Canberra (TIP): Australia’s highest court on June 8 found a Cabinet minister illegally cancelled a suspected Islamic State group fighter’s citizenship in a landmark ruling that curtails how governments can deal with extremists. The High Court, in a 6-to-1 judgment, restored Delil Alexander’s Australian citizenship that was removed in July last year by the then-Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews. Alexander (35), who was born in Australia and has Turkish citizenship by descent, is in a Syrian prison on terrorism convictions. He left Australia for Turkey in 2013 and crossed the Syrian border before he was arrested by a Kurdish militia in 2017. Andrews cancelled his citizenship based on an Australian intelligence report that he had joined Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and had likely engaged in fighting and recruiting. (AP)
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Indian American Democrats Omar Vaid, Radhakrishna Mohan seeking to run for Congress from NY 11th district
NEW YORK (TIP): another two Indian Americans are among the more than half a dozen Democrats vying to unseat GOP Rep. Dan Donavan in New York’s 11th congressional district. Omar Vaid and Radhakrishna Mohan are […]
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Indian American couple Ramesh Chopra and Neena Chopra gifts $250K for India Center chair at UCF
TAMPA, FL (TIP): A $250,000 gift from an Indian American couple, Ramesh Chopra and Neena Chopra will help University of Central Florida set up the Indian Community Endowed Chair for The India Center. The generous […]
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Indian American Seema Nanda appointed as the new CEO of Democratic National Committee
WASHINGTON D.C.(TIP): Indian American Seema Nanda has been appointed as the new CEO of the Democratic National Committee. Announcing the appointment, DNC said in a press release that Nanda, who served on the transition team […]
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