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Confirmed: India's Bene Israel community has Jewish roots

VeenaMay 11, 2016

by VeenaMay 11, 201603755

A Bene Israel family from Bombay, early 20th century. Photo courtesy: www.imj.org.il New York, May 11 (IANS) Genetic testing has confirmed what the Bene Israel

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American TV more diverse than films, says Kal Penn

VeenaMay 10, 2016

by VeenaMay 10, 201602970

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Indian-American actor Kal Penn, who has been playing pivotal roles in the American entertainment industry for over a decade now,

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I don't want exemption from 'ignorant' Trump's Muslim ban, says Sadiq Khan

VeenaMay 10, 2016

by VeenaMay 10, 201602577

Washington/London, May 10 (IANS) Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has said London’s new mayor Sadiq Khan could be an “exception” to his call for a

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New London mayor Sadiq Khan accuses Cameron of 'Trump' tactics

VeenaMay 8, 2016

by VeenaMay 8, 201602685

London, May 9 (IANS) London’s newly elected mayor, Sadiq Khan, on Sunday compared Prime Minister David Cameron and mayoral opponent Zac Goldsmith to Donald Trump

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London elects Sadiq Khan, its first Muslim mayor

VeenaMay 7, 2016

by VeenaMay 7, 201602469

London, May 7 (IANS) Choosing ‘hope over fear’, Londoners elected their first Muslim mayor on Thursday as Labour’s Sadiq Khan comfortably romped home despite a

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The man with the golden shirt makes it to Guinness World Records

VeenaMay 3, 2016

by VeenaMay 3, 201603225

Nashik (Maharashtra), May 3 (IANS) Maharashtra’s well-known businessman-politician Pankaj Parakh called ‘The Man With The Golden Shirt’ by his friends – has earned a place

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Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai to form foundation for Ramanujan

VeenaApril 26, 2016

by VeenaApril 26, 201604406

Washington, April 26 (IANS) Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, among others, have reportedly pledged to form a foundation in

Hillary Clinton slams Trump for 'mocking' Indian accent

VeenaApril 25, 2016

by VeenaApril 25, 201603793

Washington, April 25 (IANS) Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton’s campaign has slammed her Republican rival Donald Trump for mocking an Indian call centre worker during

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Brown university students protest kirtan singing by white woman not born Hindu

VeenaApril 25, 2016

by VeenaApril 25, 201602319

The cover of a record, “Soma Bandhu,” by Carrie Grossman, who has adopted the Hindu name Dayashila. Some students at Brown University protested against her

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Trump uses Indian accent to mock outsourced call center

VeenaApril 23, 2016

by VeenaApril 23, 201602767

Washington, April 23 (IANS) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump adopted a fake accent to punctuate the punchline of a story mocking a credit card company