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Nancy Powell meets Narendra Modi

VeenaFebruary 13, 2014

by VeenaFebruary 13, 201402538

Gandhinagar, Feb 13 (IANS) In a clear indication that the US may be changing its stance towards Narendra Modi, whom it was treating as a

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Indian-American convicted for sexually assaulting women

VeenaFebruary 13, 2014

by VeenaFebruary 13, 201402562

New York, Feb 13 (IANS) An Indian-American man in New Jersey has been convicted of sexually assaulting or attempting to assault five women. Hiten Patel,

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Obama's state dinner for Manmohan Singh was most expensive

VeenaFebruary 13, 2014

by VeenaFebruary 13, 201402680

Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) State dinners don’t come cheap. The White House spent over $1.55 million on the first five dinners on President Barack Obama’s

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Eight-year-old to feature on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show'

VeenaFebruary 12, 2014

by VeenaFebruary 12, 201401980

Mumbai, Feb 12 (IANS) Akshat Singh, an eight-year-old prodigy who is a semi-finalist on “India’s Got Talent 5”, has been invited to shoot a special

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Indian-American fundraiser sentenced to two years for fraud

VeenaFebruary 12, 2014

by VeenaFebruary 12, 201402149

Chicago, Feb 12 (IANS) Raghuveer Nayak, an Indian-American fundraiser for convicted politicians Jesse Jackson Jr. and Rod Blagojevich, has been sentenced to two years in

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US envoy set to meet Narendra Modi

VeenaFebruary 11, 2014

by VeenaFebruary 11, 201402225

Washington, Feb 11 (IANS) Signalling a major shift in the US stand towards BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell

India-US partnership would keep growing after poll: US

VeenaFebruary 8, 2014

by VeenaFebruary 8, 201402144

Washington, Feb 8 (IANS) A senior Obama administration official has expressed confidence that despite recent setbacks India-US strategic partnership will continue to grow whatever the

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Columbia University scientist claims new path to cancer cure

VeenaFebruary 7, 2014

by VeenaFebruary 7, 201402283

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Arnab De, an Indian scientist working at Columbia University in the US, claims to have found a new biological pathway

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USAID's Rajiv Shah wins lavish praise from Obama

VeenaFebruary 7, 2014

by VeenaFebruary 7, 201402268

Washington, Feb 7 (IANS) Citing immigrants’ absolute faith in the American dream, Rajiv Shah, the Indian-American administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID),

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Most Americans favor pathway to citizenship for illegals

VeenaFebruary 7, 2014

by VeenaFebruary 7, 201402419

Washington, Feb 7 (IANS) Even as a new poll found that Americans overwhelmingly favor a pathway towards citizenship for 11 million undocumented individuals, including 300,000