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India’s most famous female cop is facing the toughest fight of her life:...
NEW DELHI — Kiran Bedi was once India’s first-ranking female police officer who went on to become the first female chief of India’s largest prison. Four years ago, during the 15-day-long...
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Lt. Gov. Sanguinetti Opens FIA’s Republic Day
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. More than 300 guests attended the celebration of India’s Republic Day hosted by the splinter Federation of Indian Associations here at The Meadows Club Jan. 24. The cultural...
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Comic Book Inspires Tour to End Forced Marriage
CHICAGO Young South Asian artists and advocates, members of the Pomegranate Tree Group community organization, held a three-day program to address violence in the lives of young women, including...
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Telugus Celebrate Sankranti and Republic Day with Cultural Show
LEMONT, Ill. More 320 local performers, children and adults, participated in the Sankranti and India Republic Day celebrations hosted by the Tri State Telugu Association here at the jam-packed Sama...
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Consul General Ausaf Sayeed Observes India Republic Day
Consul General Ausaf Sayeed and consulate employees celebrated India’s 66th Republic Day with Chicagoland entrepreneurs and citizens at the downtown consulate Jan. 26. The morning ceremony, on a cold...
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In Los Angeles, Muslim Women Find Empowerment in Female-only Friday Prayers
LOS ANGELES After the traditional call to prayer, Edina Lekovic stood in front of some 150 women seated on the floor at an interfaith center in Los Angeles, and delivered a sermon, a role...
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Town Hall Addresses Health Issues of South Asians
SKOKIE, Ill. Dr. Namratha Kandula from Northwestern Medicine and Dr. Catherine Counard from the Skokie Department of Public Health hosted a town hall on South Asian health here at the Skokie Public...
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Desi Business Association Celebrates Lohri
BENSENVILLE, Ill. The American Business Community of Desis, a newly formed community organization, hosted the Punjabi Lohri harvest festival Jan. 24. More than 200 people attended the event held at...
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Mohammed Iqbal Ahmed Sharief, 86, Passes Away
LINCOLNWOOD, Ill. Mohammed Iqbal Ahmed Sharief, father of well-known community leader Iftekhar Shareef and Ashfaq Shareef died Jan. 30 morning in Arlington Heights hospital. He was suffering internal...
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Mayor Emmanuel’s Re-Election Campaign Reaches Out to Desis
CHICAGO Community activist and civic leader Salman Aftab has opened a campaign office at 6349 North Western Avenue in Devon Jan. 19 toward Mayor Rahm Emmanuel’s re-election. Among the notables who...
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From hushed tones to shrill voices, Mayawati faces rebellion
Rocked by successive electoral reverses, four-time Uttar Pradesh chief minister and BSP leader Mayawati is battling a never-before revolt in the party.Close aides are deserting her and crossing over...
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Why opinion polls are bad for Indian elections
Opinion polls are released by the media before every election in India, where they predict the winner days before official results are declared. The assembly election in Delhi, which has witnessed one...
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President Obama Calls Out Religious Intolerance in India, Again
President Obama took a stab again at religious intolerance in India, this time before an international audience that included the Dalai Lama in a speech that was televised nationally and globally. The...
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Obama Names Ajay Banga to Trade Policy Body
President Barack Obama intends to appoint Ajay Banga, the Indian-American president and CEO of MasterCard, as a member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. The White House on...
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Delhi votes Saturday in a cracker of election
Delhi will vote Saturday in a keenly fought election with the BJP and the AAP vying for power and an also-ran Congress desperate to make a mark.Although the election is only to pick a new city...
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Massachusetts’ New Health Commissioner Makes History
When she was a little girl, Monica Bharel, 44, danced around the house with her father’s stethoscope around her neck. No ballet classes for the girl who idolized her physician father. Today, she is...
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Chicago Mom Wins North American Edition on Zee TV Dance Show
Shirley Rodrigues, a 33 year-old mother of one from Chicago, was recently declared winner of Zee TV’s “Dance India Dance Super Moms” North American edition. Amirita Mudhar of Maryland was placed...
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Shamitabh: More Tribute Than a Film
Every director has his muse. Farah Khan has Shah Rukh Khan, Ayan Mukerji has Ranbir Kapoor, and R Balki has Amitabh Bachchan. The one actor they admire so much that, at times, their films are nothing...
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Obama’s remarks on religious intolerance in India provoke outrage
President Obama’s comments that religious conflict has produced “acts of intolerance” in India that would have shocked the country’s peace icon, Mohandas “Mahatma” Gandhi, provoked a stream of outrage...
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‘Hawaizaada’ is More a Fairytale Than a Biopic
At first glance, Vibhu Puri’s “Hawaizaada” (“Prince of the air”) looks like it’s been made from the leftover set pieces of a Sanjay Leela Bhansali film. You are treated to opulent mansions, cobbled...
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