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Indian youth for Haiti raise funds for victims

ST LOUIS: Earthquake in Haiti and its aftermath has moved the young minds of the St Louis Hindu Temple Youth Group who expressed their interest in raising funds for Haiti

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Sikh files discrimination lawsuit against Lexus

NEW JERSEY: A Sikh has filed a discrimination lawsuit after being told to remove his religiously-mandated beard if he wanted a job. The applicant, Gurpreet Singh Kherha, filed his lawsuit in New Jersey against Tri-County Lexus where he wanted to work as a sales representative. ...

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NRI-SAHI calls for changes to Communal Violence Bill in India

NEW YORK: New York-based organization Non Resident Indians for Secular & Harmonious India (NRI-SAHI), while suggested several changes to be made in the proposed Communal Violence Bill in India, to the Government of India, has urged that communal violence be regarded as premeditated violence. ...

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Scintillating dance performance by Deeva Troupe

CHICAGO: Music is the food of the soul and dancing is the child of music and love. ...

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Ghimre Curry House wins award

CHICAGO: Bala Ghimre, a young Indian Nepalese owner of Curry House restaurant, has been named as the 2009 Local Winner in restaurant category....

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Third special Yoga camp focus on youth

ST. LOUIS : A two-day Free Yoga Camp is being organized on March 20 and 21 at Mahatma Gandhi Center (Hindu Temple) in Ballwin, St Louis, MO. ...

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India at international home and houseware show

CHICAGO: The Handloom Export Promotion Council of India (HEPC) is for the first time participating in the International Home and Houseware Show to be held in Chicago at the McCormick Place from March 14 to 16. ...

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Memorial service for prominent Indian jeweler

CHICAGO: Family and friends of Scaria Chennikkara, a front ranking jeweler in Chicagoland who died a year ago from pancreatic cancer, gathered in numbers for ...

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Expanding Desi Junction looking for interns

CHICAGO: After serving the community for nine years in the field of entertainment on air, Desi Junction, a premier South Asian radio Channel "your connection back home", as they call it, is set to go for expansion....

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Gauri Jog to present Shakuntala dance drama

CHICAGO: After staging five successful Indian Ballet programs in the past such as Queen of Jhansi (2005), Fire - the Fiery Tale (2007) and East Meets West (2008) among others, Indian Dance School is now all set to bring its latest creation, "Shakuntala" on Friday, March 19, at 7.30 pm at Prairie Center for the Arts in Schaumburg, a north side suburb of Chicago....

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