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Trump appoints Raj Shah to White House post as his deputy assistant

VeenaJanuary 5, 2017

by VeenaJanuary 5, 201702322

New York, Jan 5 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed an expert on strategic communications and political research, Raj Shah, as his deputy assistant

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In historic breakthrough, 5 Indian-Americans sworn-in as members of Congress

VeenaJanuary 4, 2017

by VeenaJanuary 4, 201702807

Washington, Jan 4 (IANS) Sealing a historic breakthrough for Indian-Americans, five were sworn-in on Tuesday as members of the US Congress — one of them,

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Trump taps former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue for agriculture post

VeenaJanuary 3, 2017

by VeenaJanuary 3, 201702468

A 2006 file photo of Governor Perdue at the AAPI annual convention held in Atlanta. New York, Jan 3 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump has

Business

RBI to announce facility for NRIs to exchange old notes

VeenaJanuary 2, 2017

by VeenaJanuary 2, 201702690

New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Saturday said that it will introduce a facility for exchange of old specified

Bollywood

Films to watch out for in 2017

VeenaJanuary 2, 2017

by VeenaJanuary 2, 201703340

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, Jan 2 (IANS) There were not too many outstanding Bollywood films in 2016. The some that came were lapped up

City News

14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) to be held in Bengaluru 7-9 January 2017

VeenaJanuary 2, 2017

by VeenaJanuary 2, 201702664

Atlanta, GA, January 2, 2017: The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is being held in Bengaluru, India from 7-9 January 2017. The expected footfall per day

NRI News

New Year of momentous changes dawns on the US with Time Square gala

VeenaJanuary 1, 2017

by VeenaJanuary 1, 201702270

Ban Ki-moon, who ended his term as the Secretary-General of the United Nations, prepares on Saturday for the Times Square ball drop, the gala ritual

What's Cooking?

Easy to make recipes for tonight's party

VeenaDecember 31, 2016

by VeenaDecember 31, 201603194

Try making granola bars, pepperoni pizza bread and fish mayonnaise on wholegrain bread for your party, says an expert. Naresh Guglani, Corporate Chef at Del

Bollywood

Hope more families support girls to enter sports: Phogat sisters of 'Dangal' fame

VeenaDecember 30, 2016

by VeenaDecember 30, 201603095

New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) They faced opposition from the community when they started wrestling and yet went on to win gold medals for the

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Deport Afghan female pilot to Afghanistan, say activists

VeenaDecember 30, 2016

by VeenaDecember 30, 201603366

Kabul, Dec 30 (IANS) A group of activists has requested US President Barack Obama to reject asylum application of Afghanistan’s first female pilot, Captain Niloofar