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Rajaratnam used Indian-American 'corporate spies': Prosecution
( 22-Apr-2011 )
New York: Hedge fund tycoon Raj Rajaratnam set out "to conquer the stock market at the expense of the law" using what they called his "corporate spies" including at least three Indian Americans, prosecutors alleged.
Presenting concluding arguments in the biggest insider tr .... |
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Indian-American student indicted in roommate's suicide
( 22-Apr-2011 )
NEW YORK: An Indian-American student has been indicted for secretly viewing a same-sex encounter involving his roommate, who later jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River.
Dharun Ravi, 19, a former student of Rutgers University, could face up to five years in pr .... |
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Indian American Satish Tripathi appointed US varsity president
( 22-Apr-2011 )
Washington: Reputed Indian American computer scientist Satish K. Tripathi, a Banaras Hindu University alumnus, has been appointed president of the prestigious University at Buffalo (UB) in New York state.
Tripathi, 60, is the first non-American president in the history of UB, the largest and most c .... |
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Malaysian Indian walks 44 km backward to create record
( 22-Apr-2011 )
MALAYSIA: Ethnic Indian G. Deo has set a new record in walking backward, by shattering his own record.
He completed a 44 km track from Gunung Rapat here to Temoh, a town near Tapah.
He took about seven hours, surpassing his earlier feat of walking 40 km backwards in Cameron Highlands in 2004, The .... |
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No conclusive link between cell phone use, cancer: Pulitzer winner
( 22-Apr-2011 )
WASHINGTON: Indian American cancer specialist, Siddhartha Mukherjee who won a 2011 Pulitzer Prize for his very first book, says there is no conclusive study linking the use of cell phones to brain cancer.
But no study conclusively ruled it out, either, says Mukherjee, an assistant professor of medi .... |
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The Prince of Wales has achieved a new record
( 22-Apr-2011 )
London:The Prince of Wales has achieved a new record of spending a wait of 59 years, two months and 14 days as heir apparent to the British throne, longer than his ancestor Edward VII.
But, while Charles is still waiting, Edward VII ascended the throne to succeed Queen Victoria, Britain’s lo .... |
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American Sikh Day celebrated at California Capitol
( 21-Apr-2011 )
Sacramento: The Sikh American community celebrated the first ever American Sikh Day in California on the steps of the
California State Capitol with dozens of California elected officials.
The event Wednesday highlighted the history and contributions of Sikh Americans in California and the challen .... |
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Honeymoon murder: Accused husband collapses in court
( 21-Apr-2011 )
London: Indian-origin British businessman Shrien Dewani, accused of plotting the murder of his wife on their honeymoon
in South Africa, collapsed in court as he appeared for a bail hearing.
Dewani, 31, was earlier heard mumbling to himself during the hearing at the Westminster magistrates' co .... |
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