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Hindus denounce ad attacking Jon Huntsman’s faith, values

The video shows Jon Huntsman with adopted daughter Asha Bharati, wearing the red tika, a mark associated with the sacred in Hinduism.
The video shows Jon Huntsman with adopted daughter Asha Bharati, wearing the red tika, a mark associated with the sacred in Hinduism.
The Hindu American Foundation strongly condemned a new political advertisement criticizing Republic presidential candidate, Governor Jon Huntsman.

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01/08/12
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Indian student in Canada Alok Gupta shot dead

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Alok Gupta (Facebook)
VANCOUVER – An Indian student, Alok Gupta, a part-time convenience store clerk who volunteered to work on Christmas Day so the store owners could spend the holiday with their family, was shot dead in Surrey, B.C. over the Christmas weekend.

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12/31/11
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Anuj Bidve murder: 17-year-old British teen arrested

Anuj Bidve
Anuj Bidve
London -- Police arrested a teenager on suspicion of shooting dead Anuj Bidve, an Indian student, in Salford in an "awful attack" during the early hours of Monday.

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12/27/11
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Nancy Powell Named New U.S. Ambassador to India

Nancy PowellWASHINGTON, DC – On Dec. 16, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Nancy J. Powell, Ambassador to India, Department of State.

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12/22/11
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Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai Pleads Guilty to Concealing Pakistan’s Funding for His U.S. Lobbying Efffort

WASHINGTON—Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, 62, a U.S. citizen and resident of Fairfax, Va., pleaded guilty on Dec. 7 to conspiracy and tax violations in connection with a decades-long scheme to conceal the transfer of at least $3.5 million from the government of Pakistan to fund his lobbying efforts in America related to Kashmir.

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12/15/11
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Congressional India Caucus Welcomes Ambassador Nirupama Rao

Nirumpama RaoThe Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans (also known as the House India Caucus) led by its co-chairs, Congressman Ed Royce of California and Congressman Joe Crowley of New York welcomed Ambassador Nirupama Rao as India's new Ambassador in Washington at a packed reception in the Rayburn Building at Capitol Hill on December 1.

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12/14/11
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Cancer Patients Win Bone Marrow Legal Fight Against U.S. Attorney General

Arya Majumder
Arya Majumder
Arlington, Va.—The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a unanimous opinion granting victory to cancer patients and their supporters in a landmark constitutional challenge brought against the U.S. Attorney General by Institute of Justice and five other plaintiffs including Indian-American Kumud Majumder on December 1.

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12/10/11
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Harvard Drops Subramanian Swamy

Subramaniam SwamyHarvard University faculty voted on Tuesday to drop two summer economics courses taught by Subramanian Swamy in response to a July piece by the Janata Party politician that made sweeping remarks against Muslims and proposed depriving them of the vote unless they declared their families were converts from Hinduism.

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12/08/11
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Legendary Bollywood actor Dev Anand dies of heart attack in London

dev anandLondon:  Dev Anand, the 'Evergreen Romantic Superstar' of Indian cinema, died in London last night following a cardiac arrest. He was 88. Dev Anand, who had come here for medical check up, was not keeping well for the last few days.

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12/04/11
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Senate India Caucus to host rare reception for Ambassador Nirupama Rao

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John Cornyn
(PTI) WASHINGTON: The powerful Senate India Caucus, which is the largest country specific Caucus in the US Senate, plans to hold a rare reception for the new Indian ambassador to the US, Nirupama Rao.

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11/27/11
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