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Disease threatens as Kashmir flood waters turn fetid
Emergency workers on Monday battled to prevent waterborne diseases like cholera from spreading as fetid water swilled around the Kashmir valley more than a week after the worst flooding in more than a...
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Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers patrol the fenced border with Pakistan as they wade through floodwaters on the outskirts of Jammu September 13.
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Tense stand-off in Pakistani capital as political crisis deepens
Pakistan’s opposition leaders ordered thousands of their supporters on Saturday to resist any government attempt to quash their protests against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, deepening a political...
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Davis Cup: India scripts phenomenal comeback
It was a comeback of epic proportions. A kind that Leander Paes admitted he hadn’t been a part of in a doubles match in his entire 24 years of Davis Cup career. Non-playing captain Anand Amritraj, a...
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BJP Suffers Poll Reverses in 3 states, Enters Bengal Assembly
The BJP Tuesday suffered major reverses in the assembly byelections in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat that saw the Congress and the Samajwadi Party bounce back, even as the ruling party at the...
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Nina Davuluri Looks Back on ‘Whirlwind’ Year as Miss America
Nina Davuluri, who made history last year as the first Indian-American to win the Miss America pageant, ended her reign on Sept. 14 by crowning Miss New York Kira Kazantsev as the new winner....
View ArticleContractor Sentenced to 1 Year, 1 Day in Prison for Tax Evasion
New York City contractor was on Sept. 12 was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to one year and one day in prison for his role in a tax evasion scheme. Nick A. Jodha, a/k/a “Nick Persaud,” the owner...
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Designer Nikita Varma’s Collection Displayed at Heart A Cause Fundraiser
Heart A Cause kicked off New York Fashion Week, with their annual fundraiser on Sept. 11, bringing fashion, music, art and together at the Millesime at the Carlton Hotel here. The event raised funds...
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Washington Gets Ready to Host Modi
– WASHINGTON Not long ago, Narendra Modi was not welcome in the US. But the US is now pulling out all stops to woo him when he comes calling at the White House as India’s prime minister at the end of...
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The New York Times Surveys U.S.-based POIs on Modi’s Visit
The New York Times has sought responses from people of Indian origin living in the U.S. about their reactions to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to the country. Modi, whose...
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Women Go Beyond Bollywood, Into Serious Dramatic Roles
– NEW DELHI A trio of films stepped beyond Bollywood song-and-dance to show South Asian women grappling with male-dominated sport, child marriage, and sexual desire of people with disability in their...
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Tiger’s Chopra Stumbles in Rise to Top Robertson Empire
Nehal Chopra has been sprinting ahead of the pack most of her life. She became a top-ranked youth tennis player growing up in Mumbai, and received an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of...
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Breaking Bad: The Assault on Chaumtoli Huq
Photo: Courtesy Charles Meacham Chaumtoli Huq, 42, a Bangladeshi-American attorney who served as general counsel to New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, has filed a civil rights complaint...
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Kathak Festival Attracts Legendary Performers, Scholars
Anila Sinha Foundation (ASF) presented its 3rd International Kathak Festival with co-host International House (IH) at University of Chicago from Sept. 12 to 14 to celebrate 15 years of ASF’s...
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Xi sees factory China and back office India as global engine
The “world’s factory” and the “world’s back office” could together drive global economic growth, Chinese President Xi Jinping said as he began a rare visit to India on Wednesday, playing down mistrust...
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Police personnel stand guard in front of a boarding with images of (L-R) India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, China’s President Xi Jinping and Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister of Gujarat, ahead of Xi’s...
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Pakistani Islamists use floods to turn opinion against India
Hafiz Saeed, widely considered one of South Asia’s most dangerous militants, has no doubt who is to blame for devastating floods that have submerged swathes of Pakistani countryside and claimed...
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U.S. to press India on trade row during Modi’s Washington visit
The United States said on Wednesday it will press India’s new prime minister to end his blockage of a global trade pact when he visits Washington this month, something that could dampen the mood of a...
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China not warlike, says Xi, as border standoff dominates India trip
China is not a warlike nation, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday, during a rare trip to neighbour India that was dominated by a standoff on a barren Himalayan plateau between soldiers from the...
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China joins nations eyeing India’s civil nuclear sector
China became the latest nation to line up for a stake in India’s civil nuclear energy drive on Thursday, agreeing to open talks on cooperation in a sector that New Delhi sees as the solution to its...
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