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Narendra Modi eighth in TIME Person of the Year Poll; Bernie Sanders leads

VeenaDecember 1, 2015

by VeenaDecember 1, 201502197

Washington, Dec 1 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently among the top 10 of the TIME Person of the Year readers’ choice poll

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Disney-Pixar backs film on Hindu gods

VeenaDecember 1, 2015

by VeenaDecember 1, 201503363

New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) In his quest to understand Vedic mythology, Sanjay Patel, an Indian-American, took the animation route to tell a story featuring

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Over 100 South Asian immigrant detainees on hunger strike

VeenaNovember 28, 2015

by VeenaNovember 28, 201502984

Washington, Nov 28 (IANS) About 110 detainees, largely from South Asia, at three immigration detention centers in Alabama and California are on hunger strike demanding

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Indian-American offloaded from flight over 'bomb hoax' in Pakistan

VeenaNovember 27, 2015

by VeenaNovember 27, 201503165

Islamabad, Nov 27 (IANS) An Indian-American man travelling to Washington via Doha was offloaded from a Qatar Airways flight at Islamabad airport on Friday after

Smithsonian explores America's immigration story through "H-1B"

VeenaNovember 26, 2015

by VeenaNovember 26, 201503194

Washington, Nov 25 (IANS) In a spin-off from the Smithsonian’s “Beyond Bollywood” exhibition, 17 South Asian American and Asian-American artists explore America’s immigration story in

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Aziz Ansari mocks Jindal one last time

VeenaNovember 23, 2015

by VeenaNovember 23, 201502753

Washington, Nov 21 (IANS) Louisiana’s Indian-American Governor Bobby Jindal is out of the US presidential race, but that did not prevent Indian origin comedian Aziz

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Bright future ahead for Indian-origin TV, film actors

VeenaNovember 21, 2015

by VeenaNovember 21, 201502392

New York, Nov 21 (IANS) The next few years may prove a boon for Indian-origin actors as a number of them are being roped in

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Indian-American woman killed in Mali hotel attack

VeenaNovember 21, 2015

by VeenaNovember 21, 201502440

Washington, Nov 21 (IANS) Anita Ashok Datar, an Indian-American woman who lived in the Washington DC area, was one of the victims killed in Friday’s

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Obama names Swati Dandekar Asian Development Bank director

VeenaNovember 20, 2015

by VeenaNovember 20, 201502477

Swati Dandekar (2nd from left) during her Atlanta visit in April 2014, with members of the local Indian media and Global Mall’s Shiv Aggarwal (L).

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Does your kid reject your political inclinations?

VeenaNovember 19, 2015

by VeenaNovember 19, 201502453

Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) If your child is not enthusiastic about your political or ideological inclinations, do not be surprised. More than half of all