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Court acquits Jayalalithaa in graft case
The Karnataka High Court on Monday overturned the graft conviction of powerful politician and former movie star Jayalalithaa Jayaram, setting the stage for her return to power in Tamil Nadu....
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Ramalinga Raju, others get bail in Satyam case
Hyderabad, May 11 (IANS) A city court on Monday granted bail to B. Ramalinga Raju and all other accused in multi-crore-rupee Satyam accounting fraud case. The metropolitan sessions court granted bail...
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Delhi Cop hits woman who doesn’t pay bribe, sacked
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) A Delhi traffic policeman was on Monday sacked after he attacked a young mother of three with a brick when she refused to pay a Rs.200 bribe. The shocking incident of bribery...
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Modi’s visit to China: How long can policy of accommodation continue?
The rise of China as a great power is no longer a matter of speculation; it is a given fact. Most nations today seriously consider the Chinese factor when determining policy. The question uppermost in...
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After years of tension, anti-American sentiment ebbs in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — During a dozen visits here since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Montana resident Doug Chabot sometimes stuck a Canadian maple leaf on his bag. Even then, he dreaded the...
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Microsoft striving to be cool again under Nadella
Something very weird is happening in the tech world: Microsoft looks cool again. The guileless, style-less suburban dad of digital America — maker of Clippy, Vista and the Zune — is suddenly...
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Shoojit Sircar’s “Piku” tells a compelling story
In Shoojit Sircar’s “Piku”, after a particularly graphic conversation about constipation and bowel movements, Rana (Irrfan Khan) asks the film’s protagonist (Deepika Padukone), “Is this all you’ll...
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AIPhA President Champions Cause of Independent Pharmacists
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. More than 600 guests attended the annual holiday banquet and business expo of Association of Indian Pharmacists in America, coordinated by AIPhA president Harish Bhatt here at...
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Nawazuddin Siddique, Kalki Koechlin Receive Best Actor Awards
NEW YORK Bollywood Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has won the Best Actor award for “Haraamkhor,” while Kalki Koechlin won the Best Actress award for “Margarita, With A Straw,” at the recently concluded New...
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Fresh earthquake brings panic, damage and death to Nepal
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake killed at least 41 people and spread panic in Nepal on Tuesday, bringing down buildings already weakened by a devastating tremor less than three weeks ago and unleashing...
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Blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh, third this year
A blogger was hacked to death by machete-wielding attackers in Bangladesh on Tuesday, the third killing of a critic of religious extremism in the Muslim-majority nation in less than three months....
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Modi seeks to improve relations with Pakistan via cricket
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Despite apprehensions raised by some BJP MPs about a proposed India-Pakistan cricket series, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is determined to break the ice with the neighbouring...
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Tibetan Savant Defends Values of Premodern Buddhist Education
CHICAGO His Eminence professor Samdhong Rinpoche, Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile till 2011, gave an informal discourse on “Premodern versus modern Buddhist educational systems”...
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Local residents comfort each others during an earthquake in central Kathmandu, Nepal, May 12. The post appeared first on News India Times.
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British Indian MP Priti Patel appointed employment minister
London, May 11 (IANS) British Indian MP Priti Patel has been appointed employment minister in Prime Minister David Cameron’s new cabinet, BBC reported on Monday. Patel, 43, who comfortably won her...
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No wedding plans on Katrina’s mind, says spokesperson
Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) Katrina Kaif’s spokesperson has clarified that there’s no truth to rumours about the actress’ wedding plans. This has come in the wake of reports that Katrina’s rumoured beau...
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Indian connect gives NRI talent ticket to Bollywood: Evelyn
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Actress Evelyn Sharma, who is of Indian and German origin, believes NRI artists get recognised in Bollywood due to their “Indian connect” rather than the tag of being...
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CRY America Gala Raises Over $75,000 for Underprivileged Children
NEW YORK Over a 100 prominent members of the Indian-American community came together May 8 at Taj, The Pierre, May 8 to support CRY (Child, Rights and You) America’s work to benefit underprivileged...
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Delayed reforms, market woes tarnish end to Modi’s first year
A surprise delay to India’s new goods and services tax (GST) marks one of the most painful setbacks suffered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government as it nears the end of a first year in...
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No sign of missing U.S. aid helicopter after second Nepal quake
A day-long search failed to find a missing U.S. Marine helicopter on Wednesday, a day after the second Nepal earthquake in less than three weeks killed scores and triggered landslides across the...
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