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Texas deaths: US probes IS role White House says investigators have been unable to fix role of IS outfit behind the attack ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON

Washington can’t confirm IS involvement

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n what was probably the first such attack on American soil, two gunmen opened fire outside the venue of a controversial cartoon contest on Prophet Mohammed in Texas on May 3, only to be killed themselves as police returned fire.

None of the approximately 200 people attending the event billed as the “Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest” in Garland, northeast of Dallas, were hurt in the attack for which Islamic State militants are reported to have claimed responsibility.

Citing a federal law enforcement source, one of the suspects was identified by CNN as Elton Simpson, a resident of Phoenix, Arizona, who was convicted in 2011 of a terror-related charge.

Simpson is believed to have sent a tweet before the attack that read, in

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Around 200 people attending the event billed as the “Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest” in Garland, northeast of Dallas, were unhurt.

part, “May Allah accept us as mujahideen,” the source cited by CNN said. It bore the hashtag #texasattack. FBI agents raided Simpson’s home in Phoenix on May 4 morning. They are working to collect evidence, CNN said citing FBI. FBI and local officials in Garland

were also checking the gunmen’s vehicle for explosives, and the area around the venue was blocked off.

The attack bears similarities to attacks this year on events in France and Denmark featuring images of Prophet Mohammed, which Muslims believe are blasphemous.

WASHINGTON: The White House has said that investigators have been unable to determine if the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization was behind the attack last weekend on a Texas exhibit of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, despite the claim of responsibility IS issued via its Internet radio station.

“Too early to tell,” was White House press secretary Josh Earnest’s response on May 5 when asked whether the two assailants — who died in the attack — had any connection to IS, reports Efe. The two gunmen were Arizona residents, and one of them had been investigated in the past for links to terrorism.

Sense of unfairness’ behind protests across US: Obama ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON

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WASHINGTON: Despite questions about the Clinton Foundation and her use of private e-mail as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton starts her second presidential bid as a Democratic favorite, while no frontrunner has emerged among the Republicans.

Americans now view the former First Lady more favorably and as a stronger leader than they did earlier in the year, despite weeks of scrutiny about her ethics, a New York Times/CBS News poll has found.

While nearly nine in 10 Democrats say the nation is ready to elect a female president, there is no clear choice among the growing list of candidates for the Republican nomination, the poll found. More than half the voters don’t know enough about Louisiana’s Indian-American Governor Bobby Jindal, who has been toying with the idea of running, but has not yet thrown his hat into the ring formally.

With 85 percent of Democratic voters considering voting for Clinton — similar to March — she continues to be the top candidate for the Democratic nomination for president.

The keynote speaker at the event, organized by the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), was right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders, who was placed on an Al Qaeda hit list.

According to police, two men drove up to the Curtis Culwell Centre in Garland, got out of their car and began shooting just as the contest inside was ending around 7 p.m. An unarmed security guard, Bruce Joiner, was shot in the ankle.

Garland police, who were helping with security, fired back, killing both gunmen. The incident event invited cartoonists to send in caricatures of Prophet Mohammed.

The group said it received more than 350 submissions. The winning entry was to get $10,000.

The following month, a gathering of free speech activists in the Danish capital Copenhagen was targeted by a gunman, killing a film director.

“sense of unfairness and powerlessness” has helped to fuel protests across America that have occurred after the deaths of black men at the hands of police, according to President Barack Obama.

“By almost every measure, the life chances of the average young man of color is worse than his peers,” he said on May 4 at the launch of the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, a non-profit foundation, in New York City.

The new initiative builds on “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative launched in 2014 in an effort to help unlock the potential of young men and boys of color, particularly those who were at risk of falling

US President Barack Obama out of school and the workforce.

“Those opportunity gaps begin early, often at birth, and they compound over time, becoming harder and harder to bridge, making too

many young men and women feel like no matter how hard they try, they may never achieve their dreams,” Obama said.

“And that sense of unfairness

and of powerlessness, of people not hearing their voices, that’s helped fuel some of the protests we’ve seen in places like Baltimore and Ferguson and right here in New York,” he said.

The protests were catalyzed by “a feeling that law is not always applied evenly in this country,” Obama said pointing to statistics that show men and boys who are black and Latino are treated differently in law enforcement stops, arrests, charges and incarcerations.

Obama said: “In every community in America there are young people with incredible drive and talent and they just don’t have the same kinds of chances that somebody like me had. They’re just as talented as me, just as smart, but they don’t get a chance.”

Being black in America: A community in crisis ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON

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ven with an African-American president in the White House, it’s a still a hard day’s life for the blacks 150 years after Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and 50 years after two landmark legislations outlawed racial discrimination. With a population of 45 million, blacks make up about 14 percent of the total US population of about 320 million, but they have a much smaller share of the nation’s economic pie.

Though from the first AfricanAmerican President Barack Obama down, a handful of blacks have made it to a few high places, a majority of them are still far less educated and engaged in low paying jobs. The annual median income of black households in 2013 was $34,598, compared with the nation at $51,939.

Though 83.7 percent of blacks 25 and over had a high school diploma or higher in 2013, only 19.3 percent of this group had a bachelor’s degree or higher.

The blacks constitute 14 percent of the total US population of 320 million.

And as the influential New York Times recently reported “AfricanAmerican men have long been more likely to be locked up and more likely to die young” leaving what it called some 1.5 million missing black men in the US.

Before Baltimore, a city of 600,000, about two thirds of them black, erupted in riots and violence last week over the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man in police custody, US had witnessed a spate of protests over such incidents.

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Modi wields soft power to befriend the Chinese Modi is aware that power comes from attraction, and has been using it effectively through social media as a means of soft-power

BJP plans to counter opposition onslaught NEW DELHI: In a move to counter opposition parties’ attack against the Modi government, the BJP is planning a major outreach program involving its ministers and MPs. According to party insiders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed all his ministers and BJP parliamentarians to visit their Lok Sabha constituencies and adopted villages, soon after the budget session of parliament ends on May 8. The National Democratic Alliance government completes its first year in office on May 26.

BJP’s South Delhi MP Ramesh Bidhuri told IANS: “We have been asked to visit our constituencies after the budget session. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has been spreading misinformation against the government and we will aim to counter this.”

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head of his visit to China — from May 14 to 16 —India’s social-media friendly Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined the Chinese social media platform Weibo to connect with Chinese citizens.

Sina Weibo is the largest Chinese micro-blogging site with over 140 million monthly active users, and China, with 1.29 billion subscribers, has more cellular phone users than any other country. India has 960 million subscribers.

With more than 12 million Twitter followers and 28 million Facebook page likes, Modi is the second most followed political leader on social media, after US

President Barack Obama (58 million Twitter followers and 43 million Facebook page likes).

Political leaders globally are aware that power comes from attraction, and have been using it effectively through social media as a means of soft-power, a term coined in 1990 by Joseph Nye, an

American political scientist.

Soft-power is defined as “getting others to want the outcomes that you want – co-opt people rather than coerce them”, according to Nye. In other words, it is an attractive power or the ability to attract that leads to acquiescence.

Public diplomacy through social

media is an emerging modern day foreign policy tool, largely influenced and guided as means of projecting soft power. Social media has come to the forefront as a means of political activism around the world in recent times.

Former Indonesian president Sushilo Bambang Yudhoyono follows Obama and Modi in the third position with more than 7 million Twitter followers.

The ministers have also been asked to spend at least one day between May 12 and 30 in the village each has adopted under the government’s Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna (SAGY), a party official told IANS. Modi too is expected to visit his adopted village, Jayapur, in his Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi.

The decision to start this campaign has been taken following the opposition’s attack on the government, and its bid to paint the government as anti-poor and pro-corporate.

Modi joined Instagram in November 2014, and within hours of posting his first picture, the account had nearly 38,000 followers. He gathered more than 443,000 followers in less than five months.

IndiaSpend has reported how Twitter influenced Indian politics, particularly the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, which saw a large social media influence on voting.

US landscape architects designing change for women in India ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON

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heir mantra is to strike a balance between the built and natural environments, but an American landscape architect is using that very thinking to provide to sex workers in India new careers in textile and design production.

Called ‘Anchal’ or “the edge of a sari used to provide comfort and protection for loved ones”, it is the brainchild of Colleen Clines, who co-founded the unique project with three fellow classmates after a trip to India during her time in graduate school.

Her landscape architecture training gives Anchal a uniquely creative approach to all aspects of the organization, from the business model to the textiles produced in India, says Clines from the Kentucky chapter of American Society of

An Anchal workshop underway in Ajmer, Rajasthan.

Landscape Architects (ASLA).

Mainly working in Ajmer, Rajasthan, in partnership with Indian NGO Vatsalya, Anchal plans to expand the programme to encompass a holistic textile centre where all aspects of the products are

met. It also plans to replicate this model in other cities. “Design can become the tool for sustainable solutions to gender inequality, social injustice and environmental degradation,” Clines told IANS, explaining how an understanding

of urban systems can be applied to complicated social systems.

The Indian NGO looks at entrepreneurial opportunities for commercial sex workers. Anchal meets this need by providing seed funding, design training, education workshops and access to the U.S. market, she said.

“In exchange, our partners recruit Anchal artisans and manage operations,” Clines said. “More importantly, they offer the women a community of support, health programmes, counselling and local leadership that builds trust with a vulnerable population.”

“Together we offer a unique program unmatched in its ability to create life-changing opportunities for exploited women in India,” she said. “We teach artisans not only how to sew but also how to apply design thinking to problem solving and creativity,” Clines said pointing

to how textiles created by these women are sold online and in stores such as Urban Outfitters. S Since its inception in 2009, Anchal has supported 107 artisans and indirectly impacted over 428 additional family members, Clines said. The impact is most evident in their economic growth, education, leadership and a new sense of personal self-worth and communal empowerment, she said.

Anchal also acknowledges design training as an invaluable life skill and entrepreneurial opportunity.

The importance of the landscape architect’s role is more apparent in Anchal’s project, dyeScape, a network of small-scale dye gardens in West Louisville, Kentucky, that would provide natural dyes for these women to use in their work.

“The vision is to create a crossculture dialogue and collection of products created in India and U.S.”

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US has given Pakistan arms worth $5.4 bn since 2001 to check terror, says a new report ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON

Major defense supplies under FMF

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ince the September 11, 2001 terror attack, the US has given Pakistan arms worth about $5.4 billion for counter-terrorism operations, along with many “big ticket” platforms more suited to conventional warfare. Sales of F-16 combat aircraft and related equipment account for nearly half of these Foreign Military Sales agreements with Pakistan, according to a report by Congressional Research Service for lawmakers.

India has time and again opposed the sale of such equipment to Pakistan as it apprehends that Islamabad may eventually use them against India.

In dollar value terms, the bulk of purchases have been made with Pakistani national funds, although U.S. grants have eclipsed these in recent years, CRS said.

Congress, it noted, has appropriated about $3.6 billion in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for Pak-

India has time and again opposed the sale of such equipment to Pakistan as it apprehends that Islamabad may eventually use them against India.

istan since 2001, more than twothirds of which has been disbursed.

These funds are used to purchase U.S. military equipment for longer-term modernization efforts.

Pakistan also has been granted US defense supplies as Excess Defense Articles (EDA).

In April 2015, the State Department approved a possible $952 million FMS deal with Pakistan for

15 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters and 1,000 Hellfire II missiles, along with helicopter engines, avionics, training, and support.

The US has provided 4 Mi-17 multirole helicopters, 4 King Air 350 surveillance aircraft, 450 vehicles for the Frontier Corps and 20 Buffalo explosives detection and disposal vehicles, the CRS report further said.

n Eight P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft and their refurbishment (valued at $474 million, four delivered, three of which were destroyed in militant attack); n At least 5,750 military radio sets ($212 million); n 2,007 TOW anti-armor missiles ($186 million); n Six AN/TPS-77 surveillance radars ($100 million); n Six C-130E Hercules transport aircraft and their refurbishment ($76 million); n Perry-class missile frigate USS McInerney, via special EDA authorization ($65 million for refurbishment; now the PNS Alamgir); n 20 AH-1F Cobra attack helicopters via EDA ($48 million for refurbishment, 12 delivered); and n 15 Scan Eagle reconnaissance UAV ($30 million). nSupplies paid for with a mix of Pakistani national funds and FMF:

n 60 Mid-Life Update kits for F-16A/B combat aircraft (valued at $891 million, with $477 million of this in FMF; Pakistan has purchased n 45 such kits, (with all upgrades completed to date); and n 115 M-109 self-propelled howitzers ($87 million, with $53 million in FMF). n Notable items paid or to be paid for entirely with Pakistani national funds include: n 18 new F-16C/D Block 52 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft (valued at $1.43 billion); n F-16 armaments including 500 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles; 1,450 2,000-pound bombs; 500 JDAM Tail Kits for gravity bombs; and 1,600 Enhanced Paveway laserguided kits, also for gravity bombs ($629 million); n 100 Harpoon anti-ship missiles ($298 million); n 500 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles.

US bounty on 4 key IS figures Dunford new chairman of US Joint Chiefs of Staff IANS, WASHINGTON IANS, WASHINGTON

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he US administration has posted a bounty of $20 million for information on four key figures of the Islamic State (IS), an extremist group it is fighting in Iraq and Syria.

The State Department is seeking tips that can lead to the arrest of Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli, Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili and Tariq Bin-al-Tahar Bin al Falih alAwni al-Harzi. Al-Qaduli, once a deputy to the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, rejoined the IS following his release

Lakhvi seeks exemption ISLAMABAD: Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi has requested a Pakistan court to exempt him from personal appearance citing security reasons, media reported on May 5.

An Anti-Terrorism Lakhvi Court (ATC) resumed trial in the case on May 6, Dawn online reported.

ATC Judge Sohail Ikram on May 4 issued notices to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) seeking reply on militant leader’s plea by May 6.

from prison in early 2012 and is operating from Syria, Xinhua cited the State Department as saying.

Al-Adnani is the group’s official spokesman, Batirashvili is serving as a senior commander, while al-Harzi is the leader for the border region between Syria and Turkey and chief of its suicide bombers.

S President Barack Obama on May 5 nominated Marine General Joseph Dunford as the next chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Praising Dunford as one of American military’s “most highly regarded strategic thinkers”, Obama emphasized General Dunford’s role in ending the US combat operations in Afghanistan.

“Under his steady hand, we’ve achieved key milestones, including the transition to Afghan responsibility for security, historic Afghan elections, and the drawdown of US forces,” Obama said.

Joseph Dunford

Dunford began his career as an infantry officer. As a widelyrespected commander in the US

who led the Afghanistan war coalition during 2013-2014, he will succeed Army General Martin Dempsey, who is retiring this year as the top military advisor to Obama and Defense Secretary Ashton Carter.

If confirmed, General Dunford would be the second Marine officer to hold the top military job.

Dunford, 59, is a native of Boston, the capital of the US state of Massachusetts, and holds master’s degrees in government from Georgetown University and international relations from Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

British leaders eye Indian votes ANASUDHIN AZEEZ, LONDON

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s the campaigning for the British parliamentary election enters its final phase, Prime Minister David Cameron and other leaders are eyeing undecided voters, especially among the 700,000 strong community of Indian origin.

Ironically, Britain — the oldest democracy in the world — could see this community play a major role in deciding the next government. Various surveys have predicted a hung parliament. The balance of power and the country’s future direction could be decided by a single seat. Punters have predicted the

size of the smallest winning margin in a single seat would be just 29 votes.

The two main parties — Cameron’s Conservatives and Ed Miliband’s Labor — are neck-andneck since the hustling started on March 30.

Both have secured about 35 percent of votes in the surveys, which is not enough to muster a majority in parliament. Both are predicted to win about 280 seats each in the 650-member House of Commons.

Nick Clegg’s central-left Liberal Democratic party, Cameron’s coalition partner, can be the kingmaker, securing about 30 seats despite its erosion of support.

The two main parties — David Cameron’s Conservatives and Ed Miliband’s Labour — are neck-and-neck since the hustling started on March 30.

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Focus on rebuilding Nepal: UN Along with humanitarian relief, the need of the hour in the quake-hit Nepal is reconstruction that should start urgently, say UN agencies

Quake-hit Nepal seeks funds from foreigners

Many historical structures have been devastated in the Nepal quake.

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arious United Nations agencies have appealed for humanitarian relief and reconstruction in the next stage of Nepal recovery after a major quake there claimed more than 7,300 lives so far, a UN spokesperson has said.

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that more than 7,300 people have died and more than 14,000 have been injured in the Nepal earthquake, citing government figures, Xinhua quoted United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric as saying at a daily briefing.

“While search-and-rescue teams are preparing to leave Nepal, the next phase of aid delivery to people in urgent need is scaling up,” Dujarric said.

Since April 29, aid agencies have distributed 52,000 tarpaulins in 29 earthquake-affected districts, and more than 230,000 more are en route to Nepal.

The distribution of more than 2,000 tons of food has also begun

Relief done, foreign rescue teams start leaving Nepal

A rescue team on its way to a disaster site in Kathmandu, Nepal.

across 15 districts, said Dujarric.

Moreover, the UN Development Program said that alongside humanitarian relief, reconstruction is needed to start in Nepal.

The UNDP would lead the early recovery work and start with rapid structural assessment of public buildings to identify that structures were safe and which ones needed repair and retrofitting, Dujarric said.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization said that temporary field hospitals have been established in five locations in Kathmandu and another five outside of the capital region, according to Dujarric.

On April 25, the powerful earthquake rocked Nepal, killing thousands of people so far and leaving some 3.5 million in need of food assistance.

KATHMANDU: Nepal has called upon people in different parts of the world to contribute to the Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund in the wake of devastating earthquake which has left over 7,500 dead and millions displaced.

In its appeal, Nepal’s home ministry said the fund cannot be spent on any other overheads including facilities and allowances to civil servants or used to provide donations.

Foreigners can contribute through Visa and Mastercards by going to the fund’s website.

Those who want to directly remit money through banks can do it in the following bank accounts.

Everest Bank Limited, A/c No 00101102200012, SWIFT Code: EVBLNPKA; Global Banks Limited, A/c No 0411010000005, SWIFT Code: GLBBNPKA; ; Nepal Bank Limited, A/c No 00211053313, SWIFT code: NEBLNPKA;Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Limited, A/c No 18013243801, SWIFT Code: SCBLNPKA

Nepal faces risk of measles outbreak: Unicef IANS, KATHMANDU

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ver half-a-million children are being targeted in an emergency vaccination drive in Nepal due to fears of measles outbreak in the informal camps that have sprung up since the April 25 earthquake.

Lack of shelter and sanitation are huge factors for the disease, as the number of people who have fled their homes continues to grow, with many people now living next to their damaged houses, the UN

agency said here on May 5. According to the figures available before the earthquake jolted the Himalayan

nation, around one in 10 children in the country was not vaccinated against measles.

“Measles is very contagious, and can potentially be deadly, and we fear it could spread very quickly in the often crowded conditions in the improvised camps where many children are living,” said Tomoo Hozumi, Unicef’s representative in Nepal.

In the wake of this risk factor, Nepal’s health ministry with support from Unicef and the WHO, has launched a campaign against measles.

Nepalese hilly town of Gurkha is in ruins

KATHMANDU: Around 650 search released by Nepal’s home ministry. and rescue personnel from 13 counThe Nepal Army was coordinating tries, including 313 Indians, have left the efforts with the foreign teams folGAURAV SHARMA, GURKHA Nepal as the rehabilitation efforts in lowing the 7.9-magnitude earthquake the quake-hit Himalayan country can on April 25 that has left over 7,500 an Bahadur Gurung is scournow be handled by domestic agenpeople killed. ing for his belongings in the cies, officials here said on May 5.

Army spokesperson Gen. Jagadish rubble which once used to be The foreign teams have gradually Chandra Pokhrel told IANS that the his house at this remote but picstarted leaving the country as the foreign teams have gradually started turesque village of Gurkha in Nepal, search and rescue efforts were near- leaving Nepal as the situation can be the epicenter of the devastating ing an end and the situation returning now handled by the domestic agenearthquake in Himalayan nation. to normal, with very few bodies cies. As many as 4,050 experts from While rummaging through the remaining under the rubble.

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Sikhs in the US have to explain what turban symbolizes and what values it represents, shows a new study presented to US lawmakers ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON

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ikhs have to explain to American people what the turban means because that is the immediate source of their identification, according to the author of a new report on Sikhs in America presented to US lawmakers.

“Sikhs have to explain what it symbolizes and what values it represents,” said Geoff Garin, former political strategist for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton presenting the key findings of the report at a briefing arranged by the National Sikh Campaign (NSC).

“This will have a very powerful impact on the broader American public,” he said. “The study shows that when people see Sikhs on the streets anywhere, people are very confused about what Sikh faith is and that confusion leads to tragic

Forests trump card in efforts to end hunger NEY YORK: The world’s forests have great potential to improve the nutrition and ensure livelihoods of the people across the world, said researchers, including one of Indian-origin. About one in nine people globally still suffers from hunger with the majority of the hungry living in Africa and Asia. The report released by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations underlines the need for the vulnerable groups of society to have secure access to forest foods.

The Sikhs have a sizeable population in the U.S.

consequences,” said Garin.

“They also feel that they will not have very much in common with Sikhs,” Garin added.

Garin, whose current clients include the World Bank, Bill and

Melinda Gates Foundation and the Harvard University, heads the Hart Research Associates, one of the leading survey firms in the US. The firm conducted a six-month long nationwide polling and focus

group study to understand how Sikhs are perceived in America and what strategies would be helpful to change perceptions.

The report lists specific messaging techniques which Sikhs could use in their media strategies resonating with American public.

Garin said the survey showed that 6 out 10 Americans acknowledge that they know nothing at all about Sikhs and Sikhism.”

Judy Chu, founder and vice chair of the Congressional American Sikh Caucus, called it “a very significant report about the American perceptions of the Sikh community.”

John Garamendi, co-chair of the Sikh Caucus, said, “It’s extremely important that the people of the United States and beyond learn and understand the multiple cultures that we have in the United States.”

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team of Indian-origin researchers from the Harvard University has developed a novel, truly biocompatible hydrogel that can speed up research and development of several promising applications in tissue engineering.

The new gel can be synthesized using “click chemistry” which is a methodology for the quick and practical synthesis of substances using just a few reliable, chemoselective compounds.

“It is injectable so it can be used

to deliver cells or drugs to specific places in the body such as a location that has suffered a wound or has been invaded by a tumor,” said

Joshi leads a team developing new synthetic biomaterials. associate professor Neel Joshi from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard.

“We are already using it for lots of different things in the laboratory due to how easy it is to synthesize,”

he added. Hydrogels can be up to 99 percent water and are similar in composition to human tissues.

They can take on a variety of forms and functions beyond that of contact lenses.

Biomedical engineers have successfully used hydrogels as 3D molecular scaffolds that can be filled with cells or molecules for bodily injection or application in order to release drugs or stimulate tissue regeneration.

Joshi leads a team at the Wyss Institute developing new synthetic biomaterials that mimic naturallyoccurring materials.

Yoga on Capitol Hill ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON

(Left) Keith Mitchell, former US National Football League (NFL) pro and a celebrity yogi, leading the first ever “Yoga on the Hill” event.

(Above): “Yoga on the Hill” session at Capitol Hill, the seat of US parliament.

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n a curtain-raiser event for the First International Day of Yoga on June 21, the newly founded Congressional Yogi Association organized the first-ever “Yoga on the Hill” at Capitol Hill, the seat of US parliament.

Supported by the Embassy of India in Washington, the May 1 event was organized to advocate better physical and mental health for US military veterans.

The event was led by Keith Mitchell, former National Football League (NFL) pro and a celebrity

yogi, who suffered a paralysing spinal injury and recovered through the practice of yoga Prominent guests included Democrat House members Tim Ryan, Charles Rangel and Barbara Lee, Brennan Mullaney from Team

Red, White and Blue, a leading veteran non-profit organization and Tom Voss, an Iraq War veteran. Around 60 Congressional officials participated in the yoga and meditation session besides senior embassy officials.

The yoga event was focused on practice of yoga as an effective tool for the physiological and physical healing of war veterans who get affected by mental illnesses upon returning from combat.

It is estimated that since the start of the war in Afghanistan in 2001, more than 100,000 combat veterans have sought help for mental ill-

SHORT TAKES Indian-origin woman killed in US robbery WASHINGTON: An Indian-origin woman gas station attendant in South Carolina, who was shot in the face and left in a critical condition, has died two days after the robbery attempt, according to media reports.

Mradulaben Patel died on May 2 morning after being shot at a gas station along Highway 153 on May 30, the local News 13 reported citing the Anderson County Coroner’s Office.

Michael Wheat, who found Patel during a stop at the gas station on April 29 evening, told News 13 that nothing looked unusual at first.

Changing blood types comes closer OTTAWA: Canadian researchers, including one of Indian origin, have now developed a way to transform all donated blood into a neutral type that can be given to any patient.

The researchers have created an enzyme that could potentially pave the way for changing blood types. The enzyme works by snipping off the sugars, also known as antigens, found in Type-A and Type-B blood, making it more like Type-O. With this enzyme, Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu from the University of British Columbia and colleagues were able to remove the wide majority of the antigens in Type-A and B blood.

“We produced a mutant enzyme that is very efficient at cutting off the sugars in A and B blood, and is much more proficient at removing the subtypes of the A-antigen that the parent enzyme struggles with,” said lead author David Kwan from the University of British Columbia.

ness and yoga is considered to be a form of health care support in such cases of post-traumatic stress disorder. Lawmaker Ryan, who joined the yoga and meditation session, said: “The extremely high levels of stress Americans deal with on a daily basis is an important issue facing our country.”

Counsellor Mohit Yadav from Indian Embassy highlighted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks at the United Nations describing yoga as “an invaluable gift of India’s ancient tradition” and a holistic approach to health and well-being.

Starting with a talk by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on ‘Nurturing Peace through Yoga and Meditation’ on April 29, the Indian Embassy here is organizing a series of events in the run-up to the International Day of Yoga on June 21.

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The senior IPS officer, who was caught cheating in his LLM exam, faces possible suspension from service and being debarred to appear in exams for two years IANS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

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day after Kerala’s senior police officer T.J. Jose was caught cheating in Master of Law (LLM) exams, he is facing a possible suspension from service and being debarred to appear in university examinations for a certain period.

Officials, requesting anonymity, said Jose is likely to face suspension from service and debarment from exams.

Jose, the inspector general of police, Thrissur range, was caught cheating on May 4 while taking an exam for the Master of Law degree.

Soon after the incident was highlighted by TV channels, the Kerala government and the M.G. University headquartered at Kottayam swung into action, with Jose’s supe-

T.J. Jose has been told by the administration to extend his study leave.

rior officer asking him to extend his study leave.

On May 5, a Mahatma Gandhi University official visited the St. Paul’s College Kalamassery near Kochi, where Jose was writing the

Bengaluru lake foaming worrisome: CSE

examination, to conduct a probe.

Deputy registrar A.C. Babu, on Tuesday spoke to the officials of the college, from where Jose was sent out of the examination hall after being caught with cheating material

from which he was copying.

Babu is expected to submit his report to the vice chancellor of the M.G. University and it is possible that Jose may be debarred from appearing in examinations for two years.

Meanwhile, the departmental probe, to be carried out by Additional Director General of police N.Shankar Reddy, was expected to begin soon.

With state Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala taking the incident very seriously, as it has caused a severe dent in the image of the state police force, Jose could even be suspended from service.

The invigilator who caught Jose cheating was unaware of his identity. He had taken away Jose’s answersheet and asked him to go out of the examination hall.

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Sewage water mixing with detergents could be the reason for foaming of the lake.

NEW DELHI: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has said that recent phenomenon of foaming of lake Varthur in east Bengaluru shows that the wetlands in the city as well as urban India are under a serious threat.

The foam is the result of the water in the lake having high content of ammonia and phosphate and very low dissolved oxygen.

“Essentially, this is caused by untreated sewage flowing into the lake,” said Sushmita Sengupta, deputy programme manager with CSE’s water team.

“Delhi-NCR and many other cities across the country face similar foaming in their rivers and other wetlands on a regular basis,” an official release quoted her as saying.

She said the CSE believes that community participation is critical to managing of wetlands.

“Communities need to be involved in identifying wetlands which would be managed and protected while

government bodies monitor and impose penalties on offenders including municipal bodies and industries.”

CSE research shows that untreated sewage and industrial waste from much of the Bengaluru city flows into lake Varthur, leaving it extremely polluted, the release said.

Though the ministry of environment and forest and climate change has issued rules for conservation and management of wetlands, under the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, the Wetlands (Management and Conservation) Rules, 2010, the discharge is not being monitored across water bodies throughout the country.

There is a plethora of acts and policies which indirectly talk about the protection and conservation of wetlands. But these wetland protection rules do not have teeth. Moreover, the wetland which is protected, is identified by the state government, CSE said.

he Hyderabad High Court on Friday ruled that it will continue to as common high court for both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh till the central government sets up a separate court for the latter state.

Pronouncing its orders on the matter, a division bench of Chief Justices K.V. Sengupta and P.V. Sanjay Kumar said it was the responsibility of the central government to allocate funds to create a new high court as per the AP Reorganization Act and the Constitution.

The bench observed that it was for Andhra Pradesh government to decide where to set up the high court. It further ruled that after establishment of separate high court in Andhra, the existing high court in Hyderabad will serve the state of

Telangana. The court observed that till establishment of separate high court in Andhra Pradesh, its benches may be constituted at Visakhapatnam and Tirupati.

The court passed the orders on a plea seeking a separate high courts for the two states.

Meanwhile, Joint Action Committee of lawyers from Telangana have decided intensify their movement for separate high court for the state. They are seeking early bifurcation of the existing high court.

BRIEFS Andhra green energy bid gets funds HYDERABAD: German lending agency KFW and the central government have agreed to fund the proposed green energy corridor in Andhra Pradesh, which is aimed at transforming the state into a renewable energy hub.

KFW has communicated to the state government that it will sanction Rs.5bn at a concessional rate of interest. According to the State Energy Conservation Mission, the union power ministry will provide Rs.5.15 bn to develop the Rs.35bn green energy corridor.

Ajay Jain, secretary for energy, said on that the green corridor would be developed to support the upcoming solar and wind projects with an initial cost of Rs.12.89bn.

‘Kerala should look beyond remittances’ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The stage has come for Kerala to look to look beyond the diaspora remittances that have so far helped it go forward, a state minister said here.

State Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said during a media interaction on the future of the state. “A political consensus should be developed in taking the development needs of our state forward, because we will not be able to depend on diaspora remittance for a long time,” said Chennithala.

During the 12-month period ending March 1, 2014 the total remittances to Kerala stood at Rs.726.80bn. He said the state government should come out with schemes to invest these remittances.

“Agriculture and industry will not take us forward; Kerala should concentrate on industry and tourism and seek investments,” said Chennithala. He also pointed out that the once-famed Kerala model of development is slowly coming to a standstill and that it should be reinvented, as times have changed.

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The unique low-cost solar water purifier (SWP) does not require electricity and can be produced by village craftsmen, claim its developers at the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), an NGO working at Phaltan in rural Maharashtra.

Also, unlike commercially available water purifiers, the SWP does

not suffer from problems like filter clogging or wastage of water, NARI director Anil Rajvanshi told IANS. Boiling the water is a recommended method to kill any diseasecausing bacteria that may be present. But to boil the water, one requires electricity or other fuel.

NARI’s purification strategy exploits the fact that one need not

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“Our earlier studies have shown that water heated to only 50 degrees Celsius and maintained at that temperature for one hour, or heated to 45 degrees and maintained for three hours, becomes completely free of coliform bacteria,” Rajvanshi said.

Thus a simple strategy for sterilization, he said, is to filter the water (drawn from a well or a stream) to remove particulate matter, then raise the temperature to about 45 degrees and maintain that for at least three hours, he said.

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From superstar to ‘being human’ Actor Salman Khan has seen unprecedented popularity across all age group of fans. But the man with a golden heart has never been away from controversy NATALIA NINGTHOUJAM, NEW DELHI

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hough he made his acting debut as a supporting actor in the 1988 film Biwi Ho To Aisi, it was his charming boyish looks in the 1989 film Maine Pyar Kiya that helped catapult him to fame at the age of 25, and give him a strong female fan base.

From playing a lover boy to crusader for justice, the superstar has charmed many and hit the jackpot numerous times with films like Kick, Dabangg and Ek Tha Tiger in his 25years-long career.

Earlier, on his way to superstardom, he didn’t mind sharing screen space with other leading actors of his era — Sanjay Dutt in Saajan (1991), Aamir Khan in Andaz Apna Apna (1994) — a box office failure, which years later became a cult film for its humorous dialogues — and Shah Rukh Khan in Karan Arjun (1995).

The stepson of yesteryear’s dancing diva Helen, Salman

Actor Salman Khan arrives at a Mumbai court in Mumbai on May 6.

featured in his star brothers Sohail and Arbaaz’s film productions like Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya, Main Aurr Mrs Khanna and Dabangg.

The Biwi No. 1 star might have commenced his acting journey as a man all women would love to be with, but in recent years he started creating a name for himself in the action genre by starring in movies like Wanted, Ready, Bodyguard and Kick.

Fondly called “Sallu bhai” by many, he is also known for launching the careers of actresses like Daisy Shah, Sneha Ullal

Salman’s family ‘leaves rest to god’

Actor Salman Khan with his father Salim Khan and mother Sushila alias Salma before leaving for the court in Mumbai on May 6.

MUMBAI: The family of Salman Khan, who is on a two-day interim bail after being sentenced to five years in jail in the 2002 hitand-run case, has thanked fans for supporting the superstar during his difficult time, and they have left all other proceedings to “god”. The judgment in the highprofile case was pronounced on May 6, which turned out to be crucial for the family.

“Today was a day filled with ups & downs, highs & lows. We leave the rest to God & hope & pray for the best. Thank you all for being with us,” Salman’s sister Arpita tweeted on May 6 night. Salman’s family members, including his brothers Arbaaz and Sohail and sisters Alvira and Arpita, were present at the sessions court here when the verdict was pronounced.

and Zarine Khan and composers such as Himesh Reshammiya and Sajid-Wajid.

A lot of actors have also gone on record to say they are indebted to Salman.

He has been an inspiration to many, especially when it comes to imitating his ‘six-pack abs’, including actors like Hrithik Roshan and Arjun Kapoor, who did away with their weighty issues, thanks to Salman.

In fact, Arjun also featured in the popular song ‘Superman...

Salman ka fan’ (Tevar).

Although he saw unprecedented popularity as an actor, so much so that he can carry almost any films on his shoulders alone, but the superstar has never been away from controversy.

The actor is also facing trial for hunting a black buck, a protected species, during the shooting of Hum Saath Saath Hain in 1998. Two parallel cases are running against him — one under the Wildlife Act and the other under the Arms Act. Even as the actor landed in legal trouble, he was busy giving box office hits.

The Bollywood sweetheart has got a two-day relief on his way to jail, having been sentenced to five years in prison by a sessions court in Mumbai.

The 2002 accident had resulted in the death of one person and injury to four others.

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FIVE-YEAR TERM FOR SALMAN The Bombay High Court, however, grants interim bail to Salman Khan for two days, hours after a lower court sentenced him to five years for a hit-and-run accident; Rs.200 crore riding on him in Bollywood

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ollywood actor Salman Khan was on May 6 sentenced to five years in jail for a 2002 hit-and-run accident that left one man dead and four others injured here.

Additional Sessions Judge D.W. Deshpande announced the verdict at a packed courtroom here, stunning the actor and his family.

Salman, one of the highest paid actors in Bollywood, was sentenced for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The judge held Salman guilty of rash and negligent driving when he was at the wheels of the Land Cruiser that killed the poor victim in suburban Bandra in September 2002.

Lawyer Abha Singh said justice had finally been done.

“I am very happy,” she told the media. “Justice has been done. The law has been upheld.” She said the long delay had given the impression that the rich could get away with murder in India, and that the moneyed were above the law.

Earlier on May 6, the actor was found guilty on most of the charges levelled against him in the incident.

His lawyers had pleaded for a lighter sentence, citing the actor’s social work as well as heart and other medical issues.

Citing his social activities, defense lawyer Shrikant Shivade on May 6 pleaded for a milder sen-

Salman Khan landed in Mumbai a day before the final hearing.

B-Town stands by convicted Salman Khan MUMBAI: Bollywood celebrities like Sonakshi Sinha, Riteish Deshmukh and Subhash Ghai have sympathised with superstar Salman Khan, who was found guilty in the 2002 hit-and-run case.

Here’s what they tweeted: Subhash Ghai: Salman khan n all of us have to respect court verdict but we all know that salman is excellent as human who can’t fight with destiny

tence for Bollywood actor Salman Khan in the 2002 hit-and-run case that killed one man.

Salman, attired in a white shirt and blue jeans, heard the court’s verdict holding him guilty stoically though both his sisters, Arpita and

Riteish Deshmukh: Not commenting on courts verdict - but my heart goes out 2 @BeingSalmanKhan :large hearted & 1 of d finest people I hv met in this industry.

Sonakshi Sinha: Terrible news. Dnt knw wht to say except tht will stand by @BeingSalmanKhan no matter what. .

Kunal Kohli: Heart broken at the verdict against BeingSalmanKhan.

Prayers & strength to him.

Aliva, were in tears. He consoled them. Pleading for a sentence of less than three years in jail with an enhanced fine, Shivade said the actor had an impressive track record of doing social work for the poor and the handicapped through

Timeline of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s 2002 hit-and-run case: l May 6, 2015: Additional Sessions Judge D.W. Deshpande pronounces Salman Khan guilty in 2002 hit-and-run case; sentences him to five years in jail Charges against Salman: Indian Penal Code: Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) which attracts upto 10 years in prison; Section 279 (rash and negligent driving) which stipulates six months jail; Sections 337 & 338 (causing hurt by act endangering life & causing grievous hurt) with punishment upto two years; Section 427 (causing damage to property) with maximum punishment of upto two years Motor Vehicles Act: Sections 34, 181 (driving vehicle in contravention of rules) and 185 (driving at great speed after consuming alcohol) with cancellation of driving license Bombay Prohibition Act: Driving under influence of alcohol with maximum six months in jail

his NGO Being Human, and all this would stop in his absence.

“Don’t view him as an actor…

Sentence him as an ordinary citizen. He has suffered through the trial as an ordinary citizen… Do not send him to jail beyond three

l April 20: Judge Deshpande sets date May 6, 2015 for verdict Defense counsel Shrikant Shivade forcefully argues against prosecution charges and closes arguments l March 25: Special Public Prosecutor Pradeep Gharat closed his case against Salman after examining 27 witnesses during the re-trial l April 2014: First witness Samba Gowda deposes in the re-trial, which continues before the Sessions Court with regular hearings l December 2013: Mumbai Sessions Court orders a fresh trial against the actor and recording of fresh evidence from all witnesses. l July 23, 2013: Sessions court frames charges against Salman invoking the enhanced charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder l May 2007: Chemical analysis report suggested that Salman was drunk at the time of the accident l October 2006: Bandra Metropolitan Magistrate frames charges against the actor under Section 304IPC and other sections.

years,” Shivade argued, saying the actor had spent over Rs.42 crore in charities so far.

Salman’s lawyer also submitted medical documents to the court, saying the actor had heart and other ailments.

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o bolster the legitimacy of the UN in a changed world, it is “vital” and “urgent” to expand the Security Council’s permanent membership to include India, France has declared.

“France favors enlarging the Security Council’s both categories of membership, permanent and non-permanent, and supports Germany and Japan, which deserve relief (from the burden of their World War II roles) today,

Does India know of Dawood’s whereabouts?

NEW DELHI: In an apparent contradiction of its earlier stance, the government on May 5 told Parliament that the location of one of India’s most wanted terrorists and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim was not known, leading the opposition to accuse the government of weakening India’s fight against terrorism.

Minister of State for Home Affairs Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha that the location of Dawood was not

but also India, Brazil and African representation,” France’s Permanent Representative Francois Delattre said on May 5.

His ringing endorsement of permanent membership for India came in his speech in French at a session of the General Assembly commemorating the 70th anniversary of World War II. As a permanent member of the Security Council, France’s support for India is crucial as the long stymied reform efforts gain new momentum during the current General Assembly session. known and extradition proceedings against him will start once he is traced. He said Dawood was an accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case and a red corner notice was pending against him while the UN Security Council has also issued a special notice against him.

“The subject (Dawood) has not been located so far. Extradition process would be initiated once the subject is located,” the minister said.

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he Lok Sabha on May 6 gave its consent to a far-reaching amendment to the constitution to pave the way for a pan-India goods and services tax regime and create a unified market across the country, doing away with multiplicity of central and state levies.

The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty Second Amendment) Bill, 2014, was passed by a division with 336 ayes, 11 against and 10 abstentions. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan announced the bill was approved with two-thirds majority of the house, as required.

The finance minister said the same recommendations of the parliamentary panel, when the original bill was referred to it, were incorporated in the amended version and that the opposition had no reason to fault the government on this count.

The constitutional amendment bill needs to be passed by a twothird majority in both houses of parliament and by the legislatures of half of the states in the country to become a law.

The main purpose of the bill is a unified regime that will subsume most indirect taxes levied by the central and state governments such as excise duty, service tax, value added tax, sales tax and octroi to facilitate a common market across the country.

“There would be no tax on tax,” the finance minister said referring to how these levies were leading to duplication, escalating the final price paid by customers, stoking inflation, standing in the way of efficient supply chains and preventing economies of scale.

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‘Mary Kom’ a piece of my heart, says Priyanka ‘Mary Kom’ won the Best Popular Film at 62nd National Film Awards presented by President Pranab Mukherjee IANS, MUMBAI

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ctor Priyanka Chopra says her film Mary Kom is piece of her heart and she thanks friends and family for making it a successful venture.

Mary Kom won the Best Popular Film at the 62nd National Film Awards presented by President Pranab Mukherjee on May 3.

The actress took to her microblogging website Twitter to share the news and calling the film “a piece of my heart”.

“It’s so gratifying when something u worked so hard on is acknowledged... Thank u to the national awards for MaryKom .. A piece of my heart,” Priyanka Chopra, who had earlier won the National Award for her role in the film Fashion, tweeted.

Priyanka Chopra

The “Fashion” actress also thanked the cast, crew and the production unit of the film Mary Kom on Twitter.

In the title role of the biopic of real-life boxing champion M.C. Mary Kom, Priyanka played a fearless woman who becomes an icon through her determined pursuit of sporting excellence.

Priyanka, who is inspired by the boxing champion, has credited the award to “womanhood” as well.

“Most of all mangtec this is a win for womanhood.. U inspired me to be all that u are and I carry that in my heart always.. Thank u Mary,” she wrote.

Produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali productions and Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, the film which was directed by Omung Kumar also starred Darshan Kumaar.

Deepika remembers father in a ‘lungi’ IANS, NEW DELHI

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ctor Deepika Padukone, who plays a “chaotic” daughter in forthcoming comedy-drama film Piku, says whenever she tries to recall her fondest memories with her father, ace shuttler Prakash Padukone, she thinks of him in a lungi.

The 29-year-old, who was in the capital on May 4 to promote Piku along with her co-star Irrfan Khan and director Shoojit Sircar, said the movie has been a “challenging”

and “learning” experience for her.

“My fondest moment of me with my dad... every time I think of my dad, I think of him in a lungi. When I used to misbehave

and my mother used to shout at me, then he was forced to punish me,” Deepika said.

“We had a store room in our home where he used to lock me for two-three minutes, and then he used to feel bad and take me out,” the daughter of the former badminton player added.

Piku explores the beautiful relationship of a father (played by megastar Amitabh Bachchan), who deals with the problem of constipation and a daughter (Deepika), while Irrfan plays a mediator.

‘Queen’ belongs to everyone NEW DELHI: Filmmaker Vikas Bahl says his National Award winning film Queen belongs to everyone, who can relate to the story of Rani.

“I don’t think it (the film) belongs to me anymore. I talk about it as if someone else made it. It is because everyone feels that it is their,” Bahl said after receiving the honor on May 3. Produced by Phantom Films and Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, the film narrates a story of an inspirational girl, who embarks on her honeymoon alone after her prospective husband backs off.

The director grabbed the honor in the Best Hindi film category.

Vikramaditya Motwane and Bahl took the award from President Pranab Mukherjee at the 62nd

National Film Awards ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan.

The film has been lauded for showing self-discovery of a simple girl, played by actress Kangana Ranaut, from being meek to finding confidence to look ahead of marriage.

Sonam shares look from ‘Neerja’ IANS, NEW DELHI

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ctress Sonam Kapoor has shared the first look of her upcoming film Neerja, a biopic on Neerja Bhanot — the daredevil flight attendant of Pan Am. Sonam plays the role of Bhanot, who lost her life trying to save the lives of passengers from terrorists on board the hijacked Pan Am Flight 73 on September 5, 1986. Calling the film “most special”, the Khoobsurat actress shared a photograph of her first look on Twitter.

Sporting a uniform, red lips with shoulder-length straight hair neatly pinned up, Sonam is seen smiling in the photograph, which she captioned: “Hello everyone!

This is me as Neerja! in our tribute to Neerja Bhanot. This is my most special film...thank you @foxstarhindi @blinglive.”

For the film’s director Ram Madhvani, making Neerja is an emotional journey for all of us”.

“When we heard the script of Neerja, we knew we wanted to make the film. It’s the kind of content that Fox Star instinctively believes in and wants to back.

Neerja, we believe, is a cracker of a film,” said Rucha Pathak, head of creative and development, Fox Star Studios, said.

Siddhanth hurt during ‘Bombairiya’ shoot

‘Gabbar Is Back’ - Akshay redefines superhero

MUMBAI: Actor Siddhanth Kapoor, who will be seen vrooming around on a pink scooter in his next film Bombairiya, met with an accident while shooting for a chase sequence. But the actor went ahead to complete the scene and says that the incident brought him closer to his reel character.

“Accidents happen on sets all the time, but I didn’t want the schedule to go to waste. The scooter is an extension of my character in the film and this accident has actually managed to forge a real relationship between me and my ride,” Siddhanth said.

Siddhanth, who is playing the role of a courier boy in the film, hurt himself while filming a scene.

Film: “Gabbar Is Back”; Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sunil Grover, Shruti Haasan, Suman Talwar and Jaideep Ahlawat; Director: Krish; Rating: ****

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et’s give the drivel’ its due.

Films about heroes who harangue and punish the corrupt go back to the time when Guru Dutt turned his back on a hopeless humanity in Pyaasa. Since then, corruption has grown epidemic. And so have films on the theme.

What sets Gabbar is Back apart in the genre is its unabashedly massy tone. Here is a film about a man who decides to take charge of a social order on the brink of anarchy when all the formal faculties

fail. He doesn’t believe in reprimanding the corrupt. He believes in punishing them with death.

So, we have bribe-happy district collectors and other law enforcers hanging limp on trees and

hoardings.

This Gabbar means business.

And to the character’s good fortune, he is played by the very watchable Akshay Kumar. For my money and time, Akshay is by far

the most complete star-actor package among contemporary A-lister heroes in Bollywood.

The way in which he delivers his lines on the rampancy of corruption, his demeanor and his wry detached disdain for the corrupt, are all brought to the surface with a forceful equilibrium constantly at play.

To his good fortune, in Gabbar..., he gets lines about a Swachh Bharat that are compelling rather than corny. The lines flow with furious passion without getting swamped in a bombast. That’s a near-miraculous achievement in a film which is designed as a highoctane melodrama with every sequence punctuated by elaborate background acoustics.

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Dwayne Johnson thanks Varun Dhawan

Sunny’s got a good sense of humor

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unny Leone says she is not new to the genre as she has a “good sense of humor” and has “a little bit of training” in comedy.

The 33-year-old, who was in New Delhi on May 4 to promote her first comedy film Kuch Kuch Locha Hai along with her co-stars Ram Kapoor and Navdeep Chhabra, said she does not feel embarrassed while making a fool of herself onscreen. “‘Kuch Kuch Locha Hai’ is my first comedy film. But something that people don’t know is that when I lived in the U.S. and used to work there, I was part of a comedy group. There were stand-up comedians in that group and in between we used to do comedy skits,” Sunny said.

“So I’ve a little bit of training in comedy, though I wouldn’t say that I’m the funniest person ever, but I have a good sense of humor. I’m not afraid of chirping upon myself and make a fool of me on camera. I don’t feel embarrassed doing it,” she added.

The comedy caper will feature Ram as a 45-year-old married man, Pravin Patel, who witnesses a ‘locha’ (turmoil) in his life after he gets a chance to meet Bollywood star Shanaya (Sunny), about whom he always fantasised.

Katrina’s family loving her stardom

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he may be one of the biggest stars in Bollywood but even Katrina Kaif has to try hard when it comes to convincing her family that she is indeed huge in the Indian film industry.

It actually took a Madame Tussaud’s wax statue to convince her family. In an interview, while promoting a brand of cosmetics recently in Mumbai, Katrina had this to say: “It was only after I got my own statue at Madame Tussaud’s that my family decided to take my star status seriously. They were all kidding of course but it took a wax statue placed next to the one of Justin Bieber at the museum for them to take me seriously.”

Katrina unveiled her replica on March 27 in London. While she has not been seen on the silver screen for a while, the actress has been working on Abhishek Kapoor’s Fitoor for some time now.

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ollywood action star Dwayne Johnson, better known as The Rock, thanked Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan for the latter’s birthday wish. Varun Dhawan tweeted his wishes to Dwayne, who turned 43 on May 2.

“Happy Birthday big man. My inspiration, the most electrifying man in all of

My father is very innovative: Shruti

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hruti Haasan, the elder daughter of actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan and actress Sarika, says her father is not scared of trying something new. “I think my mother is very strong and independent. As far as my father is concerned, he is very honest and he is not scared of anyone. As an actor, he is not scared of trying something new,” Shruti told reporters in a group interview for her film Gabbar is Back.

She added: “In terms of acting, my mom is spontaneous and papa is a natural actor.”

entertainment,” Varun wrote.

The Rock, too, had wished Varun Dhawan on his birthday earlier.

The Fast and Furious star also took to Twitter to thank the young actor.

“Thank you bud! And thank you India for all the birthday love,” Johnson tweeted.

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American boxer Floyd Mayweather vanquished Pacquiao to extend perfect record IANS, LAS VEGAS

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merican boxer Floyd Mayweather extended his perfect overall fight record to 48-0 with a unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao here and said he’ll retire after one more bout.

“He is a hell of a fighter,” Mayweather said of Pacquiao after the bout on May 3. Filipino icon has won world titles in an unprecedented eight weight divisions.

“I take my hat off to him. Now I see why he’s one of the guys that are at the pinnacle of the sport of boxing.” Total revenues of the fight were projected to reach as much as $400 million. Mayweather expected to rake in $200 million and Pacquiao was in line for a potential $100 million payday once revenue from sources, including pay-perview television sales, was counted.

Mayweather reiterated that he plans to fight just one more time.

With one more fight, the 38year-old Mayweather will fulfill his rich six-fight deal with telecaster Showtime. And with one more victory, he would match the iconic 49-0 overall ring record of Rocky

Floyd Mayweather extended his perfect overall fight record to 48-0 with a unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao.

Marciano. Mayweather has insisted throughout the build-up to the Pacquiao fight that 49-0 would be enough for him — although sceptics think that should he get there he won’t be able to resist trying for a 50th win.

“My last fight is in September,

Sim hopes to get new NBA contract GREATER NOIDA: Sim Bhullar, who became the first Indian-origin hoopster to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), on May 4 said he is confident of getting a new contract in the next season at the United States-based cash-rich competition. The seven-foot five-inch Toronto-born Bhullar on April 2 signed a 10-day contract with the NBA team Sacramento Kings.

The 22-year-old’s much hyped debut lasted only 16 seconds and he got a total playing time of two minutes and 41 seconds.

“Sky is the limit for me as long as I work hard. I am improving on every front. It is the biggest league in the world so you have to improve,” Bhullar said at a clinic organized by

were sprinkled throughout the crowd. The few tickets made available to the public were priced from $1,500 for seats in the top rows to $7,500 for a seat on the floor.

Tickets were sold on the secondary market for $40,000 or more.

The bulk of the 16,507 fans at

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NBA and Reliance Foundation here.

Talking about his experience he said, “I am honored having played in the NBA. I came into the side later in the season. You have got to earn your minutes in the NBA and that is what it was all about,” he said.

Gangjee seeks win at Mauritius DOMAINE DE BEL OMBRE (MAURITIUS): Indian golfer Rahil Gangjee will be shooting for a ‘home’ victory for his mother at the $1.1 million AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open.

Gangjee is half-Mauritian as his mum Nazirah hails from the world famous holiday isle and the 36-yearold is dreaming of a win at the Heritage Golf Club to repay her dedication in nurturing his career. “It’ll be really exciting if I can win. It’ll be a

and then it’s time for me to hang it up,” Mayweather said.

“I’m almost 40 years old now.

I’ve been in this sport for 19 years and have been a champion for 18 years. I’m truly blessed.”

Inside the arena, show-business celebrities and famous athletes

the MGM Grand Garden booed the decision by the three judges, who gave Mayweather a wide margin in the 12-round fight — 116112 on two cards, 118-110 on the other. The judges agreed on 10 of the 12 rounds.

He stretched his record to 48-0 while quieting critics who thought he had spent years avoiding the showdown with Pacquiao.

“Manny Pacquiao is still a champion,” Mayweather said. “He still has a lot left. I was the better man tonight — more calculated fighter, took my time, had patience.”

Meanwhile, undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather said he was willing to fight Manny Pacquiao again after the Filipino pugilist repairs his torn shoulder muscle, media reports have said.

“I will fight him in a year after his surgery,” Mayweather said on May 5.

Mayweather is under contract with Showtime to fight once more, in September, against an opponent to be determined.

He sounded like a man ready to step away. A victory would push his record to 49-0, the same as Rocky Marciano’s.

dream come true.

Mauritius is partly my home because I’m half Mauritian,” Gangjee said.

“I had dinner on Monday with my aunt who lives here and she’s like saying “you can do it, it’s your home.” There’s a bit of pressure but it’s going to be fun to have some family support here.

est Indies cricket captain Denesh Ramdin believes the drawn series against World No.3 England has injected a new level of confidence and belief into the Caribbean outfit. The Windies bounced back from a heavy nine-wicket defeat in the second Test in Grenada last week to stun England by five wickets inside three days in the third and final Test here on Sunday, reports CMC. Following the drawn first Test in Antigua, Sunday’s result left the series in a 1-1 stalemate.

“We have more belief in ourselves now that we can bat out a last day, that we can chase down scores on a last day and beat teams that are ranked higher than us, and if we show that commitment and belief, we can go out there and execute our plans,” Ramdin told reporters.

“We will take it one game at a time, put in our work in the nets and off the field, analyse the opposition and try and execute our plans as best as we can.

“Australia are coming up and they are a very tough team but we will try to play some good cricket

West Windies bounced back from a heavy nine-wicket defeat in the second Test in Grenada last week to stun England by five wickets in the third and final Test.

and see what happens.”

The West Indies were written off before the start of the three-Test series, with in-coming England and Wales Cricket Board chairman (ECB) Colin Graves describing them as a “mediocre” side.

However, the Windies put aside their poor results on the previous

tour of South Africa where they lost the three-Test series 0-2 to string together several strong performances against the English.

“We played some good cricket in South Africa but didn’t see the results there but we came back home to our conditions and worked on our game,” he said.

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COMMUNITY FIA-Chicago kicks off India Independence Day festivities FRIDAY, 08 MAY, 2015

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HICAGO, IL – The Federation of Indian Associations-Chicago (FIA) ceremoniously hosted a formal kickoff event ostensibly to proclaim the 2015 India Independence Day festivities at Maharaja Restaurant in Rosemont, IL on May 3.

Present on the occasion were a host of leading community and business leaders with Bollywood movie star/model Hrishitaa Bhatt adding a touch of glamour quotient.

After the auspicious lighting of the lamp by a host of FIA Trustees and Board members, an official declaration was made by FIA president Dr. Indrajit Patel.

He revealed the series of grand events in honor of India Independence celebrations encompassing four major events (1) Parade, (2) Mela, (3)Banquet and (4) Flag-hoisting ceremony.

Dr. Patel made a presidential pledge saying that 2015 celebrations would mark a new chapter in the history of FIA as, he added, “we will attempt to showcase the grand cultural traditions of India colorfully reflected in the events that seek to honor India and its Independence.”

In partnership with the office of the Consul General of India, FIA would host a Grand India Independence Day Parade on August 15 which would be preceded by Gala Banquet on August 14 at Meadows Club followed by the flag-hoisting ceremony on August 15 morning at Daley Plaza.

FIA, under the event chair Trustee Iftekhar Shareef, will conclude the festivities with a wholesome family-oriented Colorful Mela complete with music, dances, singing and free samplings of culinary Indian food on Devon Avenue following the conclusion of the parade.

After observing a one-minute prayerful silence for the victims of the devastating Nepal earthquake, Dr. Patel fervently appealed to community organizations to mobilize

FIA Executive Board, Trustees and Executive Director with Guest of honor Bollywood star Hrishitaa Bhatt Announcing the chairmanships, memorable events. resources to help those hit by the temblor.

He applauded the tireless team spirit of Dr. Indrajit Patel declared the following Bollywood’s movie star and model Hrishitaa Bhatt, expressed gratitude to FIA for FIA which he reiterated had truly made FIA chairmanships: Smita Shah to head as the Parade Chair, the opportunity accorded to her in helping kick an indisputable leading umbrella organization Raj/Neal Patel to head the Gala Banquet off the celebrations and she enthusiastically in the Midwest. pledged that she would return to Chicago to Referring to Nepal Earthquake, Iftekhar Chair, Ajai Agnihotri as Mela Chair and Ajeeth grace the parade and the banquet.

Shareef acknowledged Nepali American Singh as Co-Chair, Iftekhar Shareef as Finance The actress was introduced by FIA Sanjay Yadav and assured him that FIA would Chair, Kanti Patel as Parade Management/ Trustee Harish Bhatt who described her as an strenuously engage in garnering funds to help Floats Chair, Keerthi Ravoori as Media/Public Relations/Souvenir Committee chair with outstanding Bollywood artist who worked in support the victims of the natural calamity leading movies portraying prominent leading After the appeal was made, several Harish Kolasani and Kanti N. Patel serving roles. donation checks poured in from Dr. Indrajit as Co-Chairs, Babu Patel, Chair & Shabbir O. P. Meena, consul at the office of the Patel, Iftekhar Shareef, Babu Patel, Sohan Patel,Co-Chair for security arrangements.

Kanti Patel conducted the kick-off Consul General of India, was the guest of Joshi and Choksi. ceremonies as the master of ceremonies and honor who extended warm greetings and Iftekhar Shareef reminded the community best wishes to the federation for its ambitious not to get confused by two individuals who are seamlessly introduced prominent guests. programs and joined in lighting the lamp misleading the community by using the FIA- Dr.Bharat Barai addressed the guests outlining the plans for hosting a painting exhibition earlier.

Chicago name and collecting funds. at the prestigious Art Institute of Chicago In his opening remarks, Iftekhar Shareef FIA, he said, was a brand from last 30 which, he added, could potentially bring Prime welcomed the guests and extensively spoke years and some people were playing with about the significant role FIA proactively community sentiments. Iftekhar Shareef, Minister Narendra Modi to Chicago.

Nimesh Jani, Schaumburg Township played in spectacularly demonstrating the along with all FIA members and Trustees, sense of patriotism towards the motherland condemned the actions of the group by using Trustee, offered greetings on the occasion and pledged to rope in IL Governor Rauner year after year by hosting exciting series of FIA Chicago name. at the Parade.

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“Meera” by Urmila Satyanarayanam: May 10, 6:00 pm “Meera - L o t u s o f P r e m” ( l o v e ) b y Ur m i l a Styanarayananm and troupe from Chenna to Music by Rajkumar Bharathi, hosted by natya Dance

Amjad Sabri Qwawwali: May 19, 8:30 p.m “Qawawali Nite 2015″ featuring Amjad Sabri (Son of Ghulam Amjad Sabri) and hosted by BHL-USA at Pearl Banquets, 1490 west Lake St. Roselle, Illinois Free Parking. Tickets at $30 %50 $100 avialbale at http:/amjadsabrishow. eventbrite.com contact 815-671-8730 for more info

Babra & Party: May 16, 7:00 p.m at Hindu Temple at Greater Chicago, 10915 Lemont Road, Lemont, Illinois Hosted by Gujrati samaj of Chicago Call Suryakant Patel: (708)955-4966 TICKETS:$15, $20 $25 at www.sulekha.com Anuradha Padwal Live: May 16, 7:30 p.m at The meadows Club, 2950 Golf Road, Rolling Meadows, ILLINOIS. hosted BY studio elite & Sai consulting. Tickets at $25, $50 , $100 available at www. sulekha.com

RahatFateh-AliKhanRahat fateh Ali Khan: May 29, 8:30 p.m hosted by Sahil, LA.TAN and Star Mantra at Sears Center Arena, 5333 Prairie Stone parkway, Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

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Seattle Sikh Center honored for reforming detainees

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EATTLE, WA – Some two years ago, the volunteers for the Sikh Center of Seattle, led by temple director Balwant Aulak, received approval from the GEO Corrections & Detection for ICE (immigration) center in Tacoma to offer humanitarian services, which included prayers, mediation and legal assistance.

There was information that some Asian and Sikh inmates detained under immigration laws in the Tacoma detention center were not in good shape and not fully cooperating with the jail staff, according to a press release.

Aulak and volunteers of the Sikh Center approached the jail’s authorities and accepted the challenge to bring positive changes among the detainees.

The regular Sewa (services) brought good results and positive changes among the inmates, bringing them from level 3 to level 2, with some of them sent home on bonds, added the release.

On April 15, the jail authorities honored the Sikh volunteers for their humanitarian service at Tacoma. The volunteer team consisted of nine people, including Kamal Sandhu.

New Indian envoy to US assumes charge

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ASHINGTON, DC -Arun Kumar Singh, the new Indian envoy to the US, has formally assumed charge after presenting copies of credentials to the Office of Chief of Protocol at the State Department.

The 24th Indian ambassador to the US, Singh till recently was the Indian envoy to France, in which capacity he was instrumental in the historic Paris visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Singh will soon present his formal credentials before President Barack Obama.

A career foreign service officer of the 1979 batch, Singh till two years ago served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Indian Embassy in Washington for four-and-half years from October 2008 to April 2013.

Known for his visionary strategic thinking, Singh during his previous stint in Washington played a key role in the strengthening of the India-US relationship in the first term of the Obama administration, during which he oversaw the state visit of then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the US in 2009 and the India visit of President Obama a year later in 2010.

Singh also served in New York at the Permanent Mission of India to the UN from 1993 to 1997 as Counselor.

Illinois economic index hits high

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Volunteers for the Sikh Center of Seattle On April 18, the Sikh Center volunteers This is the first time in state history cooked Langar at the Bothell Sikh temple that outside services brought positive and served it to all the inmates of every changes among detainees at a detection faith on Kalsa Sajna Diwas. center, said the release.

RBANA. IL -- An index of the state’s economy m a i n t a i n e d by t h e University of Illinois reached its second-highest point last month since the recession.

The university’s Institute of Government and Public Affairs has said that its Flash Index hit 107.1 in April. The only higher reading since the recession started in 2007 was 107.2 in January 2014.

The monthly index uses corporate earnings, consumer spending and personal income to gauge the state’s economy. Any reading of more than 100 indicates growth while a figure below 100 shows contraction.

Economist Fred Giertz compiles the index. He said in a news release that many economic indicators were mixed right now, but added lower energy prices had helped the economy over the year’s first few months.

Akshat Chandra wins two titles in chess

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SELIN, NJ – Akshat Chandra of Iselin, New Jersey, won two events-the US Chess Federation’s National Hi g h S c h o o l C h a m p i o n s h i p and the National Blitz High School Championship--at the US High School Chess Championships, held during April 9-12 in Columbus, Ohio.

Top-seeded in the High School Championship, the Indian American entered the final round tied at 5.5 with three other players, with 18 others trailing by just a half point.

Playing white against another Indian American player, Kesav Viswanadha, Chandra won, giving him a 6.5 score in the seven-round tournament. The two other players who were tied with Chandra entering the round, Indian American Kapil Chandran and F.M. Cameron Wheeler, played to a draw, leaving them with

Akshat Chandra identical 6.0 scores.

“Overall, I was thrilled to have won the tournament…being unable to prepare for the opponent and being quite tired during some of the games, as I was coming

after playing a very intense nine rounds at the Philadelphia Open,” Chandra said on his blog. “ The competition here…was extremely tough, and several players were underrated. So it was extremely satisfying to capture the title of the National High School Champion 2015.”

A total of 472 players competed in the championship section and 1,492 in all sections.

According to his blog, Chandra began playing chess in 2009 at a “very late (age) compared to my peers.”

“Players in my age group from India, the US and Europe were already playing and learning chess with (grand masters) and professionals since five and six years of age.”

Chandra in 2013, after a four-year stay in India, won the North American Under-18 Youth Championship.

INDIAN FROM TEXAS GOES MISSING AFTER FREAK MISHAP

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BY A STAFF WRITER feet deep, so we got some pretty deep water,” UGERLAND, TX -- An Indian said Tim Miller of Texas EquuSearch.

American man from Sugarland, Texas, Investigators have arrested Needville has gone missing after a suspected resident Gregory Kure, 30, drunk driver allegedly in connection with the case. pushed him over a bridge into He has been charged with the Brazos River in Houston, driving under the influence Texas, while he was helping the of alcohol, but the charges victim of a car crash. might change if Nehra is not Authorities are using a found alive. boat and helicopter to search Nehra was on his way for Puneet Nehra, a 43-yearhome from picking up dinner old IT professional originally for his family when he, along from Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

However, search efforts were Puneet Nehra (Photo by: with another driver, stopped to being hampered by rain, high Ford Bend County Sheriff’s help people involved in a crash Office on the Brazos River Bridge of water levels and debris. the northbound Grand Parkway Texas EquuSearch, a rescue on May 3, according to Fort Bend County organization dedicated to searching for Sheriff’s Office spokesman Maj Chad Norvell. missing persons, is working to find him.

Before deputies could respond to the first “So much debris underneath the water accident, another car with a suspected drunken when we’re doing sonar work and then actually driver at the wheel crashed into the scene at

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The police suspect that Nehra was knocked over the bridge railing into the river by the second car.

Nehra, now a resident of Sugarland, has black hair, is around 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs around 154 lbs. He was wearing blue jeans, a white Polo shirt with red and blue stripes, and New Balance sneakers when he went missing.

“Nobody saw him get knocked into the water. They didn’t realize that was what happened until they had more vehicles than they had drivers,” Norvell said.

“They went to his residence nearby to make sure he didn’t just walk home,” he added. His family told deputies he had not yet returned home.

Norvell said it was then that officers realized that Nehra might have been knocked off the bridge and into the river.

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HSC HOSTS FUND-RAISER FOR GLOBAL DHARMA MEET

BY A STAFF WRITER ORDS, NJ -- The Hindu Students Council (HSC) hosted its first fundraiser and awareness dinner recently for the upcoming Global Dharma Conference at Royal Albert’s Palace in Fords, New Jersey.

Prominent members of the New York and New Jersey Hindu community as well as students from Rutgers University came together to support the youth organization’s mission.

Nikunj Trivedi, chairman of HSC, announced an ambitious goal of raising $1 million to support the ongoing activities of the organization as well as for the conference to be held from September 11 to 13 in Edison, in commemoration of its 25th anniversary.

The April 25 event was one of a series of fund-raisers to be held by the organization across North America, an HSC press release said.

“The conference aims to provide a platform for Hindus to reconnect to the deeper aspects of their heritage and to give non-Hindus a holistic understanding of Dharma and how to appropriately and sensitively engage with it,” HSC president Ravindra Jaishankar said.

The fund-raiser commenced with a twominute silence in honor of the victims of the tragic earthquake in Nepal. The program then began with an invocation to Lord Ganesha,

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BY A STAFF WRITER ROOKLYN (NY) -- An Internal Revenue Service tax collector has been charged with being a tax cheat himself, the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney’s office said.

James Brewer, 38, a revenue officer assigned to the IRS office in Edison, N.J., was allegedly moonlighting as a tax preparer and selling designer clothing, collectibles and sports memorabilia on eBay — both no-no’s under IRS regulations.

Brewer was allegedly committing crimes in both unauthorized outside jobs — he is charged with filing false tax returns for himself and clients, according to an indictment unsealed in Brooklyn Federal Court.

“James Brewer abused his position of trust to enrich himself,” said acting Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Kelly Currie.

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BY A STAFF WRITER EVADA -- A one-of-akind baccalaureate service in the world, was held at University of NevadaReno (UNR) in the US on May 3.

T h e Ei g h t h A n n u a l Hi n d u Baccalaureate Ser vice of UNR (Dikshant Utsav) blessed the graduating class in the traditional Hindu style.

The unique service was complete with applying tilak (religious mark) on the foreheads of graduates, participatory reading of Gayatri Mantra in Sanskrit, keynote address by a Swami, a Mormon choir, classical dance of India based on shlokas, traditional lamps lighting and blessing through a Cherubic Hymn.

In addition, it also included blessings by Christian (various denominations), Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish, Native American, Baha’i, etc., religious leaders who recited prayers in various languages from Arabic to Paiute to Spanish, etc., besides English.

It was organized by Universal Society of Hinduism (USOH) in collaboration with UNR Indian Student Organization,

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Following the invocation, attendees watched a recorded interview of Trivedi with ITV Gold Anchor Ashok Vyas. In the interview, Trivedi spoke about the Global Dharma Conference’s goals, his experiences and challenges during his student tenor at Rutgers University as well as activities of HSC at the local and national levels, among other things.

Following that, members of the conference Core Planning Committee presented an overview about the conference objectives, program format and available sponsorship opportunities for individuals and corporations.

The keynote speaker for the evening was Gokul Kunnath, one of the original founders of HSC, and president of United States Hindu Alliance (USHA).

Sharing anecdotal evidence based on his experiences during HSC’s founding years and the challenges faced by Hindu youth, Kunnath presented a convincing case on the need to support HSC’s activities and projects on college campuses.

“The future of Hindu youth in America is directly connected to the future of HSC,” Kunnath emphasized, as he concluded his presentation and appealed for funds from the community.

SRI SRI INSPIRES US LAWMAKERS

BY A STAFF WRITER ASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Embassy of India here organized a talk by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on “Nurturing Peace Through Yoga and Meditation” at the Embassy on April 29.

The marked the beginning of a series of curtain-raiser yoga events to welcome the First International Day of Yoga set for June 21.

The event was attended by several US lawmakers, many of whom described it as a self-empowering experience.

Sri Sri emphasized the relevance of yoga in the modern world. He said that yoga was not only about flexibility in body but also about flexibility in mind and thinking, adding that wars in the world began when communication broke down.

At the end of his talk, Sri Sri answered questions on yoga and meditation from the audience.

“The secret of meditation is in letting go,” the spiritual preacher said in the presence of war veterans and policy leaders.

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Welcome remarks by Charge d’ Affaires Taranjit Singh Sandhu.

“We now know as a matter of science that (meditation) produces empirical benefits to our society, to our country, to the world,” said Congressman Steve Israel, adding that there is no better spokesperson than Sri Sri Ravi Shankar for it.

Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky termed it a “beautiful and self-empowering experience.”

The United Nations General Assembly has declared June 21 as the International Day of Yoga. On December 11 of last year, India introduced a draft resolution in the United

SCF GOES ALL OUT TO LEND HELPING HAND TO NEPAL

BY A STAFF WRITER ARAMUS, NJ -- The Share and Care Foundation (SCF), which has always risen to the occasion to contribute its mite during natural calamities, has once again appealed to its supporters to donate generously for the earthquake-hit people of Nepal.

Within hours of the tragedy striking the Himalaya nation, the SCF launched ‘Opertion Friendship’ and sanctioned $10,000 towards immediate relief, with the community members soon enhancing the amount to $25,000 within a few days.

The SCF is bent on raising $100,000 for both, short term relief and long-term rehabilitation of victims, and hence has been seeking generous support for disaster relief and long-term rehabilitation programs.

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partners who have the reputation and expertise to put the donations to good use on ground zero in the most effective and efficient manner.

The SCF’s disaster response team has invaluable experience of working in partnership with local communities.

After all, the foundation has in the past supported the earthquake victims in Gujarat in 2001, the people affected by Bhopal gas tragedy, tsunami, cyclones, hurricane Katrina, the 9/11 tragedy, Sandy, and more recently the flood victims

Nations General Assembly. The draft resolution received unprecedented broad support from 177 countries and was adopted unanimously.

The Government of India is planning to celebrate the International Day of Yoga in all the countries around the world, including the US. The Indian embassy here is organizing a series of events on yoga which will culminate on June 21.

The talk by Sri Sri heralded the beginning of these series of events. This will be followed by curtain-raiser yoga events at the University of Maryland, the Chinmaya Mission and other places during the months of May and June.

On the First International Day of Yoga, June 21, the Embassy of India will be collaborating with yoga organizations, practitioners, and community organizations for a day-long event at the Mall in Washington, DC. Meanwhile, with support of the Embassy of India, the newly-founded Congressional Yogi Association organized the first-ever “Yoga on the Hill” May 1, organized to advocate better physical and mental health for US military veterans.

Keith Mitchell, former NFL pro and a celebrity yogi, who suffered a paralyzing spinal injury and recovered through the practice of yoga, led the event.

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BY A STAFF WRITER EW HAVEN, CT -Things are returning to normal at a courthouse i n d o w n t o w n Ne w Haven after a suspicious package was found on May 5 morning.

The package was seen at the entrance way of the courthouse on the corner of Church Street and Elm Street around 9 a.m.

The courthouse and prisoners being held inside were evacuated for more than an hour and a half.

The bomb squad checked it out and was determined the package was not a danger.

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in Uttarakhand (2013) and Jammu & Kashmir (2014).

“We cannot simply rest doing what we can to wipe their tears. We must do all that we can to hold their hands and stand with them. Help us help Nepal.”, said the SCF’s Tejal Parekh.

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How to live healthy for 100 years Researchers have followed the health of 855 men for the past 50 years. They found that 10 of the men lived upto 100, and now believe that conclusions can be drawn about the secrets to their longevity

Extra two minutes walking can add years to your life

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racking 855 Swedish men born in 1913, researchers have come to the conclusion that refraining from smoking, maintaining healthy cholesterol levels and having not more than four cups of coffee a day can help you live to 100.

Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg have followed the health of 855 men for the past 50 years. The first surveys were conducted in 1963. Now that it has been determined that 10 of the men lived upto 100, the study is being wrapped up and the researchers believe that conclusions can be drawn about the secrets to their longevity.

“The unique design has enabled us to identify the factors that influence survival after the age of 50,” said Lars Wilhelmsen, who has been involved in the study for the past 50 years.

“Our recommendation for people who aspire to centenarianism is to refrain from smoking, maintain healthy cholesterol levels and con-

fine themselves to four cups of coffee a day,” Wilhelmsen noted.

It also helps if you paid a high rent for a flat or owing a house at age 50 (indicating good socio-economic standard), enjoy robust working capacity at a bicycle test when you are 54 and have a mother who lived for a long time, the study pointed out.

“Our findings that there is a correlation with maternal but not paternal longevity are fully consis-

tent with a previous studies,” Wilhelmsen said.

Various surveys at the age of 54, 60, 65, 75, 80 and 100 permitted the researchers to consider the factors that appear to promote longevity.

A total of 27 percent (232) of the original group lived to the age of 80 and 13 percent (111) to 90.

All in all, 1.1 percent of the subjects made it to their 100th birthday.

NEW YORK: Adding just two minutes of walking each hour to your routine can offset the health hazards of sitting for long periods of time, says a study led by an Indian-origin researcher.

A “trade-off” of sitting for light intensity activities for two minutes each hour is associated with a 33 percent lower risk of dying, the findings showed.

Numerous studies have shown that sitting for extended periods of time each day leads to increased risk for early death, as well as heart disease, diabetes and other health conditions.

“It was fascinating to see the results because the current national focus is on moderate or vigorous activity. To see that light activity had an association with lower mortality is intriguing,” said lead author Srinivasan Beddhu, professor of medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine.

The researchers examined 3,243

participants to see whether longer durations of low intensity activities (e.g. standing), and light intensity activities (e.g. casual walking, light gardening, cleaning) extends the life span of people who are sedentary for more than half of their waking hours.

Beddhu explained that even short walks add up to a lot when repeated many times over the course of a week.

Avoid one sugary drink a day to cut diabetes risk, says study IANS, LONDON

R Hit the gym to lower lymphoma risk TORONTO: Performing vigorous physical activity over one’s lifetime may lower the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), says a new study.

“Our findings suggest that people who do vigorous physical activity may also have a lower risk for NHL,” said study author Terry Boyle, a post-doctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia’s department of cancer control research.

“We found that vigorous-intensity physical activity, such as activities that increase breathing and heart rates to a high level, was the most effective at lowering risk,” he added.

There is evidence that people who are physically active have a lower risk of some cancers such as colon and breast cancers.

The researchers assigned a meta-

bolic-equivalent (MET) value to the different types of physical activity, and calculated the average number of MET-hours per week of physical activity for each participant’s lifetime.

Study participants who were in the higher (second, third, and fourth) quartiles of vigorously-intense physical activity performance in their lifetimes had about 25 percent to 30 percent lower risk for NHL, compared with those who were in the lowest (first) quartile of vigorously-intense physical activity.

“In this case-control study, we found that the most physically active participants had a lower risk for NHL than the least active participants,” Boyle said. The findings appeared in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

eplacing one serving of a sugary drink daily with either water or unsweetened tea or coffee can lower the risk of developing diabetes by up to 25 percent, says a research.

It also found that for each five percent increase of a person’s total energy intake provided by sweet drinks including soft drinks, the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes may increase by 18 percent.

“We were able to study several different types of sugary beverages, including sugar-sweetened soft drinks, sweetened tea or coffee and sweetened milk drinks as well as artificially sweetened beverages (ASB) and fruit juice,” said lead scientist Nita Forouhi from the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) epidemiology unit, University of Cambridge. The participants recorded everything that they ate and drank for seven consecutive days covering weekdays and weekend days. During 11 years (approx) of follow-up, 847 study participants were diagnosed with new-onset Type 2 diabetes.

The researchers found that there was an approximately 22 percent increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes per extra serving per day habitually of each of soft drinks, sweetened milk beverages and ASB consumed.

However, the consumption of fruit juice and sweetened tea or coffee was not related to diabetes, it found

However, the consumption of fruit juice and sweetened tea or coffee was not related to diabetes.

The authors also found that if participants had replaced a serving of soft drinks with a serving of water or unsweetened tea or coffee, the risk of diabetes could have been cut by 14 percent.

“By replacing a serving of sweetened milk beverage with water or unsweetened tea or coffee, that reduction could have been 25 percent,” the authors wrote.

The study offers practical suggestions for healthy alternative drinks for the prevention of diabetes.

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Tryst with a royal game Every service and every product that Polofactory offers are inspired by the game and the animal, say the founders ANIL SHARMA, JAIPUR

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bout three years ago, when two polo lovers from Rajasthan were looking around for equipment for their favorite game, they found that the process was cumbersome and little was available. Out of this difficulty arose an online portal called Polofactory, run by Jai Singh and Vikramditya Barkana which claims to be a one-stop shop for everything to do with polo.

Singh and Barkana, alumni of Ajmer’s prestigious Mayo College, are a first generation entrepreneurs looking after the niche-of-niche businesses which cater to a sliver of the very rich.

“The enterprise was born from our passion for horses and love for the kingly game of polo,” Singh told IANS. The ex-banker said that every service and every product that Polofactory offers are inspired by the game and the animal. Later, they extended the range to include fash-

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ion and lifestyle products. It was at Mayo that they first discovered their love for horses. They would spend hours and hours at the stables, admiring the beautiful steed and the imported riding gear that their fellow students had brought with them.

Thus was born the germ of an idea.After school, Barkana went on to work in New Zealand under the tutelage of Ross Ainsley, a leading polo pony trainer. There he learnt about horses and realized that the equipment one uses makes a major

impact on the psyche and the body of the animal and, therefore, affects the performance of both the rider and the horse.

After a six-year stint abroad, Barkana came back and teamed up with Singh, combining his acquired expertise as a horseman with the latter’s training in business management.

The duo, in their mid-20s, started Polofactory three years ago as a brand that trained polo ponies and designed and manufactured high performance polo equipment.

Style long locks easily this summer NEW DELHI: Summer often makes women ditch their hair length but for those who want to stay away from losing their tresses, there are other options too. From chopping it in layers to styling it to braids or top knots, one can look glamorous even in hot weather, says an expert.

Aakriti Kochar, beauty and makeup expert, Oriflame India shares some of the ways to manage long hair when the temperature goes up: l Cut hair in layers (in long length) at front and back to reduce the density, but still keep the length. l Use a leave-in conditioner on the bottom of hair which is often more frizzy and difficult to deal with. l Wear a cap or scarf whenever you wish to protect your hair from sun damage. l Style it to braids, top knots, neat up ponytail. l Style your hair at home. Heat your curler to a moderate temperature.

Let it heat for five minutes before you start. Divide your hair in sections, the front being the crown and back being the nape. Further divide the crown and nape into two sections from the centre - left and right each. On total making it four sections to work on one by one.

Clip these sections and work on even smaller sections one by one.

Smoothen the hair twice or thrice from the root going down with the straightener or curler. Do not rush while bringing it down to the hair length.

At the same time, do not keep the styler still at a certain section for more than 10 to15 seconds as it can burn or damage the hair.

In case of straightening , bring it down slowly to the ends and keep it

Gossiping good for your health: Study the secret, it is men who are first to spill the beans. Thanks to social media, men no longer wait to see their mates in the pub and typically share a secret within three hours.

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L LONDON: One in seven Britons have contemplated divorce because their partners spend too much time on various social media platforms, a top British legal firm has revealed.

The study by Slater and Gordon Lawyers found that social networking site Facebook was considered the “most dangerous” place for ruining relationships.

“Five years ago, Facebook was rarely mentioned in the context of a marriage ending but now it has become commonplace for clients to cite social media use or something they discovered on social media, as a reason for divorce.”

on the ends for longer for smoother tips. In case of curling, roll each strand grabbing the tips in the clip of the curler and then roll it up. Keep it for a few seconds and then gently open the clip to release the strand.

If your hair is too smooth or frizzy, put some gel spray on sections before starting to use the straightener or curler. Make sure you spray it from a distance and in less quantity.

Once finished, blend them by combing gently running your fingers.

ove gossiping with friends?

Do not shy away from the habit as it is good for your health, says a new study.

The act of keeping a secret exerts not only an emotional toll, but also physical damage, shows the study.

Keeping a secret is similar to carrying physical weight which can sap you of your energy.

“Being preoccupied by a secret at work can be demotivating,” said Michael Slepian, assistant professor of negotiations at Columbia Business School, New York City and co-author of the study.

“The burden of secrecy can make things around you appear more challenging and if you’re less motivated to tackle these challenges, your performance can suffer,” Slepian noted.

A secret can preoccupy your

‘The burden of secrecy can make things around you appear more challenging’

Gossiping is not that bad after all, says a new study.

mind and the more you think about it, the more you use personal, intellectual and motivational resources, Daily Mail reported.

For the study, scientists carried

out a series of experiments to assess the effect secrets had on a subject’s ability to judge the steepness of a hill. Contrary to the assumption that women can’t wait to disclose

While almost half of men admit to passing on the information within minutes of first being told about it, women will keep it to themselves for at least three and a half hours before passing it on.

“This is the same kind of outcome we see when people are carrying physical burdens, seeing the world as more challenging, forbidding and extreme,” Slepian pointed out.