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Pakistan cancels Commonwealth conference to highlight ‘Kashmir issue’
Pakistan has cancelled the Commonwealth parliamentary conference due to tensions with India over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, officials said on Thursday, days before the two nuclear-armed...
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A bonnet macaque sits on consecrated idols of snakes as it eats a pomegranate fruit left behind as an offering by devotees during the Nag Panchami festival inside a temple on the outskirts of...
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Pakistan bans film on Mumbai attacks after accused mastermind protests
A Pakistani court on Thursday banned an Indian film about the 2008 Mumbai attacks in response to a petition filed by the man New Delhi accuses of masterminding the killing of 166 people over three...
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Gov. Haley Names Swati Patel As Her New Chief Of Staff
South Carolina governor Nikki Haley named Swati Patel, a veteran of two gubernatorial administrations as her new chief of staff August 19. Patel will assume new office Sept. 1 succeeding James Burns....
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Top American Medical Body Collaborating With Indian Chain
WASHINGTON — The American College of Cardiology is collaborating with Apollo Hospitals in India to provide ACC’s educational content to physicians participating in Apollo’s Medvarsity e-learning...
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Nicki Minaj’s Madame Tussauds figure to be remodeled
Rapper Nicki Minaj’s wax work at Madame Tussauds has been groped by visitors so many times that it would now be remodeled. The museum called the visitors’ inappropriate behavior “unfortunate”. The...
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BAPS Pays Tribute To Kalam At Launching Of ‘Transcendence’
In the presence of an estimated 1,000 people, the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Beltsville, Maryland, honored the legacy of late former President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam with the launch of...
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Miss and Mr. India America Pageant Draws Celebrities
At a gala in Los Angeles, California attended by Indian-American and other celebrities, Priya Patel from Alabama and Saavan Patel of California were crowned Miss and Mr. India America 2015. Joseph...
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Manasvi Noel Crowned Miss India-Canada 2015
–TORONTO Manasvi Noel of Mississauga city has been crowned Miss India-Canada 2015 at the 25th edition of the annual beauty pageant organised here, a media report said. During a night full of...
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Double Amputee Marine Sergeant On Hand-Cycling Tour Of U.S.
Marine Sergeant Toran Gaal has no recollection of the incident on June 26, 2011 in Sangin, Afghanistan where he was serving with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines when an improvised explosive device...
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Key Congressman Endorses Illinois Candidate For Congress
A leading Democratic Party official and veteran Congressman has extended his support to an Indian-American candidate for the U.S. Congress as he gears up for the long haul to the Illinois Democratic...
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Nearly all India’s Muslim women reject ‘triple talaq’, polygamy
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than 90 percent of Muslim women surveyed in India want the “triple talaq” divorce ritual and polygamy banned from family civil law in the country, a study...
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Ohio Man Charged For Trying To Bribe Cleveland Councilman
An Indian-American businessman from East Cleveland was charged for allegedly attempting to bribe a councilman to get support for a liquor license for his store, only to be turned over to the FBI for...
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Bringing A Little Bit of India To Ohio
More than 12,000 people came from various cities in Ohio and neighboring states to get their fix of Indian culture and cuisine at the 17th Annual India Festival of Ohio held in Columbus, Ohio’s Expo...
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Thousands Gather to Savor Chatpati Mela in Queens, N.Y.
There’s more to India and South Asia than Bollywood say organizers of the 5th Annual Chatpati Mela, a festival that celebrates the diversity of the countries from where a large group of new immigrants...
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‘Manjhi’ documents the life of Dashrath Manjhi
There are some stories that stay on the pages of a newspaper, some that become dinner-table conversation, and others that lead to heated television debates. And then there are those which are so...
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It’s not just about Katrina Kaif’s looks in ‘Phantom’
Katrina Kaif routinely finds a place in lists ranking India’s most Googled celebrities. She says her looks got all the attention in her first few Bollywood films. The 32-year-old actress has been...
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An Indian army soldier stands in front of the wreckage of a MiG-21 Bison aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) after it crashed in Soibugh in Budgam district of Kashmir August 24, 2015. The post...
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What does axing of NSA talks mean to Kashmiris
Pakistan’s decision to call off the NSA-level talks with India proves an old maxim for the people of Jammu and Kashmir: Whether the knife falls on the watermelon or the watermelon falls on the knife,...
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Indian American judge among 11 Obama appointees
President Barack Obama has appointed Indian American federal judge Vince Chhabria along with 10 others as full-time judges, a media report said. The appointment filled 11 of the 14 vacancies in the...
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