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Former McKinsey Partner Navdeep Arora Arrested on Fraud Charges

NEW YORK: An Indian-origin former partner in the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Co has been arrested on allegations of fraud amounting to nearly $890,000.

Navdeep Arora was arrested on Sunday at JFK International Airport in New York.

Arora, 51, schemed with a client to bilk their companies out... Read More

Boston to Host National Garba-Raas Dance Competition

BOSTON—Boston will host national Garba-Raas Dance Competition on January 16 at the Blackman Auditorium at Northeastern University in Boston. The event is organized by BosTown Raas.

“200 dancers from across the nation will perform and we expect 500 people will attend,” Pooja Adesara, Judging Chair of the competition, told INDIA New England News.

BosTown Raas 2016 has invited eight teams from across the nation to compete for the title of 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Read More

Gov. Nikki Haley to deliver GOP response to the State of the Union

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, coming off a year where she gained national attention for her handling of the Charleston church mass shooting, will deliver the Republican response to the State of the Union address on Jan. 12, The State has learned.

Haley is calling her nationally televised speech an “address” rather than a “response” as they have been called since they began in 1966. She is the first South Carolinian to deliver the State of the Union response.

The Lexington Republican, considered a possible vice presidential pick... Read More

CEOs, startup founders to join Modi for 'Startup India Movement'

NEW DELHI-- Startup founders, venture capitalists, angel investors and CEOs will join Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 16 to launch the 'Startup India Movement', the commerce and industry ministry said on Tuesday.

As many as 1,500 startup founders from across the country will convene at the event aimed at celebrating the entrepreneurial spirit of India's youth. Read More

Amitabh Bachchan: Fans make us who we are

By Sandeep Sharma
NEW DELHI-- For years, fans have thronged the gate of his Mumbai bungalow every Sunday morning. He has the maximum followers on Twitter for an Indian, and has a burgeoning "extended family" of those who read his blog. Read More

Disability Rights Group condemns 'Wazir' director

By Wire Services
NEW DELHI--Disabled Rights Group (DRG), led by disability rights activist Javed Abidi, on Tuesday condemned "Wazir" director Bejoy Nambiar's remarks on "limiting" megastar Amitabh Bachchan's persona in a wheelchair. The film's team has apologised for hurting sentiments, if any. Read More

Hyatt Celebrates the Official Opening of Hyatt Place Goa

CHICAGO--Hyatt Place Goa/Candolim is the newest Hyatt-branded hotel to officially open in Goa, India. The hotel brings the Hyatt Place brand’s intuitive design, casual atmosphere and practical amenities to the Goa area. Read More

Run 365 miles with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg this year

NEW YORK-- For those who love to run, here is another reason to do so in New Year. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new challenge for his 47 million followers on the social networking site: run. Read More

India's scheme to turn the deprived into entrepreneurs

NEW DELHI-- Targeting some 250,000 women and scheduled castes and tribes people, the government on Wednesday approved the "Stand Up India" scheme to foster entrepreneurship among them with a corpus of Rs.10,000 crore, and extend loans of up to Rs.1 crore for new projects. Read More

Why Punjab SP's version is being suspected?

By Jaideep Sarin
PATHANKOT, Punjab-- Is senior Punjab Police officer Salwinder Singh a suspect or a victim in the terrorist attack on the Pathankot air base?

Investigating agencies, especially the NIA, are probing the police officer's role in the incident for over 24 hours before the actual terror attack took place on Saturday.

The inconsistencies in the statements of Superintendent of Police Salwinder Singh... Read More

Indian transgender band releases debut single

MUMBAI--The 6 Pack Band, touted as India's first transgender band, has released its debut single "Hum hain happy" along with its music video, which is a cover rendition of American singer Pharrell Williams's hit song "Happy". Read More