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South Asians confront Chevron refinery; link it to floods in India and Pakistan

VeenaAugust 5, 2013

by VeenaAugust 5, 201302051

San Francisco, California: Over two dozen members of Brown and Green: South Asians for Climate Justice marched through the streets of Richmond, California recently to the gates of

US lawmakers commemorate Oak Creek gurdwara shooting

VeenaAugust 2, 2013

by VeenaAugust 2, 201301743

Washington, August 2 (IANS) American lawmakers are commemorating the first anniversary of the Oak Creek gurdwara tragedy when a white supremacist gunman shot dead six

Investigate gurdwara attack as hate crime: Congressman

VeenaAugust 1, 2013

by VeenaAugust 1, 201301816

Washington, August 1 (IANS) Condemning the vandalism at a Sikh gurdwara in Riverside, California as “reprehensible”, an influential US lawmaker has urged officials to investigate

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Relations with India's neighbors a priority, says India's new foreign secretary

VeenaAugust 1, 2013

by VeenaAugust 1, 201302060

New Delhi, August 1 (IANS) India’s immediate priorities would be in its neighbourhood as that is where its immediate interests are, said Sujatha Singh who

California gurdwara vandalised

VeenaJuly 31, 2013

by VeenaJuly 31, 201302895

Washington, July 31 (IANS) A Sikh gurdwara in Riverside, California has been vandalized in an apparent hate crime with the word ‘TERRIST!’ in capital letters

Indian-American doctors to hold healthcare meet in Ahmedabad

VeenaJuly 30, 2013

by VeenaJuly 30, 201302362

Chicago, July 30 (IANS) An influential body of Indian-American physicians plans to hold a healthcare summit aimed at bringing innovative, efficient and cost effective world-class

FBI raid rescues 105 kids from sex traffickers

VeenaJuly 29, 2013

by VeenaJuly 29, 201302246

Washington, July 30 (IANS) In its largest crackdown on child prostitution to date, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Monday announced to have arrested 150

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Seven Indian-Americans charged in kickback & bribery scheme

VeenaJuly 29, 2013

by VeenaJuly 29, 201303561

Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Atlanta, GA: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New

Four Indian Americans win top science and maths awards

VeenaJuly 27, 2013

by VeenaJuly 27, 201301637

Washington, July 27 (IANS) Four Indian American professors are among the 13 mathematicians, theoretical physicists and theoretical computer scientists who have won 2013 Simons Investigators

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Obama names Indian-American judge in California

VeenaJuly 26, 2013

by VeenaJuly 26, 201302415

Vince Chhabria Washington, July 26 (IANS) President Barack Obama has nominated yet another Indian American legal luminary, Vince Girdhari Chhabria, to a key judicial post