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Indian grandfather was slammed like 'cutting down a tree'
WASHINGTON - An Alabama police officer used a too violent technique, like "somebody cutting down a tree", to slam an Indian grandfather to the ground, an expert witness testified in the retrial of the...
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4 held for robberies in Indian residents' homes in US
NEW YORK - Four men were arrested in the US for committing burglaries in the houses of people of Indian and Asian origin, a media report said. The police in College Station city of Texas state, on...
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South Asian body outraged over mistrial in Indian grandfather's case
WASHINGTON - A leading South Asian community organisation has expressed "outrage" over the declaration of a second mistrial in the case of an Alabama police officer charged with slamming an Indian...
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IS says two of its followers behind Ca attacks
WASHINGTON - Two followers of the Islamic State (IS) group carried out the California attacks that killed at least 14 people and injured 20, the group's radio broadcast said on Saturday. US citizen...
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IS launches app to spread terror agenda
WASHINGTON - Adding teeth to its growing internet and social media presence, the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group has reportedly launched an app that features news and videos showing executions and...
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Sikh boy jokes about bomb in backpack, spends three days in custody
NEW YORK - A 12-year-old Sikh boy was kept behind the bars for three days for allegedly joking to a classmate that he has a bomb in his backpack, the boy's cousin wrote in a Facebook post this week. A...
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Sikh Americans lead efforts to counter attacks
WASHINGTON - With hate crimes against Muslims and Sikhs rising in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris and California, 15 diverse civil rights and faith-based organisations, led by the National...
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Rajat Gupta Fails to Overturn Conviction
NEW YORK,NY-Less than three months before his two-year prison term ends,former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta has lost another bid to overturn his conviction on insider trading charges, with an...
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Cop charged with slamming grandfather acquitted
WASHINGTON - To the shock of the Indian American community, a US judge has acquitted an Alabama police officer who slammed a visiting Indian grandfather to the ground while taking a walk outside his...
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LA Bus Driver Assaulted and Called “Terrorist”
LOS ANGELES, CA – A bus passenger brutally attacked a turbaned Sikh bus driver in Los Angeles on November 6, 2015, calling the driver a “terrorist“ and “suicide bomber,” and accusing him of hijacking...
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Pak Consul General Recalled For Sexual Harassment
LOS ANGELES, CA -The Pakistan Consulate, Los Angeles is still reeling from the effects of what went on at the Consulate at the end of 2015. According to a report in the Pakistan Link, after serving...
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Rajat Gupta to finish sentence at New York home
WASHINGTON - Goldman Sachs Group's former Indian American director Rajat Gupta, freed early after serving 19 months in federal prison, will have to stay at home until March with an ankle bracelet,...
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Indian-origin 'swami' arraigned on sexual assault charges in US
NEW YORK - An Indian-origin businessman claiming to be a Hindu monk has pleaded not guilty after standing trial on charges that he sexually assaulted three women in the US, the Los Angeles County...
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Hot yoga guru to pay $6.5 mn in punitive damages
WASHINGTON - After ordering celebrity yoga guru Bikram Choudhury to pay $924,500 in compensatory damages in a lawsuit for sexually harassing and firing a female employee, a US court has told Choudhury...
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2 Held For Robbery, Murder Of San Bernardino Store Owner
BY A STAFF REPORTERSAN BERNARDINO, CA - Two men have been arrested in the robbery and murder of a convenience store owner here. Mitesh Patel (31), owner of the Bossey Drive-In Dairy here was robbed...
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Apple refuses to unblock iPhone used by San Bernardino shooter
WASHINGTON - US technology giant Apple has vowed to fight an order to unblock an iPhone used by one of the perpetrators of the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California, that left 14 dead. In a...
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Body of Missing Father of Bride Found in Sacramento River
BY A STAFF REPORTERSACRAMENTO, CA - The body of Prasad Moparti who disappeared from his daughter’s wedding reception here on Feb 13, was found during a water recovery in the Walnut Grove area on Feb....
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Sfo woman arrested for skimming funds for cancer
WASHINGTON - An Indian American woman has been arrested in San Francisco, California, on charges of fraud -- for faking to be a blood cancer patient and raising funds through online fundraising sites...
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L.A. Sikh Bus Driver’s Attacker Pleads Not Guilty
LOS ANGELES,CA- A man charged with hate crime for brutally assaulting a Sikh bus driver and calling him a “terrorist” and “suicide bomber” has pleaded not guilty. KC Tard, 34, who could face up to six...
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Sexual Harassment: Dean Sujit Choudhry Resigns
BERKELEY,CA –The 45-year-old dean of U.C. Berkeley law school has resigned from his post, days after a lawsuit was filed against him by his executive assistant alleging that he sexually harassed her...
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