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Shameful, if New Jersey have given up on murder case of Sasikala Narra, Anish Narra
Sujeet Rajan
NEW YORK - Have the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office, New Jersey, failed in their investigation, or given up, in the horrific double homicide of Sasikala Narra, 38, and her six-year-old son Anish Narra?
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India Day Parade in New Jersey set for August 13
By Ruchi Vaishnav
EDISON, NEW JERSEY: The Indian Business Association (IBA) of New Jersey hosted a kick-off event for their 13th annual India Day Parade at Royal Albert's Palace in Edison, on July 19, that drew over 350 community leaders and organizers and included music and other entertainment.
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Indian American businesswoman pleads guilty to H1-B visa fraud
By a Staff Writer
NEW YORK - Indian American Sridevi Aiyaswamy, 50, owner of a Silicon Valley tech consulting business, plead guilty for three counts of visa fraud as she lied about giving out H1-B visas to skilled workers overseas, telling immigration officials that they had job offers from Cisco Systems Inc. when they did not.
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Internationally recognized N.Y. professor honored by Brazilian university
By a Staff Writer
A leading Indian-American researcher in optics and photonics, from the University at Buffalo (UB), was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) in Brazil.
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Indian American actress Meaghan Rath to star in Hawaii Five-O
By a Staff Writer
NEW YORK - Meaghan Rath of 'Being Human' fame will play Tani Rey on the CBS show Hawaii Five-0, along with Ian Anthony Dale and Beulah Koale.
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New York subway failures have Cuomo deflecting blame as approval sinks
Washington Post
Months of mass-transit breakdowns have done more than deepen the misery of New York City commuters. They've also begun to cost Gov. Andrew Cuomo political capital.
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The 2017 MoneyGram Cricket Bee Dallas winners announced
By a Staff Writer
Three North Texas men are headed the Cricket Bee Finals in New Jersey next month after winning the Dallas regional Cricket Bee held on July 16. Vikram Shukla of Frisco, TX was declared second runner up, Vinay Bulusu of Irving, TX was first runner up and the Regional champion was Nadeem Aslam of Murphy, TX. The competition allows cricket fans to compete for prizes while sharing their knowledge of the game to win a cash prize of $10,000.
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Travel deals: Save up to 40 percent on last-minute river cruises in France
Washington Post
With Avalon Waterways, save up to 40 percent on select last-minute cruises on the Seine, Rhone and Saone rivers in France. For example, four August departures of the Paris-to-Normandy cruise, which sails round trip from Paris, start at $1,889 per person double (plus $168 port charges), a savings of $1,260. Info: 877-797-8791, www.avalonwaterways.com/special-offers/select-departures/suite-savings.
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Seven held for terror funding, Hurriyat calls for Kashmir shutdown
IANS
Srinagar/New Delhi - The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested seven key Kashmiri separatists on charges of receiving funds from Pakistan to sponsor terror activities and stone-pelting protests in the Kashmir Valley.
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Exclusive: Ahead of privatization, Air India eyes bumper staff buyout
Reuters
NEW DELHI - Air India is drawing up a proposal to offer voluntary buyouts to just over a third of its 40,000 employees, two government officials said, in what would be one of the largest such offers in India's state sector, as the airline slashes costs ahead of a 2018 sale.
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When California desert blooms overnight with life after rainfall
By Poppy Mookerjee
NEW YORK - A few years back I used to live in Los Angeles, where deserts and the dust surrounded the cities in a wild clasp, similar to the way the oceans overlaid the land in the coastal areas of eastern USA.
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Rutgers student develops health education program at emergency shelter
By Ruchi Vaishnav
When pharmacy student Megha Shah began her internship at the Ozanam Family Shelter in Edison, she was prepared to improve the health literacy of the residents. What she didn't realize was how much the residents would teach her.
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Indian-American named NSCAA High School Soccer Player of the Year
By Ruchi Vaishnav
Joseph Bhangdia of Lewisburg Area High School in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, was named the male NSCAA High School Scholar Player of the Year.
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Head of national civil rights organization Vanita Gupta, gets NAACP award
By Ela Dutt
The first Indian-American to head the country's largest civil rights organization, received the Advocacy Award from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP.
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Indian American doctor arrested for medical fraud involving opioids
By a Staff Writer
NEW YORK - An Indian American doctor, Bharat Patel, 70, and his ally, Ramil Mansourov, 47, both residents of Connecticut, have been accused of health care fraud and money laundering along with writing opioid prescriptions in exchange for cash.
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Indian American CEO of LyondellBasell to build largest alcohol plant
By a Staff Writer
NEW YORK - Indian American Bhavesh (Bob) V Patel, CEO of Petrochemical giant LyondellBasell, is planning to build the world's largest propylene oxide and tertiary butyl alcohol plant in the Houston area where the Netherlands-based company has its operational headquarters.
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Alphabet adds to cash pile despite higher costs, antitrust fine
Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO - Alphabet Inc. reported a 21 percent jump in quarterly revenue on Monday, maintaining a growth rate that is rarely seen among companies its size and suggesting the big sales gains enjoyed recently by the other Internet firms are not done yet.
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U.S. allows fast processing again for some H-1B visa applications
Reuters
The U.S. government said on Monday it would resume fast processing of H-1B visas requested by institutions of higher education and nonprofit and governmental research organizations, while leaving in place a longer approval time for companies that use the visas.
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Michael Kors to buy luxury shoemaker Jimmy Choo for $1.2 billion
Reuters
LONDON - U.S. retailer Michael Kors has agreed to buy luxury shoemaker Jimmy Choo for $1.2 billion, snapping up a British company whose towering stilettos have been made famous by celebrity customers from Princess Diana to Kendall Jenner.
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Driver due in court in Texas after deaths of 10 smuggled in truck
Reuters
SAN ANTONIO - A truck driver was due in federal court on Monday, accused in a suspected human smuggling operation in which 10 people died and dozens more were hospitalized in Texas after being trapped inside a tractor-trailer in sweltering heat.
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China's 'Belt and Road' opens up new business in Africa - for both the U.S. and China
Special to the Washington Post
There has been no shortage of headlines proclaiming China's growing clout in a "new world order" in recent months. This speculation resurfaced after the July G-20 summit, at which the United States reconfirmed its withdrawal from the Paris climate accord, and the May 2017 summit of the Belt and Road, China's $1 trillion global plan for infrastructure projects and trade deals connecting Africa, Asia and Europe. This project aims to span 68 countries, linking China's people and markets to regions far beyond its borders.
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Generate content you love: Indo-Canadian YouTuber Lilly Singh
IANS
At a time when the debate on censorship - on TV and the social media - is at an all-time high, one of the most popular faces on YouTube has called for a kind of self-regulation, both among content generators and consumers.
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is the largest Indian-American publishing group in the United States. The group publishes five periodicals - "News India Times," a national weekly newspaper; "Desi Talk in New York," a weekly newspaper serving the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut region; and "Desi Talk in Chicago," a weekly newspaper serving the Greater Chicago area and the Midwestern states; and "The Indian American," a national bimonthly feature magazine, and the Gujarat Times, a Gujarati language weekly. The combined circulation and readership of these publications make the media group the most influential in the ethnic Indian market.
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