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Nihar Janga and Jairam Hathwar win National Spelling Bee

VeenaMay 28, 2016

by VeenaMay 28, 201602888

Washington, May 28 (IANS) Two Indian-origin students won the the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee, third straight year of double winners. Nihar Janga, 11, of

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Indian companies to pay $4000 more for H-1B visa fee

VeenaMay 27, 2016

by VeenaMay 27, 201602738

Washington, May 27 (IANS) Indian companies, according to Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, will have to pay additional fees of $4,000 for certain H-1B and $4,500

NRI News

US lawmakers get preachy before Modi visit

VeenaMay 27, 2016

by VeenaMay 27, 201603288

By Arun Kumar Washington, May 27 (IANS) It was supposed to be a welcome mat, a warm-up exercise for the triumphant return of the only

Features

Indian regional cuisines becoming popular in America: Chef Vikas Khanna

VeenaMay 26, 2016

by VeenaMay 26, 201603613

New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Be it delicacies from Kashmir or the northeast, Michelin-starred chef Vikas Khanna says regional Indian cuisine is being increasingly lapped

City News

Meghna Joshi crowned Mrs. India International 2016; Maira Khan is Mrs Pakistan International

VeenaMay 25, 2016

by VeenaMay 25, 201607271

Atlanta, GA, May 23: Meghna Ballabh Joshi of Charlotte,USA was crowned Mrs. India International 2016 in the well-contested pageant finals at the Holiday Inn Roswell

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Indian students win six awards at Intel competition; Delhi's Shreyas Kapur wins Google Thinking Big Award

VeenaMay 24, 2016

by VeenaMay 24, 201605086

New York, May 24 (IANS) Indian students have won six awards at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in the US where New

City News

Carnatic Vidyalaya celebrates annual day

VeenaMay 24, 2016

by VeenaMay 24, 201603081

Atlanta, GA, May 23: Carnatic Vidyalaya, a South Indian classical music school for kids based inAlpharetta,Georgia, celebrated its annual day program on Sunday, May 15

Bollywood

Sonu Nigam sang more than 3 hours on streets for 6-minute viral video

VeenaMay 23, 2016

by VeenaMay 23, 201602380

Mumbai, May 24 (IANS) Singer Sonu Nigam, whose recent six-minute video “The Roadside Ustaad” has gone viral, says that he sang almost 25 songs, for

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Survey shows divisive rhetoric prompting major shift in political support among Asian Americans

VeenaMay 23, 2016

by VeenaMay 23, 201602142

Atlanta, GA, May 22: A survey released today by Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, Asian Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote) and AAPI Data demonstrates that

Bollywood

Film industry is male dominated: Kajol

VeenaMay 23, 2016

by VeenaMay 23, 201602554

New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) At 41, award-winning actress Kajol still stands strong and bold in the film industry. But the Padma Shri awardee, who