George Palathinkal Cleared Of All Charges By Federal Court
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on June 18, dismissed all charges of fraud, complicity and negligence laid against George Palathinkal by the Securities and Exchange...
View ArticleIndia to roll out cash transfer of food subsidies from Sept
The owner of a “Kirana” or mom-and-pop grocery store arranges a rice sack in Kolkata October 24, 2013. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/Files India plans to phase in cash transfers of food and kerosene...
View ArticleSurgeon General, U.S. Attorney Urge Physicians To Fight Violence
Two high-profile Obama nominees, speaking at the recent convention of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, urged members to fight violence within and outside the community. U.S....
View ArticleColdplay’s Chris Martin, Freida Pinto meet Modi
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and Hollywood actress Freida Pinto on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed how they can support his ‘Swachh Bharat’ and the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’...
View ArticleU.S. to deepen security ties with India under new military strategy
Washington, July 2 (IANS) Pressing forward with the rebalance to the Asia Pacific region, the US “will deepen our security relationship with India” as part of its new National Military Strategy taking...
View ArticleYoga Is Fast Becoming A Sino-Indian Cultural Tie
In the 1960s and 1970s, when yoga and meditation became popular in the West, China bucked the trend. Almost 25 years later, in the early part of the last decade, China began to embrace the Indian...
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A Girl Scout loses her balance in her camp chair around a pretend campfire as President Barack Obama and the first lady welcome the scouts to a camp-out on the South Lawn of the White House in...
View ArticleMaura Moynihan Says India Is Her Favorite Country
India and its culture received some flattering comments from writers and lawmakers during the Ninth Annual Awards Banquet of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin that honored outstanding...
View ArticleFour Indians Among “Great” Naturalized Americans
The Carnegie Corporation of New York, named after one of the most known immigrants to this country, Andrew Carnegie, recognized 38 individuals “who have helped advance and enlighten our society,...
View ArticleHema Malini’s driver arrested, family mourns girl’s death
Veteran film actor and BJP MP Hema Malini, injured in a car crash in Rajasthan that killed a girl child, remained in hospital on Friday even as her driver was arrested for rash driving. Doctors at the...
View ArticleMotel Owner Patel,74, Pleads Guilty In Sex Trafficking Case
An Indian American motel owner, who regularly rented rooms to pimps who forced women to engage in prostitution, pleaded guilty last week to financially benefiting from a sex trafficking scheme...
View ArticleIndian-American among math, science teachers honoured by Obama
Washington, July 2 (IANS) Darshan Jain, an Indian American teacher is one of the 108 teachers named by President Barack Obama as recipients of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in...
View ArticleIndian Spiritual Leader Gets Colombia’s Highest Award
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the founder of The Art of Living Foundation, and spiritual leader to many, was bestowed the Government of Colombia’s highest civilian award June 24 in Bogota, Colombia. Fabio...
View ArticleIllinois Sikhs Hold Candlelight Vigil For Charleston Shooting Victims
PALATINE, IL A prayer service and candlelight vigil commemorating the nine victims of the shooting at Emanuel Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, June 17 was organized by Sikh Religious Society...
View ArticleEngineering Skills Behind Statue of Liberty To Help Shivaji Statue in Mumbai
In midst of his visit focused mainly on attracting American investment for his state, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis turned his attention to the Statue of Liberty in Ellis Island,...
View Article‘Guddu Rangeela': Middling and Unremarkable
Subhash Kapoor’s “Guddu Rangeela” is one of those films that are middling, unremarkable, and trivialize a serious matter. The story starts with Bollywood’s oldest cliche: two scruffy, kind-hearted...
View Article‘Hema Malini never inquired about our child’
Jaipur, July 3 (IANS) The distraught father of the two-year-old girl, who died in a car crash with actor Hema Malini’s sedan, is inconsolable, while the injured mother is constantly asking “Chinni...
View ArticleIsrael thanks India for abstaining on UNHRC vote
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Israel on Saturday thanked India for not voting on an “anti-Israel bashing” UNHRC resolution, which sources said was a result of Tel Aviv’s sustained talks with the Indian...
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View ArticleSix Years Prison for Fund Manager Who Defrauded Family, Friends
A Chicago investment manager who engineered a sophisticated Ponzi scheme to rob gullible friends and family of millions to feed his extravagant lifestyle was sentenced to six years in prison July 2....
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