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Indian diplomat in New York arrested for visa fraud

VeenaDecember 12, 2013

by VeenaDecember 12, 201302963

Washington, Dec 13 (IANS) In a second case of its type, one of India’s senior diplomats in New York was arrested and accused by Manhattan’s

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US reacts with dismay over India's gay sex ruling

VeenaDecember 12, 2013

by VeenaDecember 12, 201302286

Washington, Dec 12 (IANS) Expressing concern over the Indian Supreme Court’s ruling restoring the ban on gay sex, the US has expressed its opposition to

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Kejriwal among Foreign Policy's 100 global thinkers

VeenaDecember 11, 2013

by VeenaDecember 11, 201301963

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, 201302226

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, 201302917

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, 201302359

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, 201302156

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, 201302038

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, 201302611

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, 201302089

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