN
India’s Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj meets Secretary of State Rex Tillerson UNITED NATIONS – India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s address to the 72nd United Nations General...
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Long Island organization holds reception for India’s Consul General
India’s new Consul General in New York Sandeep Chakravorty, center, receiving an Honor Citation from NYS Legislature, presented by Assemblyman Tom McKevitt. Also in the picture, Varinder Bhalla,...
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MASCONN celebrates Onam festival in Trumbull
King Mahabali makes a grand appearance. NEW YORK – The Malayalee Association of Southern Connecticut (MASCONN) celebrated Onam on September 9, at Madison Middle School, Trumbull, CT. Over 300 people...
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Tri-state dance troupe enthralls UN delegates
Dancers and musicians from the well-known tri-state organization, Surati, performed before some 800 delegates and dignitaries from around the world at the United Nations Sept. 8, for the event ‘India...
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Sports club holds Midwest Kabaddi championship
Baba Seva Das Kabaddi Club Team North Carolina. CHICAGO, IL Shere-Punjab Midwest Sports & Cultural Club of Chicago held its annual Kabaddi tournament on Sunday Sept. 3, at Busse Woods Forest...
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Seniors celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi and Navratri Garba
Around 170 members of Indian Seniors of Chicago met at Manav Seva Mandir, Bensenville, IL. Sept. 9, to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi and Navratri Garba. Prayers were recited followed by Hanhuman Chalisa...
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Hurricane Maria slams Puerto Rico with high rains, storm surge
Hurricane Maria which bore down menacingly on the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Tuesday after devastating the tiny island nation of Dominica and Hurricane Jose (top) are both seen in the Atlantic...
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Trump endorses Republican healthcare plan amid flap involving comedian
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 19, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump...
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Indian-American Leaves Top-job At Snap for Twitter
Sriram Krishnan (Photo: Facebook) Micro-blogging website Twitter has hired Indian-American Sriram Krishnan as senior director of product. Krishnan was formerly a top executive at Snap, the parent...
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‘Citizen,’ anti-crime phone app launched in New York, now rolling out in San...
‘Citizen’ App logo. (Photo: Facebook) The woman called 911, frantic. Her baby was locked in the car. While emergency workers headed to the scene, a man nearby received an alert on his phone about the...
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Vibha NY/NJ first 5K Dream Mile kicks off to a perfect start
Under a gorgeous sky, on a perfect day in September, 70 volunteers gathered at the break of dawn in Skillman Park, NJ, to start preparing for a grand event: the Inaugural Vibha NY/NJ 5k Dream Mile...
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Friends of MP: NY/NJ host 3rd annual picnic
NEW YORK – Friends of MP: NY/NJ, a group of Indian Americans hailing from the state of Madhya Pradesh, who live in New York and the tristate area, held their third annual Picnic on Sunday, Sept. 17,...
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Vatican diplomat implicated in child porn case investigated by U.S. has...
Pope Francis delivers “Urbi et Orbi” message from the balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 5, 2015. (Photo: REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi The Catholic Church official recalled to...
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Chicagoland eagerly awaits Desi Talk’s Second Annual Diwali Mela
CHICAGO Desi Talk Chicago will be celebrating 2nd Annual Diwali Mela on Sunday, October 8 12:00 pm to 8:00 P.M. at The Meadows Club 2950 W Golf Rd, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008. The chief guest of the...
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Indian American pharmacist Nirav Patel running for New Jersey Assembly
Nirav Patel NEW YORK – Indian American Nirav Patel has decided to run as a Democrat for the Assembly of the state of New Jersey. “I pledge that I am running for Assembly in order to serve the people of...
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Hundreds take advantage of health fair organized by Midwestern Swaminarayan...
The 41st health fair organized by the Indian American Organizations at Midwest Swaminarayan Temple on Sept. 10. The team of doctors, volunteers, technicians with the fair organizer Jayantibhai...
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Mexico searches for earthquake survivors against increasing odds
People accompany caskets, holding the bodies of victims who died in an earthquake, through the streets in Atzala, on the outskirts of Puebla, Mexico September 20, 2017. Picture taken September 20,...
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Report: Medicaid-expansion states to lose $180 billion under Cassidy-Graham plan
A new analysis released Thursday morning buttresses a growing body of evidence that the Senate’s Cassidy-Graham health-care bill would slash federal spending on health coverage and cause most states...
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