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Kejriwal among Foreign Policy's 100 global thinkers

VeenaDecember 11, 2013

by VeenaDecember 11, 201301647

Washington, Dec 11 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party’s impressive debut in the Delhi elections has earned party founder Arvind Kejriwal a place on Foreign Policy magazine’s

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40 month jail for attacker of Sikh cab driver

VeenaDecember 11, 2013

by VeenaDecember 11, 201301770

Jamie W. Larson Washington, Dec 11 (IANS) An American man accused of viciously beating a Sikh cab driver while shouting anti-Muslim slurs in Washington state

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Anti-Modi resolution loses traction in US House

VeenaDecember 10, 2013

by VeenaDecember 10, 201302391

Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) With the victory of Bharatiya Janata Party in assembly elections in four Indian states, a controversial resolution critical of the party’s

NRIs happy they played role in AAP victory

VeenaDecember 9, 2013

by VeenaDecember 9, 201301982

New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Madhu Narasiah, 35, left his well paying job as a software engineer in Boston, U.S. and came to India to

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India to set up largest public cord blood bank

VeenaDecember 5, 2013

by VeenaDecember 5, 201301776

Nalini Ambady New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Nalini Ambady, the first Indian American woman to teach psychology at Harvard and Stanford universities, died of leukemia

'India's Rape Epidemic' among Time's top ten stories

VeenaDecember 5, 2013

by VeenaDecember 5, 201301729

Washington, Dec 5 (IANS) Time magazine has listed “India’s Rape Epidemic”, about the nationwide uproar over a number of rape incidents, especially following a shocking

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Huffington Post removes Sonia Gandhi's name from richest leaders' list

VeenaDecember 3, 2013

by VeenaDecember 3, 201302192

Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) Days after naming Congress party president Sonia Gandhi among the world’s richest leaders, an American news site has removed her from

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Manick Sorcar honored for laser displays of Indian heritage

VeenaDecember 2, 2013

by VeenaDecember 2, 201301710

Chicago, Dec 2 (IANS) Denver-based Manick Sorcar has been honored for introducing the younger generation in India and viewers in the West to Indian heritage

Obama visits fasting immigration activists

VeenaNovember 30, 2013

by VeenaNovember 30, 201302206

Washington, Nov 30 (IANS/EFE) US President Barack Obama Friday visited activists on a hunger strike in the National Mall demanding that comprehensive immigration reform be

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Indian-Americans favor lighter skin tones: study

VeenaNovember 28, 2013

by VeenaNovember 28, 201304524

Washington, Nov 28 (IANS) A vast majority of Indian Americans have an aesthetic preference for lighter skinned people and consider those with darker skin to