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BY A STAFF WRITER ONG ISLAND, NY -- Supervisor Anthony Santino, Town Clerk Nasrin Ahmad and the entire H e m p s t e a d To w n B o a r d welcomed the Indian American Forum, local Indian-American residents and outstanding performers and speakers during the town’s celebration of India Republic Day. The cultural event commemorated the anniversary of India becoming a republic after declaring independence from British rule. It was the largest event of its kind on Long Island. “The Town of Hempstead is honored to host a joyous celebration of India Republic Day, and we thank the many Indian-American neighbors who came out to support this wonderful event”, said Santino. He presented the prestigious Town of Hempstead India Republic Day Award to Neeta Bhasin and Sunita Manjrekar for their decades of hard work and dedication to the local Indian-American community. Neeta is the founder of ASB Communications, a full-service international multicultural advertising and marketing organization. She also established Event Guru Worldwide, which
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with the Ram temple issue, adding their own dash of drama. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has entered the fray, using peppery like “Jo baap ka Indian linked to drugsentences trade brought to US na hua, wo aap ka kya hoga”. And, the reference to Akhilesh Yadav is not at all missed. Meanwhile, the 43-year-old Chief Minister, knowing the risk of alienating his father’s supporters, has been invoking Mulayam’s legacy in places of Yadav dominance: Etah, (L-R) Baktash Akasha Abdalla, Vijaygiri Auraiyya, Goswami, Hathras. Gulam Hussein & Anandgiri Television Ibrahim Akashaactor-turned-politician Abdalla Smriti Zubin Irani added to the heady for cocktail Lucknow. Asked Two arrested Indian’sin murder to comment on BJP leader Vinay Katiyar’s sexist remark on Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, she snapped back at the scribe, asked him to come to the While plenty of rallies take place in the state, the action has begun in UP with leaders hard-selling their parties to voters. front row. She handed him her From left, BJP’s Narendra Modi, SP’s Akhilesh Yadav, Congress’s Rahul Gandhi and BSP’s Mayawati. mobile phone and asked him to read many without electricity. Yadav is at the forefront of taking on to-size as a mentor of the Samajwa- out loud a message on a social netUnion ministers Kalraj Mishra, Modi with crisp one liners. di Party he founded, may be aging working site. Rajnath Singh, Piyush Goel, Smriti Shivpal Yadav, once the tallest of but many are wondering what his The journalist turned red. The Irani, V.K. Singh, Ravi Shankar state ministers but now pushed to next move would be. combative Union minister said Prasad and Mukhtaar Abbas Naqvi the sidelines by his nephew and So, if the 78-year-old one day spat Priyanka’s husband Robert Vadra have been hopping from one city to Chief Minister, is leading the emo- on the Congress-Samajwadi alliance, had made a remark about her and another. Modi’s digs at his oppo- tional brigade with his passionate the next day he sobered down saying got no criticism from Priyanka nents have sparked terse responses. off-and-on appeals on how some he will campaign for the coalition as Gandhi or any other Congressman. Modi’s action-packed speeches are people (Akhilesh) get everything by it was stitched up by his son. The first phase of the Uttar being responded to by regional luck and legacy while some slog it Gorakhpur’s firebrand MP Pradesh polls is due on February 11, Mahant Adityanath and other saf- while campaigning for six satraps in their own ways. Egged on out but get nothing (himself). by social media workers, Akhilesh Mulayam Singh Yadav, now cut- fron-robed leaders are pitching in others is yet to begin. BY A STAFF WRITER EW YORK, NY — An Indianorigin man who was allegedly a member of an international gang that trafficked drugs from the Pakistan-Afghanistan region, was caught in Kenya and brought to the US to face narcotics charges, New York federal prosecutor Preet Bharara said. Vijaygiri Goswami and three others “ran a Kenyan drug trafficking organization with global ambitions,” the Indian American prosecutor said January 31. “For their alleged distribution of literally tons of narcotics--heroin and methamphetamine--around the globe, including to America, they will now face justice in a New York federal court,” Bharara said. The prosecution’s account of the 2014 operation to bring down the gang known as the “Akasha Organization” sounds like a thriller with undercover operatives who pretended to be South American drug dealers to infiltrate it and used Skype to communicate.
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The ceremony, which was co-sponsored by the Indian American Forum, also offered many cultural features, including a number of traditional Indian songs and dances. Akbar Restaurant provided Indian delicacies for attendees to enjoy after the ceremony.
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BY A STAFF WRITER ODESTO, CA -- One block from the location where 39-year-old Kalpesh ‘ Kal’ Patel was shot the night of January 27, Modesto Police Department homicide detectives on February 1morning searched the home of one of the men suspected in his death. Patel died after he was shot on Ortega Drive on January 27 night. He was found on the sidewalk and taken to a nearby hospital, where he died. The shooter left the area before officers got to the scene, according to Heather Graves, spokeswoman for the Modesto
(L-R) Baktash Akasha Abdalla, Vijaygiri Anandgiri Goswami, Gulam Hussein & Ibrahim Akasha Abdalla
They code-named heroin “chickens” and touted its quality as “diamond.” The operatives, described as “confidential sources,” were working under the direction of the US Drug Enforcement Agency. Baktash Akasha Abdalla, Ibrahim Akasha Abdalla, Gulam Hussein and Goswami, who
also called himself Vijay and Vicky, were arrested in Mombasa, Kenya, in November 2014, at the request of the US government, and finally brought to New York on January 30. The four were charged with narcotics offenses.
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about 11 hours prior during a traffic stop in downtown Modesto. From Lopez’s home on Ortega Drive, one can see the memorial of balloons, candles and flowers erected for Patel on the sidewalk where he was found bleeding on the ground. Lopez’s co-defendant, 21-year-old Salvador Junior Gallegos, was arrested on January 30 at a home at which he had been staying on Chester Drive in Modesto. Both men appeared in Stanislaus Superior Court on February 1on charges of murder and conspiracy. Their arraignment is to continue till February 9, giving defense attorneys time to determine if they have a conflict of interest.
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