Another anniversary of the Punjabi American Night
From the Chopras, it was the Punjabi American Night at Eisenhower Park in Long Island. This annual event is organized...
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A Wedding in Sylvan Surroundings
My friend George Abraham and his lovely wife Lona invited me over to the wedding of their son Vilas with...
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Chopras Celebrate Citizenship
Last Sunday (September 6) was a particularly crowded one with a number of events, back to back. For a journalist,...
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Northern Ireland first minister steps down amid impasse
LONDON (TIP): The future of the Catholic-Protestant power-sharing government in Northern Ireland is hanging by a slender thread with first...
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Man bites off wife’s nose, eats it for not picking his calls
BEIJING (TIP): In a gruesome incident in China, an estranged husband reportedly bit off his wife's nose and ate it...
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Jihadists put squeeze on Syria’s Assad as Russia defends aid
BEIRUT (TIP): Jihadists advanced on a regime airbase in eastern Syria on Sept 10 after the fall of one in...
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NHS makes desperate bid to retain Indian nurses back in UK
LONDON (TIP): Britain's National Health Service has made a desperate bid to keep Indian nurses from leaving UK, due to...
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No hard landing of economy, no currency war, says China
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese premier Li Keqiang has assured global business leaders that his government was determined to prevent a hard...
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Saudi Arabia offers Germany 200 mosques — one for every 100 refugees who arrived last weekend
SAUDI ARABIA (TIP): Saudi Arabia has reportedly responded to the growing number of people fleeing the Middle East for western...
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