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he US on May 26 came full circle as after shunning Narendra Modi for over a decade, President Barack Obama vowed to work closely together with the new Indian prime minister “for years to come”. “We look forward to working closely together with the new government to continue to strengthen and expand the USIndia strategic partnership for years to come,” the White House said in a message of congratulations from Obama.

As the two leaders “agreed in their call after the election, as the world’s two largest democracies, India and the US share a deep bond and commitment to promoting economic opportunity, freedom, and security for our people

and around the world”, it said.

Obama was quick to acknowledge Modi’s “resounding” victory in the Indian election and effectively ended the visa ban on him for his alleged role or inaction during the 2002 Gujarat riots with an invitation to visit Washington.

Secretary of State John Kerry echoed the invitation a couple of

Modi’s victory in the Indian election ended the visa ban on him, says Obama days later. Since then, other US officials including Washington’s first Indian-American point person for South Asia Nisha Desai Biswal have voiced US keenness to engage Narendra Modi.

US President Barack Obama says US will welcome Prime Minister Modi

“The president stated definitely that we will be welcoming Prime Minister Modi,” the US assistant secretary of state for South Central Asia told reporters last week.

“We recognize the Indian electorate has weighed in with a resounding mandate for Prime Minister Modi and we want to work with him for advancing his goals for India as a regional and global player,” she said.

Biswal, whose parents migrated

from Dahod in Gujarat, said Obama saw the Indian election in a very positive light and looked forward to welcoming Modi in Washington at the earliest opportunity. Kerry too is keen to travel to India.

“The mandate the Indian electorate put forward is one that we strongly support and we stand ready to engage and assist when the new government is ready,” the spokesperson added.

In Modi, US media sees from ‘new era’ to ‘wild card’ ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON

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he American media sees in Narendra Modi becoming the new Indian prime minister from the dawn of a “new era” to “a wild card” for the Western world with little known about his foreign policy.

Time called Modi’s assumption of office as “ringing in a new era of governance for the world’s largest democracy while looking positively at the presence of South Asian leaders, particularly Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, at May 26 swearing-in.

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WASHINGTON: The US Department of State has announced that Kathleen Stephens will be the new interim US Ambassador to India.

She will replace outgoing Ambassador Nancy Powell who had earlier announced her retirement.

The search for a permanent Ambassador is still going on, the US State Department said in a statement.

“Ambassador Kathleen Stephens will serve as the charge until a new permanent ambassador is nominated and confirmed by the Senate,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.

“She will arrive in New Delhi in early June.”

Stephens is a veteran of the US diplomatic corps, with a career spanning 37-year. She worked in the Peace Corps for a number of years, and joined the US Foreign Service in 1978. Stephens was part of missions in China, Trinidad and Tobago, South Korea, Belgrade, and various places throughout Europe into the 1990s.

From 1994-1995, she was the Director for European Affairs in the United States National Security Council, and was the Director of the Office of Ecology and Terrestrial Conservation in the State Department from 2001-2003. In 2008, she became Ambassador to South Korea, a position she held until 2011. Powell announced her retirement in May; although government officials say it was planned all along, many suspect she was forced out because the US wants to repair ties with India.

expect that a government under Modi may take on a more Asia-centric approach to foreign policy,” it said. The New York Times noted Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party won a landslide victory “after he presented himself as someone who could revive the Indian economy after serving as the chief minister of other South Asian leaders “signals Gujarat State. Taking a positive an early effort by Modi to strength- look at the invitations to leaders of en political and economic ties in other South Asian countries, the the region”, it said.

Times noted Sharif in an interview Western leaders, including Presi- with NDTV on May 26 described dent Barack Obama, were quick to the occasion as representing “a great reach out to congratulate Modi moment and a great opportunity after his party’s historic win, Time for Pakistan and India. noted. “But while the US in partic“But for Modi’s counterparts in ular will continue to be an impor- Washington, Beijing, and Islamtant ally to India, many observers abad, India’s new leader is considered a wildcard, said CNN. “Will he be aggressive, or a dove? What is ‘Time’ called Modi’s his foreign policy? “Modi has cerassumption of office tainly begun with a flourish, scoras “ringing in a new ing a coup in getting his Pakistani to attend his swearingera of governance counterpart in Monday,” said the news channel.

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Various estimates put the quantum of black money stashed abroad upto $1.4 trillion IANS, NEW DELHI

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n its first decision after taking charge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on May 27 announced the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe black money, mostly stashed abroad.

The decision was taken in the first meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Modi.

Addressing a media conference after the Cabinet meeting, Law and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the SIT will have retired Supreme Court justice M.B. Shah as its head.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairing the first Cabinet meet of his government on May 27. (Photo: IANS) “It is a matter of great satisfaction that we have constituted a SIT to bring back black money as per will be among the members. “The quantum of black money upto the tune of $462 billion. The black Supreme Court orders,” Prasad said. highest level of financial, revenue $1.4 trillion. money refers to the money that is Secretary Revenue, Deputy Gov- and economic management of the The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party earned and transferred illegally ernor of the Reserve Bank of India, country are members of the SIT. (BJP) in a report in 2011, had esti- abroad in tax havens like Cayman Director of the Intelligence Bureau, This indicates the commitment of mated India’s black economy to be Islands and Mauritius, generally to Director of the Enforcement Direc- the new government of India,” said between $500 billion to $1.4 tril- avoid tax. Nearly a third of black torate, Director of the Central the minister. lion. BJP was the main opposition money transactions are believed to Bureau of Investigation (CBI), be in real estate. Manufacturing and “We are committed to fighting party at that time.

Chairman of the Central Board of black money,” he added.

The US-based think tank Global gold and consumer goods purchases Direct Taxes and Director of the Although there is no official fig- Financial Integrity has pegged the are the other major areas of black Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) ure, various estimates put the illicit money outflow from India to money transactions.

Raghuram Rajan with new Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

‘RBI to balance growth and inflation’ NEW DELHI: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan on May 27 said the central bank would work to strike a balance between reviving economic growth and containing inflation.

Talking to reporters after meeting newly sworn-in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at North Block here, Rajan said controlling inflation would be one of the biggest challenges for the RBI and the government in the coming months.

“RBI has always maintained the balance between growth and inflation,” Rajan said, adding the government and the RBI were on the same page when it comes to balance the need of economic growth and containing inflation.

Minister stirs hornet’s nest Pilot killed in IAF MiG crash on Article 370, backtracks IANS, SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI

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inister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh on May 27 stirred up controversy after declaring the new government has started the process for repealing Article 370, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir. He later said he was misquoted by the media.

“The process of repealing article 370 has started. We are speaking to the stakeholders,” Jitendra Singh told TV news channel CNN-IBN. “The BJP has won more than half of the seats in Jammu and Kashmir. So we will interpret this as an endorsement of the BJP’s stand. Article 370 is more like a psychological barrier,” he said.

However, later in the evening, the minister issued a clarification.

“I seek to clarify that the reports in the media about my statement on article 370 are misquoted. I have never said anything quoting the prime minister. The controversy is totally baseless.”

The Bharatiya Janata Party won three of the six Lok Sabha seats in the state. Singh’s colleague and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, however, refused to make any detailed comment of the issue and said the government will take

a “structured view” on the issue.

Repealing Article 370 after consultation with all stakeholders was one of the promises made by the BJP in its election manifesto.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, meanwhile, said the state will not be a part of India if Article 370 is repealed. “So the new MOS PMO says process/discussions to revoke article 370 have started. Wow, that was a quick beginning. Not sure who is talking,” Abdullah said in a

Jitendra Singh

tweet. “Mark my words and save this tweet — long after Modi government is a distant memory either J&K won’t be part of India or article 370 will still exist,” he said.

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Chief Marshal Arup Raha, saying he was saddened to learn about the tragic crash.

“I am sure that all necessary help and assistance is being provided to the next of kin of the deceased pilot and medical aid is also being provided to the injured co-pilot,” the president said.

He prayed for peace of the departed soul and speedy recovery of the injured co-pilot.

n Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot was killed on May 27 when his MiG-21 fighter plane crashed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said. The co-pilot was seriously injured.

Defense Minister Arun Jaitley, who took charge earlier in the day, said he was “extremely sorry” to learn about the accident and called it a “matter of great concern” while President Pranab Mukherjee also expressed his condolences.

A statement from the air force said the MiG-21 crashed about 10 km short of the Awantipur air Debris of the MiG-21 fighter plane. base at around 10.45 Jaitley said in New Delhi: “It is a a.m. “The pilot from Srinagar was on a routine training sortie,” the matter of great concern. My heart goes out to the pilot who lost his statement said.

Local officials said the pilot’s life.” The air force has ordered a body had been recovered. A police court of inquiry.

The Russian-made MiG-21 officer identified him as Squadron (Bis) of the type that crashed on Leader Raghu Bansi.

Officials said the body was air- May 27 was the IAF’s first superlifted to the Indian Air Force field sonic fighter and completed 50 station, while the debris of the years in service in April 2013. aircraft was removed by the Air Despite several accidents in past, Force personnel. the MiG-21 is likely to remain The co-pilot of the fighter jet operational in its upgraded version suffered serious injuries. until 2019 — two years later than President Pranab Mukherjee they were originally scheduled to sent a condolence message to Air be decommissioned.

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Mukul Rohatgi to take over as AG NEW DELHI: Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi will be the new Attorney General (AG) of India following change in government at the Centre.

The Supreme Court lawyer told mediapersons that he was offered the office of the top law officer in the government and he has given consent to it.

“I have given my consent but it has to be officially announced,” he said.

Rohatgi, who will take over from G E Vahanvati as the 14th AG of the country, said, his top priority as attorney general would be to “streamline litigations in the Supreme Court”.

“I will see that the superior courts are not flooded with frivolous and petty litigations,” he said, adding he would make all efforts to check that the government does not involve itself in inter-ministerial litigations.

“I will see and work out that government departments do not involve in litigations with each other.” Rohatgi has served as an Additional Solicitor General during previous NDA regime.

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GOING GAGA OVER NAMO With Narendra Modi taking over as 14th prime minister, a host of expectations, recommendations and advice is pouring in for the BJP leader from overseas Indians SANDEEP DATTA, NEW DELHI

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alesh Dhankhar, president of Overseas Friends of BJP (OFBJP)’s Australia chapter, says Modi’s stunning victory had given the Indian diaspora “a hope of reforms”.

“With Modi coming to power, many Indians including me have started the process of returning to India to contribute towards India’s progress,” Dhankhar told IANS in an email interview.

“We expect the BJP government to revitalize Indian culture and education system, crippled by mindless borrowing of Western systems. Whereas countries like Japan, (South) Korea, China stand strong on their own philosophy, tradition, and languages, they excel in development and modernization for that reason only.... We expect Modi to review the Indian traditional education system,” he further said.

Indian-origin Kenyan banker Hiten Vaya says he wants Modi to use the vast potential India has in its youth to drive the country forward by creating jobs and opportunities for youngsters.

“This is a chance for India to really assert herself on the world stage in all spheres,” he said.

Vaya, however, had a note of caution for Modi, who is widely seen in India and abroad as a Hindu hardliner.

“I don’t want him to get sidetracked by jingoism or do anything under Hindu nationalists’ pressure which may tarnish his name...

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Sikh temple in the US is facing local opposition because of plans to replace its existing prayer hall with a 12,000-sq-ft building with gold domes in a rural neighborhood, media reported on May 27.

The construction of a new building has been opposed by the people in Sacramento County in California. Gurdwara authorities are questioning the residents whether race has played a role in the opposition, since building a church does not face any such opposition, the Sacramento Bee reported.

The Community Planning Advisory Council is scheduled to hear the Sri Guru Ravidass Gurdwara’s proposal on May 28.

County officials have denied claims of racism raised by any project opponents. “When someone keeps complaining without reason, then you might guess that racism is the reason,” a county resident, Ramesh Banger, said.

Charlea Moore, a member of the Community Planning Advisory Council, said neighbors have legitimate concerns about the project, but she said she thinks they can be resolved.

Modi is known as pro-development and pro-business. Let that be his strong point and legacy.”

Not all in the Indian diaspora are fans of Modi or enthused by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s runaway victory that has made it the first party in three decades to

Sikh group appeals dismissal of 1984 case NEW YORK: A US-based Sikh group has challenged the dismissal of a rights violation case against India’s Congress party relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots before the US Court of Appeals. Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) contends the case “touches and concerns” the US and the group has “institutional standing” to seek “declaratory judgment” on November 1984 violence against the Sikh community. US District Court Judge Robert W. Sweet had on April 24 dismissed.

achieve a single-party majority in parliament. “I am sceptical of how his policies will translate to longterm growth of India, not just in big cities,” said California-based Nandita Bhandari Verma, working as the marketing director of a software company.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A Sharjah-based diaspora organization has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to utilize the resources of Indian diaspora for national development like China did to attain its economic supremacy. “We request more concessions to NRIs for bringing foreign currency into the country. The nonresident Chinese played an important role in the present economic supremacy of China,” Pravasi Bandhu Welfare Trust said in its memorandum to Modi.

“India never made any such attempt to effectively utilise the resources of diaspora for the national development,” PBWT chairman K.V. Shamsudheen said in his memorandum. “We request the new government to encourage the businessmen here (India) to join hands with NRIs, for expansion and diversification of their existing ventures,” said the PBWT, established in 2001 for the welfare of the NRIs. Estimated at over 30 million, the Indian diaspora community is today diverse and heterogeneous, representing various regions, languages and cultures.

Nikki Haley, Neera Tanden powerful moms IANS, WASHINGTON

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outh Carolina’s Republican governor Nikki Haley and Neera Tanden, president of liberal think tank, the Centre for American Progress have been named among 50 Most Powerful Moms of 2014 by The Working Mother magazine.

Born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa to Sikh immigrant parents from India, Haley has made The Working Mother list for “breaking a lot of political ground”.

Tanden who worked as policy

director for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has been recognized by Fortune as one of the Most Powerful Women in Politics.

Neera Tanden The Working Mother noted that elected in 2010, Nikki Haley is the youngest US governor in office, the first woman governor of South Carolina and one of two sitting Indian American governors.

Indian American student wins National Geographic Bee Residents raised complaints about how the temple would use properties adjacent to the prayer hall and a few complained about the drainage in the property due to the constant floods in the area.

They also asked how parking would be handled, Moore said.

The project’s supporters have addressed the concerns with plans for a detention pond and shuttle bus service when large events are scheduled.

WASHINGTON: An Indian American student has won the coveted National Geographic Bee championship that includes a $50,000 college scholarship, National Geographic said. Akhil Rekulapelli, 13, hailing from Virginia, outclassed fellow Indian American Ameya Mujumdar in the final head-tohead round of the nationwide contest held in Washington. The geography whizkid also received a trip to the Galápagos with National Geographic’s

Lindblad Expeditions.

The championship question that helped him clinch the title was: “Oyala, a planned city located in the rainforest 65 miles east of Bata, is being built as a capital for which African country?”

Rekulapeklli answered correctly: ‘Equatorial Guinea’.

Eighth grade student Rekulapelli emerged ahead of more than four million students, who originally competed in school-level bees across the US.

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Modi seeks people’s participation for India’s development

ew Delhi: With the setting sun forming a magnificent backdrop, India got a new prime minister as Narendrabhai Damodardas Modi, 63, took oath NEW DELHI: Minutes after being sworn-in, Prime Minister on May 26 in a 90-minute, openNarendra Modi sought people’s air, business-like ceremony in the support and participation for forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan, India’s journey to newer heights the presidential palace, attended of development. by leaders of eight neighboring “As we devote ourselves to countries. take India’s development jourAmong the 4,000-strong guests ney to newer heights, we seek at the epochal event were the your support, blessings and Who’s Who of India — politiactive participation. Together we cians, business honchos, cinema will script a glorious future for stars, inter-faith leaders — as well India,” said Modi in his message as diplomatic representatives from on the upgraded website of the over 100 countries.

Prime Minister’s Office.

The oath of office and secrecy “Let us together dream of a including pledge of allegiance to strong, developed and inclusive the Indian constitution was adminIndia that actively engages with istered in Hindi to Modi — who the global community to strengthwore an off-white kurta-churidar en the cause of world peace and and a fawn-colored Nehru jacket development,” he added.

— by President Pranab Mukherjee.

“I am a firm believer in the Modi becomes India’s 14th power of technology and social prime minister, succeeding Manmedia to communicate with peomohan Singh, who was at the ple across the world. I hope this event, along with his Congress platform creates opportunities to president Sonia Gandhi. Modi is listen, learn and share ones’ the first prime minister born in views,” he said, referring to the independent India — and the secupgraded website. ond from Gujarat.

Modi, who led the BJP to a historic victory in the Lok Sabha battle, moved to his South Block among ministers to take oath, office at 8 a.m. on May 27.

Sushma Swaraj, the former Leader Leaders of the members of the of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, South Asian Association for and Arun Jaitley, the former Leader Regional Cooperation countries of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha.

(SAARC) who were present Najma Heptulla is the only Muslim included Presidents Mahinda in the cabinet.

Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka, Hamid The setting was in many ways Karzai of Afghanistan and Abdulunique. Contrary to earlier occalah Yameen of the Maldives as well Narendra Modi taking oath of office as India’s new Prime Minister at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. (Photo: IANS) sions when the short ceremony was as Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif held in the stately Ashoka Hall of of Pakistan, Tshering Tobgay of oath, the web site of the Prime to the people as he was a “firm death of India’s first prime minis- Rashtrapati Bhavan, Modi, true to Bhutan and Sushil Koirala of Minister’s Office carried his mes- believer in the power of technology ter Jawaharlal Nehru on May 27, his style as a communicator, chose Nepal. Bangladesh was represent- sage to the people promising to and social media to communicate 1964. to have it in the open in order to be ed by parliament speaker Shirin “script a glorious future for India”, with people across the world” and a Along with Modi, a 45-strong able to accommodate many more Sharmin Chaudhury. one that is “strong, developed and “very important medium of direct council of ministers that included people, perhaps the largest such Mauritius Prime Minister inclusive” and that engages with the communication between us”.

23 of the cabinet took oath. There gathering for any prime ministerial Navinchandra Ramgoolam also global community for the cause of There was a certain poignancy were seven women in the ministry, swearing-in in India. attended the event. Their presence world peace and development.

The ceremony was watched live to the momentous occasion as the including six in the cabinet.

Prominent ministers were BJP across the nation and in world capwas a first for a prime ministerial Modi said he was choosing his inauguration of a new prime mininauguration. Seconds after he took web site to deliver his first message ister happened 50 years after the president Rajnath Singh, the first itals, on TV and web casts.

ERA BEGINS As India’s 14th Prime Minister, Narendra Modi promises strong, developed, inclusive nation

From swearing-in ceremony

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and BJP’s veteran leader LK Advani share a lighter moment at Narendra Modi swearing-in.

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and BJP leader Amit Shah at the swearing-in ceremony.

Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh with former President A.P. J. Abdul Kalam at the swearing-in ceremony.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi in parlance with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and officials from both countries, in New Delhi on May 27.

Good days ahead for Indo-Pak ties?

Modi’s warmth towards Pakistan PM wins him accolades both in the country and abroad IANS, NEW DELHI

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ndia’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised concerns on terrorism and need for action in 26/11 during his meeting with his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif on May 27 as the two sides struck a note of optimism and hoped to start a new chapter in their strained bilateral ties.

The first meeting between Modi, who assumed charge a day earlier, and Sharif was held at Hyderabad House here with the two sides agreeing that their foreign secretaries will be in touch to discuss the future roadmap for talks.

Modi clearly articulated India’s concerns on terrorism at the meeting which was described as a “good, substantive and constructive” meeting by Indian officials.

Sharif, who interacted with media before going back to Islamabad, said he had “a very good meeting” with Modi and it was time to open “a new page” in bilateral relationship.

Modi “underlined his concerns on terrorism and expressed the hope that Pakistan will abide by its commitment to not allow its territory or territories controlled by it to be used for terrorist activities against India,” Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh told media.

Modi also called for a speedy trial of Pakistanis accused of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. The bilateral relationship between the two countries has been bedevilled by what India views as Pakistan’s hesitation in taking action against the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.

Sharif had on May 26 joined leaders from SAARC countries at the swearing in of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He met

Twitter praise for Modi’s diplomatic initiative NEW DELHI: There was praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s diplomatic initiative of inviting the South Asian neighbors, especially Pakistan, to his swearing-in ceremony. “Modi meeting Nawaz on his first day in office is one of the nicest surprises Indian politics has offered for decades,” tweeted British historian and well known author William Dalrymple.

Prime Minister Modi invited the leaders of all South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations to his swearing-in ceremony on May 26, and on May 27 he held short bilateral talks with all leaders.

His meeting with Sharif aroused the

Modi on May 27 for what was called a “courtesy meeting”.

In a statement which he read out in his media interaction, Sharif said he had underlined that India and Pakistan needed peace to build their economies. Noting his 45-minute meeting with Modi was held in a

most curiosity and attention. Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the daughter of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was closely following the events in New Delhi.

According to her, Prime Minister Modi had referred to Sharif as a “Man of Peace”. The Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz leader wrote on twitter: “Indian PM Modi refers to PM Sharif as ‘MAN OF PEACE’.... Hope negativity fails and peace wins...”

At another time, she commented on a photo of Prime Minister Modi ushering Prime Minister Sharif with warmth for the talks, writing: “What a lovely pic!

Kindness turns foes into friends... This is called leadership!”

warm and cordial atmosphere, he told Modi that he desired to take forward the peace process that he had initiated with then Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999 until it was derailed by a military coup.

“I intend to pick up the threads

President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Nawaz Sharif (left), Lyonchen Tshering Tobgay (second from left) and Hamid Karzai (right) during a dinner organized after the swearing-in ceremony. (Photo: IANS)

President Pranab Mukherjee with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Vice President Hamid Ansari is also seen at left.

of the Lahore peace declaration.”

The Pakistani premier said his own election and Modi’s electoral victory — both “with a clear mandate” — “should be a historic opportunity for both our countries” to meet hopes and aspirations of people on the two sides.

Sharif said he urged Modi “to strive to change confrontation to cooperation” and added his government was “ready to discuss all issues in a spirit of cooperation”.

“After all we owe it to our people ... to rid the region of instability and insecurity that has plagued us for decades. Accusations and counteraccusations will be counter productive... We must end the legacy of mistrust. Modi warmly reciprocated my sentiments,” he said.

Sujatha Singh termed the meeting between the two prime ministers as “very constructive”.

“Both sides were trying to address each other’s concerns,” she said.

The foreign secretary said that India’s “concerns on terrorism were

clearly articulated” but did not confirm or deny if Modi had raised with Sharif concerns about involvement of terror group Lashkar-eTaiba in the attack on the Indian consulate in Herat in Afghanistan last week.

On Kashmir, she said that foreign secretaries of the two countries will meet and discuss the way forward.

She said Modi has been invited to Pakistan and he had accepted the invitation but no dates had been fixed yet. Asked about India getting NDMA (non-discriminatory market access) status from Pakistan, she said that there was also discussion on trade.

In Srinagar, moderate Hurriyat Conference said the meeting between the two prime ministers was a good beginning for improving relations between the two countries.

“It is a matter of satisfaction that the dialogue has been formalized and that too on the occasion of swearing-in ceremony,” said Hurriyat chairman Mirwiaz Umar Farooq.

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HERAT ATTACK can’t derail ties

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Modi reiterates India’s commitment towards the development and reconstruction of Afghanistan IANS, NEW DELHI

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rime Minister Narendra Modi on May 27 told Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the attack on the Indian consulate in Herat had only “strengthened” India’s resolve to work together with the country, Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh informed.

She said both the leaders discussed the Herat attack during a meeting and Modi thanked Afghanistan for the assistance provided by the Afghan National Security Forces in repelling the attack on the Indian consulate.

“He (Modi) said the attack only strengthened our resolve to work together with

Afghanistan,” Sujatha Singh told the media.

Modi reiterated India’s commitment towards the development and reconstruction of Afghanistan and its interest in

‘We expect this cooperation to increase in the days to come... we are confident they will redeem themselves’ seeing “a prosperous, independent and sovereign Afghanistan where the reconciliation process would be Afghan led, Afghan owned and Afghan controlled”, she said.

On future relations with the country, Sujatha Singh said India was “deeply involved in Afghanistan” and had a “substantive aid assistance package” and was also “implementing several economic projects” in the country.

“We have good cooperation with the Afghan National Security Forces in training as well as other areas.

“We expect this cooperation to increase in the days to come and we have confidence that they will redeem themselves and do well in safeguarding Afghanistan’s interests exactly in the manner that they came to our assistance in the attack on our consulate in Herat,” she said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai during a meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on May 27. (Photo: IANS)

SOUTH-ASIAN BONHOMIE

President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Narendra Modi with FROM LEFT, Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Afghanistani President Hamid Karzai, President of Maldives Abdulla Yameen and Bhutanese Prime Minister Lyonchen Tshering Tobgay after swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister of India and the Council of Ministers at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

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Arun Jaitley emerges most influential player; Rajnath Singh gets home and veteran leader Sushma Swaraj ministry of external affairs

Team Modi takes charge

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Cabinet colleagues after the swearing-in at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

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run Jaitley has turned out to be the most important person in the new government after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with three heavy portfolios of finance, defense and corporate affairs, it was announced Tuesday.

The Rashtrapati Bhavan released the portfolio allocation of 46 ministers, including 24 cabinet ministers, of the government sworn in Monday evening. Sushma Swaraj is the new foreign minister and Rajnath Singh will head the home ministry.

Modi has kept with him, like some of his predecessors, the portfolios of personnel, public grievances and pensions as well as the

departments of atomic energy and space besides any other department not allocated to any minister.

He will, as the presidential communique states, be in charge of “all important policy issues”.

Rajnath Singh, the BJP president who is likely to hand over the party baton to someone else, gets the important portfolio of home (interior) and Sushma Swaraj gets both external affairs and overseas Indian affairs.

M. Venkaiah Naidu, a former BJP president, also gets a lot of responsibility with urban development, housing and urban poverty alleviation as well as parliamentary affairs.

Nitin Gadkari, another former BJP president, takes charge of road

transport and highways as well as Shipping while D.V. Sadananda Gowda will the railway minister.

V.K. Singh, a former army chief, is the minister of state for external affairs, overseas Indian affairs and development of north eastern region (independent charge).

Harsh Vardhan, the former Delhi chief ministerial candidate, is the new health minister while former TV star Smriti Irani gets the heavy portfolio of human resources development.

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CABINET MINISTERS Rajnath Singh: Home Affairs Sushma Swaraj: External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs Arun Jaitley: Finance, Corporate Affairs, Defense M. Venkaiah Naidu: Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs Nitin Gadkari: Road Transport and Highways, Shipping D.V. Sadananda Gowda: Railways Uma Bharati: Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Najma A. Heptulla: Minority Affairs Gopinathrao Munde: Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation Ramvilas Paswan: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Kalraj Mishra: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

President Pranab Mukherjee administers oath of office to Rajnath Singh (top) Arun Jaitley (center) and Sushma Swaraj (right) in the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

(Photos: IANS)

Maneka Gandhi: Women and Child Development Ananth Kumar: Chemicals and Fertilizers Ravi Shankar Prasad: Communications and Information Technology, Law and Justice Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati: Civil Aviation Anant Geete: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Food Processing Industries Narendra Singh Tomar: Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment Jual Oram: Tribal Affairs Radha Mohan Singh: Agriculture Thaawar Chand Gehlot: Social Justice and Empowerment Smriti Irani: Human Resource Development Harsh Vardhan: Health and Family Welfare

V.K. Singh: Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge), External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs Inderjit Singh Rao: Planning (Independent Charge), Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge), Defense Santosh Kumar Gangwar: Textiles (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shripad Yesso Naik: Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge) Dharmendra Pradhan: Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge) Sarbananda Sonowal: Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar: Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs Piyush Goyal: Power (Independent Charge), Coal (Independent Charge), New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge)

MINISTERS OF STATE Jitendra Singh: Science and Technology (Independent Charge), Earth Sciences (Independent Charge), Prime Minister Office, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space Nirmala Sitharaman: Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge), Finance, Corporate Affairs G.M. Siddeshwara: Civil Aviation Manoj Sinha: Railways Nihalchand: Chemicals and Fertilizers Upendra Kushwaha: Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation P. Radhakrishnan: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Kiren Rijiju: Home Affairs Krishan Pal: Road Transport and Highways, Shipping Sanjeev Kumar Balyan: Agriculture, Food Processing Industries Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava: Tribal Affairs Raosaheb Dadarao Danve: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Vishnu Deo Sai: Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment Sudarshan Bhagat: Social Justice and Empowerment

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Quick witted and articulate, Sushma Swaraj is well regarded in the BJP for her oratorical skills and is now India’s first woman External Affairs Minister

India’s first woman Foreign Minister IANS, NEW DELHI

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top woman leader of the BJP and one of its best orators, Sushma Swaraj has blazed some records in her over three decade-old political career including being the youngest cabinet minister in Haryana and the first woman chief minister

Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

Appointed Leader of Opposition in the 15th Lok Sabha, Swaraj led from the front in attacking the UPA government on its perceived failures.

She also shared camaraderie with the treasury benches, sometimes reciting poetry to lighten up the atmosphere in the house.

Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, who was the Leader of Opposition

Appointed Leader of Opposition in the 15th Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, 62, led from the front in attacking the UPA government on its perceived failures. of Delhi.

Sushma Swaraj, 62, who was appointed Union Minister on May 26, has enthusiastically performed tasks assigned to her by her party including contesting the election from Bellary in Karnataka against

BJP’s most articulate leader NEW DELHI: A known confidant of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Arun Jailtley is an acclaimed lawyer and one of the most articulate leaders of the BJP. A member of the party’s top decision making bodies, he was the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha in the last five years of UPA II. Jaitley, 61, displayed political dexterity to ensure that the Manmohan Singh government did not have an easy time over the various controversies that dogged it. He was a minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government and held various portfolios including law, justice and company affairs. An election strategist who has scripted many a victory, Jaitley, however, lost the Lok Sabha polls from Amritsar to former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh. He is into his third term as a Rajya Sabha member.

Born on December 28, 1952 in New Delhi, Jaitley graduated from Shri Ram College of

Commerce in Delhi and later pursued law at Delhi University. He took interest in politics from his student days and was associated with the ABVP, the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

During the Emergency (1975-77) rule of Indira Gandhi, Jaitley was jailed for its entire duration — 19 months.

A Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat, he was among the party leaders who strongly backed the decision to name Modi head of the campaign committee. Jaitley is among the BJP leaders who are using social media to increase their outreach to people.

Gujarat Revenue Minister Anandiben PatelGujarat Revenue Minister Anandiben PatelGujarat Revenue Minister

in Rajya Sabha, together formed a formidable opposition team to counter the United Progressive Alliance government.

Swaraj was a minister in the Vajpayee governments and headed ministries including information

and broadcasting and health.

Quick witted and articulate, Sushma Swaraj is well regarded in the BJP for her oratorical skills.

She also strongly espouses causes such as cow protection which are close to the heart of BJP’s ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

Into her seventh term as an MP, Sushma Swaraj has had a chequered political career starting as a member of the Haryana assembly in 1977.

She was appointed a cabinet minister in the state the same year.

She was first elected as a MP in 1990 and became a member of the Rajya Sabha.

A lawyer by training, Sushma Swaraj went all the way to Bellary in Karnataka to challenge Sonia Gandhi in the 1999 Lok Sabha election.

Though she lost, she gained in stature in the party and outside by her spirited campaign. The BJP

was able to form its government in Karnataka ten years later, the party’s first government in south India.

Sushma Swaraj was among the leaders considered prime ministerial candidates in the party before the 2014 Lok Sabha election. She was also not considered close to Modi in political circles and had apparently not batted for him in the way some of her other colleagues had done.

However, this did not diminish her standing in the party and she was virtually placed at number three in the cabinet, having taken oath of office after Modi and party president Rajnath Singh.

Sushma Swaraj has been re-elected to the Lok Sabha from Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh.

Born in Ambala Cantonment in Haryana, Swaraj studied at S. D. College in Ambala and was given “best student” award. She later studied law at Panjab University.

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lmost a decade back after the BJP lost power in Uttar Pradesh under his stewardship, Rajnath Singh cut a lonely figure at his current Ashoka Road residence in the national capital.

Sitting cross-legged and shaving, he told an IANS correspondent, gazing through a small mirror he held in front, that life and times never remained the same.

It couldn’t be more true for the 62-year-old leader, now No.2 in the Narendra Modi Cabinet.

In subsequent years, not only he rose to become the national Bharatiya Janata Party president December 2005-December 2009, he was nominated for the coveted post again in 2013 and led a team that ultimately won the polls for the National Democratic Alliance.

Labelled as a ‘wily Thakur’ by many in state politics, Rajnath Singh is known to have friends in all parties and it was for this reason that it was often rumored during the poll campaign that in case the BJP fell short of majority, he could be frontrunner for the post of prime minister. A firm believer in astrology, Rajnath Singh, however, told his close circle of supporters that this was not

possible and stars were by the side of Modi.

He openly batted for the Gujarat chief minister thereafter and made it amply clear that there was no ‘plan B’ for the BJP and the only plan revolved around Modi.

Still remembered for moving the acclaimed anti-copying law as the state’s education minister which rendered a body blow to the mass copying mafia in Uttar Pradesh, Rajnath Singh is also lauded for his various panchayats like the ‘Kisan Panchayat’, ‘Vyapari Panchayat’ etc.

During the years as national president, he has carefully weaved his own constituency of supporters. But in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, he however met with stiff opposition as he gave tickets to political turncoats.

He managed to keep the growing dissent in check as he played the ‘Modi-proximity’ card well. He, however, remains a political leader who is not completely trusted among the partymen.

Known for his antipathy to Bahujan Samaj

Party (BSP) chief Mayawati and his own party senior and former chief minister Kalyan Singh, he was quick to bury the hatchet with Kalyan Singh when it suited him.

The hostility was so profound between the two that Kalyan Singh parted ways with the BJP, accusing Rajnath Singh of sidelining him.

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Wannabe Miss India to Union minister The life of 38-year-old Smriti Irani has been a saga of meteoric rise to fame and success

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A Congress deserter who made good in BJP NEW DELHI: Najma Heptulla, former Congresswoman who joined the BJP almost a decade ago following reported differences with Congress president Sonia Gandhi, is the grand-niece of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter and a minister in the first Indian government after Independence.

Heptulla held several important positions in the Congress before switching ranks. She was a general secretary of the party and served for four terms in the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. She also served twice as deputy chairperson of the Rajya Sabha.

In 2004, Heptulla in an interview to a TV channel accused Congress president Sonia Gandhi of “humiliating” her. She claimed that the Congress leadership of the time had moved away from the ideals of its former leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel and her grandfather Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.

Soon after, she joined the BJP and entered Rajya Sabha. The Congress decried the move as “political opportunism” on her part.

Heptulla entered Rajya Sabha for a second time in 2012.

Najma Heptulla In 2007, she contested for the post of vice-president against the current incumbent Hamid Ansari as the candidate of the National Democratic Alliance but lost.

Heptulla has a Master’s degree in zoology and a doctoral degree in cardiac anatomy from the University of Colorado at Denver, in the US. In a chat with IANS, Heptulla said “Muslims should have no apprehension” regarding the Narendra Modi-led BJP government.

President Pranab Mukherjee administers oath of office to Smriti Irani at Rashtrapati Bhavan on May 26.

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rom promoting beauty products, to contesting the Miss India beauty pageant, to becoming the country’s most sought after ‘bahu’, and on May 26 being sworn in as a minister in the Narendra Modi government — 38-year-old Smriti Irani’s life has been a saga of meteoric rise to fame and success.

A star in her own right, Smriti’s political journey started in 2003 when she joined the BJP. Although she couldn’t win when she contested the 14th Lok Sabha polls as the BJP candidate from the Chandni Chowk constituency in Delhi — being defeated by Congress candidate Kapil Sibal — she became a prominent and articulate face of the party on television.

In the 2014 general election, the gutsy Smriti took on Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in his pocket borough of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh and gave him tough competition. Though she lost, the actressturned-politician, who was sworn in as a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament from Gujarat in 2011, will now work as an important member of the newly elected government.

In her life, every decision she took turned into a stepping stone, taking her closer to stardom and politics.

In one of her interviews she was quoted as saying that she started earning after the 10th standard —

the Delhi girl used to earn `200 for promoting a beauty product. But determined to chart her own destiny Smriti, one of the three daughters of a conservative Punjabi-Bengali family, broke free of the norms and decided to try her luck in the glamour world.

She sent her application for the 1998 Miss India contest, which was won by Lymaraina D’Souza.

She couldn’t reach the finals of the contest but fate took her to Mumbai, the entertainment capital of the country, where she joined McDonald’s Bandra outlet to sup-

Winner of several awards as an actress, Smriti Irani has now embarked on a new journey of a responsible minister port herself while auditioning for work in showbiz.

Lady luck was smiling on her and she was called to replace actress Neelam Kothari to host an episode of Ooh La La La. She got that episode and was noticed by producer Ekta Kapoor, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Ekta roped her in to play Tulsi Virani in her long running super hit TV show Kyunki… Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. Grabbing the opportunity, Smriti’s popularity soared so high

that she became the most popular ‘bahu’ of the small screen.

While playing a perfect ‘bahu’ on the small screen, Smriti settled down with her childhood friend Zubin Irani, a Parsi, and carried the role of a wife and mom to her two children — son Zohr and daughter Zoish — with the same effectiveness.

She also produced TV shows under her banner Ugraya Entertainment, feeding family viewing audiences with entertainers like Virrudh and Thodi Si Zameen Thoda Sa Aasmaan.

But with an itch to do something more, she decided to plunge into politics while pursuing acting, and her dedication and determination took her places.

After holding important positions like the national secretary of the party and All India President of the BJP Mahila Morcha in 2010, she became BJP’s vice-president.

Though the party had other actresses too as members, it was the articulate and uncomplaining Smriti who rose above the challenges.

Smriti’s once said that she has an “ideological umbilical cord with the BJP...we are three generation party supporters... my grandfather was a swayamsevak, my mother a BJP booth activist”.

Winner of several awards as an actress, Smriti, described by many as “Sushma Swaraj of the Modi-led BJP”, has now embarked on a new journey.

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dozen years after he attacked then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi over the 2002 riots and quit the NDA, LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan has joined the cabinet in a Modi-led central government.

A Dalit leader, Paswan and RJD chief Lalu Prasad were widely seen as potential Congress allies in the Lok Sabha election. But in February he surprised everyone by aligning with the BJP to contest Lok Sabha polls.

Becoming a Union minister for

the first time in 1989 in the V.P. Singh government, Paswan emerged as one of the most vocal supporters of the Mandal Commission recommendations.

He served as a minister in the United Front governments of H.D. Deve Gowda and I.K. Gujral. Paswan was also a minister in the NDA government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the UPA-I government of Manmohan Singh.

Paswan was defeated in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls but was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2011 with the RJD’s support. He represents Hajipur in Parliament.

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5. BJP leader and minister Uma Bharti seeks blessings from former president Pratibha Patil.

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ig Cinemas reopened under new management, Movie Max Cinemas, in Des Plaines, IL, a convenient location for movie lovers in surrounding

suburbs.

The good news is that Movie Max has reduced the concession prices up to 30% in keeping with its goal to serve Asian movie buffs.

On Tuesdays, tickets for all Hindi movies will cost $5. All regional language movies will be screened seven days a week.

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fter thousands of entries, Ellen DeGeneres, 56-yearold American comedian, television host, actress, writer, and television producer, picked local resident Anip Patel for her show.

Anip, , a 23-year-old consultant from Schaumburg Il, has also appeared on shows like Sirens, Chicago PD, Crisis, Chicago Fire, Betrayal and Mind Games.

Anip also spoke to legendary Allison Janney about dating her in the segment about being a perfect match for her.

Ellen revealed that Anip won the “Smell My Breath” Challenge!

He submitted a hilarious video trying to get strangers to smell his breath as part of the Listerine online contest.

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ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE AWARDS PRESENTED

BY A STAFF WRITER Chicago - Chicago celebrated its 14th Annual Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month (AAHM) on May 16 with an awards ceremony and cultural program at Richard J. Daley Center downtown.

The reception was hosted jointly by Dorothy Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County (CCCC), and Beena Patel, president of the 14-year old Asian American Employees Social Club (AAESC).

This year, Dorothy Brown, could n o t a t t e n d t h e e ve n t i n p e r s o n .

Her place was substituted by Michael Moore, executive clerk of Court Operations and Administration Principal Host Beena Patel, Asian Committee Chair and Associate Clerk of First Municipal Bureau.

Beena opened the event for which Master of Ceremony was ‘Miss Chicago’

FIA to host I-Day festivities kick-off event

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he Federation of Indian AssociationsChicago (FIA) will host the kick-off event to herald its flagship India Independence Day festivities on June 8 at the Indo-American Center located at 6328 N. California in Chicago.

The significance of this year’s kick-off ceremony is that it will be complemented by the addition of the ‘Consular Expo’ [Passport/ Visa Camp] that will be hosted immediately following the kick-off ceremony in partnership with the office of the Consulate General of India.

The kick-off event will be attended by chief guests Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Consul-General of India, Hon. Debra Silverstein, Alderwoman 50th Ward and State Senator & Committeeman Hon. Ira Silverstein and a host of business and community leaders.

The kick-off ceremony will feature lighting of the lamp and an invocation dance presentation with remarks from the chief guests.

Keerthi Kumar Ravoori, FIA president, in a statement disclosed the preliminary plans to host the India’s Independence Day Parade on August 16; Grand Gala Banquet on August 10, and flag-hoisting cultural program on August 15 on Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago.

Disclosing further plans, Ravoori added that this year there would be an exciting addition to the festivities “Grand FIA Mela” at the Republic Bank premises on Devon Ave. that will commence immediately after the completion of the Parade on August 16.

Big Cinemas reopen with

Asian American Heritage Month award winners are all smiles

Marisa Buchheit who individually thanked all the AAESC members and event sponsors.

She recounted how the AAHM was started some 10 years ago to celebrate

contributions of American AsianPacific communities as Deputy Council General of India N. J. Gangate, media representatives and community leaders listened.

Award recipients for the 2014 Asian American Heritage Month were: Jayal Amin -- Community Service Award; Dr. Bharat Barai – Leader in Medicine Service Award; Sgt. Abdul Kapadia – Law Enforcement Ser vice Award/ Cook County Sheriff; Rana Javed Khan – Public Relations/Media Award; Judge Pamela Leeming – Judiciary Service Award; Judge Jessica O’Brien – Judiciary Service Award; Savita Punjabi – Clerk of Circuit Court Asian Employee Award; Dr. Ashish Sen – Political Service Award.

A breathtaking fashion show was held with designer clothing provided by Prina Bagia, a talented clothing, accessory and jewelry designer who hand-makes every unique piece from a spare room in her parent’s house in Skokie.

The event was sponsored by Beena Patel and Asian social club members

BFI’s silver jubilee musical program an eye-opener

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APERVILLE (IL) -- The Blind Foundation for India (BFI) organized a silver jubilee musical evening program at the Avery Coonley School’s Performing Arts Center, Downers Grove, Illinois.

Over 150 people enjoyed the musical evening with melodious songs by Dr. Dipak Shah and Dr. Sheela Shah both of whom are dentists with the Smiles of Westmont and had organized their fifth musical program to benefit the BFI. Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Consul-General of India in Chicago, graced the evening program.

Young artists from the Falguni Rana Suhani Dance Academy, Monika Shah, and Hrushikesh Vora gave enchanting performances to enthrall the audience.

Hitesh Master from the Sa Re Ga Ma Orchestra kept the audience engaged throughout the evening.

Trupti Kuvadia and Dr. Kumar Moolayil served as co-emcees for the evening. Through the musical Evening, BFI raised over $13,000 which will be used to fund a medical van for the Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Smriti Mandir, Khetri, Rajasthan in India.

BFI president Dr. Manu Vora highlighted the plight of over 15 million blind people in India which translates to one out of every three blind people in the world.

Dr Dipak and Dr Sheela Shah

He also shared exponential power of prevention saying $1 of Vitamin A drops administered from age 4-6 prevented the child from going blind. In India, it costs only $20 per cataract operation, compared to $4,000 in the US. The BFI was established in 1989 with a mission to prevent and cure blindness and educate and rehabilitate permanently blind people in India. Over the years, BFI teams have raised over $3.5 million dollars to examine eyesight of over a million people.

So far, BFI has conducted over 110,000 free cataract operations, donated 110 medical vans to transport doctors and patients, and distributed over 10,000 Braille Kits to blind children for their

education.

The current BFI focus is on prevention of blindness through Child Sight Projects.

Over 500,000 children in government schools are examined for their eyesight and given necessary glasses, eye drops, Vitamin A, and performed cataract surgeries in rare cases.

Dr. Dr. Dipak Shah and Dr. Sheela as well as Dr. Vora thanked the Platinum Sponsor, Dr. Ashok Ray and Mrs. Purnima Ray, all other sponsors, and the audience.

Delicious Indian food was generously donated by the Saffron of Westmont, Sai Saffron Sweets & Chat House, Shree Indian Vegetarian Restaurant and Masala Indian & Fusion Cuisine.

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HICAGO -- The Federation of Indian Associations-Chicago (FIA), a 30-year-old premier community umbrella organizations, has passed a momentous resolution hailing the landslide victory of Narendra Modi and warmly welcomed the clear mandate given to the Bharatiya Janata Party by the Indian electorate in the historic general elections held recently in India.

This distinctive resolution was tabled and adopted at a special FIA board meeting held on May 18 at its office on Mahatma Gandhi Marg in the heart of the India Town in Chicago.

With a spirit of jubilation, the FIA celebrated Modi’s resounding victory and his ascension to the office of the Prime Minister accorded by the people of India.

The FIA further observed that the imperatives of good governance and development has driven the anxious and restless India in huge droves to the polls – thus

electing a leader who has the fire in his belly to bring quantum leap to India with effective governance.

The FIA resolution also lauds Modi for

his indefatigable energy and unshakable devotion to the ideals of good governance and his resolute will to lead India in the 21st century ushering a rapid all-round economic

development of global magnitude.

Keerthi Kumar Ravoori, FIA president, in a statement, said: “We join our fellow Indian Americans in celebrating this unprecedented political victory accorded by the people of India through their ballots.

Ravoori stated that a suitable copy of the resolution would be presented by a Chicago FIA delegation in due course of time.

The resolution was tabled by FIA president Keerthi Ravoori and was unanimously adopted with prominent FIA leaders enthusiastically endorsing the resolution who include Kanti Patel, Ajai Agnihotri, Babu Patel, Chandresh Brahmbhatt, Iftekhar Shareef, Dr. Indrajit Patel, Ranjit Ganguly, Minhaj Akhtar and Sher Mohd Rajput.

Other notable FIA Trustees and leaders who expressed their support for the resolution include Bhailal Patel, Veenod Patel, Ankur Chaudhary, Sohan Joshi, Prahlad Patil, Sitaram Patel, Hina Trivedi, Ajeet Singh and Harish Kolasani.

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he Federation of Indian AssociationsChicago (FIA) in partnership with the office of the Consulate-General of India under the leadership of Consul-General Dr. Ausaf Sayeed will host ‘Consular Expo’ [Passport/Visa Camp] on June 8 at the Indo-American Center located on 6328 N. California Ave in Chicago.

The expo, which is being organized in cooperation with the Indo-American Center, will provide an outstanding opportunity to the families and the individuals in the community to avail a wide range of services provided by the consulate--information about expeditiously acquiring passports, visas, PIO and OCI cards.

At the expo, Cox & Kings Global Services will be introduced who are the only authorized service provider for Embassy of India and its Consulates across USA for visa/OCI/PIO/

renunciation of Indian citizenship support services that went into effect on May 21.

The officers from the Indian consulate will provide various important miscellaneous services, including accepting applications o n s i t e . T h e In d i a n c o n s u l a t e a n d representatives from Cox & Kings will actively field questions, enquiries and address issues surrounding the application and documentary requirements for passports and visas.

In addition, the consular expo will feature guest speakers from the Illinois AttorneyGeneral Office to address civil rights issues confronting the community.

Representative from the Kiwanis will also be present to highlight their role in the community. The expo is also an opportunity for the Indian consulate and outsourcing firms to hear the difficulties and challenges faced by the Indian diaspora.

FIA-Chicago is spearheading the consular expo to address the growing demands of the Indian diaspora in reconnecting with India and in light of the recent changes in the law in Illinois State that provides driver’s licenses privileges to certain qualified undocumented immigrants.

This camp will provide valuable informational assistance in acquiring passports, visas/OCI/PIO cards. Given the growing need for clarity of information surrounding varied services provided by the outsourcing office, the expo will give common folks and their families an understanding into the processes and documentation-compliance surrounding the issuance of passport, visas, OCI /PIO cards, etc.

The expo will be co-chaired by FIA’s Veenod Patel and Minhaj Akhtar.

Bus mows down toddler APA dinner in honor of Pak envoy in US

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HICAGO (IL) – A 19-month-old toddler girl ran into traffic on May 26 afternoon and was struck and killed by a CTA bus in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood.

According to an eyewitness, he saw the girl with some adults at 3 pm on the east side of South Shore Drive at 77th Street when she suddenly bolted into the path of the No. 6 Jackson Park Express.

The girl, Cherish Meyers, was believed to have died instantly.

“The baby was 10 or 12 feet in front of them, and then she was right out on the street. Then there the bus was,” witness Willie Butler told the police who said that the driver attempted to swerve to avoid the child, but it was too late.

Javier Perez, trustee of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 241, which represents CTA bus drivers, said the union’s members were “deeply saddened by loss of life and agony the victims entire family must be going through.”

Perez said the union would work with the CTA on service improvement plans, driver safety programs, passenger education, and outreach.

Members of the APA Talat Rashid, Mir Ali and Ajaz Gill hosted the Ambassador of Pakistan at the Bolingbrook Golf Club

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hicago (IL) -- The ambassador of Pakistan, Jalil Abbas Jilani, visited Bolingbrook on May 22 at the Bolingbrook Golf Club at a dinner hosted in his honor by the Association of Pakistani Americans of Bolingbrook, IL (APA).

Jilani assumed his responsibilities as Ambassador of Pakistan on January 2 at a challenging time when Pak-US relations were strained.

Prior to his appointment as ambassador of Pakistan to the US, he served as foreign secretary of Pakistan from March 2012 to December 2013.

He is a career diplomat and has also

served as ambassador of Pakistan to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union (20092012) and as Pakistan’s high commissioner to Canberra, Australia (2007-2009).

This was the ambassador’s first visit to the Chicago area after taking office. The ambassador was accompanied by the consulgeneral of Pakistan, Faisal Tirmizi, at the exclusive dinner.

According to sources, the purpose of the visit is to show the appreciation the ambassador has for the Village of Bolingbrook and to further strengthen the relationship between the United States and Pakistan.

The dinner was attended by many business leaders, political leaders and distinguished community members.

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rystal Lake (IL) — “I won the lottery by playing the birthdays of my family!” Prabhakar Gumidyala said when he presented his winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket at the Illinois Lottery Prize Center in Des Plaines.

The Crystal Lake resident won the $300,000 jackpot prize when his ticket matched all five numbers – 07 - 10 - 11 12 – 21 – in the April 28 drawing.

Gumidyala discovered his win the day of the drawing when he checked the winning Lucky Day Lotto numbers on illinoislottery.com. “I combine our seven birthdays and use them once a week to play Lucky Day Lotto, always hoping to win big some day. I couldn’t believe it when I saw my numbers on the computer screen. I’m still in shock!”

Gumidyala is originally from India and has been working in the auto industry in Illinois for over 20 years. He is married with five daughters. He plans to use the windfall to buy a larger house for his family of seven. When asked if he had advice for other players, he said, “Don’t give up!”

The winning ticket was purchased at Citgo, 282 Dundee Avenue in Elgin. The retailer will receive a $3,000 bonus, equal to 1 per cent of the prize amount, for selling the winning ticket.

Jackpots for Lucky Day Lotto start at $100,000. Drawings are twice a day, seven days a week with an average of 40,000 winners every day. That’s over 250,000 winners in Illinois each week!

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ajasthan Royals’ bowler Kevon Cooper has been reported for bowling certain deliveries with a suspected illegal action during the Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Mumbai Indians played here on May 25.

The West Indian was reported by on-field umpires Rod Tucker and K. Srinath along with third umpire S. Ravi at the conclusion of the match.

“Under the IPL Suspected Illegal Bowling Action policy, Mr. Cooper may request

Chennai Super Kings’ MS Dhoni and Punjab’s Glenn Maxwell are in great form during ongoing IPL tourney IANS, KOLKATA

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hennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kings XI Punjab’s wonder boy Glenn Maxwell have been the most searched ‘Man of the Match’ players in this season’s Indian Premier League (IPL). Chennai Super Kings was also the most searched team besides Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab. The four teams have also qualified for the IPL play-offs.

This seas o n ’ s Google Search Trend analysis revealed

The match between KKR and KXIP was washed out

IPL’s ‘Veer-Zaara’ match wows fans KOLKATA: It was Veer-Zaara all over again at the Eden Gardens here on May 28 with Bollywood superstars Shahrukh Khan and Preity Zinta, owners of Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab, cheering their teams on as they battled it in the Qualifier 1 of Indian Premier League (IPL). Ecstatic to see their home team take on the Punjab squad, fans of the KKR went wild to see the popular onscreen star-pair of the 2004 romantic drama.

that besides Dhoni and Maxwell, the other most searched players were Yuvraj Singh, AB De Villiers, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Dale Steyn, Robin Uthappa, Ravinder Jadeja and Yusuf Pathan.

Dhoni was awarded Man of the Match for his winning knock against Royal Challengers in Bangalore, May 24. He remained not out and barely missed out on making a half century hitting 49 runs off 25 balls. Dhoni’s search graphs saw an incredible rise early on when he hit a six and a four in the last over bowled by Kieron Pollard to guide Chennai Super Kings to a sensational win over Mumbai Indians after they needed 11 in the final over.

an Official Assessment from the BCCI Suspect Bowling Action Committee, which comprises S. Venkataraghavan, Javagal Srinath, A.V. Jayaprakash and BCCI Secretary Sanjay Patel,” said a release on May 26.

“However, pending any clearance by the Committee, Mr. Cooper would be available to be selected to play in the IPL 2015 season, but should he be reported a second time, he would be suspended from bowling for the remainder of that season.”

Indian squad announced for England NEW DELHI: India on May 28 announced its squad for the five Tests against England starting July. There is no place for Zaheer Khan whereas southpaw Gautam Gambhir has made a comeback to the 18-member Indian squad. He last played Tests for India in December 2012. Rajasthan's fast bowler Pankaj Singh has found a place in the team. Zaheer played in the two Tests against New Zealand earlier this year, but a back injury forced him to miss almost the entire IPL. Squad: MS Dhoni (captain), M Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Gautam Gambhir, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishwar Pandey, Ishant Sharma, Stuart Binny, Varun Aaron, Wriddhiman Saha, Pankaj Singh.

Andhra girl youngest to India’s Ayhika wins junior girls’ title at Slovakia Open climb Mount Everest IANS, NEW DELHI

HYDERABAD: A 13-year-old girl from Andhra Pradesh on May 25 became the youngest female climber to scale Mount Everest. Malavath Purna along with 16-year-old Sadhanapalli Anand achieved the historic feat, according to information reaching social welfare department here.

After a 52-day-long expedition, the duo pitched the national flag and the picture of B.R. Ambedkar, the architect of India’s constitution, atop the world’s highest peak. What made their feat extraordinary is the fact that they both come from rural and poor backgrounds and are students of educational institutions run by the government.

While Purna hails from Tadwai village of Nizamabad district and is a class 9 student at Gurukul Pathshala, Anand is studying in class 11 at the social welfare college in Khammam district.

Both the districts are in Telangana region. The girl’s parents are agricultural laborers in a small village in Nizamabad district while Anand’s father works as a mechanic.

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ndia’s Ayhika Mukherjee defeated Leila Imre of Hungary to win the junior girls crown at the 2014 Slovak Open Junior Circuit table tennis championships at

second with the minimum points.

The Hungarian was struggling to come to terms with Ayhika all the time attacking and pushing her rival to the corner.

Yet, she was able to pull one back in the fourth very convincingly at 11-6. But that was all she could do as the Indian took the next after being stretched before shutting the shop close in the sixth. In the semi-finals, Ayhika had downed Uruguayan Maria Lorenzotti 11-9, 11-2, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5 to earn the final meeting with Imre.

Earlier, Abhishek Yadav could Ayhika won not proceed beyond the round of the crucial 16 as he lost to Stanislav Kucera final battle in from Czech Republic 2-4 after 40 minutes on putting up a good fight. The Indian lost 11-1, 12-10, 8-11, 5-11, 7May 25 11, 9-11.

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Stars chant NaMo NaMo From Salman Khan to Poonam Dhillon, a number of popular Bollywood actors and actresses attended the oath taking ceremony of PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi on May 26

Left: Actor Salman Khan and his father Salim Khan during the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Modi and the Council of Ministers. Right: Actor-turned-politician Manoj Tiwari.

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ollywood superstar Salman Khan and his father and writer Salim Khan, actor Anupam Kher and filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar were among the high profile Bollywood celebrities who attended the swearing-in ceremony of the country’s 14th Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his cabinet at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on May 26.

Also actor-politicians Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha and Manoj Tiwari, members of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), were present on the occasion.

Dressed in black shirt and trouser, Salman was spotted sitting next to his father.

Looking elegant in a sari, actress Poonam Dhillon was spotted with her million dollar smile while taking her seat.

Hema and her actor husband

Also actorpoliticians Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha and Manoj Tiwari, members of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), were present on the occasion.

Dharmendra, and Shatrughan Sinha were seen exchanging pleasantries before the ceremony began.

Bhandarkar was spotted in a black suit, while Bhojpuri star Manoj Tiwari was looking his best in a kurta-pajama teamed with a Nehru coat.

Company fame actor Vivek Oberoi too came in to attend the oath-taking ceremony of the country’s 14th prime minister.

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by Modi for the ceremony, but she had to miss the event due to health reasons.

However, she sent a handwritten letter to Modi apologizing for not being able to make it to the function. The legendary singer wished Modi all the best saying that the people have given the reins of the country in the hands of a great leader and that today is the happiest day for the nation.

(Left) Actor Anupam Kher during the swearing-in ceremony. Right: Actors Hema Malini and Dharmendra attending the swearing-in ceremony of India’s new PM Modi and his Ministers. (Photos IANS)

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