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IDC honors late Dr. Cheddi B. Jagan on his 100th birthday
From Left to Right: Jhairam Persaud (IDC); Sharla Madho-Khargi, PhD (IDC); Ashook Ramsaran (IDC); Ajeyo Yusuf (NYC Mayor’s Office); NYC Council Member Adrienne Adams); NYC Council Member Barry...
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Indian couple in Nebraska sentenced to prison for labor trafficking,...
NEW YORK – An Indian couple, Vishnubhai Chaudhari, 50, and Leelabahen Chaudhari, 44, who are living illegally in Kimball, Nebraska, have been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison after...
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Texas Governor to lead Business Development Mission to India
Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas (Courtesy: Twitter) NEW YORK – Greg Abbott, the Governor of Texas, will lead a business mission to India from March 22 to 30, during which time he will visit the cities...
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P.B. Ram Reddy to be honored by Rutgers University
P.B. Ram Reddy (Courtesy: Rutgers University) NEW YORK – Indian American P.B. Ram Reddy will be receiving the inaugural Alumnus of the Year award from Rutgers University’s Department of Electrical and...
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Asian American Coalition of Chicago Celebrated 35th Annual Lunar New Year
Display of Sikh soldiers’ posters. CHICAGO – The Asian American Coalition of Chicago celebrated it’s 35th annual Lunar New Year for the Year of the Dog at Hyatt Regency O’Hare, Rosemont, Illinois Feb....
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Umiya Mataji Temple Chicago Celebrates Holi
CHICAGO, IL – Umiya Mataji Sanstha Chicago Midwest (UMSCM) held Holi festival celebrations March 3, outdoors despite cold temperatures, at its Joliet Street location in West Chicago. More than 500...
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Antar Jutla gets NSF CAREER Award, $500,000 from NSF
Antar Jutla (Courtesy: West Virginia University) NEW YORK – Antar Jutla, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at West Virginia University, has earned a prestigious CAREER...
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Tilottama by Raja Ravi Varma highlight of Sotheby’s auction in New York
Untitled (Tilottama) by Raja Ravi Varma. NEW YORK – Raja Ravi Varma’s painting ‘Untitled (Tilottama)’, which sold for $795,000, was the highlight of Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art...
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Tapovan by Syed Haider Raza creates world record at Christie’s auction
Tapovan by Syed Haider Raza New York – Syed Haider Raza’s ‘Tapovan’, painted in 1972, realized $4,452,500 at the Christie’s auction in New York City this week, setting a new world auction record for...
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Indian-American soldier says military service is his calling
U.S. Army Sgt. Manthan Patel, left, assigned to Warrior Transition Battalion, Fort Bliss, Texas, fires his air rifle during marksmanship training at Fort Bliss, Texas, March 1, 2018. Seventy-four...
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Krishanti Vignarajah’s gubernatorial ad is all about electing a woman
Krishanti Vignarajah with her husband Collin O’Mara and their baby girl Alana. (Courtesy: krishformaryland.com) Maryland’s only female gubernatorial candidate released a campaign video Wednesday that...
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Milford, Connecticut to get Hindu temple and cultural center
NEW YORK – The Planning and Zoning Board of Milford, Connecticut, unanimously approved a proposal on Tuesday, March 20, to build a Hindu temple and cultural center in town, according to a CT Bulletin...
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Travel deals: 40 percent off rates in Waikiki and a sale fare to Copenhagen
© Gustavo Frazao | Dreamstime.com Land Rail Travel Tours is offering hotel upgrades worth up to $500 on a round-trip rail adventure from Toronto to northern British Columbia. The Spring in the...
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Prabhudheva Promises Thrilling Experience With ‘Mercury’
Mysuru: Actor Prabhudheva during mahurat of his untitled project in Mysuru. (Photo: IANS) MUMBAI – Choreographer-actor-filmmaker Prabhudheva is excited about his Tamil silent thriller film “Mercury”...
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Ileana D’Cruz Named Tourism Fiji Brand Ambassador
Actress Ileana D’Cruz NEW YORK – Actress Ileana D’Cruz has been appointed Tourism Fiji’s brand ambassador for the India market. She says the warmth and hospitality there makes her feel like it’s...
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Book World: Three modern Indian couples, constrained by old marriage customs
The Heart is a Shifting Sea: Love and Marriage in Mumbai, By Elizabeth Flock. Harper. 358 pp. $27.99 The Heart is a Shifting Sea: Love and Marriage in Mumbai (Photo by: Harper — Handout via The...
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Carolyn Maloney’s attack on Suraj Patel smacks of hypocrisy, racism
Suraj Patel campaigning in New York City. NEW YORK – New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney’s pathetic attack on funds raised by her challenger Suraj Patel, an Indian American entrepreneur, for the June...
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Jayshree Ullal becomes first female Indian American billionaire
Jayshree Ullal (Courtesy: LinkedIn) NEW YORK – Jayshree Ullal has become the first Indian American female billionaire with an estimated net worth of $1.3 billion, according to Forbes.com Ullal was...
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Indian American charged with aggravated manslaughter
Indian American Amish Patel, 29, of Delanco, New Jersey was charged with two counts of aggravated manslaughter in a vehicle crash that killed a married couple in Willingboro Township on Jan. 13,...
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Indian American caught with heroin
Indian American Kaushal T. Patel and David T. Mele of Edison, New Jersey were each charged with burglary and criminal mischief while Patel was also charged with possession of hypodermic needles and...
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