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Narendra Modi orders party to rein in pro-Hindu agenda
Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned his lawmakers for the first time to stop promoting controversial issues such as religious conversions and to focus on economic reforms as he struggles to pass...
View ArticleJury Convicts Maryland Pharmacy Owner of Health Care Fraud
A federal jury convicted an Indian-American pharmacy owner in Maryland of healthcare fraud and aggravated identity theft Dec. 15. Two co-conspirators, who are Indian citizens, already pled guilty in...
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Top Obama Administration Official Rajiv Shah Resigns
Rajiv Shah, administrator of U.S. Agency for International Development, the highest post held by an Indian-American in the Obama administration, is quitting after managing and directing the massive...
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Former Rutgers University Student Charged in Busch Campus Arson
An Edison resident and a former Rutgers student has been charged with setting fire in one of the university building in Piscataway last week. Shayam Sridhar, 21, was charged with second-degree...
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Execution for Pittsburgh Man Accused of Killing 5 Including an...
A stay order has been issued for a Pennsylvania man convicted of random murders of five people including an Indian-American, during a two-hour hate crime rampage in Pittsburgh’s Allegheny County....
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Jersey Couple Sues Philadelphia Little League Over Injury During Game
A New Jersey couple is suing a team from the Philadelphia Little League program claiming that a throw from a player at a Taney game in May left 73-year-old Anand Kumar “disabled and disordered” and...
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The best and worst of Bollywood in 2014
For all its talk of looking for a “hat ke” (different) film, Bollywood proved in 2014 that it prefers to go with the tried and tested and experimenting with subjects and themes is not a game that the...
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Dhoni quits tests after India lose series to Australia
The third test between Australia and India in Melbourne failed to deliver a nail-biting finish on Tuesday but ended with a draw tinged with controversy and the shock retirement of long-serving India...
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Amit Shah acquitted of triple murder charges
The head of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Amit Shah, was acquitted of three murder charges on Tuesday in a trial that had undermined the government’s promise to usher in a new era of clean...
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Bollywood, young India defend ‘PK’ but protests continue
Bollywood and young India Tuesday passionately defended Aamir Khan-starrer “PK” even as Hindu rightwing groups continued their protests alleging that it defamed Hindu religion. Producers, directors...
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B.G. Verghese, veteran editor and intellectual, dead
B.G. Verghese, acclaimed editor, respected columnist and a leading intellectual, died Dec. 30 at his son’s home in nearby Gurgaon, a family friend said. Verghese was 87. He is survived by his wife...
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Owner of Car Dealership Charged in Large-Scale Fraud Scheme
– Newark, N.J. A luxury car dealer in Ramsey, New Jersey who opened his store with great fanfare in April 2013 featuring reality TV stars, has been charged with defrauding customers and lenders to the...
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Desi Life in 2014: Successes and Failures, Crimes and Crises
Indian-Americans in the tristate are still in the hangover of Narendra Modi’s September visit to the U.S. His reception at New York’s Madison Square Garden, and its success, is one of the most...
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India to track toilet use with tablets
(Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi is launching a nationwide online programme to check whether people are using toilets as part of his cleanliness drive.From next month, officials will head out...
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Dhoni: the legacy of a cricket champion
In 2004, Indian cricket discovered a new drug – MSD. And ever since, well almost, it’s been on a high, highs it had never experienced before. Perhaps Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s greatest legacy will be his...
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School teachers arrange flower petals in a formation during their New Year’s Day celebrations at a school in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 31, 2014.
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Modi replaces Planning Commission, aiming to boost growth
(Reuters) – India has scrapped its 65-year-old Planning Commission, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accused of stifling growth with Soviet-style bureaucracy, replacing it on Thursday with a...
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India welcomes 2015 with parties, prayers, charity
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) India embraced the New Year with boisterous midnight revelry and religious devotion Thursday. The celebrations however left two people dead in Hyderabad. In virtually every...
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B.G. Verghese: They don’t make editors like him anymore
In a world captivated with social media and instant opinions, B.G. Verghese, who died on Tuesday at 87, would be considered an anachronism. There was nothing instant or fleeting about the concerns he...
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Pakistani boat laden with explosives blows up off Indian coast, India says
A Pakistani fishing boat laden with explosives bound for India blew up, killing all four people on board, after the Indian Coast Guard tried to stop and search it, the Indian government said on...
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