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New Delhi, August 15: Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams displayed the tricolour on board the International Space Station and wished Indians a very happy Independence Day. "I wish India a very happy Independence Day for August 15... India is a wonderful country and I am very proud to be a part of India," Williams said in her message. "Of course, you know that I am half Indian. My father is

Washington, August 15: Indian Americans from East to West coast celebrated India's 66th Independence Day with colourful parades, Bollywood stars and cultural performances but with a prayer in their hearts for the Wisconsin gurdwara attack victims. Thousands of community members are expected to join Wednesday's official celebration in Washington with the Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao hoisting the

Washington, August 13: An archaeologist claimed to have discovered two new possible pyramid complexes in Egypt with a large mound almost three times the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Archaeology researcher Angela Micol from Maiden, North Carolina has been conducting satellite archaeology research for over ten years, searching for ancient sites from space using Google earth satellite imagery

Washington, August 13: Honolulu City Councilwoman Tulsi Gabbard has a great chance to become the first Hindu member of the US House of Representatives in 2013 with her primary victory in a safe Democratic seat. Though a practicing Hindu and a strict vegetarian, Gabbard is not of Indian origin. Her father Mike Gabbard, who is a state senator, is from American Samoa. Her mother Carol Porter Gabbard

New York, August 13: In the wake of a deadly attack at a Wisconsin Gurudwara, the New York city Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been asked to allow Sikhs to wear turban and sport a beard in the New York Police Department (NYPD). "In the wake of the Wisconsin killings, which have shocked the national conscience, our City can enact meaningful inclusion of this community by changing NYPD rules to allow

Toronto, August 13: Over 20,000 Indo-Canadians gathered in the heart of Toronto to celebrate India Day and display the country's rich heritage and cultural diversity through a traditional parade, days ahead of the Independence Day. Despite bad weather, the day began with hoisting of the national flag by Indian High Commissioner S M Gavai on Se. Also present on the occasion were Preeti Saran

London, August 13: An Indian-origin girl student in the UK has raised over 6,400 pounds by organising a '5K walk' for the world's largest NGO-run school meal programme which provides food for 1.3 million children daily in India. Sabina Ranger, a second year university student organised the 5K walk for The Akshaya Patra Foundation, an NGO in India that provides food for school children across 9

Manila, August 12: Emergency relief officials and doctors were deployed to flood devastated communities in the Philippines today to prevent outbreaks of disease as the death toll jumped to 85. While floods have gone down significantly around the capital Manila, many areas in nearby provinces remained inundated as overflowing dams continued to release water, the national disaster coordinating

Islamabad, August 11: A 14-year-old Hindu girl who was abducted two days ago has converted to Islam and married a Muslim in Pakistan, a media report said but her distraught father says that she "can never give up on her religion, she has been coerced into doing it". Manisha Kumari, 14, is now Mahvish and herself called up her parents from an unknown location and broke the news of her conversion

New York, August 11: Time editor-at-large and CNN host Fareed Zakaria has been suspended by both the magazine and the network for lifting several paragraphs by another writer for his use in a recent Time column. Zakaria apologized Friday, declaring in a statement he made "a terrible mistake," adding, "It is a serious lapse and one that is entirely my fault." In a separate statement, Time spokesman