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Indian-American gets most powerful woman of California awardShefali Razdan Duggal, a top Indian-American fundraiser at President Barack Obama''s re-election campaign, has been conferred with the “Most Powerful and Influential Women of California” award.
The award was presented to 40-year-old Shefali, also |
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Indian killed in Nigeria clashesA 23-year-old Indian national was killed and six of his compatriots, including two children, were injured in a wave of coordinated bombings and gun attacks in Nigeria by an Islamic sect that left more than 180 people dead.
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Indian-American jailed for 20 years for money launderingAn Indian-American entrepreneur has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for using his perfume distribution business to launder millions of dollars for Mexican drug cartels.
51-year-old Vikram Datta, who was found guilty in September last year on |
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Indian-American girl molested in five-star hotel“If a woman in Delhi is not safe in a five-star hotel with her parents, what will happen to a woman by herself in the streets?”
This is what a young Indian-origin American girl asked Delhi Police in a complaint against a youth who allegedly molest |
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Indian cab driver arrested on charges of rapeAn Indian cab driver here has been arrested on charges that he raped and robbed a 26-year-old passenger in his taxi last year.
Gurmeet Singh, 40, had allegedly held his victim at knifepoint and bound her wrists. He faces charges of rape, assault a |
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IIT alumnus named Dean of Cornell's business schoolIIT-Delhi alumnus Soumitra Dutta has been named the new Dean of the Ivy league Cornell University's business school, joining a growing list of noted Indian-origin academicians assuming leaderships roles at prestigious global universities.Dutta, 48, i |
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Bobby Jindal takes oath as Louisiana GovernorIndian-origin Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal took the oath of office for his second term before hundreds of people, with a focus on education and a pledge not to rest on the accomplishments of his first four years.
"I Bobby Jindal do solemnly swe |
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Non-resident Indians get voting rightsFulfilling the long-standing demand of its diaspora, India Sunday said it would allow Non-resident Indians (NRIs) to vote and participate in the election process.”Pursuant to the law that was enacted to enable Non-resident Indians to vote in our nati |
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US man sentenced for raping Indian-origin girlfriendA New York private detective has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for raping his Indian-origin girlfriend and then implicating her in a series of false armed robberies for which she was wrongly jailed for seven months.
Jerry Ramrattan, 39, of |
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Knighthood for Venkatraman RamakrishnanVenkatraman Ramakrishnan, India-born US citizen whose pioneering work in molecular biology won him the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has been honoured with a knighthood by the royal establishment here in a rare recognition of achievements by foreign |
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