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Anthony Santino for Town of Hempstead
NEW YORK News India Times and Desi Talk has endorsed Anthony Santino as the candidate for Town of Hempstead on the Republican Party line. Supervisor Santino has a distinguished career...
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Millburn public schools in New Jersey to declare Diwali holiday in 2018
NEW YORK The Board of Education of Millburn Township Public Schools (MTPS) in New Jersey, in a meeting on October 9, reportedly unanimously approved to declare the Hindu festival of Diwali a holiday,...
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Large attendance for Diwali meet in Secaucus
NEW YORK The 8th annual Diwali mela of Indian Caucus of Secaucus held at Buchmuller Park in Secaucus, NJ, on October 14, was a grand success. There was a huge turnout of around 3,200 people, who were...
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Amit and Shilpi Jain win Nach Baliye USA contest
Jhoom Events and Tarang Soni organized a couple’s dance competition “Nach Baliye USA” on October 13, at Royal Albert’s Palace, Edison, NJ. Amit Jain and Shilpi Jain. The meet was officially...
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‘USA Dance Day – Dance For Cause’ held in Edison
NEW YORK Raising the issue of acid attacks in India, Varsha Naik of Navrang Dance Academy and Bollywood celebrity choreographer Sandip Soparrkar organized and conducted “USA Dance Day – Dance for...
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Indian-Americans join President Trump to celebrate Diwali at the White House
Diwali Ceremonial Lighting of the Diva Today, I was deeply honored to be joined by so many administration officials and leaders of the Indian-American community – to celebrate Diwali — the Hindu...
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Second judge rules against latest travel ban, saying Trump’s own words show...
A federal judge in Maryland early Wednesday issued a second halt on the latest version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, asserting that the president’s own comments on the campaign trail and on...
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Trump creates doubt over deal to shore up Obamacare exchanges
President Donald Trump created doubt and confusion Wednesday about a bipartisan deal to prop up Obamacare exchanges, saying on Twitter that he won’t support “bailing out” insurance companies that have...
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Two Indian Americans honored by Girls Scouts
Two Indian American teens were honored by Girl Scouts USA and received the 2017 National Young Women of Distinction award for helping out the community. Rajvi Ranka and Devika Kumar, both 18, are...
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Two Indian Americans named as “Most Powerful Women in Banking”
Nandita Bakshi Indian American Bankers Nandita Bakhshi and Ranjana Clark are among the most powerful women in banking in the country. On Sept. 25, American Banker announced its 15th annual ranking of...
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India is a ‘partner for peace’; Pakistan must take ‘decisive action’ against...
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on the U.S. policy toward India, Oct. 18. (Photo: State Department) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said...
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Indian American from Texas is running for county judge
Juli Mathew Indian American Democrat Juli Mathew, 41, of Texas has announced her candidacy for county judge in Fort Bend, Texas including the districts of Sugarland, Missouri City and Stafford, Texas....
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Haley urges UN to challenge Iranian actions after Trump decision
Nikki Haley urged the U.N. Security Council to consider a wide range of Iran’s “destabilizing” actions in the Middle East in an early test of whether President Donald Trump’s toughening position on...
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New Jersey prohibiting certain fireworks during Diwali
Revelers watch a firework during Diwali celebrations in Delhi, India, on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Prashanth Vishwanathan. Tomorrow, many Indian Americans will be celebrating...
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Three year-old Sherin Mathews remains missing
Sherin Mathews, of Richardson, Texas, is missing after disappearing Saturday morning. She had been sent outside at 3 a.m. as punishment for not drinking her milk. (Richardson Police Department) Nearly...
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Modi celebrates Diwali with soldiers on LoC, calls them ‘my family’
Gurez: One of the photographs shared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his official twitter handle where he is seen distributing sweets among soldiers on Diwali in the border town of Gurez, Jammu and...
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President Trump to nominate Indian-American Hillary Clinton supporter to...
Rohit Chopra, who President Trump plans to nominate as a member of the Federal Trade Commission. (Photo: Twitter) An Indian-American from New York who was part of Hillary Clinton’s transition team, is...
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‘I’ve never had a year so bad’: Prime Minister Modi’s big economic changes...
Kanwarji Bhagirathmal usually has a rush of customers during Diwali, but this year, people are spending less. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Vidhi Doshi NEW DELHI – The sweets usually fly off...
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Indian American Forum for Political Education holds annual candidate forum
L-R Top Row: IAFPE Board Members- Poonam Bansal, Jewan Tiwari, Babu Vinayagam, Achhama Chandrashekhar, Prem Velayudhan, Satish Korpe, Madhusudhan, Vijay Agarwal, Manisha Singh, Avi Kanhere. Front...
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Indian American pleads guilty in stealing from USPS
Indian American Amar D. Patel, 36, of Delran, New Jersey has pleaded guilty to stealing $15,700 from deposit bags in three Burlington County post offices over the course of nearly a year while he was...
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