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Text of Gov. Nikki Haley’s address to the National Press Club
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 02: South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley addresses a Newsmaker Luncheon at the National Press Club September 2, 2015 in Washington, DC. Governor Haley spoke on “Lessons from...
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Young Manipuri’s Tennis Dream Shattered After Shooting Death In Va.
Shaolin Chandam’s two tennis racquets, a water-spray bottle, two jump ropes and some clothes stuffed in a blue-white tennis bag lie in one corner of the home of Tony Caputo, head coach of Men’s...
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Nikki Haley takes on Donald Trump
Donald Trump is driving the Republican Party into the abyss. Can Nikki Haley pull it back? Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner, talks of immigrants as rapists and women as bimbos and...
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Pooja Nagpal Named Girl Scout Of USA’s National Young Women of Distinction
Pooja Nagpal, an Indian-American from Greater Los Angeles, was recently named recipient of 2015 National Young Women of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of United States of America (GSUSA). Pooja, along...
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New York Welcomes India’s Legislative Leaders
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, who attended the Fourth World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments at the United Nations last week, hosted a dinner at the Indian Consulate Sept. 1 for members of...
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Padmasree Warrior Being Considered For Top Job At Twitter
India-born Padmasree Warrior, former Cisco CTO, may become the Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, the struggling internet company, news reports said last week. A Bloomberg report quoted by Business...
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Slammed Indian Grandfather Testifies At U.S. Cop’s Trial
An Indian grandfather who was slammed down to the ground by an Alabama police officer while walking in his son’s neighbourhood in February recalled the horrific encounter that left him badly injured....
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N.J. Parents, Kids Die In Suspected Murder-suicide Pact
Seven-year-old Brandon Beharry and his brother, four-year old Brian, were to go to their Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey school Sept. 3 when classes would resume, but in a tragic fire at...
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Battle of Petitions On Eve Of Modi’s Visit To Silicon Valley
A month before Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to arrive in the United States and travel to Silicon Valley to meet IT entrepreneurs and the Indian-American community, a petition critical of his...
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Jhumpa Lahiri Gets National Humanities Medal
Jhumpa Lahiri, 48, author of several award-winning books, has been awarded the 2014 National Humanities Medal, a rare honor bestowed on leading literati and artistes in the country. She will be among...
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First National Vaishnav Convention In Virginia Attended By 1,200
The first-ever National Vaishnav Convention in North America was held last month at Richmond Convention Center in Richmond, Virginia by Vallabh Youth Organization, U.S.A., The August 7-9 convention...
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Thai authorities question Indian nationals as bomb probe expands
People and tourists gather as they pray at the Erawan shrine, the site of deadly blast, in Bangkok, Thailand, August 24, 2015. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha Thai authorities issued more arrest warrants...
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Police arrests Kashmiri leaders protesting lack of flood relief
A Kashmir trader is detained by police during a protest in Srinagar September 7, 2015. REUTERS/Danish Ismail Police arrested Kashmiri trade union and separatist leaders after they called a daylong...
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Is Modi euphoria over? Markets decline to level last seen when BJP leader won
Monday’s stock market decline marks a landmark of sorts for the Narendra Modi government. The markets have come back to levels they had last seen when Modi went on to take over the reins of State. Is...
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Amazon, US varsity sued over Indian-origin student’s death
Online giant Amazon and the University of Pennsylvania have been sued in the US over the death of an Indian-origin nursing student who killed herself two years ago by consuming cyanide, media...
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Maryland Doctor Couple convicted of health care fraud
A federal jury in the US has convicted an Indian-origin doctor couple of a $2.5 million health care fraud, a media report said. Paramjit Singh Ajrawat, 60, and his wife Sukhveen Kaur Ajrawat, 57, who...
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Mother Of Penn Student Who Committed Suicide Sues Varsity, Amazon
The mother of an Indian-American nursing student at the University of Pennsylvania, who died after committing suicide in February 2013 in her dorm room, has sued the varsity as well as Amazon.com...
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Singers Asha Bhonsle-Talat Aziz Set Stage On Fire In Chicago
Bollywood music legend Asha Bhonsle and popular ghazal singer Talat Aziz set the stage on fire in Chicago late last month when they came together at the Sears Center Arena, at Prairie Stone Parkway,...
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B.J.P. Leader Sells Modi Government’s Success At N.J. Outreach
The Overseas Friends of BJP, U.S.A. organized a community outreach program in Edison, New Jersey late last month with G.V. L. Narasimha Rao, National Spokesperson of BJP and a member of the party’s...
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Illinois governor Bruce Rauner To Head Trade Mission To India
Gov. Bruce Rauner of Illinois has accepted “in principle” an invitation from Indian Ambassador Arun Kumar Singh to lead a high-level trade mission to India, officials said. Singh extended the...
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