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Indian Americans running for Congress bank on big donors from community
Washington: When hotel executive Ravi
Patel launched his bid for Congress, he
turned to two familiar groups to finance his
campaign. One was fellow hoteliers. The
other: fellow Indian-Americans.
Behind the nearly $540,000 Patel raised
in the first quarter of 2015, a big sum for a
first-time candidate from Iowa, are dozens
of Indian-American donorsand Patel
says his outreach to them is only just beginning.
Going into the 2016 election, he's just
one of half a dozen Indian-American congressional candidates tapping into an
increasingly active source of campaign
funds, one that is helping more and more
candidates from the influential and well-off
community to run viable campaigns.
"If you're well-steeped in that community, you know the folks who are going to be
supportive," Patel, a Democrat, told
National Journal. "You can absolutely raise
money there."
In the House, Indian-American donors
are rallying around Raja Krishnamoorthi
(from Illinois) and Kumar Barve
(Maryland), and likely candidate Ro
Khanna (California). In the Senate, they are
throwing strong support to Kamala Harris,
the attorney general of California. All are
Democrats.
The most recent quarterly fundraising
reports show dozens of Indian-American
names scattered across their donor lists.
They account for roughly three-quarters of
Barve's individual contributors and more
than 80 donors each in Patel and Khanna's
latest filings. On Harris' report, dozens of
donors also appear to be of IndianAmerican descent.
Buoyed by the group, Khanna brought in
$801,000 from January to March, while
Barve, the only declared candidate in his
Maryland district to raise money in the first
the
Universitys
Director of the Office
of Student Rights and
Responsibilities, and
Peter Konwerski, VP
and Dean of Student
Affairs.
The University has
seemingly taken the
position that posting
anything which could
be mistaken for a Nazi swastika
even if it is of a different color
and orientation, and/or might be
seen as rotating in the opposite
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showing in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and
The Great Indian Laughter
Challenge.
The New Jersey show is co-presented by Indus American Bank.
The Federation of Indian
Associations (FIA) is community
partner.
Aartwo LLC is NJ-based event
organizer founded by Reetu
Rastogi, with the aim to build
cultural bridges and showcase the
talent from Indian subcontinent to
the people of US. She told the
SATimes that they have received
great response for the NJ show
which uniquely combines comedy
and singing. She expects a full
house at the over 2,000-capaciy
Ritz theater.
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Indias visa-on-arrival is
now e-tourist visa
New Delhi:
The Indian
Government has renamed the
online visa scheme for travelers as
e-Tourist Visa (eTV). The scheme
was earlier called Tourist Visa on
Arrival-Electronic
Travel
Authorisation (TVoA-ETA).
A statement from the Ministry of
Home Affairs said last week that
the extension of the scheme to
more countries and airports will be
in a phased manner, in order to
avoid any confusion.
The name of the scheme was creating confusion among tourists as
they presumed that visa is being
granted on arrival. However, the
pre-authorization of visa to foreigners is being given prior to travel.
TVoA-ETA was launched on
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IN BRIEF
Jatin Pandit
Golia were honored for their dedicated and ongoing services to the
community at the inaugural gala.
TV Asia Owner H.R.Shah was
honored for his tireless contribution and dedication to media industry via TV ASIA.
Dr. Ajay Lodha applauded the
wonderful cause and the global
platform encouraging attendees to
register for the same. He offered
his individual support as well as
on behalf of American Association
of Physicians of Indian origin
(AAPI) to help wherever needed.
Motivational teacher Mukesh Gangani (left) led a well-attended Ultimate Mind Power
seminar on April 17 in New Hyde Park, NY.
More information at www.mukeshmotivational.com
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plans. She was previously managing director of investment strategy and xed income for GM
Asset Management and also led
the plans xed income and derisking efforts. Suryadevara
began her career at GM in treasury in 2004.
Ramdev was named VP, nance
and treasurer, in April 2014. She
was previously chief nancial
ofcer for GM's global purchasing and supply chain operation, a
post she held since August 2011.
Ramdev has held several leadership roles in GM, including assistant treasurer for GM and regional treasurer for GM international
operations. She joined GM in
1996.
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Robertson is a pastor who has a following of millions in the US and abroad and
his TV show, Club 700, is carried on Christian Broadcasting Network, which says on
its website that it operates in India. The attack is the latest in a series attacks on Hindu places of worship. Two temples were
vandalized in Washington State in northwest US in February.
In August, a statue of Shiva at the Vishwa Bhavan Hindu Mandir in Monroe in the
state of Georgia was desecrated with black
paint. The local sheriff's office arrested two
people in connection with the attack.
Between July and October in Loudon
County in Virginia, police have documented 17 separate incidents of anti-Hindu vandalism, the Hindu American Foundation
said.
IN BRIEF
Baisakhi celebrated at
Embassy Residence, Washington, DC
mbassy of India hosted a
reception on April 18 to
celebrate Baisakhi. The
festival symbolizes the harvest
season, and thanksgiving for a
bountiful harvest. It also marks
the founding of the Khalsa by
Guru Gobind Singh.
Over three hundred guests including prominent Indian American community leaders, doctors,
engineers, lawyers, bankers, scientists, and other professionals
attended the celebrations. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and
Minister of Environment and
Forest Prakash Javadekar participated in the celebration and
greeted the community.
Invocation by Bhai
Kirpal Singh of the
Sikh Foundation of
Virginia, accompanied by Bhai Onkar
Singh and Bhai
Karam Singh. (Inset)
Indias Finance Minister Arun Jaitley seen
with Charge d'Affaires Ambassador
Taranjit Singh Sandhu.
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Justice Department
to investigate
Baltimore death
Wichita, Kan.:
Charles Koch said
he is considering
throwing his political might into the
Republican presidential primary for
the first time and is
likely to provide
financial help to
Charles and David Koch
several contenders
before settling on a single candidate.
Koch, his brother David and their team have identified
five candidates who have the right message and "a good
chance of getting elected," he told USA Today. They are
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, former Florida governor
Jeb Bush and Senators Ted Cruz (Texas), Rand Paul
(Kentucky) and Marco Rubio (Florida).
"Those are the ones we have talked to the most and who
seem to be the possible leaders," he said.
"What we've told them all is that right now, we're not
supporting anyone," Koch said. "We're telling them that if
they want our support, one way to get it is articulating a
good message to help Americans get a better understanding and a better appreciation of how certain policies
will benefit them and will benefit all America."
The Kochs run Koch Industries, a multibillion-dollar
privately held conglomerate with interests in the energy
industry, as well as building supplies and other products.
They have been active donors to Republican candidates.
For the first time, Charles Koch also outlined that roughly
$300 million would be spent directly on electoral politics in
2016, including federal and state elections. This would rival
the almost $400 million the Republican National
Committee raised and spent in the 2012 election cycle.
victims that had turned into a litmus test on abortion. The vote on
final passage of the trafficking bill
took place Wednesday.
Lynch, who would become the
nation's first black female attorney
general, replacing Eric Holder, is
now the US attorney for the
Eastern District of New York.
Lynch was expected t win confirmation in Senate with at least
five Republicans supporting her
besides Democrats.
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INDIA
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Farmer Gajendra Singh committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at an AAP rally at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
calling later.
In Rajasthan, the family of the
deceased farmer said he was shaken after losing his entire wheat
crop to untimely rains.
Gopal Singh, an uncle of
Gajendra Singh, said that the man
was not compensated by the state
government.
"He had around 25 bighas
(around 2.5 hectare) of land and
grew wheat. His crop was
destroyed by rains and hailstorm...
So far no compensation has been
given to us."
The Congress announced Rs.2
lakh as compensation to the dead
man's family.
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Boat with eight Pakistanis, After expulsion, Yadav, Bhushan describe AAP as khap
narcotics seized off Gujarat coast
Mumbai/Ahmedabad: Indian
defense agencies have seized a
boat with eight Pakistanis on
board and carrying narcotics
worth around Rs.6 billion ($95
m), in the Arabian Sea off the
Gujarat coast on Monday, the
government has confirmed.
The vessel, fitted with sophisticated communication systems,
was intercepted in international
waters in a joint operation by the
Indian Navy (IN) and the Indian
Coast Guard (ICG).
The eight Pakistani nationals
and the boat - the origin and destination of which were not disclosed - are being taken to
Porbandar port in Gujarat for
further investigations by law
enforcement
officials,
Intelligence Bureau personnel,
Indian Navy and ICG.
"The initial investigations by
ICG Sangram have led to recovery of 232 packets of narcotics
(suspected to be heroin and
worth up to Rs.600 crores in the
international
market).
The party also termed the allegations levelled against its leaders
Pankaj Gupta and Ashish Khetan
by Bhushan as "baseless", saying
the party would not order any
inquiry against them.
Bhushan accused AAP's general
secretary Pankaj Gupta of accepting Rs.2 crore donation from shell
companies and Khetan of writing
a planted story in a magazine
defending a telecom company,
allegedly involved in the 2G spectrum scam.
Meanwhile, Khetan, in response
to Bhushan's allegation against
him, said the charges are baseless,
and added that if the allegations
were proved, he would quit public
life.
"If Shanti Bhushan or Prashant
Bhushan provide any proof
regarding their allegations against
me, I will quit the public life. If
they fail in giving any proof, they
should also quit the public life.
The charges made against me bear
no truth," Khetan told reporters.
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ued to please international communities, particularly in G-20 meetings and in summits with
Obama, by agreeing to action on HFCs, but in
international negotiations the country played
different tunes to fudge the debate.
Come Modi, and transformation and a forward-looking stance is evident. The pros and
cons of HFC reduction were assessed and
reforms in the approach were found to be
inevitable. It was realized that reduction in
HFCs would provide the fastest and the most
desirable climate mitigation in the near-term. It
also will build critical momentum for a suc-
The views expressed in Op Eds are not necessarily those of The South Asian Times.
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same footing.
Network neutrality, or open interworking, means in accessing the
World Wide Web, one is in full control over how to go online, where to
go and what to do, as long as these
are lawful. So firms that provide
Internet services should treat all
lawful Internet content in a neutral
manner.
It also required such companies
not to charge users, content, platform, site, application or mode of
communication differentially.
These are also the founding principles of the Internet and what has
made it the largest and most diverse
platform for expression in recent
history.
Giving a slightly different perspective
was
Subimal
Bhattacharjee, member of Research
Advisory Network under the
Global Commission on Internet
Governance - an initiative of the
Davos-based World Economic
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INDIA FEATURES
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Toronto based artist and poet Rupi Kaurs a photograph she took
as part of "Period.," a project for her visual rhetoric course at the
University of Waterloo, was removed from her
Instagram account -- twice.
tion in society to the needs of adolescent girls for privacy and a dignified way to manage menstruation,
expectations of girls and women to
adhere to many rules and restrictions that for many are perceived as
constraining (e.g. not entering temple) and for those who cannot
afford it and adoption of unhealthy
practices such as using unsanitary
materials to absorb the menstrual
flow."
Serving the needs of economically disadvantaged girls and women
in India, Eco Femme provides menstrual health education and free
washable pads to adolescent girls
through its Pad-forPad programme.
Experts point out that menstrual
hygiene has an important role in
genital tract infections and is also
one of the causes of cervical cancer.
According to gynecologists, use
of alternative sanitary care measures such as unsterilised cloth, sand
and ash make women susceptible to
infections and diseases.
Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths among
women in India, with approximately 1.32 lakh new cases being diagnosed and about 74,000 deaths
every year. Filling this lacuna, Aditi
Gupta and Tuhin Paul-founded
Menstrupedia, a friendly guide to
periods that helps girls and women
stay healthy and active during their
periods. Menstrupedia aims at
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Editors note: Amb. Mulays autobiography in Hindi, Maati Pankh aur Aakash
will be released May 8 at the Consulate by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, USA.
Amb. Mulay with business and community leaders at an event at the consulate.
One of his initiatives has been to organize a monthly Media India Lecture Series
focusing on Indias global image, identity, aspirations, roles and projection.
presents to all {of them} the image of a country that is emerging as a world leader.
While this project consumed a great deal of
his time and energy, Mulay said he understands that such work is an essential part of
the job. Improving upon and maintaining
the physical condition of the consulate building has historically always been one of the
two basic responsibilities assigned to the
Consul General of every nation, he
explained.
Mulay, however, made it a point to emphasize that the time and effort he continues to
devote to performing this first responsibility
does not interfere with his ability to perform
the second of the two jobs traditionally associated with the position of the Consul
General which is to promote and increase
trade between the home and host country.
With trade between America and India trending upwards in recent years, reaching nearly
100 billion dollars this past calendar year, a
historical high constituting a 60% increase
from pre-Modi India, Mulay said he feels
exhilarated to be working in a position where
he can help further develop this already bur-
Just as Mulay completed the initial clean up of the consulate building, he was
tasked to oversee the modernization and conservation of the landmark building
now called New India House in a partnership between Government of India and
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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FESTIVALS
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By combining a few Indian festivals together, RANA wanted to share Rajasthans rich culture
& heritage and the experience of diversity with others and to integrate communities.
The grand parade in the SUNY College at Old Westbury featured an elephant,
horses and camels.The entire campus was decorated to create authentic Indian
ambiance - even a village scene that displayed a charpoy and swings, etc.
Old Westbury, NY: Over 3,000 people from various Indian communities
gathered April 19 at the SUNY College here to celebrate Rajasthan Mahotsav. The colorful and musical
scene resembled the fabled festivals
of Rajasthan complete with a grand
parade featuring elephants, horses
and camels to various dance & musical performances showcasing the variety and depth of Indian culture.
Speaking on the occasion, Naveen
Shah, President of RANA (Rajasthan
Association of North America) said
that the objective of the Mahotsav
was not just limited to entertaining
ourselves, but to enrich from the talent & wisdom which we all bring to
this part of the world. We wanted to
share our rich culture & heritage and
the experience of diversity with others and to integrate communities,
laying the foundation of culture for
future generations.
Grand Marshal actress Jinal pandya, RANA co-founder Kamlesh Mehta, Rajasthan
Minister Gulab Chand Kataria (Grand Marshal), Dr Ajay Lodha, RANA President
Naveen Shah and Vice-President Kanak Golia at the start of the parade.
Renowned physician and pediatrician Dr. Ajey Jain (2nd from left) was
presented the Rajasthan Shiromani award.
Men, women and children were all seen dancing to the vibrant
beats of Indian band and dhol.
In a first for New York, a traditional Gangaur procession was organized. Gangaur festival is celebrated by women in Rajasthan in
the honor of Goddess Parvati who is regarded as the epitome of marital love, strength, courage, and excellence.
Marshal.
At a glittering ceremony in the
evening, noted industrialist and
Chairman of Vedanta Resources Plc,
Anil Agarwal was honored (in absentia) with Rajasthan Ratna Award. The
doyen of Indian Diamond & Color
Stone Association Haridas Kotahwala was presented the Jaipur Ratna
Award and renowned pediatrician
Dr. Ajey Jain received the Rajasthan
Shiromani award.Vice President of
RANA Kanak Golia said, An event
of such magnitude has never been
done before in the tristate area. Celebrating festivals together will not
only help our communities to integrate into our country of adoption,
but also in promoting our rich
cultures, traditions and heritage.
This was also the first time that a
traditional Gangaur parade was
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(from left) Poets Arun Gemini, Ved Prakash Ved and Ritu Goel
who regaled the audience.
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Doyen of Indian jewelers in America, Haridas Kotahwala (middle standing with his
wife Sharda) was honored as Jaipur Ratna. Indian Consul General Dnyaneshwar
Mulay (to his right) was an honored guest at the Rajasthan Mahotsav.
Over 3,000 people from various Indian communities took part in the celebrations
of Rajasthan Mahotsav.
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Manjit Bawa.
Untitled
2000, Oil on
canvas, 55.2
x 65.2.
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Washington, DC:
intent of cancelling
US
authorities
it before execuhave sought extration.
dition from Britain
A m e r i c a n
of an Indian origin
authorities had
trader accused of
requested Sarao's
contributing to the
extradition to stand
"flash crash" of
trial in America
2010 that briefly
following
his
wiped out nearly
arrest in London
$1 trillion in stock
on Tuesday.
market value.
But Sarao told
Navinder Singh
the British court
Sarao, 36, from Navinder Singh Sarao on Wednesday that
West
London,
he did not consent
appeared in a Westminster
to being extradited to the US
Magistrates'
Court
on
and that he would apply for
Wednesday and said he would
bail, the NBC report said.
oppose extradition to the US,
District Judge Quentin Purdy
NBC News reported from
said a full extradition hearing
London US officials have
will be held in August.
charged Sarao with wire fraud,
Charges against Sarao were
commodities fraud and manipfiled in a federal complaint in
ulation, and one count of
Illinois in February, but were
"spoofing" -- when a trader
unsealed on Tuesday following
places a bid or offer with the
his arrest.
Vancouver: The
not a gang member. He
family of a young
was loved by everyone
Surrey man killed
who knew him, the
over the weekend
statement read. Arun
in a violent shootwas a fine young man
ing
incident
who loved his family and
police believe is
had a bright future ahead
connected to the
of him.
ongoing gang turf
The family thanked
war there was a
everyone who has sent
fine young man
condolences and the
who had a bright
media for respecting
future.
their privacy. And they
Arun Bains, the
said they are determined
Arun Bains
nephew of Surrey
to support the commuNDP MLA Harry Bains, was gunned nitys efforts to end the violence and
down Sunday near 88th Avenue and spare another family this pain.
126th Street. The 22-year-olds death
This is an extraordinarily painful
is believed to be connected to the time, the statement read. Arun was
recent spate of gun violence between the heart of our family. We are still trytwo rival groups fighting for control of ing to accept the reality that our son,
the street-level drug trade, brother, cousin, and nephew is gone.
Vancouverdesi reported.
There has been a total of 22 shootIn an emotional statement sent out ings in Surrey and Delta since early
Tuesday, the Bains family offered a last month.
tender picture of the young man,
Mounties have determined that least
describing him as the heart of the 14 of those shootings are related to a
family and someone who was loved clash between a South Asian group and
by all.
a Somali group fighting for control of
Arun was not a criminal. He was the drug trade.
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SUBCONTINENT
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The Chinese president said special attention would be paid to further strengthen economic strategic
partnership with Pakistan in next 10
years.
The Chinese president will unveil
a $45-billion investment plan that
can help Pakistan end its chronic
energy crisis and help transform it
into a regional economic hub.
The investments offer a real
opportunity to change the scope
Sino-Pakistan relationship "from
geo-politics to geo-economics",
said Federal Minister for Planning
and Development Ahsan Iqbal.
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US denies IS leader Baghdadi hurt in air strike Japanese train sets world
speed record
BUSINESS
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itive. It is much better than previous year. There is a positive economic sentiment. The buyers have
confidence
on
price,"
Somasundaram P.R., managing
director, India, World Gold
Council, said.
Pankaj Parekh, vice-chairman of
Gems & Jewellery Export
Promotion Council, told IANS that
sales are expected to be higher
across the country as in March the
import of yellow metal was on the
higher side. According to reports,
India's gold imports more than
doubled to 125 tonnes in March
from 60 tonnes in the same period
a year ago. Apart from gold, jewelers also saw good demand for diamond jewelery.
SPORTS
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Bangladesh humiliate
Pakistan, win ODI series 3-0
Former Bengal Under-19 team captain Ankit Keshri died from a head injury
sustained during a tournament game last Friday.
Mirpur: A swashbuckling
maiden century by Soumya
Sarkar fired the Bangladesh
cricket team to an easy eightwicket victory over Pakistan
and helped them complete a 3-0
humiliation of the 1992 World
Champions in the third and
final One-Day International
(ODI) of the bilateral series
here. The hosts continued their
dominance in the series as they
chased down 251 with 63 balls
and eight wickets to spare at the
Sher-e-Bangla
National
Stadium,
reports
bdnews24.com. Bangladesh
bowlers fought back brilliantly
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London: A
new smartphone
app
promises to
make
you
slimmer and
smarter and
that too without any interventions in
your workout
schedule!
Actually, the
n
e
w
"Visualize You" app is designed
to encourage weight loss by processing your portrait-style photograph and generating an image of
what you would look like minus
10 kg... or may be more.
The designers said the app uses
proprietary algorithms based on
"clinically verified weight
change dynamics" to generate
the image, reported Daily Mail.
As opposed to similar apps that
basically stretch and pinch photos, Visualize You creates images
determined by the precise
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Coffee shields you against breast cancer recurrence iPads in kindergarten can make
your toddler smarter
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India's first satellite Aryabhata was launched successfully by a Russian rocket in April 40
years ago, taking the country on an exciting space odyssey as far as the Moon and the Mars.
possessing multiple capabilities - telecom,
television, meteorological and imaging.
Success started smiling at ISRO from
INSAT-1B onwards, ushering in the communication revolution in India.
There was no looking back for the space
agency on the satellite side. From one tonne
satellites, the INSAT series started growing in
weight to become three tonne and ISRO later
started making satellites for others.
The space agency has also jointly built two
heavy satellites - 3,453 kg W2M and 2,541 kg
Hylas - for the French agency EADS
Astrium.
India's high point in its space odyssey was
its moon and mars missions.
While it is normal to compare ISRO's
achievement in satellite and rocket technologies, space scientists said both cannot be
compared. "The challenges in both the segments vary widely," a senior official of ISRO
said. In the case of building the heavy rocket
to launch four tonne communication satellites
and save foreign exchange, ISRO is now in
the process of perfecting the technology.
"We are planning to launch GSLV-MkII
rocket in July or August this year. The rocket
will be powered by indigenous cryogenic
engine. The stacking of the rocket is expected
to happen in May," K. Sivan, director, Liquid
Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) said.
"We are targeting to fly the GSLV-Mk III in
Dec 2016 if all things go well," Sivan said.
While India started hitting success in building INSAT satellites, scientists at Vikram
Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in
Thiruvananthapuram were toiling to get their
rocket right. The SLV and Augmented SLV
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ULTIMATE BOLLYWOOD
ollywood
actress
Katrina Kaif will grace
the red carpet at the
68th Cannes International Film
Festival as the ambassador of
cosmetic brand L'Oral Paris.
She says she can't wait to
join the other global ambassadors, which also include
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and
Sonam Kapoor.
L'Oral Paris will celebrate
18 years of its partnership as
the official makeup partner for
Festival De Cannes, and it
promises an exciting line-up of
u m b a i
Sessions
Court will
pronounce the
verdict on May 6
in the 13-yearold case of an
accident involving Bollywood
actor Salman
Khan, in which
one person was
killed and four were
injured.
Salman has been facing
trial since nearly 13 years in the accident case in Bandra,
in the early hours of September 28, 2002, which left one
pavement dweller dead and four others injured.
Nurullah Mehboob Sharif succumbed to his injuries
and four others - Munna Malai Khan, Kalim Mohammed
Pathan, Abdullah Rauf Shaikh and Muslim Sheikh were
injured.
Salman was charged under Indian Penal Code (IPC)
Section 304 II (culpable homicide not amounting to
murder) which attracts upto 10 years in prison; Section
279 (rash and negligent driving) which stipulates six
months jail; Section 337 and 338 (causing hurt by act
endangering life & causing grievous hurt) with punishment upto two years; Section 427 (mischief causing
damage to property) with maximum punishment of upto
two years.
Also, Motor Vehicle Act, Section 34 (a), (b) read with
181 (driving vehicle in contravention of rules) and 185
(driving at great speed after consuming alcohol with
punishment of cancellation of driving license; and sections of the Bombay Prohibition Act dealing with diving
under influence of alcohol which attract maximum six
months in jail.
Salman Khan
case verdict
on May 6
Katrina Kaif
Emraan
Hashmi
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Ranbir Kapoor
he
sounds
of
Bollywood tracks
"Humma humma",
"O humdum suniyo re" and
"Maahi ve" resonated as
models sashayed across the
PFDC Sunsilk Fashion
Week 2015 (PSFW) 2015
ramp in Lahore in creations
by
designer
Zara
Shahjahan. For an Indian
onlooker, it was a moment
of pride.
The designer impressed
many with her collection,
but
her
choice
of
Bollywood tracks hooked
the audience to her range
further.
The show started with the
"Humma humma" song
from the film "Bombay"
followed by "O humdum
suniyo re" from the film
"Saathiya" and "Maahi Ve"
from "Highway".
The irony here was that
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by Mahendra Shah
Mahendra Shah is an architect by education, entrepreneur by profession, artist and
humorist, cartoonist and writer by hobby. He has been recording the plight of the
immigrant Indians for the past many years in his cartoons. Hailing from Gujarat,
he lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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a very efficient and important resource in your organization this year. Your performance will influence
your peers, seniors and higher management. It is the
best time to look out for a new job as it will help you
grow both professionally and financially.
Romance this year: You may go through minor personal disturbances and these could be solved by talking more to your partner. Do not let the distance grow.
Get some time to talk to your spouse. You may plan a
long trip with your partner to strengthen your relationship.
Lucky month: July, September and December
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Ruled planet: Mars Ruled by no: 9
Traits in you: Your ruling planet Mars makes you
strong, determined, courageous, enthusiastic, intelligent, ambitious, and motivated. You have a strong dislike towards fake people and fake emotions. You are a
huge fan of truth and cleanliness. You need to work on
your nature of showing dictatorship and being rude
and stubborn at times.
Health this year: Your health would remain very
good this year. However, you need to go for regular
yoga exercises. You should not ignore your healthy
diet plan to remain in shape. Go for regular medical
checkups to avoid any hiccups further.
Finance this year: You may go for a property transaction this year and this will bring you a lot of money.
You need to be decisive to invest on real estate or gold
as there are risks involved. Do not trust any of your
new partners as they may cheat you. You may spend
enough money on buying a vehicle or renovating your
property.
Career this year: With an enhanced confidence and
brushed up skills, you will become very successful
professionally. You will do justice to the role assigned
to you. You may get promotion or a hike in your current salary. If you are in creativity field, this year will
bring you much more success and recognition.
Romance this year: Your relationship with your partner or beloved will be strengthened as day passes. You
may decide to get married this year if you are in a long
term relationship.
Lucky month: May, October and April
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Ruled planet: Sun Ruled by no: 1
Traits in you: Due to the positive effects of your ruling planet Sun, you will have the characteristics of a
good human being. By nature, you are accountable,
unique, courageous, committed, competitive, coordinated and intelligent. You should work on your negative personality traits such as selfishness, dependency
and pessimism.
Health this year: You will enjoy a good health
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