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Obamacare 2018 enrollment clouded by uncertainty under Trump
WASHINGTON – As Americans began signing up for Obamacare health insurance plans on Wednesday, experts expected reduced participation as a bitter political debate clouds the program’s future....
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Mumbai to get roof-top cafes, sky-bars
High-rise residential towers are seen behind shanties in Dharavi, one of Asia’s largest slums, in Mumbai March 18, 2015. In Mumbai, the windows of new high-rise apartment blocks, old low-rise...
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CIA releases new tranche of materials seized in 2011 bin Laden raid
WASHINGTON – A computer recovered in the 2011 U.S. special forces operation that killed Osama bin Laden contained a video collection that included kids’ cartoons, several Hollywood movies and three...
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20 dead, 80 injured in NTPC boiler blast in Rae Bareli
LUCKNOW – At least 20 people were killed and more than 80 injured in a boiler explosion at a unit of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli district, officials...
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After #MeToo, a Facebook list names South Asian academics
Allegations of sexual assault against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and a social media campaign that followed are raking up long-muffled controversies across the globe. Now a list of academics...
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Muslim Indian files discrimination lawsuit against Accenture
Accenture, one of the largest consulting firms in the United States, was sued last year by an Indian employee, Elton Kent, who claimed that he and other employees were being discriminated as he was...
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Trump to end ‘Diversity Visa Lottery Program’
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress from the floor of the House of Representatives iin Washington, U.S., February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool...
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Man charged in Gagandeep Singh’s murder
Jacob Corban Coleman of Puyallup, Washington has been charged with first-degree murder, after he killed his Indian American cab driver Gagandeep Singh of Spokane, Idaho in August. Coleman stabbed...
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Tulsi Gabbard honored with IAFC’s National Service Award
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (in middle, bottom row) at the IAFC meet in Washington, DC, on Oct. 31 WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Tulsi Gabbard delivered a keynote address at the Indian American Friendship Council’s...
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Women’s organization holds successful 5K run to raise funds
Apna Ghar, a women’s support group, held its 11th annual Stride Against Violence 5K run/walk fundraiser on Oct.15 and raised more than $40,000 in funds to help accomplish its mission to end gender...
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Indian-American candidate for Jersey City Council named 2017 Champion by...
Rekha Nandwani (Courtesy: Twitter) Rekha Nandwani, who is running for Ward C Council in Jersey City, was recently named a 2017 Champion by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC). The PCCC’s...
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Mattoo Center for India Studies receives $5 million on twentieth anniversary
The Mattoo Center for India Studies at Stony Brook University recently received a prestigious endowed Chair and a $5 million endowment at its 20th birthday celebration held on Sunday, Oct. 29. The...
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Indian American eyeing the seat on the Port of Seattle Commission
Preeti Shridhar (Courtesy: Facebook) Indian American Preeti Shridhar will be battling against Peter Steinbrueck on Nov. 7 for the open seat on the Port of Seattle Commission for Position 4, replacing...
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Children’s Hope India raises around $1 million at gala in New York
Entrance to the 25th Anniversary Gala of Children’s Hope, showing the children the organization supports, with the belief ‘Every child counts.’ LONG ISLAND, NY – Nearly 500 guests from the Tri-State...
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Zain Jaffer charged with sexually abusing his kids
Zain Jaffer (Courtesy: Cruncbase) Indian American Zain Jaffer, the CEO of Vungle, was fired after he arrested and charged with sexually abusing his three-year-old son and one-year-old daughter....
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Deport Indians and Chinese: flier in New Jersey
NEW YORK – The flier came innocuously enough, by mail, postmarked and delivered by the United States Postal Service, to residents in the town of Edison, New Jersey, on Wednesday. But the flier’s...
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Haley bashes Pakistan on terrorism at Indian-American gala attended by high...
U.S. President Donald Trump talks with U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley as they attend a session on reforming the United Nations at U.N. Headquarters in New York, U.S., September 18, 2017....
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Life In The Trenches: In melting-pot America, a young Indian-American makes...
Rishi Sharma, who just turned 20, has been documenting the lives of World War II combat veterans, since high school. (Photo courtesy Rishi Sharma from www.heroesofthesecondworldwar.com) Rishi Sharma,...
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Indian American sex guru commited suicide due to depression
Psalm Isadora (Courtesy: Twitter) Psalm Isadora, who passed away on March 26, 2017 from depression, exposed the ancient secrets of Tantra to the modern world in what she called “the yoga of sex,” where...
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Acting in ‘Hotel Mumbai’ was harrowing: Dev Patel
Actor Dev Patel arrives at the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 8, 2017. (Photo: Reuters/Mike Blake) NEW YORK Actor Dev Patel says acting in “Hotel Mumbai”...
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