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No comment on people with narrow mindset: Sonia Gandhi on Giriraj
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday dismissed union minister Giriraj Singh’s “racist” remarks as stemming from a “narrow mindset” even as party members staged protests while the BJP sought the...
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Sim Bhullar Becomes 1st Player of Indian Descent in NBA
Sim Bhullar has become the first player of Indian descent on a NBA team’s regular season roster, after signing a 10-day contract with the Sacramento Kings, April 2. According to a statement on the...
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Mixed Response for Deepika Padukone’s ‘My Choice’ Campaign
Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone’s feminist video telling women to choose their own destiny and make their own choices has received a mixed response from her industry peers, feminists, politicians...
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Can Internet be allowed to spell death for the unborn girl child?
The low and declining sex ratio in the country is no longer a subject matter of debate or doubt. The child (0-6 years) sex ratio has declined from 962 in 1981 to 945 in 1991, 927 in 2001 and to 918 in...
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Sonia Gandhi slur prompts call for penalties against sexist politicians
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Indian politicians who make bigoted comments should be punished by their parties, activists said on Thursday, after a government minister became the latest...
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Vidhu Vinod Chopra: An Indian ‘proving his point’ in Hollywood
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) English was alien to him until he was 16; but he landed an Oscar nomination in 1979, directed pertinent Hindi films like “Parinda” and “1942: A Love Story”, produced...
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By 2050, Hindus’ share of India’s population to fall by 2.8 percent: Study
Phoenix (Arizona), April 3 (IANS) Hindus in India are projected to grow to almost 1.3 billion by 2050 in a total population of nearly 1.7 billion even though their percentage in the nation’s...
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6 Indicted on Home Invasions Targeting Indian-Americans in New Jersey
Six Texas residents were indicted April 2 in connection with a string of home invasion robberies late last year that targeted the Indian-American community in New Jersey’s Middlesex County. The six...
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NYPD Officer Who Berated Uber Driver Placed on Modified Duty
The NYPD detective caught on video screaming at an Uber driver has lost his shield and gun and will be placed on administrative duty. In addition to being stripped of his badge, Detective Patrick...
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BAPS Women’s Conference Explores Concepts of Compassion, Forgiveness
Indian-American women from all walks of life gathered at 11venues across North America to learn, network, share and introspect at conferences held by the BAPS last month to celebrate International...
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New York’s Saneeswara Temple Celebrates First Anniversary
The Sarvamangala Sri Saneeswara Temple and Community Center of New York located in Queens, last month celebrated it first anniversary with religious events, a talent show and a gala dinner. The...
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The White House’s first chief data scientist is no stranger to Washington
The White House’s top data nerd was kicked out of an algebra class in high school and almost didn’t graduate. DJ Patil, who was named the nation’s first chief data scientist last month, shares credit...
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Nonprofit Founder Accused of Cheating Desi Parents of Abducted Children
The founder of a non-profit organization, in a brazen scheme allegedly defrauded parents of children abducted across international borders, including several Indian-American parents, who gave him...
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Two New York women charged in terror bomb plot
WASHINGTON — Federal officials charged two American women, who they described as supporters of violent jihad, with conspiring to build and plant bombs in the United States as part of a terror attack,...
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Modi to appoint Mehbooba Mufti to council of ministers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to expand his council of ministers to include a key leader from the restive Kashmir region, sources said, as he looks to win the support of allies to push economic...
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U.S. says would back India buying U.S. aircraft carrier technology
(Reuters) – The U.S. government would support selling General Atomics’ electromagnetic launching system for aircraft carriers, and other key technologies, to India, the Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer...
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Road rage: Impatient motorists beat Delhi man to death
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) A spat over yielding space in a traffic jam ended fatally for a middle-aged motorcyclist, who was beaten to death by five people even as his sons, who witnessed the entire...
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A woman protects her child during a dust storm on the banks of river Ganga in Allahabad, April 4. The post appeared first on News India Times.
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Fugitive accused of rape in Scotland arrested in Delhi
International fugitive Raminder Singh, accused of raping a woman and attempting to sexually assault another in Scotland in 2012, has been arrested in Delhi, police said on Monday. “Raminder Singh was...
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Raja Krishmamoorthi Announces Run for U.S. Congress from Illinois’ 8th District
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. Raja Krishnamoorthi, 41, announced March 31 his campaign to seek the 8th Congressional District seat, which includes the northwest suburbs of Chicago. U.S. Rep. (D) Tammy Duckworth,...
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