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Boehner: House to sue Obama
John Boehner is back with his statements and this time he wants to sue Obama as an individual. The speaker of the House Boehner is planning to hold a House vote authorizing a suit against the […]
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De Blasio announces 2 Muslim Holidays for NYC Public Schools
NEW YORK (TIP): New York City Public Schools will soon begin recognizing Muslim holidays, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña announced Wednesday, March 4. Beginning in the 2015-2016 school year all public schools […]
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Immigration: 26 states claim Obama Administration misled judge in lawsuit
HOUSTON (AP) — A coalition of states suing to stop President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration alleges the government misled a judge about not implementing part of the plan before the judge temporarily halted […]
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California man charged with trying to join Islamic State
LOS ANGELES(TIP): A 21-year-old man previously charged with lying on a passport application so he could fly to Syria to join the Islamic State terrorist group was indicted on a charge of trying to provide […]
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HARRISON FORD BADLY HURT IN PLANE CRASH
LOS ANGELES (TIP): “Indiana Jones” star Harrison Ford was critically injured March 05 when his small plane crash-landed on a golf course outside Los Angeles, media reports and officials said. The 72-year-old suffered multiple gashes […]
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AAPI CONVENTION & SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA
ORLANDO, FL (TIP): Over 2,000 physicians and families of Indian heritage are expected to gather and deliberate on ways to further their own professional knowledge and identify ways to network and offer a unified voice […]
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SMOKING DEATHS HIGHER THAN FIGURES REPORTED: STUDY
AUSTIN, TEXAS (TIP): While many of the dangers of smoking have been well known for some time, new research shows that the consequences may be larger and deadlier than previously thought. According to the U.S. Surgeon […]
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MINORITIES WILL BE MAJORITY OF US BY 2044: CENSUS REPORT
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Census Bureau has projected that by 2044 more than half of all adults in America will belong to a minority group. The report released Tuesday, March 3 projects that the non-Hispanic […]
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USAID Woos Indian American Investors for Diaspora Investment Initiative
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): The India Diaspora Investment Initiative, a unique program President Barack Obama unveiled during his visit to India for the Republic Day celebrations, is seeking investment from Indian American and other investors to […]
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Nirbhaya documentary to be released in the US by Women Make Movies
NEW YORK (TIP): The controversial documentary ‘India’s Daughter’ by BAFTA award winning filmmaker Leslee Udwin, based on the horrific gang rape of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student on a moving bus on the streets of Delhi, […]
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Telugu Literary & Cultural Association (TLCA) Holds First Women’s Forum
NEW YORK (TIP): For the first time, TLCA Women’s Forum was initiated by President Raji Kuncham when she took office in February 2015. To realize the vision Kuncham created the Women’s Forum Team: Dr. Jyoti […]
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Indian American Intellectuals Forum condemns Racial attack on a Sikh student
NEW YORK (TIP): Narain Kataria and Arish Sahani, President and Vice President respectively of the Indian American Intellectuals Forum (IAIF) have condemned the racial attack on a Sikh student in Georgia. In a statement released […]
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AWESOME Television Celebrates its First Anniversary
EDISON, NJ (TIP): It was a very special day on February 26th, 2015 for Awesome Television as it celebrated its first anniversary. Despite a cold weeknight in New Jersey, throngs of well-wishers, friends, family members […]
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Emirates to Increase Services to New York JFK
NEW YORK (TIP): Emirates, a global connector of people, places and economies, announced that it will launch its fourth daily service from its home and hub, Dubai International Airport (DXB), to John F. Kennedy International […]
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The Indian Panorama IMPACT – Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Racket
Readers will recall our investigative story titled A Benevolent Law Abused, published in February 13 edition. We had also done an investigation a couple of months earlier in to the abuse of the law by racketeers […]
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Delta jet skids off New York runway as winter storm hits US
NEW YORK (TIP): An airliner skidded off a runway at New York’s La Guardia airport Thursday as a major winter storm battered the United States from Texas to the US east coast. Heavy snow was falling […]
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HP buys wireless networking company Aruba Networks – Indian American Keerti Malkote Co-founded Company
SAN FRANCISCO: Hewlett-Packard is buying wireless networking company Aruba Networks for about $2.7 billion, the 1,800-employee company was co-founded by Indian American Keerti Malkote, the company’s chief technology officer. Aruba, based in Sunnyvale, California, makes […]
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Brutal Action – Video captures LAPD fatally shooting homeless man
A homeless man has been shot dead in the street by Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers, sparking protests. Video footage of Sunday’s shooting, which was posted on Facebook by a witness, showed a man […]
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Indian-American Raj Shah appointed for a top party post at Republican National Committee (RNC).
Raj Shah, who most recently served as co-founding partner and Managing Director of America Rising LLC, where he developed the organization’s Hillary Clinton opposition research book, has been appointed as new Research Director and Deputy […]
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AHMED SHAKIR – A man committed to community and country
A short, thin middle aged man- you may probably take him for just another man in the street. But no. He is not an ordinary man. He is not a man to be ignored. He is […]
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Homeland Security gets another week – proxy battle over President Barack Obama’s immigration reforms
Congress narrowly averted a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (which is responsible for securing the country against terror threats and for border control – The department includes Customs and Border Protection, the Secret Service, […]
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Kent: Another hindu temple attack in US – Indians Concerned
A Sanatan Dharam temple was vandalised in Washington state with windows broken and the word “Fear” painted on it, less than a fortnight after another temple was attacked. Members of the the Sanatan Dharma Temple […]
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Indian-American Dhanurjay ‘DJ’ Patil named first US chief data scientist
A 45-year-old Indian-American Dhanurjay ‘DJ’ Patil has been named the first chief data scientist by the White House to shape policies and practices that will help the US remain a leader in technology and innovation. […]
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Obama Vetoes Keystone Pipeline: Earns kudos from environmentalists
WASHINGTON (TIP): Using third veto of his presidency, President Obama on Tuesday, February 24 rejected an attempt by lawmakers to force his hand on the Keystone XL oil pipeline and swept aside one of the first major challenges to his authority by […]
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US-Israel spat intensifies over Netanyahu speech
WASHINGTON: The US and Israel escalated their increasingly public spat on February 25 over Benjamin Netanyahu’s Republican-engineered congressional speech next week, with the Israeli prime minister accusing world powers of rolling over to allow Tehran […]