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We were sold for $400 in Iraq: hostage’s brother
By Jaideep Sarin and Parminder Singh Bariana Hoshiarpur (Punjab), June 20 (IANS) The brother of a Punjabi youth taken hostage in Iraq by Sunni insurgents says that youths from northern India were sold...
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Indians in Iraq captivity unharmed, govt establishes contact
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The Indians in captivity in Iraq are unharmed, the government said Saturday after establishing contact with the workers who were rounded up by suspected Sunni militants in...
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Indian student in UAE readies for NASA launch of experiments
Dubai, June 21 (IANS) Prerana Pai earns top honor at Sheikh Hamdan Award for Distinguished Academic Excellence. in Sharjah in 2013. The experiments of an eleven-year-old Indian student in the UAE would...
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Punjab announces free calls for families stranded in Iraq
Chandigarh, June 21 (IANS) The Punjab government Saturday announced it will foot the bill of phone calls made by family members of Indian men from the state who are stranded in strife-torn Iraq. A...
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Four journalists get UAE’s Indian media award
Dubai, June 22 (IANS) Four UAE-based Indian journalists have been conferred with the annual Chiranthana Media Award 2013 for helping expatriates in distress through their work across media platforms, a...
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Efforts on for release of abducted Indians in Iraq
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Indian government is in touch with agencies and countries that can be of help in securing the release of Indians who were rounded up by suspected Sunni militants in Mosul...
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Indian missions in US scramble to clean up visa mess
Washington, June 22 (IANS) Indian missions in the US have turned to social media like Facebook and Twitter as they scrambled to clear up a visa mess in the wake of a change of contractors for...
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Indian man denies molestation charges in UAE
Dubai, June 23 (IANS) An Indian expatriate Monday denied charges that he had molested a woman on a Dubai Metro station escalator, a media report said. The Indian, identified only as J.K., 26, has been...
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British Indian girl’s death an ‘open conclusion’, says court
LONDON, England An inquest into the mysterious death of an eight-year-old British Indian girl has found it to be a case of “open conclusion”, a media report said Wednesday. Gurkiren Loyal, a resident...
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Stardust launches its new entity Stardust Acting Academy
MUMBAI What do actresses like Sonali Bendre, Divya Dutta and Tara Sharma have in common? They are all alumni of Stardust Academy, an initiative by Nari Hira of Stardust magazine fame. The Academy is a...
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We were sold for $400 in Iraq: hostage’s brother
By Jaideep Sarin and Parminder Singh Bariana Hoshiarpur (Punjab), June 20 (IANS) The brother of a Punjabi youth taken hostage in Iraq by Sunni insurgents says that youths from northern India were sold...
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Indians in Iraq captivity unharmed, govt establishes contact
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The Indians in captivity in Iraq are unharmed, the government said Saturday after establishing contact with the workers who were rounded up by suspected Sunni militants in...
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Indian student in UAE readies for NASA launch of experiments
Dubai, June 21 (IANS) Prerana Pai earns top honor at Sheikh Hamdan Award for Distinguished Academic Excellence. in Sharjah in 2013. The experiments of an eleven-year-old Indian student in the UAE would...
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Punjab announces free calls for families stranded in Iraq
Chandigarh, June 21 (IANS) The Punjab government Saturday announced it will foot the bill of phone calls made by family members of Indian men from the state who are stranded in strife-torn Iraq. A...
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Four journalists get UAE’s Indian media award
Dubai, June 22 (IANS) Four UAE-based Indian journalists have been conferred with the annual Chiranthana Media Award 2013 for helping expatriates in distress through their work across media platforms, a...
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Efforts on for release of abducted Indians in Iraq
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Indian government is in touch with agencies and countries that can be of help in securing the release of Indians who were rounded up by suspected Sunni militants in Mosul...
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Indian missions in US scramble to clean up visa mess
Washington, June 22 (IANS) Indian missions in the US have turned to social media like Facebook and Twitter as they scrambled to clear up a visa mess in the wake of a change of contractors for...
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Indian man denies molestation charges in UAE
Dubai, June 23 (IANS) An Indian expatriate Monday denied charges that he had molested a woman on a Dubai Metro station escalator, a media report said. The Indian, identified only as J.K., 26, has been...
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Dubai: Living life larger but not necessarily better
By Sabrina Almeida From the Burj Khalifa to the Atlantis on the Palm Jumeira, the humongous malls and even the supermarkets Dubai dishes out more than the usual. If you have any preconceived notions of...
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Perspective of an Overseas Medical School student
CI News Service Meet Nupur Nagare-Iyer, daughter of two professionals immigrants from India who always dreamed of becoming a medical professional. Can-India tracked her down at a hospital in Maine, US,...
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