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Sunanda murder: Tharoor questioned by police over IPL angle
Delhi Police Thursday questioned Congress MP Shashi Tharoor over the ownership of Kochi Tuskers, a defunct IPL franchisee, to find out if his murdered wife Sunanda Pushkar received equity on his...
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Police at Teesta Setalvad’s home after bail denied, SC stays arrest
A Gujarat Police team, accompanied by their Mumbai counterparts, Thursday reached the home of social activist Teesta Setalvad in Mumbai after a Gujarat court declined her plea for anticipatory bail in...
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Assistance provided to Indian man roughed up in US, says MEA
Reacting strongly to reports of excessive force used by police in the US state of Alabama against an Indian that left him partially paralysed, the external affairs ministry Thursday said it was...
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American hostage killed in Syria taught English to refugees in Dharamsala
The woman US aid worker kidnapped by the Islamic State and killed in Jordanian airstrikes in Syria was inspired by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and was remembered for her humanitarian...
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Pakistan likely knew of Osama bin Laden’s presence, admits former spy chief
WASHINGTON — Ever since the discovery and death of Osama bin Laden in a leafy town not far from Islamabad in May 2011, it’s been an open secret that some element within the Pakistani state must have...
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Narendra Modi appalled by temple built to worship him
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he was appalled that some of his fans had built a temple to deify him, adding that such an act contradicted tradition. Hundreds of his followers in Rajkot...
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Pakistani al Qaeda suspect goes on trial in U.S. for bomb plot charges
A Pakistan-born man went on trial on Wednesday on U.S. charges that he took part in an al Qaeda plot to carry out bombing attacks in the United States and Europe in 2008 and 2009. Jury selection began...
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Nepal sets up panels to probe war crimes amid cries for justice
Nepal set up two commissions on Tuesday to investigate long-simmering allegations of human rights abuses and disappearances during the Himalayan nation’s decade-long civil war, a government minister...
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Are Indian Women Invisible in America?
Mindy Kaling’s Nationwide commercial, which made its debut Super Bowl Sunday, stuck a chord with women across the country, for voicing a feeling most of them felt at least once in their lives – not...
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Abrupt end to Modi honeymoon pressures him to deliver change
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s honeymoon with India’s voters is officially over. Delhi residents delivered his Bharatiya Janata Party a crushing defeat in a state election just nine months...
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Seinfeld to make India debut at a comedy festival in Mumbai
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is making his debut performance in India as part of the Stage42 festival, a new venture by OML and NH7, next month. “I have always been fascinated by India and its culture. I...
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Cricket World Cup 2015: 10 American connections to the sport
The 2015 Cricket World Cup — a 14-team, six-week event held every four years — begins Saturday in Australia and New Zealand. The U.S. team did not qualify; however, here are 10 ways Americans are...
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‘Unfreedom’ Banned in India to Open in North American Theaters
Raj Amit Kumar’s new film “Unfreedom” which has been banned in his native India will be released in North American theaters May 29, and simultaneously on digital channels via Film Buff. The film is...
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Former Department Chair Sues George Washington University for $8 Million
A research professor is suing the George Washington University for $8 million after officials allegedly wrongfully removed him as chair of the department of biochemistry and molecular medicine. Rakesh...
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Alabama police officer arrested after Indian man left partially paralyzed
The FBI is investigating an incident in which an Indian grandfather’s encounter with police in Alabama left the man partially paralyzed. An officer involved in the incident is under arrest, and the...
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Friends of Indian National Congress in Disarray Overseas
Overseas supporters of the Indian National Congress Party are in disarray mirroring some of the problems of the once Grand Old Party of India. Like the INC which is scrambling to revive its identity...
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Family Blames Son-in-Law for Daughter’s Death in California
The death of a 27-year-old housewife in California has led her parents to blamer her husband his family of foul play. Kinnera Sai Sindhu died under suspicious circumstances, Kinnera Krishnaiah of...
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Kejriwal sworn in as Delhi’s chief minister
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal was Saturday sworn in as Delhi’s chief minister by Lt Governor Najeeb Jung at the Ramlila Maidan here along with six ministers. Tens of thousands of...
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Ambitious Plan to Construct Shirdi Sai Baba Temple in New Jersey
Desi Talk publisher and Padma Shri award recipient Dr. Sudhir M. Parikh visited the Sri Sai Datta Peetham in South Plainfield, New Jersey, Feb. 8 to meet with the temple priest and trustees, and show...
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28-year-old Shot Dead at Father’s Liquor Store in North Jersey
Authorities are finding a motive behind the Feb. 15 killing of a 28-year-old man inside a liquor store in Irvington, New Jersey. Amit Patel, 28, of Edison, died a short time after he was found inside...
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