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NRI News

Indian-American woman killed after being dragged by truck

VeenaNovember 21, 2013

by VeenaNovember 21, 201302580

Washington, Nov 21 (IANS) Just days after becoming an American citizen, a woman from India was killed in front of her husband after being struck

Business

India leads social networking growth; set to top Facebook

VeenaNovember 20, 2013

by VeenaNovember 20, 201302120

Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) With more and more Indians logging onto social networking sites, India has recorded the highest growth in their usage and is

Books

Prickly, provocative: How to Make Enemies and Offend People

VeenaNovember 20, 2013

by VeenaNovember 20, 201302341

By Rosamma Thomas Book: How to Make Enemies and Offend People; Author: G. Sampath; Publisher: Penguin Viking; Pages: 206; Price: Rs.399 “How to Make Enemies

US Sikh with beard gets $50,000 for job denial

VeenaNovember 20, 2013

by VeenaNovember 20, 201302860

New Jersey, Nov 20 (IANS) An Indian-American Sikh man, who was denied a job for keeping a beard by a car dealership in New Jersey

NRI News

Indian American actor Kal Penn on Obama's arts panel

VeenaNovember 19, 2013

by VeenaNovember 19, 201301830

Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) President Barack Obama has nominated popular Indian-American actor Kal Penn of “The Namesake” fame to his Committee on the Arts and

NRI News

Seattle elects first socialist in Indian-American Kshama Sawant

VeenaNovember 19, 2013

by VeenaNovember 19, 201303143

Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) Kshama Sawant, a Pune-born young Indian-American activist-academic, has become the first socialist to be elected to a public office in the

NRI News

26/11 attack intended to provoke India-Pakistan war: US expert

VeenaNovember 19, 2013

by VeenaNovember 19, 201302656

Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) The 26/11 Mumbai terror attack was intended to change dramatically the future of South Asia, perhaps even by provoking a war

Indian-American doctor gifts $2mn to US varsity

VeenaNovember 19, 2013

by VeenaNovember 19, 201302155

Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) An Indian American physician has donated $2 million to set up an endowed chair for advancing cardiac imaging program at the

Trainee pilot from Andhra dies after Cessna crashes

VeenaNovember 19, 2013

by VeenaNovember 19, 201301844

Hyderabad, Nov 19 (IANS) A trainee pilot from India has died in a plane crash at Hooks Aiport in the US. Chamakura Karthik, from Kurnool

NRI News

Charges against US surgeon dropped

VeenaNovember 18, 2013

by VeenaNovember 18, 201302508

Sydney, Nov 15 (IANS) Australian prosecutors have dropped all charges of medical negligence, including the deaths of two patients, against Indian-origin surgeon Jayant Patel and