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CBI expands probe against jeweller Nirav Modi in PNB fraud case
A Nirav Modi showroom is pictured in New Delhi, India, February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi MUMBAI – The Punjab National Bank has filed a new complaint against Nirav Modi, the diamond tycoon it has...
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At UN, Haley buffeted by Russian headwinds on Middle East agenda
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley joins U.S. military service members and community business partners for the launch of Operation Palmetto Employment, a statewide military employment initiative aimed at...
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Chicagoland Indian-Americans Have Meet-and-Greet With State Department Official
The U.S.-India Friendship League recently organized a meeting of the Indian-American community in Chicagoland with Thomas Vajda, acting deputy assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia...
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South Asian Wedding Expo: Ideas For The Perfect Wedding
Credit: Asian Media USA CHICAGO, IL – The 3rd South Asian Wedding Expo organized by Pearl Banquets on Feb. 25, in Roselle, IL. resembled a real marriage occasion, one where attendees could choose from...
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Over 500 gather to remember and pay tribute to Dr. Jayesh Shah
Dr. Jayesh C. Shah Friends, family and loved ones of Dr. Jayesh Chhotalal Shah gathered on Sunday, March 4 at the Mahatma Gandhi Center & Hindu Temple in Wayne, New Jersey to celebrate his life...
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“Pope Francis will come to India soon”: Acharya Lokesh
His Holiness Pope Francis meets Jainacharya Dr. Lokesh Muni in Vatican City. Jainacharya Dr. Lokesh Muni had a historic interfaith dialogue with Supreme Religious Leader His Holiness Pope Francis in...
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3 New York women, including one South Asian, to be honored by U.S. lawmakers
Narbada Chhetri of the non-profit organization helping Nepali women in the U.S., will be honored March 12, by Congressman Joe Crowley and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, in the Bronx, to celebrate Women’s History...
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Archie Comics goes Bollywood with Graphic India
Archie Comics will be partnering up with Graphic India to iconic Archie Comics characters like Archie, Betty & Veronica and Jughead, to life in a Bollywood film. According to a press release, the...
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NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens to spend $1.2 million on equipment
From left to right: Cedric Dew, Rory Lancman, Adrianne Adams and Chris Roker (at the podium). NEW YORK – NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens hosted its annual Legislative Breakfast on Friday, March 2, in...
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Sri Preston Kulkarni makes it to runoff in Texas primary
Sri Preston Kulkarni (Courtesy: kulkarniforcongress.com) As several Indian Americans took part in the March 6 primary in Texas, only one made it to a runoff: Sri Preston Kulkarni. In the state’s 22nd...
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International Women’s Day celebrated at Indian Consulate in New York
Lamp lighting ceremony held during the celebration of International Women’s Day at the Indian Consulate in New York. From left to right: FIA Chairman Ramesh Patel, FIA President Srujal Parikh, Nisha...
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‘3 Storeys’ Three Curveballs
In Arjun Mukherjee’s “3 Storeys”, a portmanteau film set in a Mumbai chawl, the lives of residents intersect and clash in several unexpected ways. In the first story, a cantankerous old woman (Renuka...
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Travel deals: Half-off airfare to Tahiti and free days of train travel in Europe
© Gustavo Frazao | Dreamstime.com Land B on Canal, in New Orleans, is celebrating its April 1 reopening with 20 percent off rates and a free room upgrade. For example, in early May, a Chic King room...
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She wrote Hollywood’s ‘inclusion rider.’ But she fights for women at Walmart,...
Washington civil rights attorney Kalpana Kotagal poses at the law firm where she takes on discrimination cases. CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Matt McClain Kalpana Kotagal tried to stay awake for...
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Two films on Varanasi, focus on sex trafficking, at Socially Relevant Film...
NEW YORK – The Socially Relevant Film Festival (SRFF) 2018, which begins its fifth season in Manhattan, from March 16 to 22, at Cinema Village and neighboring venues, features two films based in...
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Impressive election victories in India’s Northeast region
Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and Biplab Kumar Deb. (Courtesy: Twitter/ @narendramodi) A triumphant Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officiated at the March 9 swearing-in of the new Bharatiya Janata Party-led...
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Not just H-4 visa EAD, it’s time Trump Administration begin Green Card reforms
NEW YORK – Perhaps, it’s just common sense that prevailed. Perhaps, it’s the pressure from several Indian American pro-immigration groups who rallied outside the White House, and elsewhere, for...
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Modi breaks protocol, receives French President at airport
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets French President Emmanuel Macron on his arrival in New Delhi on March 9, 2018. (Photo: IANS â/PIBâ ) NEW DELHI – Breaking protocol, Prime Minister...
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Police arrest hard-line Hindu activist for journalist Gauri Lankesh’s murder
People hold placards and candles during a vigil for Gauri Lankesh, a senior Indian journalist who according to police was shot dead outside her home on Tuesday by unidentified assailants in Bengaluru,...
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Indian-American graduate of IIT Bombay Indur Goklany is a climate skeptic who...
Indur Goklany, who did his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Bombay in 1968; and his Masters and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University (Goklany.org). With decades of...
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