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BY A STAFF WRITER have extraordinary people who have done City focusing on Indian news for the Indian received Building India Excellence Awards, south special extraordinary work and have set standards American, Indian diaspora and the expatriate 2016 in film and television category.

HICAGO, IL -- Radius Developers and carved a way for the next generation. It is audience. presented a gala dinner called --Sridhar Chillara of TV5 and Mana TV important to recognize those individuals and the “Building India Excellence --Bina Murarka, Editor and Content received Building India Excellence Awards, organizations who have made it possible for our Awards, 2016” to recognize the| EAST and President FIRST 2016 for excellence in language media and THE COMMUNITY 2016 | Murarka, 27,Ramesh 360 MAY www.hiindiaLive.com 6 • Issue No.Manager | Volume COAST EDITION EDITION MIDWEST community to thrive in the US.” Soon after beinghere sworn-in on May 23, the announced closure of 500 ntributions made by South Asian individuals andCM Publisher received the award forliquor India- shops journalism.

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IADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa, 68, was on May 23 sworn in for the sixth time as the Tamil Nadu chief minister in a packed hall in Madras University as thousands lined up on the roads outside. She was administered oath of office and secrecy by Governor K. Rosaiah. Jayalalithaa will head a 29-member ministry in the 15th Tamil Nadu assembly.

She was sworn in as chief minister for the sixth time in her political career.

Jayalalithaa later went to the Secretariat here to sign some papers. Rosaiah also administered oath of office to her council of ministers, days after the AIADMK-led alliance won the May 16 assembly election which saw a multi-cornered contest.

Union ministers Venkaiah Naidu, Pon Radhakrishnan, DMK treasurer M.K. Stalin, industrialists and other personalities attended the swearing in ceremony.

A large number of people gathered at the venue. People lined up along both sides of the road from Jayalalithaa’s residence at Poes Garden through the stretch from Kamaraj Salai on the Marina up to

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: CPIM politburo member Pinarayi Vijayan, 71, was on May 25 administered oath as the 22nd chief minister of Kerala at the Central Stadium here by Governor P. Sathasivam.

Also sworn-in were 18 cabinet ministers — 11 from the CPI-M, four from CPI, and one each from the Congress-S, Janata Dal-S and the Nationalist Congress Party.

Departing from tradition, this is the second time that the swearing in was held outside the Raj Bhavan complex — the official residence of the Kerala governor.

In 2006, V.S. Achuthanandan had opted for his swearing-in at the Central Stadium, which was done to ensure that people of the state could come and witness the event.

The Communist Party of IndiaMarxist (CPI-M)-led Left Democratic Front swept the May 16 assembly polls, winning 91 seats in the 140-member Kerala assembly, showing the door to Oommen Chandy’s Congress-led government that was in power since 2011.

INDIAN DOC INDIANS HONORED AMMA IS IS INDICTED WITH ‘EXCELLENCE TN’S CM FOR ON 3 MURDERThe honorees at the event West, one of the largest and most AWARDS’ d organizations who have worked relentlessly --Sree Srinivasan, Chief Digital officer 6TH TIME included: prestigious Indian weekly for the West Coast.

COUNTS ast five decades to build the name and image at the Metropolitan Museum of ART and a AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa swears in as Tamil Nadu chief minister at Madras University in Chennai, on May 23, 2016.

Also seen Governor K Rosaiah. (Photo: IANS)

Madras University campus.

The AIADMK-led front won 134 seats in the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly. AIADMK party cadres distributed sweets and cakes to celebrate the occasion.

Meanwhile, in an effort to fulfil her poll promise of phased implementation of liquor prohibition in the state the chief minister, soon after being sworn-in, announced

closure of 500 liquor shops.

She also ordered reduced the working time of the liquor outlets by two hours. A statement issued by the government said liquor shops will be now open between 12 noon and 10 p.m. Earlier, these shops functioned between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m.

Reacting to the announcement, PMK founder S.Ramadoss said the

government should have curtailed the liquor shop working hours in the evening when the sales peak.

He said the government has not said when the 500 outlets would be closed. Pointing out the existence of around 7,000 liquor outlets in the state, Ramadoss said it will take 14 years to implement full prohibition in the state if 500 shops are closed per year.

Dr Narendra Nagareddy --Manish Patel, BAPS charities for --Dr. Bharat Barai received the honors India in United States. technology journalist based in NYC recognized harnessing the efforts and collective spirit of for community leadership and organizer of BY honored A STAFF WRITER for his contribution to journalism in USA and The event attended by 300 guests volunteers around the world. the biggest national reception event for Prime Canada. people in the presence ofTLANTA, chief guest GA -- An Indian Minister Modi.

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Building India Excellence Awards, 2016 as tel, at the beautiful Royal Albert Palace in rich heritage of Gujarat. for his alleged role in the deaths pioneers in thereusable Indian cuisine industry. launch vehicle and --Chandra --Pam Kwatra received Building India IANS, PUDUCHERRY ison.

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With the people’s verdict going flight regime,” the Indian Space appointed Lieutenant Governor of her the Ramon Magsaysay Award mmunity acy members.”

He is being held in a county against him,jail Chiefwithout Minister Research Organization (ISRO) said Puducherry, a Rashtrapati Bhavan for Public Service in 1994.

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by Chhabria, Radius is a mits Building India Excellence Award, nation to Lt.Governor A.K. Singh the mission as a technology demon- (Indian Space Research receiving Organiza“The President of India is yoga, meditation, literacy drive, Bhawan an Ranorganization to skills,Brothers Building India Excellence here. Speaking US, to reporters strator (RLV-TD). tion) have worked over the years is feedback boxes forreceived pleased to appointcommitted Kiran Bedi to be computer dern take on Mumbai’s real estate. Team 2016 for philanthropy and community service. gasamy, who was re-elected from “We have successfully accom- exceptional and very inspiring.” the inmates during her stint at the Lt. Governor of Puducherry per promoting India and Awards, 2016 for excellence in food The indictment charged against the Indira Nagar seat, said heculture, had plished the RLV-TD mission.

The industry.

The sleek 1.7-ton RLV was Tihar and is often said to have sucwithvalues effect from the datephilosophy she dius is a blend of professional flair and was production team included Mukesh submitted his cabinet’s resignation. lift-off was at 7 a.m. from the first latched on top of a ton rocket withEvent a cessfully transformed the prison assumes charge,” it said. and enriching the Indian art forms, music, ts – --Indian Business Association team repreneurial passion.

Sanjay is a renowned Prior to the elections, he launch pad here,” ISRO director booster for lift-off from the spacesaid his into a “reformatory”.

Bedi has also The Congress-DMK alliance him on May 18.

Kashiwala, Hemant Pandya, Sharad Wala, Devi Prasad Karnik told IANS after port here in Andhra Pradesh, about alliance is with the peoplepainting and not returned tofilms. power in the union terri- courted controversies during her dance, drama, and members with Dhiren President dper respected member of Mumbai’s real estate the shuttle returned toAmin, the Earth.

80km north of Chennai, off the Bay with any other political party. In service. tory after the May 16 elections to Manisha Mehta, Shina George, Sushma Sharma President Pranab Mukherjee and of Bengal coast.

2011, AINRC had an alliance with has regularly --Devprescribed Viswanath received the award on receiving Building India Excellence “We Awards, ternity and Radius is“Nagareddy his independent foray Prime Minister Narendra Modi started the countdown for AIADMK. The Congress-DMK and and Radhika Uppal.

The evening opened with a congratulated the Indian scientists.organization. nent leader E.Valasaraj Indepenlift-off at 11 p.m. on May22 and the combine were aboutDr. win- B. parties.

While the Congress did notSatya behalf ofupbeat Late Viswanath and 2016 tofor community and business o real estate. excessive amounts of controlled substances Mukherjee, in a message, said: rocket blasted off at 7 a.m., as the ning the polls as factors like closure project any chief ministerial candi- dent candidate V.Ramachandran in mesmerizing song by young Yash Kansara and aud congratulations to ISRO wind and weather conditions were during the poll, former chief Mahe constituency. While there are of factories, loss of jobs and lack of date Viswanath for first South Asian television --Harshad “Heartiest K. Shah received Building India Sunil Hali, for producer of the event, medical no legitimate purpose, was provided by Juhi Jagiasi, Team on successful launch of India’s good for launching theentertainment vehicle,” infrastructure development played minister V.Vaithilingam is a hot several parties like the BJP, the CPI, ne. program in the US “Vision of Asia” and starting first indigenous space shuttle RLV- vegetarian contender for the post.

CPI-M, PMK and others in the ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Cenagainst the AINRC government.

Excellence Awards, 2016 for his mmented, “Indiaresulting is growing vertically and we Anita Krishna, Rakesh Raj, Sarika Kansara, T.” Modi said in a tweet: “The tre (VSS) director K. Sivan told A shock defeat for the Congress fray, none of them were able to Getting Puducherry is of in the abuse ITV and diversion Gold as statehood pioneering media. dynamism and dedication with vegetarian was the defeat of promi- make their mark. one of the major promises of all the however IANS later. mission to inspire people to become ed strong leaders. It is about a growing vision Sumukh Bhatia and Vicky Punjabi. Hospitality the prescribed controlled substances,” theand Jasbir (Jay) Singh and propagate the benefits of various veg. food support was provided by Royal Albert Palace.

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The winners of 54 state-levelNagareddy competitions regularly prescribed Oxycodone, Fentanyl ened in the nation’s capital May 23Hydrocodone, for a minary round to determine the finalists. and Methadone, as well as other highly n of the 10 finalists who competed for the ultimate prize addictive were Indian drugs,” Americansthe A indictment said.

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It then came down to the final question, “A new marine sanctuary will protect sharks and other wildlife around Isla Wolf in which archipelago in the Pacific Ocean?” Nair correctly answered, “Galápagos Islands,” to claim the title.

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Transgender directive challenged in court 11 states have challenged Obama’s directive that forces them to allow transgender students use bathrooms that match their gender identity IANS, WASHINGTON

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exas and 10 other states will sue the Obama administration over a directive that forces states to adjust their policy to allow transgender students to use bathrooms that match their gender identity.

Texas’s action was announced on Twitter by Texas Gov. Greg Abbot (R) on May 25, RT online reported.

The other states that joined the lawsuit as plaintiffs are Alabama, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Utah, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Georgia, Maine, Arizona and Maine.

The filing accuses the Obama administration of “running roughshod over commonsense policies” that protect children and asks a judge to declare the move unlawful.

The Education Department’s directive orders public schools to create policies allowing transgender students to use bathrooms based on their gender identity rather than their biological sex. “No student should ever have to go through the experience of feeling unwelcome at school or on a college campus,” said Education Secretary John King Jr. The administration justifies its action on the basis of Title IX, a federal statute that prohibits gender

Donald Trump wins Washington primary WASHINGTON: Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump on May 24 night won the Washington state primary.

According to projections by Donald Trump major US media, Trump won in the northwestern state of Washington by a wide margin, ahead of his former rivals Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Ohio Governor John Kasich and politician Ben Carson whose names were still listed on the ballot despite dropping out of the race weeks ago.

Since Cruz and Kasich dropped out from the presidential race earlier this month after Trump’s victory in Indiana on May 3, the billionaire has barely held campaign rallies.

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Hillary criticized for emails in State Department

Title IX, a federal statute, prohibits gender discrimination at educational institutions that receive public funding.

discrimination at educational institutions that receive public funding.

Abbot said that Paxton’s lawsuit is “challenging the way that the Obama administration is trampling the United States Constitution”.

“The president has no authority to enact laws whatsoever. Several times Congress has taken up the issue of whether to expand the Civil Rights Act and Title IX and whether or not to include transgender. Both times or multiple times, Congress has decided against that,” Abbot added.

The lawsuits are part of a national transgender bathroom usage controversy, which erupted following the passage of a bill in North Carolina that required that people use the bathroom corresponding to their biological gender.

Supporters of Obama’s directive say that it protects transgender students from unjust discrimination, while opponents argue that activists are asking for an unprincipled exception to bathroom policy that continues to segregate most people by gender.

WASHINGTON: The US State Department’s inspector general has sharply criticized Hillary Clinton’s exclusive use of a private email server while she was secretary of state, saying she had not sought permission to use it and would not have received it if she had.

In a report delivered to members of Congress on May 25, the inspector general said that Clinton “had an obligation to discuss using her personal email account to conduct official business” with officials responsible for handling records and security but that inspectors “found no evidence” that she had requested or received approval from anyone at the department to conduct her state business on a personal email.

The report, according to the New York Times, also said that department officials “did not - and would not approve her exclusive reliance on a

personal email account to conduct Department business.”

In November 2010, her deputy chief of staff for operations prodded her about “putting you on state email or releasing your email address to the department so you are not going to spam.” Clinton, however, replied that she would consider a separate address or device “but I don’t want any risk of the personal being accessible.”

The report, as well as an FBI investigation and other legal challenges seeking information about her use of the server, is certain to keep alive a controversy that has shadowed Clinton’s campaign for the presidency.

The events have all come to a climax just as she was close to defeating Senator Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination.

US not to apologize for Hiroshima attack IANS, TOKYO

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S President Barack Obama has asserted that during his visit to Japan for the G7 summit he will not be apologizing for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima city during World War II. Obama said on May 22 that his visit to Hiroshima, the first city to suffer an atomic bombing, would emphasize friendly ties between Japan and the US. Obama, accompanied by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, will on May 27 become the first incumbent US president to visit the site of the world’s first nuclear bombing.

In an interview with Japanese national broadcaster NHK, Obama said leaders often have to make hard choices during times of conflict and no apologies would be included in the statement the president is expected to make in the western Japanese city.

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang and US President Barack Obama review a guard of honor in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, on May 23.

“It’s important to recognize that in the midst of war, leaders make all kinds of decisions, it’s a job of historians to ask questions and examine them,” Obama said.

“But I know, as somebody who’s now sat in this position for the last seven and half years, that every

leader makes very difficult decisions, particularly during wartime.”

The bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 killed thousands instantly and about 140,000 by the end of the year.

Japanese city Nagasaki was hit on August 9, forcing Japan to surrender

six days later.

A majority of Americans see the bombings as having been necessary to end the war and save US and Japanese lives, although many historians question that view.

According to a poll released on May 20, the vast majority of Americans are against any form of apology for the use of the atomic bomb in World War 2. Obama, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 partly for his stance on nuclear non-proliferation, said he felt that emphasis needed to be placed on the current relationship between Washington and Tokyo.

“I think it is also a happy story about how former adversaries came together to become one of the closest partnerships and closest allies in the world,” he said.

Critics said that by not apologizing, Obama will allow Japan to stick to the narrative that paints it as a victim.

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Sergeant Major Salvatore Girone along with Massimiliano Latorre is accused of killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala’s coast in February 2012; Kerala disappointed IANS, NEW DELHI/KOCHI

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he Supreme Court on May 26 cleared the decks for the return of Italian marine Sergeant Major Salvatore Girone - who along with Chief Master Sergeant Massimiliano Latorre is accused of killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala’s coast in February 2012 - to leave India as it relaxed its earlier bail conditions.

An apex court vacation bench of Justice Prafulla C. Pant and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud modified the bail condition paving the way for Girone’s return to Italy on an application by the Italian government backed by India.

The bench recorded the Indian government’s “no objection” to the move.

Relaxing the earlier bail order, the bench also added three more conditions proposed by Additional Solicitor General P.S.Narasimha on behalf of the Indian government.

Besides this, the court said that the Italian ambassador in New Delhi will give a fresh undertaking stating that Girone shall be made to return to India in one month after the decision of the International Arbitral Tribunal and if required by it.

Italian marine Sergeant Major Salvatore Girone and Chief Master Sergeant Massimiliano Latorre

Latorre is already on Italy on health grounds.

The court order came in the wake of April 29 order of the tribunal asking both India and Italy to cooperate for Girone’s return till arbitration proceedings before it are going.

Italy has invoked international arbitration on the issue of jurisdiction to try the two Italian marines for killing the fishermen mistaking

them as sea pirates.

Meanwhile, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan expressed the state government’s displeasure and blamed the Centre after the Supreme Court cleared the decks for Italian Marine Salvatore Girone to leave India.

Girone, alongwith Sergeant Massimiliano Latorre, is accused of killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala’s coast in February 2012.

Addressing reporters here in the state capital, Vijayan said that they “have always been unhappy” with the way the case was handled by the Centre.

“We have made our position clear right from the time this incident occurred; things never went the way it should have gone. The Centre never pursued the case in the way it should have been taken up, and hence this has happened,” said Vijayan.

When the incident occurred the Oommen Chandy government was in office here, and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government led by Manmohan Singh was at the helm of affairs in Delhi.

The then Left opposition here had used this case politically, and time and again mentioned about the Italian connection in the case and the “soft corner” the then central government had.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP leaders Sarbananda Sonowal during his swearing-in ceremony in Guwahati. (Photo: IANS)

GUWAHATI: The new Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has kept the home and political department with him while he has given important portfolios like finance, planning and development, health and family welfare as well as the education department to Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Sarma, who was a cabinet minis-

ter of the erstwhile Congress government in Assam led by then chief minister Tarun Gogoi, was the minister for health & family welfare and education departments. It is only last year that Sarma resigned from the cabinet after differences with Gogoi and subsequently joined the BJP. Sonowal has also kept departments like social welfare and power.

I have undertaken maximum reforms as PM, says Modi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said in the two years in office his government has made policy changes to curb corruption and opened up more of the economy to foreign investment while filling gaps in rural infrastructure.

"I have actually undertaken the maximum reforms," Modi said in an interview to the Wall Street Journal on the eve of his second anniversary in office.

But, he added, "I have an enormous task ahead for myself."

The prime minister said he has

set a path for accelerated growth that the states now need to help navigate.

Modi said that many of the changes he has put in place would have been regarded in previous administrations as difficult to implement, but now that he has done them, to his critics they no longer qualify as "big bang".

He said he has "opened up more of the economy to foreign investment and made changes to curb corruption, filled gaps in rural infrastructure and made it easier to do business".

TWO YEARS OF MODI GOVERNMENT

BJP succeeds in breaking new ground, deals blow to Cong NIRENDRA DEV, NEW DELHI

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t has been a see-saw ride for the BJP since it formed an alliance government at the centre two years ago but victory in the Assam polls has helped it wrest back the political momentum it lost after defeats in Delhi and Bihar. The victory has also helped the BJP emerge as a party with a noticeable pan-India presence while also brightening its prospects for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

The BJP victories in several state elections after the 2014 Lok Sabha polls have helped build the perception that the Narendra Modi government continues to enjoy the support of the people in various regions. In the last two years, the party has been able to install its chief ministers in Haryana, Maha-

BJP workers giving milk bath to a Narendra Modi cutout in Patna. (Photo: IANS)

rashtra, Jharkhand and Assam. It also emerged as the second biggest party in Jammu and Kashmir, where it is part of the ruling coalition.

The BJP victories have also dealt a severe blow to Congress, which

now has governments only in six states - with Karnataka being the only big state in its kitty. The party had won only 44 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections - to the BJP’s 282 in a 545-member house.

BJP leaders say that the victory

in Assam will have an impact on national politics and help build its campaign for the crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly polls early next year.

“The Assam victory will have an immense impact on national politics. It has sparked off debate about surgery in Congress and has energised the BJP cadres for the Uttar Pradesh elections,” BJP MP Jagdambika Pal told IANS. Uttar Pradesh sends 80 MPs to Lok Sabha and will be among five states where assembly polls will be held early next year.

Party leader Tapir Gao said the BJP would also be looking for victory in Manipur next year.

The party’s coming to power in Assam, its entry in Kerala assembly and being part of the ruling coalition in Jammu and Kashmir has

made BJP a truly pan-India party.

BJP has appears to have replaced Congress as the primary pillar of national polity.

BJP leaders say the party’s performance in the future polls is directly linked to the people’s perception about the Modi government’s performance.

“As a ruling party and a government, we may be doing far better job. But we need to do a lot in terms of the perception battle,” BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said.

Neiphiu Rio, who is a Nagaland Peoples Front MP from Nagaland, said it was time to implement schemes as mere slogans will not help.

Former Lok Sabha secretary general Subash C. Kashyap said that Modi has to deliver for his party.

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The Modi government seeks to enhance the footprint of its schemes to reap electoral benefits PRASHANT SOOD, NEW DELHI

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aving launched schemes to improve incomes, speed up governance, foster cleanliness and improve social security, the Narendra Modi government is now seeking to enhance the footprint of its initiatives to reap electoral dividends in a clutch of assembly elections next year.

The first year of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government, which assumed office on May 26, 2014, saw the launch of several initiatives.

Now, there appears to be a thrust on consolidating the schemes and taking them to the people. There is also growing focus on schemes meant for the poor and the rural sector.

However, Key legislation such as the Goods and Services Tax bill have been stuck in parliament due to the BJP’s constant tussle with the

Congress and its lack of numbers in the Rajya Sabha. The government’s critics have also raised questions over the efficacy of the schemes and their implementation on the ground. Dissonance caused by controversial remarks of some BJP leaders and fringe elements have also sought to take focus away from governance. But the BJP’s victory in the Assam assembly polls appears to have handed it back the political momentum it lost after successive defeats in the Delhi and Bihar assembly polls.

Modi has set out ambitious targets including Housing for All by 2022, a clean India as part of Swachh Bharat Mission by 2019 and giving free cooking gas cylinders to 50 million families living below the poverty line under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana by 2019 - the year of next general elections.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS)

The BJP’s victory in the Assam assembly polls appears to have handed it back the political momentum it lost after defeats in the Delhi and Bihar assembly polls major concern in a country where an estimated 65 percent of population is below 35 years of age, the government has launched missions such as Skill India and Make in India and given focus to improve physical infrastructure in rural and urban areas.

The government has used the direct benefit transfer and Aadhar to cut down on leakage of subsidies.

It has taken steps to boost investment, strengthen higher education, enhance the share of solar and renewable energy and step up agricultural growth.

Former cabinet secretary T.S.R Subramanian said initiatives such as Digital India, Aadhar, crop insurance, micro-finance and health insurance have the potential to transform India.

“If one gets money at reasonable rates (through micro-finance), India will transform in 10 years. Make in India will come from small factories, this the government has understood,” Subramanian told IANS.

He said the Modi government was short of talent but was more decisive and “clearner” compared to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government.

Senior journalist and political commentator H.K. Dua said the Modi government has done well on foreign policy and has been active as far as economy was concerned and results were expected to flow in a year.

“On the social front, they have not been very wise. Fringe elements...they have been stirring the pot too much. I have a feeling they have learnt lessons from Delhi and Bihar. They were not as shrill in Assam. If that continues it is good for the country,” he said.

‘Encryption a boon for terror groups’ NISHANT ARORA, NEW DELHI

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hen Facebook-owned mobile messaging service WhatsApp announced to turn on end-to-end encryption for its over one billion monthly active users last month, CEO Mark Zuckerberg hailed this as an “important milestone for the WhatsApp community.” It means that for WhatsApp users, every call they make and every message, photo, video, file and voice message they send, will be end-to-end encrypted by default, allowing users to protect their conversations from being hacked.

“So when you send a message, the only person who can read it is the person or group chat that you send that message to. No one can see inside that message. Not cybercriminals. Not hackers. Not

oppressive regimes. Not even us,” said Jan Koum, CEO and cofounder of WhatsApp, in a blog post.

The move — coming after the FBI-Apple tussle over unlocking an iPhone used by a terrorist — has not gone well with cyber security

Experts say end-toend encryption may be a boon for terror groups operating in India experts in India. According to them, this may be a boon for terror groups operating in India and across the border as this ensures that their communications cannot be intercepted as they connect.

“WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption provides more encouragement

to terror groups to be more bold in their communications in coded languages which can then be transmitted without the fear of being cracked on the way,” warns Pavan Duggal, one of the nation’s top cyber law experts.

In a country where WhatsApp has become somewhat of a de-facto religion for smartphone users, endto-end encryption will hamper the Indian government’s plan to counter terrorism. “Given the fact that WhatsApp does not have an office in India, it further complicates the scenario. The Indian approach on encryption is also not clear. The draft of the National Encryption Policy received massive protests and was withdrawn by the government in 2015,” Duggal told IANS. Experts feel that end-to-end encryption will boost cyber radicalisation to a great extent.

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Taliban name new leader The Afghan Taliban publicly confirmed the death of their leader Mansour on May 21 when a US drone struck his vehicle in Balochistan’s Ahmad Wal town IANS, KABUL

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he Afghan Taliban on May 25 named Haibatullah Akhundzada, an influential religious scholar rather than a combatant, as its head after the killing of Akhtar Mansour in a US drone strike in Pakistan last week.

The militia group also appointed Sirajuddin Haqqani, a sworn enemy of the US, and Mohammad Yaqoob, the son of former longtime Taliban founding head Mullah Omar, as deputies to Akhundzada, the group said in a statement.

Haqqani, who has a $10 million US State Department bounty on his head, is the leader of the Haqqani terror network, long aligned with the Taliban and Al Qaeda.

It was for the first time that the

Afghan media hails Chabahar agreement KABUL: The Afghan media on May 24 lauded the Chabahar port agreement as a stride towards boosting trade and economic cooperation in the region and improving regional stability.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani signed the trilateral agreement in Tehran on May 23 to develop Chabahar port. “Inking Chabahar agreement is important for development of trade and economic cooperation and improving peace and security in the region,” the Daily Afghanistan newspaper said in its editorial.

Islamic scholar Haibatullah Akhundzada (inset) will succeed Akhtar Mansour, who was killed in a US drone strike (right) last week, as the head of the militia group.

Taliban publicly confirmed the death of their leader Mansour on Saturday when a US drone struck his vehicle in Balochistan province’s Ahmad Wal town.

According to Afghan analysts, the appointment of Akhundzada comes

as a surprise as until Tuesday Haqqani was viewed as the most potential successor to Mansour.

Haqqani, believed to be in his mid-40s, is described as “the most radical figure in their leadership”, and labelled as a “specially designat-

ed global terrorist” by the US’s FBI. Akhundzada, one of the most respected religious scholars in Taliban ranks, headed its courts during its five-year rule over Afghanistan.

He issued many of its harshest fatwas, or Islamic edicts.

Former Afghan intelligence chief Rahmatullah Nabil said Akhundzada was a village cleric and has no military or political experience, Khamaa Press reported.

Nabil in a tweet said the newlyappointed Taliban supreme leader is 56-year-old.

He was one of the Afghan Taliban’s deputy leaders.

Born in Kandahar province of Afghanistan, Akhundzada belongs to the Eshaqzai clan. He is said to maintain close links with the Quetta Shura, the council of Afghan Taliban leaders based in the Pakistani city of Quetta.

‘Russia killed 28,000 IS militants’ IANS, MOSCOW

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ince Moscow started its air operation in Syria on September 30 last year, the Russian Air Force has eliminated over a third of Islamic State fighters in the country, the deputy head of Russia’s top security body revealed.

“We estimate that at the beginning of our operation Al-Nusra Front and Islamic State possessed about 80,000 fighters, of whom 28,000 (35 percent) have already been eliminated. This is [the result of ] our actions together with the Syrian Army,” Evgeny Lukyanov said at the VII international security summit being held in Grozny,

the capital of Russia’s Chechen Republic, RT online reported.

“Well, the (US-led anti-terrorist) coalition eliminated an additional 5,000 in two years,” Lukyanov added. “There were people predicting that it [Russia’s anti-terror-

ist operation in Syria] would result in another Afghanistan or something like that. That would never be. There are only limited military plans,” Lukyanov said, stressing that Syrians “must solve their issues for themselves.”

The principle task of the Russian operation in Syria has been to force the sides to start a political dialogue, the Russian Security Council’s top official stressed.

“Otherwise this [war] would have no end in sight.”

“A deal is needed, and arrangements must be made through compromise,” Lukyanov added.

“There are no victors in a civil war, everybody loses,” he said.

Dawood smuggling drugs via Nepal?

ANIL GIRI, KATHMANDU

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olice in Nepal are probing a suspected link of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in cocaine smuggling in the international market via Nepal.

This follows the recent arrest by Nepal Police of three Pakistani nationals linked to the international drugs market and who are believed to be close to Dawood.

After their involvement in fake currency, and white and brown heroin smuggling, the links of some Pakistani nationals in cocaine smuggling in Europe through Asia have

been established by Nepal Police.

Nepal’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized more than two kg cocaine — estimated to be worth over NRs.53 million ($492,812) — from three foreigners and a Nepali on Wednesday, which has established that some influential drug lords are involved in the racket, police sources here said.

NCB chief and Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Jay Bahadur Chand said Ymeris Carmen Narvez of Venezuela, Mohamad Lamine Dabo of Nigeria, Touhid Khan of India, and Dil Bahadur Gurung of Nepal were

caught with the cocaine in their possession.

The arrested persons had set up links in Hong Kong with the help of Pakistani nationals. The Pakistani nationals have been identified as Wahid Khan, Adbul Razzak aka

Chacha and his brother who are believed to be close to Dawood, who is wanted in India for masterminding the 1993 Mumbai blasts.

With a tip off from the Indian Intelligence Bureau, Nepal Police have made the arrests and found the

SHORT TAKES Two-day G7 summit begins in Japan TOKYO: A two-day Group of Seven (G7) summit started at IseShima in Japan on May 26.

The meeting is being attended

by G7 country heads : US President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, public broadcaster NHK reported.

Abe is chairing the summit.

The leaders are expected to discuss the values of the G7, solidarity and the global economy.

Other subjects will be discussed at five subsequent sessions, including how to sustain global economic growth, the response to terrorism, the refugee crisis and climate change.

Child abusers to face chemical castration JAKARTA: Child sex abuse is now punishable by death and chemical castration in Indonesia after President Joko Widodo issued a new law following the brutal gang rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl.

The battered body of the victim was discovered, naked and tied up, in a forest on the island of Sumatra after she was attacked by a group of teenagers in April.

Seven offenders have been jailed for 10 years.

“Sexual violence against children, as I have said, is an extraordinary crime,” President Joko Widodo said on May 25 after issuing the new law.

The law is effective immediately, although Indonesia’s parliament has the power to overturn it or demand revisions.

linkages of Pakistani nationals in the racket. Chacha and two others — identified as Tiger and Raja Bhai — are considered close to Dawood and have been operating their racket from Dubai, Malaysia and Hong Kong, sources said.

Nepal Police have not made the claim openly but the way the drug smuggling racket is being handled and the names are coming forward, it shows that it is not the work of petty criminals, but one whose names, profession and links are well established, the sources added.

DIG Chand on May 25 said the arrested were “mules” hired by an international drug cartel that supplies cocaine to European countries.

Kathmandu was just one of the many pit stops used by the drug traffickers, he added.

The seized cocaine had been trafficked to Kathmandu from Dubai by a Venezuelan woman.

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Indians shine at ISEF The Indian team with 16 members wins $9,500 in three grand awards at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair IANS, NEW YORK

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ndian students have won six awards at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in the US where New Delhi’s Shreyas Kapur was declared the grand winner of the “Google Thinking Big Award.”

Organized by Intel Corporation and the Society for Science and the Public in Arizona this month, the Indian team comprising 16 students won a total of $9,500 in three grand awards and three special awards in the fields of biotechnology, medicine, biomedical engineering and mathematics, Intel declared in a statement on May 24.

Kapur from Modern School at Barakhamba Road won the award for the “project that addresses a large and seemingly-impossible problem, by finding an elegant solution with broad impact”.

Short takes Indians charged with US immigration fraud NEW YORK: Fourteen people of Indian descent are among 19 charged with involvement in visa fraud through fake “green card” marriages or by falsely making claims of being crime victims, according to officials.

Federal prosecutor Gregory K. Davis said on May 19 that the accused, “who sought to undermine the integrity of our nation’s immigration system,” have been charged in the federal court in Jackson, Mississippi. The charges resulted from joint investigations by the Homeland Security Investigations, the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office, and the FBI.

‘Tortured’ maid’s body brought back to India HYDERABAD: The body of a woman from Hyderabad who died in Saudi Arabia earlier this month due to alleged torture by her employer was brought home on May 20.

The mortal remains of Asima Khatoon (34) were brought from Riyadh by the Etihad Airways. It was later buried at a graveyard in the old city of Hyderabad. Asima, a resident of Dabeerpura in old Hyderabad, had gone to Saudi Arabia in December last year. She died at King Saud Hospital for Chest Diseases in Riyadh on May 2.

Shreyas Kapur (inset) won the 'Google Thinking Big Award' at the world's largest precollege science competition organized in Arizona from May 8 to 13.

His project titled “Cellphonebased Optometry using Hybrid Images” also won him third position in both the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Biomedical Engineering award.

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Arvind Krishna Ranganathan from Ecole Mondiale World School in Mumbai won the second place for his project titled “Deterministic Approach to the Position, Trajectory, and Collision Prediction of Particles within Bounded Two-Dimen-

sional Environments”.

Suhani Sachin Jain and Divya Kranthi of Centre Point School in Nagpur won the third award in plant sciences for developing an “Innovative Strategy using Endophytes for Effective Biocontrol of Insect Pests in Cotton”.

Vasudev Malyan of Maharaja Agarsain Public School in Delhi won fourth spot in translational medical science for the development of a “Novel Paper Sensor as a Diagnostic Test for Multiple Sclerosis”.

The 16 Indian students were selected to attend ISEF as finalists of the Initiative for Research and Innovation in Science (IRIS) 2016 that featured more than 1,700 young scientists selected from 419 affiliate fairs in 77 countries.

The Intel Foundation also awarded $1,000 grant to each winner’s school and to the affiliated fair they represented.

India appreciates Trudeau’s gesture NEW DELHI: India on May 21 appreciated Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s gesture of apologizing in the House of Commons in Ottawa for the infamous Komagata Maru incident of 1914.

“We welcome and deeply appreciate the gesture of Prime Minister of Canada to deliver a formal apology in the House of Commons for the Komagata Maru incident,” external affairs ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said in a statement.

“The Indian diaspora in Canada has contributed immensely to Canada’s growth and development and acts as a bond between our two nations. Prime Minister Trudeau’s gesture constitutes an acknowledgment of the positive role of the Indian diaspora,” he said.

The Komagata Maru was a Japanese ship that was hired by a rich Malaysia-based Sikh, Baba Gurdit Singh, to bring 376 Indians, mostly Sikhs, to Canada to challenge the racist laws of the time in 1914. But the ship was forcibly sent back to India after two months with 19 people losing their lives.

Grand plans for Sikh Guru’s birth anniversary IANS, TEHRAN

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rime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived here on May 22 on a two-day visit to Iran, promised a large-scale celebration of Guru Gobind Singh’s 350th birth anniversary.

“We will celebrate the 350th birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh ji on a large scale so that his message reverberates widely among youth,” Modi tweeted soon after addressing an Indian community gathering at the Bhai Ganga Singh Sabha

Gurudwara here.

In his address to the community, he said that Indians living abroad have the capability to assimilate with everyone. “We Indians have a specialty. We accept everyone and assimilate with everyone,” he said.

Soon after his arrival here to a red carpet welcome with Iranian Economic Affairs and Finance Minister Ali Tayebnia present to receive him, Modi left for the gurudwara and offered prayers.

“The new generation should know about the sacrifices of the

Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers prayers at Bhai Ganga Singh Sabha Gurudwara, in Tehran, Iran on May 22. (Photo: IANS/PIB)

great (Sikh) Gurus and about the Guru Granth Sahib,” he said.

He also said that he has noted several suggestions that have emanated from the Indian community in Iran.

“Let us all work together to serve humanity,” the prime minister said.

The gurudwara was founded in 1941 by Bhai Ganga Singh Sabha Tehran.

Sanjay Gupta second most popular doctor in US: Twitter IANS, NEW YORK

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ith over two million followers, Indian-origin neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta has emerged as the second most popular doctor in the US, a study that analyzed Twitter use by doctors across the country has found.

A neurosurgeon at Emory Clinic in Atlanta, Gupta is also a multiple Emmy-award winning chief medical correspondent for CNN. Gupta’s popularity is surpassed only by another TV personality Drew Pinsky of HLN who has 3.18 million followers in Twitter.

For the study, students at Augus-

Indian-origin neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta

tana University analysed Twitter use by doctors across the US, going back to 2006. The researchers sorted through 4,500 users as part of their

research.

“We just wanted to see how doctors are engaging with other people on Twitter,” one of the researchers,

Paige Schwitters, was quoted as saying by Argus Leader, part of the US Today network.

The researchers found that the most followed Twitter accounts belonged to celebrities, public figures or TV personalities.

With 1.03 million followers in Twitter Asa Andrew, certified internist and self-declared addictionologist, emerged as the third most popular doctor in the US. Gupta joined CNN in the summer of 2001 and he has 2.03 million followers in Twitter.

Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon, plays an integral role in CNN’s reporting on health and medical news.

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Anurag Thakur new BCCI chief The 41-year-old three-time Lok Sabha member from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, succeeds Shashank Manohar, who quit the position to take up the ICC chief’s job IANS, SHIMLA

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n his home pitch, the ruling Congress in Himachal Pradesh tried to put stumbling blocks in Anurag Thakur’s political marathon. They fired corruption charges at him and his family. But beating all odds, the BJP’s member of parliament on Sunday got elected as the Indian cricket board’s youngest president.

Thakur’s name was unanimously cleared in the special general meeting of the Board of Cricket for Control in India (BCCI) in Mumbai on Sunday morning.

The 41-year-old three-time Lok Sabha member from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, succeeds Shashank Manohar, who quit the position to take up the International Cricket Council (ICC) chief’s job. Political observers said

BJP MP Anurag Thakur arrives to attend the meeting of the BCCI where he was elected as the Indian cricket board’s president in Mumbai. (Photo: IANS)

since his maiden victory in the parliamentary by-election in May 2008, Thakur has been targeted by the Congress for being high-profile and jet-setting, and for rubbing shoulders with high and mighty,

IPL: AB patiently hunts victory for RCB from Gujarat Lions

including film stars. Being dedicated and focused on creating modern infrastructure in the small hill state, Thakur-administered Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) has developed five

stadiums, including the worldclass showpiece stadium in Dharamsala, and one cricket academy in the state capital.

The tussle between the Congress-led state government and the HPCA has robbed hill station Dharamsala, known worldwide for hosting the Dalai Lama for close to six decades, of the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in the last three seasons, HPCA press secretary Mohit Sood told IANS. Even the ICC World T20 2016 match between India and Pakistan was shifted out of Dharamsala on March 19, owing to a tussle between the government and the state cricket body. “It’s only Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh who has created an atmosphere of doubt over the India-Pakistan match,” said Thakur, the force behind the Rs.100 crore ($16 million) stadi-

um and ultra-luxurious residential complex in Dharamsala.

The stadium first figured on the international cricket map in 2005 when it hosted a warm-up tie between the touring Pakistan team and the Indian Board President’s XI. The HPCA venue, located at an altitude of 4,000 ft above the sea level, is the first in India to use winter rye grass scattered around the outfield, which prevents the grass from dying when temperatures fall below 10 degrees Celsius.

After the Congress formed the government in the state in December 2012, the vigilance and anticorruption bureau had filed a case of cheating and misappropriation case against the HPCA. IT also alleged wrongdoing in the allotment of land to the HPCA for constructing a residential complex for players near the Dharamsala stadium.

Rio medallists may get Khel Ratna, Arjuna awards NEW DELHI: To ensure immediate recognition to the Olympic medallists, the Sports Ministry this week announced that the Rio Games’ medal winners will be considered for this year’s Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

and Arjuna Awards.

The ministry said the decision has been taken so that athletes need not wait for one full year after their medal-winning performances at the Olympic Games to be held between

August 5-21.

The medal winners in individual events who have not been conferred with Khel Ratna in the past will be considered for the highest sporting honor.

IPL: KKR eliminated, SRH to face Lions in second qualifier IANS, NEW DELHI

BENGALURU: Royal Challengers Bangalore batsmen AB De Villiers and Iqbal Abdullah guided the team to a four-wicket win against Gujarat Lions in the first qualifier of IPL match at the Chinnaswami stadium.

RCB scored 159/6 to snatch the victory from the Lions with 10 balls to spare.

With an asking rate of 7.5 runs in 20 overs, Royal Challengers started off shakily, losing wickets early.

Gujarat Lions bowler Dhawal Kulkarni ripped apart RCB top order, castling both the openers Virat Kohli for duck and Chris Gayle nine.

Three Royal Challengers batsmen suffered duck-out fate, Kohli, Rahul and Baby.

RCB was 65/5 midway through the sixth over and lost another wicket before the end of 10 overs.

It was at this difficult juncture that star South African batsman De Villiers took the onus of steering the team to victory aided by Stuart

Binny (21) and Abdulla (33) later.

De Villiers remained unbeaten at 79 in 47 balls with five fours and five sixes, playing slowly and responsibly initially but breaking free later after the 15th over to ensure the match was safe in the hands of Royal Challengers. Abdullah and De Villiers managed to grab 16 and 15 runs respectively in the 15th and 16th overs to lower the asking rate to 32 runs in 23 balls by the 17th over.

And halfway through the 18th over, De Villiers and Abdullah managed to even the required number of runs and balls at 15 and finally claim the victory in the 19th over.

The batsmen constructed an unbroken partnership of 91 runs in 52 balls.

Kulkarni came out with the best bowling figures for Gujarat Lions with 4/14 with a splendid economy of just 3.50 while Jadeja was the only other bowler to claim wickets for the Lions with bowling figures of 2/21.

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wo time champions Kolkata Knight Riders’ campaign in Indian Premier League 9 ended after going down to Sunrisers Hyderabad by 22 runs in the eliminator here on Wednesday.

Famed Hyderabad’s bowling line-up led by Bhuvneshwar Kumar with three wickets, proved too good for the KKR batsmen, who failed to put up a fight to finish at 140/8 in their 20 overs.

Chasing 163, KKR were off an identical start as Hyderabad losing in-form opener Robin Uthappa (11) cheaply before skipper Gautam Gambhir (28) and all-rounder Colin Munroe (16) took the team to 46/1 in the powerplay.

Gambhir and Munroe batted sensibly to put on 38 runs for the second wicket before the New Zealander perished to a silly run out off a sensational throw from Yuvraj Singh.

Playing at his home ground, Gambhir failed to read the bounce

of the Kotla track as he miscued a short delivery from Ben Cutting.

With KKR needing 99 from the last 10 overs, the team landed in further trouble as incoming batsman Yusuf Pathan (2) fell to a beautiful running catch from Bhuvneshwar Kumar off Moises Henriques.

Next in Manish Pandey (36) and Suryakumar Yadav (23) batted sensibly to take the team past the 100run mark by the 14th over.

Yadav, who survived a scare on 15, when pacer Mustafizur Rahman dropped him at the third man

boundary, could add only eight runs before a brilliant running catch from Shikhar Dhawan off Henriques ended the 46-run fifth wicket stand.

Requiring 39 from the last three, Pandey, in his attempt to cope with the growing run-rate fell to a miscued shot off Bhuvneshwar after adding only 10 runs with Rajagopal Sathish (8).

With hopes of reaching the second qualifier fading, Jason Holder (6) joined Sathish but the duo could do little as Bhuvneshwar packed them off in the last over.

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BAPS Charities on tree planting spree

BY A STAFF WRITER OBBINSVILLE, NJ-Global warming may have thrown down a tough challenge before the humankind but BAPS Charities has picked up the gauntlet.

Eight-year old Vishnu of Robbinsville, NJ had his laces tied and was ready to go on an early Sunday morning. Vishnu was on a mission to fundraise for a cause close to his heart--saving the environment. Vishnu personally raised over $851.59 by going door to door in his neighborhood.

Similarly, Sixteen-year-old Sweta Patel of Edison, inspired by the motto “think globally, act locally,” reached out to her teachers and neighbors by proudly sharing not only the cause for which she was fundraising, but also her personal excitement for being able to make a difference in the face of what is perhaps one of the biggest challenges faced by Planet Earth today--global warming.

Reversing the impact of global warming seems like a daunting task.

However, children like Vishnu and Sweta were determined to take action and help bring awareness to among their local community.

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Walks in 50 cities Indeed, for the last couple of months, children, teenagers, adults and seniors had been passing round the hat to collect funds for supporting BAPS Charities Walk Green held on May 22 in Robbinsville, NJ, Edison, NJ, New York, NY, Parsippany, NJ, Philadelphia, PA, Jersey City, NJ, Warrington, PA and Boston, MA. Similar walks have been planned at over 50 cities in North America to support the planting of 70,000 trees in 2016.

Recognizing the need to promote environment awareness, this year, BAPS Charities Walk supported Nature Conservancy’s efforts to plant and restore over 1.6 million acres of land by planting one billion trees by 2025 through their Plant-a-Billion-Trees initiative.

The various walks in the Northeast

Nature Conservancy’s efforts get a boost region brought together over 2500 participants and residents between the ages of 2 and 80.

Speaking at the walk in Robbinsville, Ja n e Mi l l e r, De p u t y Di re c t o r o f Philanthropy at Nature Conservancy in New Jersey, said, “I am blown away that an all-volunteer organization like BAPS Charities can put together such a huge event, and do so much good and involve so many people. I want to thank BAPS Charities, not only for raising the funds to plant a billion trees but also bring awareness about this important issue.

Nanette LeVan, the Associate Director of Philanthropy for Nature Conservancy, New Jersey, who joined the walk in Edison, NJ and expressed her thoughts on the national collaboration, “This was a great event and I’m really impressed to see such a wonderful turnout. It is so nice to see people of all ages come together for one cause--helping Nature Conservancy in its environmental efforts.”

Freeholder Charles E. Tomaro, Chair of Infrastructure Management Committee for Middlesex County, stressed, “We must protect our environment and support such initiatives whole-heartedly. I am very proud to see BAPS Charities leading this walk to raise awareness in the community.”

A great cause Jagruti Vyas from Robbinsville, NJ, a participant in the event, said, “When it comes to the environment, I do little things like recycle and compost at home.

But today, I feel like I am part of a much bigger effort to save the environment.

Coming out here today and walking with my children, I couldn’t think of a better way to help raise awareness and contribute to such a great cause”.

R a v i Pa t n i , B A P S C h a r i t i e s representative, said, “I thank all the sponsors, the individual fundraisers and all who came to take part in this walk. We

Hi India Editor’s view Trees are beautiful and useful gifts of nature. Trees are great friends of men.

But in the past few decades, there has been massive cutting of trees (deforestation). The hunger for agricultural land, hunt for timber and necessity for cheap fuel caused massive deforestation. The tropical forest trees were once the nerve centre of this planet.

A large number of trees have already been destroyed. At some places, trees are being destroyed even today. As an effect of deforestation, there is a threat to the species of biodiversity.

Trees are our best friends. Trees are older than men. It is our duty to take care of our great friend for our own survival and survival of birds, insects and creatures.

Just like a good friend, trees service us in many ways.

4 A good friend shares his things with his friends. We get food, fruits,

flowers, seeds, medicines from trees.

4 A true friend always protects his friends. Trees protect us from sizzling heat of the sun under its shade.

4 Trees supply us with wood to manufacture furniture.

4 Trees harbor many birds and creatures.

4Trees give shelter to many animals which again in turn serve human beings.

4 By means of photo-synthesis trees maintain the supply of oxygen. Trees absorb carbon-dioxide and give up oxygen for us to survive.

4 Trees control flood, prevent land erosion, rotten leaves make the land fertile.

Thus, trees never fail to serve the role of good friend. Let us not cut trees unreasonably but, indeed, take a pledge to rather protect them through social forestry.

greatly appreciate your support.”

BAPS Charities undertakes many such charitable events throughout the year. From being the official shelter home for Mercer County residents during Hurricane Sandy to organizing Health Fairs, Blood Donation Drives, Food Drives, Bone Marrow Drives and Children’s Health and Safety Day, the activities of BAPS Charities are centered on improving the quality of lives of individuals and their families.

Serving the world BAPS Charities is a 501(c)(3) registered nonprofit international charity organization committed to sincerely

serving the world by caring for individuals, families, and communities.

It is affiliated with BAPS as an independent charity and social services arm.

The 55,000 BAPS volunteers networked in over 3,300 centers around the world provide over 12 million volunteer-hours of service annually.

Among social service charities, BAPS Charities is a well-respected and trusted name. It has amassed over 50 years of firsthand experience in initiating, managing, and sustaining 160 humanitarian operations throughout the world in such diverse fields as medical services, environmental services, community services, tribal services, and disaster relief services.

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Amma is TN’s CM for 6th time Soon after being sworn-in on May 23, the CM announced closure of 500 liquor shops IANS, CHENNAI

Pinarayi Vijayan era begins in Kerala

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IADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa, 68, was on May 23 sworn in for the sixth time as the Tamil Nadu chief minister in a packed hall in Madras University as thousands lined up on the roads outside. She was administered oath of office and secrecy by Governor K. Rosaiah. Jayalalithaa will head a 29-member ministry in the 15th Tamil Nadu assembly.

She was sworn in as chief minister for the sixth time in her political career.

Jayalalithaa later went to the Secretariat here to sign some papers. Rosaiah also administered oath of office to her council of ministers, days after the AIADMK-led alliance won the May 16 assembly election which saw a multi-cornered contest.

Union ministers Venkaiah Naidu, Pon Radhakrishnan, DMK treasurer M.K. Stalin, industrialists and other personalities attended the swearing in ceremony.

A large number of people gathered at the venue. People lined up along both sides of the road from Jayalalithaa’s residence at Poes Garden through the stretch from Kamaraj Salai on the Marina up to

AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa swears in as Tamil Nadu chief minister at Madras University in Chennai, on May 23, 2016.

Also seen Governor K Rosaiah. (Photo: IANS)

Madras University campus.

The AIADMK-led front won 134 seats in the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly. AIADMK party cadres distributed sweets and cakes to celebrate the occasion.

Meanwhile, in an effort to fulfil her poll promise of phased implementation of liquor prohibition in the state the chief minister, soon after being sworn-in, announced

closure of 500 liquor shops.

She also ordered reduced the working time of the liquor outlets by two hours. A statement issued by the government said liquor shops will be now open between 12 noon and 10 p.m. Earlier, these shops functioned between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m.

Reacting to the announcement, PMK founder S.Ramadoss said the

Congress-DMK win in Puducherry IANS, PUDUCHERRY

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he Congress-DMK combine secured a majority in Puducherry on May 19, dislodging the ruling AINRC and were set to form the next government in the union territory.

While the Congress won 15 seats, DMK won two seats in the 30-member assembly. The All India N.R. Congress (AINRC) only won eight seats and the AIADMK grabbed four. An independent candidate was also elected.

With the people’s verdict going against him, Chief Minister N.Rangasamy submitted his resignation to Lt.Governor A.K. Singh here. Speaking to reporters Rangasamy, who was re-elected from the Indira Nagar seat, said he had submitted his cabinet’s resignation.

Prior to the elections, he said his alliance is with the people and not with any other political party. In 2011, AINRC had an alliance with AIADMK. The Congress-DMK combine were upbeat about winning the polls as factors like closure of factories, loss of jobs and lack of infrastructure development played against the AINRC government.

Getting Puducherry statehood is one of the major promises of all the

Kiran Bedi appointed Puducherry Lt. Governor

NEW DELHI: BJP leader and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique here said.

“The President of India is pleased to appoint Kiran Bedi to be the Lt. Governor of Puducherry with effect from the date she assumes charge,” it said.

The Congress-DMK alliance returned to power in the union territory after the May 16 elections to

parties. While the Congress did not project any chief ministerial candidate during the poll, former chief minister V.Vaithilingam is a hot contender for the post.

A shock defeat for the Congress however was the defeat of promi-

the 30-member assembly.

The first woman to join the elite Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972, Bedi held key positions in her career, including Inspector General (Prisons) at Delhi’s highsecurity Tihar jail.

Known for her administrative experience and integrity, her work in one of Asia’s largest jails won her the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 1994.

She was credited for introducing yoga, meditation, literacy drive, computer skills, feedback boxes for the inmates during her stint at Tihar and is often said to have successfully transformed the prison into a “reformatory”. Bedi has also courted controversies during her service.

nent leader E.Valasaraj to Independent candidate V.Ramachandran in Mahe constituency. While there are several parties like the BJP, the CPI, CPI-M, PMK and others in the fray, none of them were able to make their mark.

government should have curtailed the liquor shop working hours in the evening when the sales peak.

He said the government has not said when the 500 outlets would be closed. Pointing out the existence of around 7,000 liquor outlets in the state, Ramadoss said it will take 14 years to implement full prohibition in the state if 500 shops are closed per year.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: CPIM politburo member Pinarayi Vijayan, 71, was on May 25 administered oath as the 22nd chief minister of Kerala at the Central Stadium here by Governor P. Sathasivam.

Also sworn-in were 18 cabinet ministers — 11 from the CPI-M, four from CPI, and one each from the Congress-S, Janata Dal-S and the Nationalist Congress Party.

Departing from tradition, this is the second time that the swearing in was held outside the Raj Bhavan complex — the official residence of the Kerala governor.

In 2006, V.S. Achuthanandan had opted for his swearing-in at the Central Stadium, which was done to ensure that people of the state could come and witness the event.

The Communist Party of IndiaMarxist (CPI-M)-led Left Democratic Front swept the May 16 assembly polls, winning 91 seats in the 140-member Kerala assembly, showing the door to Oommen Chandy’s Congress-led government that was in power since 2011.

India successfully tests winged reusable launch vehicle FAKIR BALAJ, SRIHARIKOTA (ANDHRA PRADESH)

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ndia on May 23 successfully tested its home-grown winged reusable launch vehicle (RLV), demonstrating its space technology prowess and joining an elite club of space-faring nations like the US, Russia and France.

“We have successfully tested the first delta-winged-body aerospace vehicle operating in hypersonic flight regime,” the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said in a statement after accomplishing the mission as a technology demonstrator (RLV-TD).

“We have successfully accomplished the RLV-TD mission. The lift-off was at 7 a.m. from the first launch pad here,” ISRO director Devi Prasad Karnik told IANS after the shuttle returned to the Earth.

President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Indian scientists.

Mukherjee, in a message, said: “Heartiest congratulations to ISRO Team on successful launch of India’s first indigenous space shuttle RLVT.” Modi said in a tweet: “The dynamism and dedication with

which our scientists and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) have worked over the years is exceptional and very inspiring.”

The sleek 1.7-ton RLV was latched on top of a ton rocket with a booster for lift-off from the spaceport here in Andhra Pradesh, about 80km north of Chennai, off the Bay of Bengal coast.

“We started the countdown for lift-off at 11 p.m. on May22 and the rocket blasted off at 7 a.m., as the wind and weather conditions were good for launching the vehicle,” ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSS) director K. Sivan told IANS later.

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Kabir I’m not very brand Singh conscious: Kajal ‘busiest’ baddie in southern K filmdom Kajal Aggarwal says that as a star, she is not very brand conscious and can wear anything that attracts her fancy bought on the streets,” Kajal, during the launch of a GAP store in the city on Saturday, told ajal Aggarwal, who IANS. In her opinion, a brand is nothworks in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films, ing but an association with an believes that ‘star’ status intangible feeling.

“We think of a brand and what has nothing to do with one’s sartorial choices, and adds that she is comes to mind defines the brand.

When I think of GAP, I find it not brand-conscious.

“Being a star has nothing to do very comfortable, relatable, modwith your choice. As a star, I’m ern and chic. The association not very brand-conscious, with such intangible feeland I pick and wear anyings is what really thing that attracts my makes a brand,” fancy. If I really like she said.

'If I really something from a “It is like like something brand, I pick it up food connecfrom a brand, I and know how to tion. You eat pick it up and combine it with somesomething I combine it with HARICHARAN PUDIPEDDI, CHENNAI

thing and if you instantly like it, you create an association with it,” she added.

Kajal, whose fashion sense has turned heads across industries, believes in keeping everything “simple” yet “classy”.

She also has a Telugu project with her mentor Teja, who introduced her in 2007 film Lakshmi Kalyanam.

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ctor Kabir Duhan Singh is extremely happy with the way his career has shaped up.

With eight southern projects in his kitty currently and three more in the offing, he’s easily the busiest baddie in southern filmdom.

Kabir turned 29 on May 24.

“It’s just been over a year since I made my acting debut with Telugu film Jil. As of now, I have eight projects -- some ready to release, while the rest are on the floors. I’m extremely happy with how things have panned out,” Kabir, who is hopping between film shoots nowadays, told IANS. With projects in which he stars with actors such as Ajith Kumar, Pawan Kalyan and Balakrishna among others, Kabir has his hands full for the next couple of years.

Kabir considers the yet-untitled Tamil film with Ajith the most awaited project of his career.

something I bought on the streets'

“It’s going to be a very special film. It will be introducing me to Tamil film audiences and I’m sure they’re going to love me. It’s a powerful role and I’m pitted against the most loved and worshipped actor of the industry. It can’t get bigger than this,” he said.

Talking about the experience of working alongside Ajith, modelturned-actor Kabir said: “No matter how much I say, it will be less. He’s a gem of a person, extremely friendly and treats everybody on sets as equal. From the director to spotboy and his co-star to someone who serves tea on the sets, Ajith treats them all with respect.”

“I can say confidently that Ajith is bigger than any Bollywood star. He’s the epitome of simplicity and there’s something to learn from him for all of us,” added Kabir, who will rejoin the sets of the film on Saturday.

Kabir is equally excited about working with Pawan Kalyan in Telugu actioner Sardaar Gabbar Singh.

“I can’t wait to work with Pawan sir. Although I’ve already shot for few days on this project, I’m yet to meet him,” he said.

‘I never yearn for stardom’ ‘U-Turn’ fame Shraddha teams up with actor Nivin Pauly HARICHARAN PUDIPEDDI, CHENNAI

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ctor Simbu, despite being active in Tamil filmdom for over two decades, says he has never yearned for stardom. He credits his upbringing for this attitude towards his career and life.

“I don’t even remember the first time that I faced the camera. I come from a family of actors and since I started acting at a very young age, I experienced stardom at a time when I didn’t even understand it. I was too young to even realize why people would pinch my cheek when I used to go out with my dad,” Simbu, son of popular Tamil actor-filmmaker T. Rajendher, told IANS. Simbu’s forthcoming Tamil romantic comedy, Idhu Namma Aalu, will hit the screens on Friday.

It is finally releasing after a long

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S delay, much like his last release Vaalu.

His career went through a rollercoaster ride, Simbu said: “For people who don’t know how they climbed up the success ladder, it will always be a struggle to climb up when they fall down. I worked my way up to the ladder, so I know I can get back where I belong.”

hraddha Srinath, who made a splash with her impeccable performance in Pawan Kumar’s latest Kannada thriller UTurn, will be playing the lead opposite Nivin Pauly in his next Tamil film. It is slated to go on the floors next month.

Debutant director Gautham Ramachandran, after months of auditioning, zeroed in on Shraddha, as he felt she was apt for the role of a crime reporter in the film, which will be based on critically acclaimed Rakshit Shetty-directed Ulidavaru Kandanthe.

“Shraddha was one of the first girls I met during the auditions.

Although I felt she seemed perfect for the role, we decided to audition

a few more girls. Over the course of nearly five months, we auditioned several girls but nobody fit the role as convincingly as Shraddha,” Gautham, erstwhile assistant of filmmakers Mysskin and Rajeev Menon, told IANS. “The second time we met Shraddha; she came well prepared and

had even memorized her lines. In the second audition, she just proved she was destined to do the role and we were convinced too,” he said.

The film’s producers weren’t initially gung-ho about the idea.

“They wanted a familiar heroine and a few well-known actresses were also interested to be part of the project. As a team when we saw Shraddha audition the second time, we were convinced she’d be ideal for the role. Nivin was very supportive with my decision.”

Shraddha, a lawyer by profession, has already worked in two Kannada films and a Malayalam film. It’s with U-Turn; she stole the limelight and has caught the attention of filmmakers. The rest of the cast is being finalized.

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I am proud of doing ‘Rustom’: Ileana D’Cruz B

ollywood actress Ileana D’Cruz, who is all set to share screen space with superstar Akshay Kumar in the upcoming film Rustom, says she is “quite proud” of being a part of Tinu Suresh Desai’s directorial project.

“The film we have done is fictional...there is a lot of fiction involved.

Rustom is a very intense movie. It’s vintage no doubt...I hope people walk in and get immersed in the story. I am quite proud of (doing) this movie,” Ileana, who has launched the Skechers Go Flex Walk

range, told IANS. Talking about how so many biopics and period dramas are being made in the Hindi film industry, Ileana,was last seen on screen in the 2014 film Happy Ending feels it’s not a trend but a coincidence. “I think it is maybe a coincidence because I know there are so many films actually have been in the making for a while or been talked about for a while...There are so many coincidences that so many biopics are releasing on the same time,” said the Barfii star.

My best role is yet to come: Randeep Hooda

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ctor Randeep Hooda, who is getting rave reviews for his portrayal of Sarabjit Singh in Sarbjit, feels that his best role is yet to come.

“I like the process of preparation and rehearsal more than executing and watching it. That is the real life experience, rest is just execution,” he said. The actor also said that he doesn’t aim to just win awards or get fame. “My aim in life is not just to see myself on screen, or get awards, or to be featured in magazines. I am not too materialistic either.”

“It is the life experience I get by involving myself in somebody else’s point of view, and understanding another human being,” he added.

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irector Ali Abbas Zafar says he feels fortunate to work with superstar Salman Khan in the forthcoming film Sultan.

“I think I’m fortunate enough to work with sir (Salman). The most important thing is that when you write a character, you visualize an actor who can pull it through. When we wrote the script, me and Adi (Chopra) were very clear that we will only make this film if sir agrees to do it,” Zafar said at the trailer launch of the film.

Based on wrestling, Sultan is a completely fictional story and it stars Anushka Sharma and Randeep Hooda.

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Big B to host only segment of PM’s bash

She looked fantastic: Abhishek on Aishwarya’s purple pout MUMBAI: Maverick filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, currently waiting for the release of his forthcoming film “Veerappan”, says its making is not about “glorifying a criminal”.

“Veerappan” is based on the dreaded sandalwood smuggler Koose Muniswamy Veerappan. It features how a man-hunt was initiated to kill him.

Congress questions the government’s decision to invite the 73-year-old whose name came up in the Panama Papers controversy IANS, NEW DELHI

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egastar Amitabh Bachchan will not host the celebration of the second anniversary of the Narendra Modi government here, but he will take to the stage briefly to talk about the ‘Beti bachao, Beti padhao’ campaign for

girl education. A source in the know of developments told IANS that Amitabh — a United Nations ambassador for the girl child — will just be speaking on the campaign, which is close to his heart. “It’s just a small segment. But he won’t be hosting the show,” the source said.

Amitabh’s son Abhishek too confirmed this. “He is part of the func-

tion where he is talking about educating a girl child, and that is not a political event,” Abhishek told reporters here.

There has been buzz that Amitabh would host an eight-hour long talk show titled “Zara Muskura Do”, which will have several performances and programmes highlighting the Bharatiya Janata Party gov-

ernment’s achievements till now.

Thereafter, the Congress on Tuesday questioned the government’s decision to invite the 73-year-old whose name came up in the Panama Papers controversy.

The cine icon was quoted by Times Now as saying that it is for the government to decide who to call and who not to call for an event.

Puri to give desi twist to ‘The Angry Birds Movie’ IANS, MUMBAI

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creenwriter Mayur Puri will pen the dialogues of the Hindi version of the upcoming Hollywood film “The Angry Birds Movie”.

Puri, who wrote dialogues of Hindi version of “The Jungle Book” and “Captain America: Civil War”, will be weaving magic to “The Angry Birds Movie” along with co-writers Taranveer Singh and Akshaye Rathi, read a statement. Taking the basic structure of Rovio Entertainment’s eponymous mobile game, the movie brings the game’s action to the big screen in a witty manner.

In the game, angry but cute little birds fight it out with pigs

which have stolen their eggs. It vouches to take the audience back in time, tracing the origin of the battle between the birds and pigs.

“The Angry Birds Movie” is

releasing in India on May 27 in English, Hindi and Tamil.

The film is supported by Jason Sudeikis as Red, Danny McBride as the volatile Bomb, Bill Hader as a

pig, Josh Gad as Chuck, and Peter Dinklage as the Mighty Eagle. It will be distributed by Sony Pictures.

Vivek Krishnani, managing director of Sony Pictures India, shares: “For the Hindi version of ‘The Angry Birds Movie’, we needed story tellers who could trans-create rather than translate and for that we decided to bring on some of the best writing talent in our country.”

“We are happy that Mayur and his team have delivered a supremely entertaining narrative with the right ‘masala’ ingredients to appeal to people of all ages,” said Krishnani. Divya Pathak, director - marketing, Sony Pictures India said: “In fact, we hope people will see value in watching the film in both languages”.

‘Sarbjit’ is a gem S eeing some of the scathing reviews for “Sarbjit”, I was tempted to fish out the early reviews of a film released in 1975 which was condemned by critics for being “loud”, “brash”, “plotless” and “over-dramatic”. That film was Ramesh Sippy’s “Sholay”.

“Sarjbit” is no “Sholay”. Thankfully. But I firmly believe its forceful message on prisoners of politics and its persuasive emotional velocity in the scenes showing the imprisoned man’s sister’s and wife’s suffering, would be acknowledged in retrospect as remnants of a truly remarkable cinematic achievement.

Film: “Sarbjit”; Director: Omung Kumar; Cast: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Randeep Hooda, Richa Chadha; Rating: ****

The sister is played by the helplessly beautiful Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who rises valiantly to confront and embrace the sister Dalbir’s anguished and defiant fight to the end to free her brother.

This is Dalbir’s story, more than Sarabjit Singh’s. And yet it’s also a film that doesn’t spare us Sarabjit’s anguish.

“Sarbjit” is not a film that holds

itself back. It is a stormy rousing chest-thumping epic saga of a sister who rages against the injustice of her brother’s incarceration across the border.

Director Omung Kumar adeptly weaves scenes of family ties and

their rude rupture through a skilful pattern of bright flashbacks and dreadfully pessimistic presenttimes when Sarabjit, locked up in a dingy cell far from home, mourns for the loss of freedom.

The film has tremendous visual

The “Satya” director took to Twitter to say that the movie was made to put “a mirror to how he was allowed to happen in the first place”.

“Making ‘Veerappan’ is not about glorifying a criminal but it’s to put a mirror to how he was allowed to happen in the first place,” Varma tweeted.

The 54-year-old filmmaker shared that the story is a proof of an unpredictable man.

“Story of Veerappan is a proof that just one unpredictable man can overturn an entire existing system. Same is true for Donald Trump too,” he added.

Varma asserted that it is important to study about bad people “like Veerappan because knowledge of how to finish bad people is what which advances society”.

The film stars Sandeep Bharadwaj, Sachiin Joshi, Usha Jadhav and Lisa Ray.

velocity. Whether it’s Randeep’s Sarabjit locked up in a cell large enough to house a rat, or shots of Dalbir strolling forlornly amidst a bloom of yellow flowers, cinematographer Kiran Deohans captures the innermost sanctity of hearts torn asunder by political violence.

The sibling theme is treated with an exacerbated energy by Omung Kumar. The lengthy sequence where the family meets Sarabjit in his dingy prison cell in Lahore is outstanding for using cramped spaces to convey an emotional infinitude.

Later there is another sequence where the sister shares a meal with Sarabjit in the same confined space. The two actors especially Randeep fill that space with a hungering sibling love.

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22 Indians honored with ‘Excellence Awards’

BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO, IL -- Radius Developers presented a gala dinner called the “Building India Excellence Awards, 2016” to recognize the contributions made by South Asian individuals

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have extraordinary people who have done extraordinary work and have set standards and carved a way for the next generation. It is important to recognize those individuals and organizations who have made it possible for our community to thrive here in the US.”

City focusing on Indian news for the Indian American, Indian diaspora and the expatriate audience.

--Bina Murarka, Editor and Content Manager and Ramesh Murarka, President and Publisher received the award for India-

received Building India Excellence Awards, 2016 in film and television category.

--Sridhar Chillara of TV5 and Mana TV received Building India Excellence Awards, 2016 for excellence in language media and journalism.

and organizations who have worked relentlessly in last five decades to build the name and image of India in United States.

The event attended by 300 guests honored 22 people in the presence of chief guest Consulate General of India in the US Riva Ganguly Das and the guest of honor Sanjay Chhabria, managing director, Radius on May 13 at the beautiful Royal Albert Palace in Edison.

In her opening remarks Das said, “I am honored to be part of this esteemed occasion where we are recognizing people for their hard work and commitment. I feel very proud of our South Asian community and feel happy to be a part of it. I congratulate all who have been honored and wish the very best for our fellow community members.”

Spearheaded by Chhabria, Radius is a modern take on Mumbai’s real estate. Team Radius is a blend of professional flair and entrepreneurial passion. Sanjay is a renowned and respected member of Mumbai’s real estate fraternity and Radius is his independent foray into real estate.

Sunil Hali, producer of the event, commented, “India is growing vertically and we need strong leaders. It is about a growing vision and I see that in Sanjay Chhabria. Radius is an amalgamation of transparency, affordability and trust.”

In his welcoming remarks, Hali said, “We

The honorees at the event included: --Manish Patel, BAPS charities for harnessing the efforts and collective spirit of volunteers around the world.

--Uma Mysorekara prominent member of the South Asian Community both in Queens and beyond received Building India Excellence Award, 2016 for community leadership.

--Pam Kwatra received Building India Excellence Award, 2016 on behalf of Late Pandit Ravi Shankar, one of the world’s best and most renowned Sitar Players.

--H.R. Shah, Chairman and CEO receiving Media Excellence Award for T.V Asia. Also received award on behalf of FIA (Federation of Indian Associations-Tri- State) as leading community organization.

--Dr. Jayraman, founder of Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan US, an organization committed to promoting India culture, values and philosophy and enriching the Indian art forms, music, dance, drama, painting and films.

--Dev Viswanath received the award on behalf of Late Dr. B. Viswanath and Satya Viswanath for first South Asian television program in the US “Vision of Asia” and starting ITV Gold as pioneering media.

--Sharanjeet Thind and Jasbir (Jay) Singh received media excellence award on behalf of India Abroad, the first and the largest weekly Indian newspaper published from New York

West, one of the largest and most prestigious Indian weekly for the West Coast.

--Dr. Bharat Barai received the honors for community leadership and organizer of the biggest national reception event for Prime Minister Modi.

--Sneh and Satish Mehtani of the Mehtani Restaurant Group being honored at the Building India Excellence Awards, 2016 as pioneers in the Indian cuisine industry.

--Kamal Arora of the Arora Hospitality Group being honored for taking Indian cuisine to unprecedented heights.

--Dr. Hetal Gor received the Building India Excellence Awards, 2016 on behalf of AAPI (American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin), the national organization representing medical professionals of Indian origin.

--Mafat Patel and Mahindra Patel of Patel Brothers received Building India Excellence Awards, 2016 for excellence in food industry.

--Indian Business Association team members with Dhiren Amin, President receiving Building India Excellence Awards, 2016 for community and business organization.

--Harshad K. Shah received Building India Excellence Awards, 2016 for his vegetarian mission to inspire people to become vegetarian and propagate the benefits of various veg. food under Vegetarian Vision.

--Sukanya Krishnan Indian Born American News Anchor for the PIX morning news

--Sree Srinivasan, Chief Digital officer at the Metropolitan Museum of ART and a technology journalist based in NYC recognized for his contribution to journalism in USA and Canada.

--Dr. Navin Mehta received Building India Excellence Awards, 2016 for CHAALO GUJARAT for excellence in presenting culture and rich heritage of Gujarat.

--Chandra Patel received Building India Excellence Award, 2016 on behalf of AAHOA (Asian American Hotel Owners Association), the largest Hotel Owners Association in the world.

--Piyush Patel, received Building India Excellence Award, 2016 for philanthropy and community leadership.

--Albert Jasani, of Roal Albert Palace receiving Building India Excellence Award, 2016 for philanthropy and community service.

Event production team included Mukesh Kashiwala, Hemant Pandya, Sharad Wala, Manisha Mehta, Shina George, Sushma Sharma and Radhika Uppal. The evening opened with a mesmerizing song by young Yash Kansara and entertainment was provided by Juhi Jagiasi, Anita Krishna, Rakesh Raj, Sarika Kansara, Sumukh Bhatia and Vicky Punjabi. Hospitality support was provided by Royal Albert Palace.

The ceremony concluded with music performances by renowned artists, fashion show and delicious cuisine.

Top 3 spots for Indians National Geographic Bee

BY A STAFF WRITER EFFNER, FL-Indian Americans swept the top three spots at the 2016 National Geographic Bee May 25 in Washington, D.C., with 12-year-old Rishi Nair claiming the top spot.

Nair, of Seffner, Fla., was joined by 14-yearold Saketh Jonnalagadda, of Westford, Mass.; and 12-year-old Hoover, Ala., resident Kapil Nathan in the top three.

The winners of 54 state-level competitions convened in the nation’s capital May 23 for a preliminary round to determine the finalists.

Seven of the 10 finalists who competed for the bee’s ultimate prize were Indian Americans A total of 3 million students from 11,000 schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, U.S. Atlantic and Pacific territories and Department of Defense Dependents Schools took part in the 2016 bee.

A sixth grader at Williams Magnet Middle School, Nair, by winning the 28th annual event, received a $50,000 college scholarship, a lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society and an all-expenses paid trip to Alaska for a Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic eight-day adventure.

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(L-R) Kapil Nathan, Saket Jonnalagadda & Rishi Nair

The expedition will take place aboard the National Geographic Sea Lion, and will include a stop at Glacier Bay National Park, in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service.

For coming in second, Jonnalagadda, an eighth grader at Stony Brook Middle School,

earned a $25,000 college scholarship. Nathan, a sixth grader at Brock’s Gap Intermediate School who was also a top 10 finalists in 2015, earned a $10,000 college scholarship for coming in third.

The final round, moderated by humorist and journalist Mo Rocca, between Nair and Jonnalagadda consisted of seven questions.

The eventual winner got off to an early lead by correctly answering The runner-up failed to answer the first question, but got even when Nair failed to answer “Cape Byron” to the fifth question, “An active lighthouse is located on a cape that is the easternmost point of mainland Australia. Name this cape.”

It then came down to the final question, “A new marine sanctuary will protect sharks and other wildlife around Isla Wolf in which archipelago in the Pacific Ocean?” Nair correctly answered, “Galápagos Islands,” to claim the title.

Nair is just the second Florida-based student to win the National Geography Bee. Palm Harbor, Fla.-based Aadith Moorthy was the first to do so in 2010. Nair is the fifth straight Indian American to win the bee. Rahul Nagvekar in 2012, Sathwik Karnik in 2013, Akhil Rekulapelli in 2014 and Karan Menon in 2015 were the previous four winners.

The seven other finalists, which included Indian Americans Rishi Kumar, 10, of Maryland; Pranay Varada, 13, of Irving, Texas; Samanyu Dixit, 12, of Matthews, N.C.; and Ashwin Sivakumar, 11, of Beaverton, Ore., each won $500 for making it to the top 10.

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PCS steals limelight at Asian American fete

BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO, IL -- The Asian American Coalition of Chicago (AACC), along with the host community, the Chinese Americans of Illinois, joined together in celebrating the 15th Annual Asian American Festival in recognition of May as Asian American & Pacific Islanders Heritage Month at Daley Center Plaza Chicago during May 16-20.

The Asian American communities take turn hosting this event.

Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago (PCS), a long-time AACC partner, and others represented the Indian American Community and also supported the planning and execution of the festival.

PCS participated in the ethnic wear fashion show and also demonstrated the act of turban wrapping at Daley Plaza.

The festival showcased delicious Asianethnic cuisines, and unique Asian American

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Lawsuit to continue against Facebook

BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO, IL -- Indian American Nimesh Patel, along with two other men, all of Chicago, Ill., was allowed by a federal judge in California to continue a class-action lawsuit against Facebook.

Patel, Adam Pezen and Carlo Licata separately sued the Menlo Park, Calif.-based social media company in 2015.

The cases, which allege Facebook was illegally collecting biometric data from people “tagged” in photos posted by other users, and that its use of facial recognition software violates Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act, were escalated in the summer of 2015 to the Northern District of California court and were combined.

The privacy act was enacted in 2008 to regulate how individuals, companies and organizations can collect and use biometric data, which determine a person’s identity based on unique characteristics.

The law states that no private entity can gather and keep a person’s biometric information without notification and written permission from that person. Restricted data include things such as retina and face scans, fingerprints and voiceprints, the Tribune report noted.

None of the three men gave permission to Facebook to gather that information when another user tagged them in a photo. Tagging in photos allows the software to memorize their facial features, leading to prompts suggesting tags in other pictures.

The plaintiffs are asking for $5,000 for each time Facebook intentionally or recklessly obtained their personal information in violation of Illinois law, and $1,000 for each time the company did so negligently, according to the suit cited in the Tribune report.

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merchandise. Also lending additional color to the festivities included lunch hour Asian Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Laotian, Vietnamese,

Indonesian, Thailand, dance performances, music, martial arts, turban wrapping, henna art to name a few.

Yogi Divine Society Mahotsav soon

BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO, IL – The Yogi Divine Society-USA will celebrate Bandhu Beladee Shatabdi Ma h o t s a v a t C o p e r n i c u s Center, Mitchell Kobellnski Theater 5216 W. Lawrence Ave., Chicago, IL 60630 during June 10-12.

The event will mark the upcoming Centennial Birthday Celebrations in Chicago of gurus and founders of the Gunatit Samaj, Guruhari Kakaji Maharaj and Guruhari Pappaji Maharaj.

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Gunatit saints and the celebrations are aimed at furthering the message and mission of Kakaji-Pappaji--that “we all attain Gunatit devotion together.”

The program wil start with a ‘Samuh Mahapooja, followed by Mahatmya Darshan by devotees of Gunatit Samaj, Mahatmya Darshan by saints and sadhaks of Gunatit Samaj and Mahatmya Darshan by women saints of Gunatit Samaj.

After the ‘tribute night’, there will be centennial celebration blessings by Gunatit saints.

‘Muslim’ cabbie attacked

BY A STAFF WRITER RONX, NY -- A Bronx livery cab driver was attacked by two passengers on the night of May 21, one of whom threw him to the ground and threatened to kill him for being Muslim.

Sirajul Islam Khan, a Muslim who has lived in The Bronx for 20 years, picked up a male and female passenger at Bedford Park and Webster Avenue, according to the NYPD. The passengers started punching him in the face at E. Tremont Avenue and Park Avenue around 8:10 pm and stole his iPhone and $170.

Khan got out of the car, but his male assailant got out as well, where he threw Khan to the ground, beat him and said he would kill

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BY A STAFF WRITER EW ORLEANS, LA-Several Indians and Indian Americans are among those indicted for a massive U-Visa and marriage fraud, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations, New Orleans Field Office.

In the 16 count U-Visa fraud indictment, it is alleged that Law Enforcement Certification forms purporting to certify that aliens were victims of certain crimes, were submitted to the US Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS) along with the U-Visa applications.

In order to be eligible for a U-Visa, the alien must have (1) been a victim of a certain crime; (2) suffered mental or physical abuse as a result of the crime; and (3) helped law enforcement officials in the investigation and/or prosecution of the crime.

The indictment alleges that Simpson Lloyd Goodman, a licensed attorney, submitted fraudulent documents to USCIS for the purpose of obtaining U-Visas for other co-defendants. The false documents submitted to USCIS included falsified police reports allegedly prepared by a police officer Ivory Lee Harris of the Jackson Police Department.

In the 16 count marriage fraud indictment, it is alleged that the aliens would enter into marriages between persons

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who were already citizens of the United States solely for the purpose of obtaining immigration status to which the aliens would not otherwise be entitled.

These marriages were not entered into because of mutual love and affection between the parties, but solely to create a legal status that would provide a basis for immigration status for the alien partner and usually for some economic benefit to the United States citizen.

The following defendants have been charged in the U-Visa fraud indictment for their roles in a conspiracy to commit fraud and misuse of visa permits: Sachin Girishkumar Patel, 33, Tarunkumar Purushottambhai Patel, 49,

Simpson Lloyd Goodman, 29, Ivory Lee Harris, 45, Sanjay Rathilal Patel, 35, Maheshkumar Mangaldas Patel, 50, Ashaben Mukeshbhai Patel, 38, Rajan Nareshkumar Patel, 31, Gopaldas Khodabhai Patel, 55, Sachin Khodidas Patel, 27, and Baldevbhai Ramabhai Patel, 34, The maximum penalties for the crimes charged in the indictments are: conspiracy to commit fraud and misuse of visa permits – 5 years in prison and $250,000 fine per count; fraud and misuse of Visa permits – 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine per count; mail fraud – 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine per count; and wire fraud – 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

New Jersey doctors win global contest

BY A STAFF WRITER EWARK, NJ -- For the first time in the contest’s 22-year history, a team of doctors from New Jersey took top prize at ‘Doctor’s Dilemma,’ an international medical Jeopardy-style competition hosted by the American College of Physicians (ACP) each year.

The team of five residents from St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark beat out 50 other teams representing hospitals across the world at the competition held at the ACP’s Internal Medicine meeting in Washington, D.C. from May 5 through 7.

In a release about the victory, Dr. Patrick Alguire, ACP’s senior vice president for medical education, congratulated the team on winning the contest’s top prize, the “Osler Cup” trophy.

To represent New Jersey in the competition, the team competed at the state level in March, and beat out teams from Newark Beth Israel, Atlanticare Health, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, and Saint Barnabas Medical Center.

The international bowl included three rounds of competitive play. In the finals, the doctors faced teams from the

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University of Indiana, the University of Pennsylvania and MedStar Health in Maryland.

The NJ team received a warm welcome when they returned home.

The members of the winning team are: Dr. Ahmad Abuarqoub of Hackensack,

Dr. Amer Hawatmeh of Woodland Park, Dr. Sahitya Posimreddy of Harrison and Dr. Parijat Sen and Dr. Nedal Matani, both of Newark.

In a statement, Dr. Hawatmeh said the team felt ‘honored’ to represent St. Michael’s and New Jersey.

White House recognizes Indian teacher’s award

BY A STAFF WRITER USTIN, TX -- Somner Elementary School teacher Revathi Balakrishnan, 53, the 2016 Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year, was recognized by President Obama for excellence in teaching at a ceremony to announce the National Teacher of the Year award at the White House on May 3.

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Elementary. Last October, Balakrishnan was named 2016 Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year and Texas Teacher of the Year, which made her eligible to compete for the National Teacher of the Year competition.

While she did not win that, Balakrishnan was the sole Texas candidate representing the state in the National Teacher of the Year program.

Balakrishnan has been an educator for nine years, six of which have been at Sommer as a founding staff member.

BY A STAFF WRITER TLANTA, GA -- An Indian American psychiatrist, dubbed by local media as ‘Dr. Death’ for his alleged role in the deaths of 36 patients, has been indicted on three counts of felony murder and 57 charges of unauthorized distribution of controlled substances in the US. Dr. Narendra Nagareddy from Atlanta, Georgia, was arrested in January.

He is being held in a county jail without bound.

The indictment was charged against him on May 18.

“Nagareddy has regularly prescribed excessive amounts of controlled substances for no legitimate medical purpose, resulting in the abuse and diversion of the prescribed controlled substances,” the indictment alleged.

According to the court papers, these drugs were given to patients without presenting previous medical records, MRIs, X-rays, or prescription records.

The indictment alleged that drugs were powerful painkillers that were outside the scope of his practice.

At least 12 patients have died from overdose deaths and another 36 deaths have been directly linked to his practice.

“He became well known to addicts on metro Atlanta’s south side as a doctor that you could score drugs from without a hassle. Nagareddy regularly prescribed Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Fentanyl and Methadone, as well as other highly addictive drugs,” the indictment said.

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IRS scamster dupes woman of $9000

BY A STAFF WRITER ERSEY CITY, NJ -- An Adams County woman was scammed out of $9,000 over the phone by someone claiming she owed back taxes to the federal government, The police said that on May 6, the 28-year-old woman received multiple calls from someone claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service who said the woman actually owed $11,000 in back taxes.

The caller even said an arrest warrant would be issued for the woman and she would go to jail if she did not pay the money.

The woman then went to a Dollar General Store in the Fairfield area and purchased 18 iTunes gift cards, each worth $500, for a total of $9,000.

“The victim called the actor back, scratched off the back of all 18 cards and read the redeem codes to the actor over the phone,” according to a news release from the police.

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Thieves rifle through cars for valuables Man falls at museum, gets $7.25 million

BY A STAFF WRITER LARK TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Clark Township police are hoping the public can help them identify a team of burglars that has been breaking into cars in town.

The department released a video of one of the crimes on its Facebook page that shows the thieves approaching a group of parked cars near Wheatsheaf Drive in the morning hours on May 1.

In the video, it appears that some of the cars were unlocked. The thieves are seen rifling through the cars looking for valuables.

Clark Police Chief Pedro Matos says that this isn’t the first time this has happened in town. He says that the group is experienced.

“It certainly was an organized effort on their part that night,” he says.

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BY A STAFF WRITER HILADELPHIA, PA. -- Lawyers for Phani Guthula, the Indian American engineer who sued after he fell nearly 40 feet through a glass ceiling at a Philadelphia museum, said he has settled for $7.25 million.

Guthula’s attorneys say a settlement was reached on May 6 with the defendants, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the security company, AlliedBarton Security Services.

Guthula said a guard at the Rodin Museum in 2012 told him he could step on the glass to inspect lighting fixtures before he fell.

At the time, the Rodin Museum had recently completed a $9 million renovation. Guthula, then 27 and working as an engineer for ICF International, was conducting an energy audit of the building, which had applied for an energy rebate with Peco.

P Chief Matos says that thieves entered 14 cars on three separate streets. He says that there were several similar incidents last year at the beginning of the summer.

The latest incident occurred somewhere between 5:30 a.m. and 7:15 a

Pakistani arrested on Texas border

BY A STAFF WRITER cALLEN, TX -- An illegal immigrant from Pakistan has been apprehended by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents, and there is suspicion about his motives about entering the US along the Texas border with Mexico, after he lied about his whereabouts to FBI agents.

On May 8, CBP picked up Javaid Muhammad who allegedly admitted to illegally crossing into the US, according to court records filed in McAllen, Texas.

After Muhammad recounted his story to CBP, he provided a different account to the FBI on May 12, leading agents to believe both stories were false.

Muhammad had told the FBI he came

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from Pakistan and had never been to Chile or Ecuador, but agents presented him with an Ecuadorian passport and photos which showed a Chilean residence, at which point the man admitted to lying to CBP officials.

The FBI was in possession of records consisting of photographs and travel records, as well as written accounts from other government agencies, which show that the statements Muhammad made during his interviews by the USBP and the FBI were materially false, fictitious or fraudulent,” a criminal complaint against him reads.

“Muhammad admitted the statement he provided to the USBP was false, and also admitted to lying to the FBI during his interview,” the complaint states.

The man is now also charged with lying

to federal agents.

Last October, the Texas Department of Public Safety director held out a warning that border agents were capturing individuals from countries known to have a terrorism presence. “…Individuals that come across the Texas/ Mexican border from countries with a known terrorism presence and the answer to that is yes,” DPS Director Steven McCraw stated.

“We have individuals that we’ve needed to debrief in Pashto/Dari,” McCraw said at an annual Texas Border Coalition conference, referring to two languages spoken in Afghanistan.

“Not a lot of Pashto and Dari speakers around.”

“But you can’t think about the last attack; you have to think of the next attack and where our vulnerabilities are,” the director added. “So, we’re concerned about that.”

NJ schools have lead in water

BY A STAFF WRITER ESREY CITY, NJ -- In the wake of the disclosure of elevated lead levels in some Newark public schools for the past four years, numerous districts in the Garden State have started testing their water and nearly a dozen have found lead in excess of the federal limit.

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have lead levels over the federal limit of 15 parts per billion, and some school officials have known about the elevated levels since 2012.

Large school districts such as Paterson, Parsippany-Troy Hills and New Brunswick have also reported lead levels exceeding the federal limit. Fourteen out of 45 Paterson public schools were found to have

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However, one Parsippany school, Lake Hiawatha Elementary School, had a water source more than 100 times over the federal limit.

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While conducting the audit, an AlliedBarton security guard gave Guthula access to the museum’s attic area, the lawsuit said. Guthula was required to inspect light fixtures located above a glass-paneled surface, and the guard told him he could step onto the glass. He soon plummeted to the museum floor.

Guthula’s lawsuit had accused the museum and its security company of not protecting him.

In a court filing, AlliedBarton said its security guard had never been properly warned about the safety risks by the museum.

Guthula’s attorneys said he was hospitalized for over a month with injuries including femur, hip, pelvic and rib fractures. Guthula has partially recovered, but walks slowly, and suffers from a lack of energy and an inability to concentrate at times.

Guthula is engaged and plans to marry in the coming months.

Man pleads guilty to grabbing hijab

BY A STAFF WRITER ORTH CAROLINA-A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to a federal misdemeanor charge after authorities say he grabbed a Muslim woman’s hijab on a Southwest Airlines flight in December and pulled it off.

Federal authorities say 37-year-old Gill Parker Payne, of Gastonia, North Carolina, entered the plea last week. He was charged with using force or threat of force to obstruct a Muslim woman in the free exercise of her religious beliefs.

The two were on a 11 December flight from Chicago to Albuquerque when the confrontation happened.

Authorities say Payne approached the woman, who was sitting several rows in front of him, and told her to take off her hijab–an Islamicstyle headscarf–saying, “This is America!” He then removed the hijab from her head.

“No matter one’s faith, all Americans are entitled to peacefully exercise their religious beliefs free from discrimination and violence,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, in a statement.

“Using or threatening force against individuals because of their religion is an affront to the fundamental values of this nation, and the Civil Rights Division will continue to be vigilant in protecting the religious liberties guaranteed to all.

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Asians’ rally calls for more benefits S

BY A STAFF WRITER PRINGFIELD, IL -- The Pan Asian Voter Empowerment (PAVE) Coalition organized its fifth annual Asian American Action Day in Springfield, Illinois on May 17.

Over 400 Asian Americans from across Illinois came to the State Capitol to advocate for issues such as a resolution to the state budget impasse and Automatic Voter Registration, while celebrating the passage of the Illinois Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.

Chants of “People Power!” and “Immigrant Power!” reverberated through the halls of the Capitol during the multi-lingual rally.

Community leaders spoke about the growing Asian American population, and how the community held more power today than it had ever before.

“I know that our communities have power because every day I see immigrant families struggling to learn English, while taking care of their families, while helping their kids with school, and still, still fighting for their rights and

the rights of others,” said Renuka Sharma of Indo American Center in Chicago.

Members of the coalition met with Governor Bruce Rauner, House Speaker Michael Madigan, and members of the House and Senate to call for the passage of a full budget that includes services for immigrants and refugees.

“Language access is a civil right and our community members, our families deserve to have their needs met,” said Michael Aguhar of

the Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment. “That is why the PAVE coalition is fighting for the Immigrant Services Line Item and programs like the Immigrant Family Resource Program.”

For Automatic Voter Registration, members of the coalition met with key legislators to encourage a vote on the bill, which was proposed earlier this year and has been passed by 4 other states.

Consul General hails Hyderabad culture

BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO, IL -- Hyderabad has always remained as a point of convergence of many different cultures, traditions, festivals, and religions that gave it its distinct cosmopolitan character.

The words of praise for the historical Indian city came from Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Consul General of India in Chicago during his inaugural address of the “Celebration of the Glory of Hyderabad” held under the patronage of Consulate General of India in Chicago, on May 15 at Shalimar Banquets, 280 W. North Ave. Addison, IL. He also said that Hyderabad’s lingua franca, ‘Dakhini’, was a unique blend of several languages, typifying the true plural character of the city, where people belonging to different castes, creed, and religions live in peace and harmony and participate in each other’s festivals with enthusiasm.

Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Foundation, Hyderabad presented two internationally-

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Library displays Sikh warriors’ photos

BY A STAFF WRITER CHAUMBURG, IL -- A window display of pictures of Sikh soldiers from World Wars I & II is proudly being displayed at Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 S Roselle Road, Schaumburg, IL 60193.

The display has been on from May 1 and it will stay until May 30. The public is invited to see, enjoy and learn about Sikh history from the display.

“We have been organizing this display in Schaumburg Library during the month of May Since 2012, because Memorial Day is on the last Monday of the month of May. It falls on May 30 this year,” said Sarwan Singh Raju, the curator of the display.

Sikh Soldiers who gallantly fought and sacrificed their lives for the success of the Allies in World Wars I & II were part of British-India Army bravely fighting for the allies in France, Belgium, Italy, Israel and many other battle fronts.

In the two world wars, 83,005 Sikh soldiers died and 109,045 were wounded while fighting for the Allied forces.

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acclaimed plays, namely, “Spaces: Story of Hyderabadi Haveli” and “Quli: Dilon ka Shahzaada”.

The male lead actor, Padma Shri Mohammed Ali Baig, and the female lead actress, Noor Baig, stole the thunder by their explosive performances.

The Siasat Urdu Daily, Hyderabad, showcased hundreds of art pieces of the

calligraphy made by artists from India, as a part of the Urdu and Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition.

The crowning glory of the event was a qawwali program considering the fact that it has been a powerful part of the rich culture of Hyderabad. Riaz Qawwal and his party, who came from Houston exclusively for the event, delighted audience, beyond tier expectations, by presenting popular qawwalis.

ATA Convention team calls on Ambassador

[LtoR] Dinakar Karumuri, Dr. Meher Medhavaram, Bhanu Swargam, Keerthi Ravoori, Krishna Mushyam, Chandrasekhar Reddy Palvai, Chalma Reddy, Radakrishna Reddy, Sainath Reddy & Iftekhar Shareef

BY A STAFF WRITER OSEMONT, IL – The American Telugu Association (ATA) has called on Ambassador Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Consul General of India in Chicago, to formally invite him to serve as the honored guest and a key note speaker at the 3-day ATA Convention to be held on July 1-3 in Rosemont, Illinois.

Dr. Sayeed expressed enthusiastic interest in participating in the ATA convention and assured ATA leaders that he looked forward to the grand silver jubilee celebrations which he said augured well in fostering brotherhood and a sense of oneness among the Indian American community.

Chandrasekhar Reddy Palvai, convention convener, presenting the letter of invitation appraised the Ambassador of the industrious

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efforts being undertaken to host the ATA Convention which he said was poised to bring in an unprecedented attendance of Telugus from all across the globe including India.

Keerthi Kumar Ravoori, Convention Media Chair has added that a huge contingent of media press corps is expected to descend in Chicago for the convention as this is the first time that the convention is evoking much larger interest among the burgeoning Telugu communities in America.

In another development, American Telugu Association continued its Convention Registration Drive in partnership with Telugu Sangham in Quad City region covering Iowa and Illinois. This registration drive drew large number of families demonstrably showing ardent desire by actively registering for the convention.

“Automatic Voter Registration will benefit the Asian American voters across Illinois,” said Selma D’Souza of Indo American Center. “We want Automatic Voter Registration because it simplifies the voter registration process, and empowers our community by removing another barrier that often stands between us and participating in this democracy.”

Members of the PAVE Coalition include Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago, Cambodian Association of Illinois, Chinese American Service League, Chinese Mutual Aid Association, Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community, Hamdard Center for Health and Human Services and Indo‐American Center.

Other coalition members are Japanese American Service Committee, Korean American Community Services, Korean American Resource and Cultural Center, Lao American Community Service, Lao American Organization of Elgin and Muslim Women Resource Center.

Senate nod for Indian VC Deven Parekh

Deven Parekh

BY A STAFF WRITER ASHINGTON, DC -- Nearly two years after President Barack Obama nominated global venture capitalist (VC) Deven Parekh to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) board of directors, the Senate confirmed him to the post.

Obama had nominated Parekh, 46, for the board position at OPIC on August. 28, 2014.

OPIC is the US government’s development finance institution which mobilizes private capital to help solve critical development challenges and help advance US foreign policy.

Parekh is a managing director at New York-based venture capital firm Insight Venture Partners. The Indian American VC has been with the company since 2001.

Parekh has also been a principal at Berenson Minella & Company, a New York-based merchant banking firm, and worked on mergers and acquisitions for the Blackstone Group.

The appointment to OPIC is Parekh’s second position within the US government, having served as a member of the Technical Advisory Council of the Federal Communications Commission since 2011.

He also served as a member of the advisory board of the US Export-Import Bank, the official export credit agent of the United States.

Parekh is a member of the board of Publicolor, serving as its Chair from 2007 to 2012. Additionally, he is a treasurer and member of the Board of Governors of the National Academy Museum, a member of the board of the Tisch MS Research Center of New York, a member of the Greater NY Partnership and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Economic Club of New York.

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he average age at which a child can get his or her first smartphone has now come down to 10.3 years, media said on Friday.

While the usage of tablets has surged from 26 percent to 55 percent as the kids’ device of choice, smartphones are trailing at 45 percent but rising from 39 percent in 2012, technology website TechCrunch reported.

The findings The report is based on of the study also data from Influence Censhowed that kids’ tral -- a US based marketaccess to internet ing agency which revealed via their own the way children are using technology in the present laptop or tablet times. has increased by The findings also 64 percent showed that kids’ access to compared to just internet via their own lap42 percent in top or tablet has increased by 2012 64 percent compared to just 42 used to percent in 2012 access the internet from a room At 11.4 years, 39 percent of kids were found to have a social media shared with the family -- however, account, while 11 percent got a the number has dropped to 76 persocial media account when they cent today. were younger than 10.

Currently, 24 percent have “priIn 2012, 85 percent children vate” access from their bedrooms

Healthy lifestyle can help you live cancer-free NEW YORK: Just adopting a healthy lifestyle by refraining from drinking alcohol and smoking, maintaining a healthy body weight and exercising regularly can help you keep deadly cancer at bay, new research reaffirms.

About 20-40 percent of cancer cases could potentially be prevented through modifications to adopt a healthy lifestyle, the study found.

A large proportion of cancer cases and deaths can be prevented if people quit smoking, avoided heavy

drinking, maintained a body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 and 27.5, and got moderate weekly exercise for at least 150 minutes or vigorous exercise for at least 75 minutes, the study said.

The team from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, conducted the study that included 89,571 women and 46,399 men.

Individuals who met all four criteria were considered low risk and everyone else was high risk, the researchers advised.

Thee estimated that about 20 percent to 40 percent of cancer cases and about half of cancer deaths could potentially be prevented through modifications to adopt the healthy lifestyle pattern of the low-risk group.

as compared to 15 percent in 2012.

“The study was focused on children’s smartphone ownership,” Stacy DeBroff, CEO and founder of Influence Central was quoted as saying. Unlike in the past where mobile phones were used by kids

to connect with their parents, in the present times, they are increasingly used for a host of other activities like games, she added.

The data comes from the agency’s larger ongoing study of about 500 women and their buying habits across the US.

LONDON: In this scorching heat, chilled beer is what comes to your rescue but what if it has gone stale, threatening to spoil your party? No worries as now there is a smartphone app that can tell you if your beer is fresh to be gulped down tonight.

Chemists from the Complutense University of Madrid have developed a method that allows brewers to measure the freshness of beer by using a polymer sensor that changes color upon detecting furfural - a compound that appears when this beverage ages and gives it a stale flavor.

The sensor can be controlled from a smartphone app.

The team has also created a mobile app for Android smartphones that, by taking a picture of the sensor disc, allows for the identification of the amount of furfural present in the beer.

The app is available as open source and any programmer can utilise and modify it to be used on other platforms.

Hooked to selfies? See your self in normal photo first IANS, TORONTO

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f you are never tired of posting selfies on Facebook and Instagram, it is time to sit back and look at your face carefully. According to the researchers, most people who post regular selfies are not attractive and overestimate their beauty which may make them narcissists. According to the team from University of Toronto, participants ranked frequent selfie takers as less attractive and less likeable compared to those who did not go overboard with self-portraits.

To reach this conclusion, the team led by Daniel Re analysed selfie-taking habits of 198 college students.

Selfie lovers were asked to take selfies and were then photographed by one of the team members.

Now, the researchers had selfies and normal pictures of the participants to analyse, www.psypost.org reported. “Both groups, the habitual selfie-takers and non-selfie-takers, showed self-favoring bias by thinking that they would be seen as more attractive and more likeable in their photos than they were

actually seen by the independent raters,” the report added.

The selfie-takers overestimated themselves significantly more in the study published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science. Both groups’ selfies were rated as less attractive than the experimenter-taken photos by the independent raters.

“They also thought the selfietakers looked significantly more narcissistic than the non-selfie-takers on the basis of their selfies,” the report added.

According to the team, frequent selfie taking may increase people’s susceptibility to self-favoring bias causing them to overestimate the attractiveness of their photos.

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Cancer is fast spreading in India and nearly 3.5 lakh women face deaths owing to cancer each year RACHEL V THOMAS, NEW DELHI

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t a time when cancer is fast spreading its tentacles globally owing to genetic, environment and lifestyle factors, India is also witnessing a steep rise in cancer cases and significantly, more and more women are falling prey to the emperor of all maladies, top health care providers stress.

According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) which is part of the US Department of Health and Human Ser‘From 12.5 vices (USDHHS), every 13th new canlakh new cancer cer patient in the patients each due to sleep world is an Indian year in India, loss, lack of and breast, cervical exercise, and oral cancers top over seven lakh wrong eating the list in the country. are women’ habits, work-relat“Out of 12.5 lakh ed stress, smoking (1.25 million) new cancer and alcohol abuse are patients each year in India, over seven lakh are women,” says Dr some of the key reasons behind high (Col) Ranga Rao Rangaraju, direc- mortality rates among women with tor (oncology services) at Max Super cancer.

Specialty Hospital in the capital.

“Our sedentary lifestyle is the first “Nearly 3.5 lakh women face thing to be blamed,” adds Dr deaths owing to cancer each year Sandeep Batra, senior consultant and the figure is likely to go up to (medical oncology) at BLK Super 4.5 lakh by 2025,” Dr Rangaraju Specialty Hospital. told IANS. Focused on professional life, Imbalance in the circadian clock urban women end up in late mar-

Mom’s voice activates many regions in children’s brain NEW YORK: The mother’s voice can lighten up and engage the child’s brain far more than the voices of women they do not know, say researchers including an Indian-origin scientist.

The findings showed that brain regions that respond more strongly to the mother’s voice extend beyond regions of hearing.

It included regions of emotion and reward processing, social functions, detection of what is personally relevant and face recognition.

“Many of our social, language and emotional processes are learned by listening to our mom’s voice,” said lead author Daniel Abrams from Stanford University in the US. “We wanted to know: Is it just auditory and voice-selective areas that respond differently, or is it more

broad in terms of engagement, emotional reactivity and detection of salient stimuli,” added Vinod Menon, professor at Stanford University.

The team examined 24 children ages 7 to 12. None had any developmental disorders, and were raised by their biological mothers.

The results revealed that the children could identify their own mother with 97 percent accuracy, even after listening to recordings.

Run barefoot to boost brain IANS, NEW YORK

riages and child bearing. Some of them opt for hormone replacement therapies which further increases the risk of cancer.

Therapies, like controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) -- the hormone treatment required for in vitro fertilisation (IVF) -- must be avoided as it increases estrogen and progesterone levels which has been suspected to increase breast cancer risk.

The lifestyle problems have contributed to breast, ovarian and cervix uteri cancers among women, says the ‘Globocan’ project study conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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unning barefoot is better than running with shoes for your working memory which refers to our ability to recall and process information, according to a study.

“Working memory is increasingly recognized as a crucial cognitive skill, and these findings are great news for people looking for a fun way to boost their working memory,” said Tracy Alloway from University of North Florida in the US. The researchers enlisted 72 participants between the ages of 18

and 44, who ran both barefoot and with shoes on at a comfortable, self-selected pace for about 16 minutes.

The results revealed a significant increase -- approximately 16 percent -in working memory performance in the barefoot-running condition.

“If we take off our shoes and go for a run, we can finish smarter than when we started,” added another researcher Ross Alloway.

When running barefoot, one often has to avoid stepping on potentially hurtful objects by using precise foot placement.

Cheers! Red wine can offset effects of high fat diet IANS, NEW YORK

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iving red wine lovers a new reason to celebrate, researchers have found that an compound in this drink could help counteract the negative impact of high fat/high sugar diets.

The findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Physiology, point to the health benefit of resveratrol, which occurs naturally in blueberries, raspberries, mulberries, grape skins and consequently in red wine.

For the study, J.P. Hyatt from Georgetown University and his team fed a control group of rhesus mon-

keys a healthy diet and another group a high fat/high sugar diet, half of which also received a resveratrol supplement and half did not.

Three types of muscles were examined: a “slow” muscle, a “fast” muscle and a “mixed” muscle. The study showed that each muscle responded differently to the diet and to the addition of resveratrol.

Of the three lower hind leg muscles analysed for this study, the soleus was the most effected by the high fat/high sugar diet and also most effected by the resveratrol supplements. This may be partially due to the fact that, on a daily basis, it is used much more than

the other two muscles.

The plantaris muscle, a 5-10 cm long muscle along the back of the calf, did not have a negative response to the high fat/high sugar diet, but it did have a positive response to the addition of resveratrol. The third muscle was not affected by the diet or addition of resveratrol.

While these results are encouraging and there might be a temptation to continue eating a high fat/high sugar diet and simply add a glass of red wine or a cup of fruit to one’s daily consumption, the researchers stressed the importance of a healthy diet.

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