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Month: September 2017
United States
Vegetarian Vision Convention on September 9 and 10 in New York
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Vegetarian Vision, a 501 (C ) Non-Profit Organization, will have a 2-day Health and Wellness EXPO to celebrate its 25th anniversary – International Vegetarian Convention at the Penn Plaza Pavilion (401 […]
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‘I don’t share this optimism’
It is too early to feel elated. There is a VIP track in jail as Sanjay Dutt and Mukhtar Ansari have demonstrated. The episode also reeks of systemic failure and it seems odd that the […]
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In State of bedlam: Governance under question
“Before doing so she did not call up the CM, not even the Chief Secretary or Home Secretary. Because there was no need since DM is the final authority. But this very DM had earlier […]
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The cover-up: Demonetization was more pain than gain
If 99 per cent of the demonetized currency has returned to the banks, as the RBI has said, it means the fight against black money through demonetization was not properly thought through. The Prime Minister […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Professor awarded Talanta Medal for outstanding contributions to analytical chemistry
ARLINGTON, TX (TIP): Professor Purnendu “Sandy” Dasgupta, the Hamish Small Chair of Ion Analysis in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Texas at Arlington, has been named recipient of the 2017 […]
Indian Americans
CGU Professor Samir Chatterjee to be honored with Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman award
CLAREMONT, CA (TIP): Claremont Graduate University Professor Samir Chatterjee has been selected for the Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman award, which is given to non-resident Indians for “outstanding services, achievements and contributions for keeping the ‘Flag […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Fined $40,000 for Filing False VISA Applications
MANCHESTER, NH (TIP): An Indian American businessman in Manchester, New Hampshire Rohit Saksena, 42, was sentenced to serve three years of probation and pay a $40,000 fine for filing false visa applications, Acting United States […]
Indian Americans
Indian American cab driver stabbed to death
SPOKANE, IDAHO (TIP): On August 28 an Indian American cab driver in Idaho, Gagandeep Singh, 22, was stabbed to death by 19 years old passenger, Jacob Coleman who was arrested the next day on a […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Hotel Owner Ordered to Pay Restitution of $150,500 to Employees
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN (TIP): An Indian American Hotel Owner Mehul Chandubhai Patel, a/k/a “Mike Patel,” 31, of Battle Creek, Michigan, on Aug 21 was ordered to pay restitution of $150,500 to his former employees, Acting […]
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Gas Prices go up as crude slumps in the wake of Harvey havoc on U.S. refineries
Labor Day weekend travel is likely to be costlier DALLAS (TIP): Drivers in northern Texas are rushing to fill up their gas tanks as prices at the pump in the area rise and some stations […]
India
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh gets 20-year jail term, Rs30 lakh fine in rape cases
ROHTAK / CHANDIGARH (TIP): A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court sentenced Dera Sacha Sauda chief and self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to 20 years in prison and fined him Rs30 lakh on […]
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Modi Cabinet Reshuffle: Uma Bharti, Rajiv Rudy and 3 other ministers quit
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi set in motion the reshuffle of his council of ministers with the resignation of at least half-a-dozen ministers, according to sources in the ruling BJP and the government. […]
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