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Indian-American Lawyer Convicted In US For Lies In Britain
NEW YORK (TIP): An Indian-American lawyer, who liedabout her work experience and shaved nearly 20 years offher age in an effort to be admitted to the British bar, hasbeen convicted by a New York judge.The […]
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Man Killed And Left For Dead On A Canarsie Street Corner
NEW YORK (TIP): A man was killed execution-styleand left on a Brooklyn street corner Wednesday,February 20 morning, officials said.Police said the unidentified victim, who is believed tobe in his 20s, was found with a single […]
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Events Calendar
The ( YIPNY )Young IndianProfessionalsNew York Sunday February 24 , 2013 2 P.M. to 5 P.M. 27 west 24 Street, New York City, NY 10010 The Young IndianProfessionals New York(YIPNY) holds monthlymeeting on third Sunday […]
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Republicans Delay Chuck Hagel’s Defence Secretary Vote
NEW YORK (TIP): Republican senatorshave delayed a vote to confirm PresidentObama’s nominee for US secretary ofdefense.They say questions remain about SenatorChuck Hagel but have agreed to an up-ordownvote later this month.Mr Hagel’s backers say the […]
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Anand Jon Admits To Molesting Would-Be Model In NYC
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian-American celebrity fashiondesigner Anand Jon Alexander pleaded guilty in a NewYork City court Thursday, February 15 to one count of acriminal sexual act. He admitted to molesting a woman hebaited with the […]
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U.S. Reps. Maloney And Meng, Leaders Of South Asian Communities Rally Support
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): CongresswomanCarolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan andQueens) joined Congresswoman GraceMeng (D-Queens) and South Asiancommunity leaders led by Ranju Batra,President of the Association of Indians in America-NY to rally grass-roots supportto press the Citizens Stamp […]
Europe
Blizzard Threatens Northeastern US, More Than 2,600 Flights Cancelled
BOSTON (TIP): A blizzard ofpotentially historic proportionsthreatened to strike the northeastwith a vengeance on Friday, with up to2 feet (0.6 meters) of snow forecastalong the densely populated corridorfrom the New York City area to Bostonand […]
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U.S. And States Prepare To Sue S&P Over Mortgage Ratings
NEW YORK (TIP): The Justice Department, along withstate prosecutors, plans to file civil charges againstStandard & Poor’s Ratings Service, accusing the firm offraudulently rating mortgage bonds that led to thefinancial crisis, people briefed on the […]
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Us Postal Service Will End Saturday Mail Delivery?
NEW YORK (TIP): To cut costs, the US Postal Service has announced that it will endSaturday delivery of first-class mail beginning in August. It will continue to deliverpackages, and post offices that are open now […]
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Moily Inaugurates Karnataka Chapter Of Inoc (I)
NEW YORK (TIP): India will be selfsufficient in Petroleum Production by2030. This was stated by VeerappanMoily, Union Minister of Petroleumon the occasion of the inauguration ofthe Karnataka Chapter of the IndianNational Overseas Congress (I).Present on […]
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Indian-Americans’ Interest In Lobbying For Indo-Us Ties On The Wane
NEW YORK (TIP): A sharp drop inmembership to the Congressional Caucuson India is sadly indicative of the waninginterest of the Indian-Americancommunity to lobby for closer bilateralties between India and the US.The Congressional Caucus on India […]
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President Obama Presents National Science & Technology Awards
WASHINGTON (TIP): PresidentBarack Obama, presented theprestigious National Medal ofTechnology and Innovation to eminentIndian American RangaswamySrinivasan for his groundbreakingwork with laser.Rangaswamy received the awardalong with Samuel Blum and JamesWynne, for the pioneering discovery ofexcimer laser ablativephotodecomposition […]
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Ambassador Rao Inaugurates Apparel Export Promotion Buyer Seller Meet
NEW YORK, NY (TIP):Nirupama Rao,Ambassador of India to theUnited States, inauguratedhere January 28 an ApparelTrade show organized bythe Apparel ExportPromotion Council of India(AEPC), in cooperationwith M/S Trade Good, atthe PENN Plaza Pavilion.Ambassador PrabhuDayal, Consul General […]
Europe
Indian Americans Show Their Class Ten Named Intel Science Contest Finalists
NEW YORK (TIP): Ten IndianAmerican high school students areamong the 40 finalists in the 2013Intel Science Talent Search.Students will compete March 7-13in Washington, D.C., for $630,000 inawards, with the top winnerreceiving $100,000 from the IntelFoundation.New […]
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55 % Indian-Americans Own House In US, Says Census Bureau Report
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian-Americansmay have the distinction of being thehighest-per capita income group amongethnic communities but they lag far behindtheir European counterparts when it comesto owning a house in the US.According to the ‘HomeownershipAmong the Foreign-Born […]
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Indian-American Gets One Year Prison For Insider Trading
NEW YORK (TIP): A former Indian Americanemployee of Galleon Group, who played a key role inthe conviction of hedge fund billionaire RajRajaratnam for insider trading, has been sentenced toone year in prison.Federal district judge Jed […]
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Republic Day Celebrated At Indian Consulate
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Consul General ofIndia in New York Prabhu Dayal hosted areception to celebrate the 64th RepublicDay of India on January 26, 2013.The highlight of the reception was a readout of the address […]
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Bank Of India Cmd Meets With Us Clients
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Bank of India Chairperson & Managing Director Mrs. V.R. Iyer visited New York on Jan 30 and 31 and met US clients. She also attended an Investors’ Meet. She was accompanied […]
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Toyota Reclaims Global Auto Sales Crown
Toyota officially recaptured the title ofworld’s largest automaker Monday, January28 as its final 2012 sales total toppedGeneral Motors, which held the lead in 2011. NEW YORK (TIP): Earlier in January, General Motors(GM, Fortune 500) announced […]
Europe
Twitter Hacked, Data Of 250,000 Users Exposed
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): Twitter said Friday thathackers, in the latest online attack, may have gainedaccess to information on a quarter of a million of itsmore than 200 million active users.The social media giant said in […]
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Reps. Maloney, Meng & South Asian Leaders Hold Press Conference Announcing Reintroduced Diwali Stamp Resolution
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): U.S.Congresswomen Carolyn Maloneyand Grace Meng will be joined byRanju Batra, President of theAssociation of Indians in America-NY February 2 at a press conferenceannouncing the introduction of aHouse Resolution calling for theissue […]
Business & Economics
ING Exits Life Insurance In India
MUMBAI (TIP): Dutch financial services group ING has exited its insurance business in India selling its 26% stake in ING Vysya Life Insurance to its joint venture partner Exide Industries in a deal that valued […]
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Bank of India CMD to meet US Clients
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Bank of India Chairperson & Managing Director Mrs. V.R. Iyer, Executive Director Mr. N. Seshadri and General Manager (International) Mr. S.K. Datta, are scheduled to visit New York on January 30th […]
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Celebration of India’s 64th Republic Day Ambassador Prabhu Dayal rings the Opening Bell at NASDAQ
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Ambassador Prabhu Dayal, Consul General of India, rang the Opening Bell at NASDAQ in celebration of India’s 64th Republic Day January 23. Present on the occasion were a number of Indian […]