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Indian Hockey Players Sulk
India's national field hockey team is protesting at being overshadowed by the country's cricketers. Team coach Joaquim Carvalho says his team was angry at being "treated
India Plans Manned Space Mission
India is planning an unmanned moon mission next year, followed by a manned space mission by 2015. Madhavan Nair, chairman of the Indian Space Research
Salman Khan's Passion
So what is Bollywood heartthrob Salman Khan's favorite midnight passion?Hmm, it isn't what you think. Seems Salman likes to spin around Mumbai in an auto
Raj Patel is Archie's new neighbor in Riverdale.
Patel debuts in "Out-Raj-Ous Behavior" and in a subsequent comic Raj and Archie travel to India. Raj's father, no surprise, is a physician.
Kerala School 250 Years Ahead of Isaac Newton
The claim of two Malayali British educators that South Indian scholars predated Isaac Newton's "infinite series" by 250 years is facing a challenge from an
Shedding The Raj
Sixty years after independence, India is seeking to shed vestiges of its colonial past from its aviation industry.The prefix for the tail number on Indian
Who's Sari Now?
A Chennai store is marketing a denim sari for Indian women. The summer sure sounds like a good time. The Sri Kumaran Stores offers a range
Tribes Offer Membership to Immigrants
Two unrecognized American Indian tribes are hawking memberships to tens of thousands of illegal immigrants as a means to legalize their status. Immigration authorities denounce the
Indian Double Agent in Jackson Heights?
Rabinder Singh, former joint secretary in India's intelligence agency, RAW, who fled India in 2004 with his wife Parminder Kaur after he fell under suspicion
Bigotry on the Bayou?
Two months ahead of the primary elections, The Louisiana Democratic Party has sprung a hard-hitting TV ad accusing Republican GOP gubernatorial candidate Bobby Jindal of
Non-Expiring Green Card Expiring
Nearly one million permanent residents will be required to replace their green cards under a proposal from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Legal permanent
Marathon Prodigy's Coach Charged
The coach of Budhia Singh, a 5-year-old marathon prodigy, has been charged with child abuse after his mother claimed he had scalded the child with
Her Lotto Fix
An Indian store clerk at a 7-Eleven store in California has been charged with cheating a man out of a half-million-dollar winning lottery ticket. The man
Brown Clouds Melting Himalayan Glaciers
University of California, San Diego, researchers say pollution-filled "brown" clouds over South Asia are responsible for global heating that is responsible for the retreat of
Outsourcing Fun in the Funny Pages
Outsourcing is increasingly becoming fodder for cartoon strips, such as Cory Thomas's "Watch Your Head" by Cory Thomas and "Mother Goose and Grim" by Mike
Indian Call Center In Ohio
Tata Consultancy Services has established call centers in Reno, Ohio, and Milton, Fla., part of a trend of insourcing among Indian outsourcing companies to move
Mother Teresa's Painful Struggle
A startling new book discloses that Mother Teresa, the perennially cheerful face of Catholics worldwide, who is on the verge of being elevated by the
Self-Reported Crime
In an unusual twist, an Indian doctor has filed a police complaint for negligence against himself after a patient in his care died from post-operative
Shambo
Shambo, a 6-year-old bull in Carmarthenshire, Wales, who became an international celebrity after Hindu groups launched a public campaign to save his life after he
No Orangutans Allowed
In an extraordinary instance of prior restraint, a circuit court has barred a website (whatyoushouldknowaboutshawano.com) from publishing "slanderous or libelous statements" against Shawano, Wisc., Mayor
Foreign Travel, Wife Permitting
Indian men would need the permission of their wives to travel abroad under a proposal being considered by the National Commission for Women. The Hindustan Times
Om Senate, Senate, Senate!
Rajan Zed became the first Hindu priest ever to deliver the opening prayer in the U.S. Senate on July 12. During the 90 second invocation,
Banned
India is considering banning Indian housemaids from countries that hrefuse to sign a labor welfare pact to prevent their exploitation. A proposal from the Ministry
Iced
An online game, titled "ICED: I Can End Deportation," a play on the bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the government agency responsible for
Reverse Reverse Discrimination
Parents of an 11-year-old Indian American denied admission to a New York public school for gifted children are protesting the school district's racial quota rules
India's Right to Information Comes to the US
Indians in America now have access to government information under the 2005 Right to Information Act. Acting on a petition from overseas Indians, Chief Information
Sicko Doctor
Medical Correspondent Dr Sanjay Gupta and filmmaker Michael Moore duked it out on CNN's Larry King Live after Moore accused Gupta of doing a hatchet
Flower Power
Thousands of flower bouquets sent to Emilio Gonzales, director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) by protesting green card applicants seem to
Hollywood v. Bollywood
Hollywood has joined the turf war with Bollywood for Indian movie goers. Spider-Man 3 grossed $4.5 in its first weekend, the highest ever for a foreign
Ah, The Kiss!
With all the controversy over Richard Gere's infamous kiss of Shilpa Shetty, who would imagine that the first public record of the kiss is found,
Palace In The Sky
India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is constructing a $1 billion 27-story palace in the sky with a helipad, glass fronted apartments for guests, a two-story
15 Year Upsetrician
A doctor couple in Tamil Nadu face disbarment and potential criminal prosecution for encouraging and filming their 15-year old son perform a Caesarean section on
Report This!
A Pasadena, Calif., website, which stirred an international sensation with its plans to hire two journalists in India to report on local government affairs, has
Up In Smoke
"Smoking killed my mom ... I would do it (anti-smoking messages) if someone is interested in working with me. In fact, I'm getting emails from
The Trouble With Meteorites They Fizzle Fast...
A metallic object, celebrated as a rare "meteorite," that crashed through the roof of an Indian couple's home in New Jersey earlier this year is
Mud Bath For The Taj
The Taj Mahal's domed edifice will be caked in mud for two months every two or three years as part of a clean-up operation.The 17th
Don't Like The Smell Of This
Days after an Indian perfume tycoon and his wife were charged with enslaving two Indonesian domestic workers, his company announced that it was suing L'Oreal
