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Opposition to installation of Bapu’s statue is wrong

Aug 14, 2014 - 6:29 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

“His (Gandhi’s) message of love and nonviolence has become more important than ever before in our fractured world. Peace can only come when world leaders start to follow Gandhi Ji’s ideals. His statue will reminds […]

AAP ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE

Aug 14, 2014 - 5:48 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

New cracks in AAP as Shanti Bhushan takes on Kejriwal NEW DELHI (TIP) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) confronted a new installment of its intense internal battle August 13 after one of its founder members, […]

Hagel calls for US, Japan, India alliance

Aug 14, 2014 - 5:46 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

NEW DELHI (TIP): The US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, on August 9, proposed a trilateral military alliance involving India, Japan and the US, while advising New Delhi that it does not have to choose […]

Pakistan Celebrates Independence Day amidst political protests & fears of coup

Aug 14, 2014 - 5:44 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

ISLAMABAD (TIP): Dark clouds of political unrest hung over the solemn celebrations of Independence of Pakistan on Thursday, August 14. President Mamnoon Hussain said the country was in a state of war and terrorism was […]

Euro mixed in Asia

Aug 14, 2014 - 5:42 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

TOKYO (TIP): The euro was mixed in Asia Thursday, August 14, as investors awaited second-quarter eurozone growth figures. In midday Tokyo trading, the European single currency weakened to $1.3357 from $1.3363 in New York, while […]

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Modi government deserves appreciation for opening up wide to FDI

Aug 8, 2014 - 6:22 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The recent decision of Modi government on foreign direct investment (FDI) should be seen as a positive step in the right direction. The process of liberalization set in motion by the Congress government in 1991 […]

To each superpower, its own near-abroad

Aug 8, 2014 - 6:21 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

The downing of MH17 puts the spotlight back on the Ukrainian crisis. It’s a warning to the West to eschew attempts to ‘contain’ Moscow and stop the provocative expansion of NATO across Russia’s borders. In […]

US Bonhomie for India: US Secretaries Storm New Delhi

Aug 8, 2014 - 5:58 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

The recent visits of Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel are being seen as demonstrative of the resurgence of U.S. interest in India as both […]

Europe down after Russia sanctions

Aug 8, 2014 - 5:55 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

ECB, Wall Street decline NEW TORK (TIP): European shares and the euro lost ground on Thursday, August 7 and investors moved to safehaven government debt after a stronger-thanexpected move by Russia to ban certain imports […]

Sikh Youth from Queens becomes victim of a hate crime

Aug 8, 2014 - 5:53 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

NEW YORK (TIP): Just when the nation was remembering the martyrs of the tragic shooting two years ago, on August 5, 2012, in the Sikh temple at Oak Creek in Milwaukee, there came painful news […]

Russia gives three-year residence permit to Snowden

Aug 8, 2014 - 5:50 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

MOSCOW (TIP): Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, wanted by the United States for leaking extensive secrets of its electronic surveillance programs, has been given a three-year residence permit by Russia, his Russian lawyer told […]

Indian Union cabinet approves increased FDI in defense, railways

Aug 8, 2014 - 5:46 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Indian Union Cabinet on Wednesday, August 6 approved a proposal to raise the cap on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the defense sector from 26% to 49%, a move aimed at […]

India Day Parade, Hicksville on August 9th

Aug 1, 2014 - 7:06 am EDT I. S. Saluja 1

Celebration of India, Heritage and Culture POONAM DHILLON IS THE GRAND MARSHALL I.S. Saluja The countdown to celebrate the 67th Anniversary of India’s Independence Day at the 3rd IDPUSA India Day Parade in Hicksville, Long […]

IDPUSA ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Aug 1, 2014 - 6:56 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Others who spoke with The Indian Panorama included Flora Parekh, Co-ordinator and chair IT/ Social Media/ Communications , Rajan Nabe, Chair Finance/Budget, Eric Kumar, Chair Souvenir/Journal,; Sunita Sadhnani, Chair Cultural; Vijay Goswamy, Chair, Vendors/Booth/Tents; Hussain […]

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India’s Lawmakers need to get rid of Feudal Mindset

Aug 1, 2014 - 6:44 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

India has long lived with the remnants of a feudal system which is in total opposition to the democratic system in the civilized world. Our members of Parliament and ministers behave more or less like […]

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Consulate refuses to issue visa for overstaying citizens of India

Aug 1, 2014 - 6:43 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

I am a big fan of your weekly newspaper that keeps Indians tied up to their culture, religion and last but not the least, mother India. Your views have the strength of echoing the walls […]

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MR. MODI’S BAGGAGE IN OFFICE

Aug 1, 2014 - 6:42 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

S Nihal Singh There are obvious contradictions between Mr. Modi’s concept of tapping the very best in technology for the greater good and obscurantist and ludicrous beliefs that defy logic. The great danger is that […]

US snooping on BJP unacceptable, SUSHMA TELLS KERRY

Aug 1, 2014 - 6:01 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

NEW DELHI (TIP): Alarmed by the disclosure last month that US authorities spied on BJP when it was not in power, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj raised the issue with visiting secretary of state John Kerry […]

Stocks plunge, Market Jittery

Aug 1, 2014 - 5:59 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP) July 31 was a day of plunging stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average had its worst daily drop since February. At one point it was down more than 300 points. The slide […]

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India holds its ground, WTO fails to reach $1 trillion deal on customs rules

Aug 1, 2014 - 5:57 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

GENEVA (TIP): The World Trade Organization failed on July 31 to reach a deal to standardise customs rules, which would have been the first failed global trade reform in two decades but was blocked by […]

3RD TEST: INDIA SURRENDERS AT SOUTHAMPTON

Aug 1, 2014 - 5:40 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Dhoni says India allowed Moeen to dominate SOUTHAMPTON (TIP): India crashed to a humiliating 266-run defeat against England in the third Test after an abject batting surrender on Day 5 allowed the hosts level the […]

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Time for Hard Decisions

Jul 25, 2014 - 6:36 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

For the Congress, things came to a head this week: on a single day, two senior Ministers in Assam and Maharashtra, States where it is in power, resigned; three of its MLAs in West Bengal […]

REMEMBERING SHAHEED UDHAM SINGH: HERO OF INDIA’S INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLE

Jul 25, 2014 - 6:35 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Udham Singh, a revolutionary nationalist, was born Sher Singh on 26 December 1899, at Sunam, in the then princely state of Patiala. His father, Tahal Singh, was at that time working as a watchman on […]

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US HAS TO SEE ITS ROLE IN MH17

Jul 25, 2014 - 6:35 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

By Kanwal Sibal “President Obama is right in strongly condemning the MH 17 incident and seeking an independent international enquiry, which Putin too endorses. But he is wrong to admonish Russia on its responsibilities for […]

WRECKAGE OF AIR ALGERIE PLANE FOUND IN MALI

Jul 25, 2014 - 6:04 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): In a third major international aviation disaster in a week, following the downing of a Malaysian Boeing 777 over eastern Ukraine and the crash of a passenger plane off Taiwan, an Air […]