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City News

Atlanta’s Pranathy Gangaraju Crowned Miss India USA 2014

VeenaDecember 19, 2014

by VeenaDecember 19, 201402708

Atlanta, GA: In a glittering function organized on December 14 at the Royal Albert’s Palace, Fords, New Jersey, Pranathy Gangaraju of Georgia was crowned Miss

NRI News

Indian says he is getting better every day after Sydney siege

VeenaDecember 18, 2014

by VeenaDecember 18, 201402092

Sydney, Dec 18 (IANS) Viswakanth Ankireddy, an Indian IT worker who was held hostage during the Sydney cafe siege Dec 15, said Thursday that he

Bollywood

Passion for acting helped me rise from bankruptcy: Big B

VeenaDecember 15, 2014

by VeenaDecember 15, 201401865

New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has seen highs and lows in his journey from being Bollywood’s “angry young man” to its “Shahenshah”.

Movie Review

'Lingaa' – The hero with a thousand faces

VeenaDecember 12, 2014

by VeenaDecember 12, 201402434

By Haricharan Pudipeddi Film: “Lingaa”; Cast: Rajinikanth, Sonakshi Sinha, Anushka Shetty, K. Vishwanath, Jagapathi Babu, Vijayakumar, Radha Ravi, Santhanam, Karunakaran and Dev Gill; Director: K.S.

Books

Indian-American author Akhil Sharma's novel 'Family Life' among NYT's 10 best books of 2014

VeenaDecember 12, 2014

by VeenaDecember 12, 201402225

Washington, Dec 12 (IANS) Delhi born Indian-American author Akhil Sharma’s second novel “Family Life” has been selected by The New York Times Book Review as

Business

Infosys founders to devote time, money on philanthropy

VeenaDecember 10, 2014

by VeenaDecember 10, 201403130

L to R: Sudha Murthy, Narayana Murthy and Nandan Nilkeni. Bengaluru, Dec 10 (IANS) Three decades after floating and making Infosys a global software major,

City News

Ambassador Jainshankar Discusses Growth of India-US Relations

VeenaDecember 8, 2014

by VeenaDecember 8, 201402647

Photo by Wilford Harewood; courtesy The Halle Institute at Emory University. BY VEENA RAO Atlanta, GA: Indian Ambassador to the United States S. Jaishankar delivered

City News

SEWA 5k Run Raises Awareness For Animal Rights

VeenaDecember 8, 2014

by VeenaDecember 8, 201403042

BY SHIVIKA BHAYANA Atlanta, GA: The youth generation is a promising group of individuals. We students, with our creativity and dedication along with the help

City News

Studio! Students Celebrate “Musicology” At 7-Year Anniversary Recital

VeenaDecember 8, 2014

by VeenaDecember 8, 201402375

Photos by Bytegraph Atlanta, GA: The end of October is usually filled with pumpkins, candy and Halloween decorations. But instead of picking scary costumes, students

City News

Global Indian Business Council (GIBC) Organizes Business Conference in Atlanta

VeenaDecember 8, 2014

by VeenaDecember 8, 201403216

Atlanta, GA: With a mission to facilitate global economic development with emphasis on India, Global Indian Business Council (GIBC) launched and helped promote the Pravasi