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IAGB to Charge $5 Entry Fee at Republic Day Celebrations for the First Time

BURLINGTON, MA—If you are used to attending Republic Day celebrations for free in the past, get ready for a big change. India Association of Greater Boston will charge a $5 entry fee to non-members at this year’s Republic Day celebrations on Jan. 30. This is the first time that IAGB will charge an entry fee to a public event.

IAGB, a non-profit community organization, will hold its annual India’s Republic celebration on Jan. 30 at Burlington High School in Burlington, MA. The event will be free to its members. The theme of this year’s event is “Folk Art of India” that and will feature folk music and colorful folk dances. Read More

Teams from across US to participate in South Asian Dance Competition in Boston

BOSTON—South Asian Showdown, which showcases some of the most popular dance forms in India and South Asia, will be held on Feb. 27 in Boston. Teams from across North America are expected to participate.

“If you like South Asian Dance and want to see some of the most competitive dance teams in North America... Read More

Harvard Professor Amartya Sen: India’s progressed, but welfare remains a concern

By Archana Rao
NEW DELHI-- India has progressed during the 25 years of liberal economic reforms but some central issues still remain an issue, notably in the education and healthcare spaces, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has said.

"Any progress that happened here and there has to be viewed in the context of the larger failure to address the central issues," Sen told IANS here, on the sidelines of the NDTV and TCS Nobel Solutions Summit on Wednesday evening. Read More

Ajay Jain Joins Majesco as Senior Vice President

MORRISTOWN, NJ--Majesco announced that Ajay Jain has joined the company and leadership team as Senior Vice President of Delivery Operations – managing the global centers of excellence that provide industry best practices and scalability for the Majesco development and delivery organizations.

He will work closely with Majesco team, customers, partners and the industry to support Majesco’s development... Read More

India's Overseas Indians ministry to merge with Ministry of External Affairs

NEW DELHI-- Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) will be merged with her ministry. Read More

British Indian minister to take part in Pravasi Divas

NEW DELHI-- Priti Patel, Britain's minister for employment and Prime Minister David Cameron's Indian diaspora champion, will be on a three-day visit to India from January 7 during which she will take part in the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) here. Read More

Speculation rife on Sanjay Dutt's release date

MUMBAI--Speculation was rife yet again on Wednesday over the purported date of release of incarcerated Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt from the Yerawada Central Jail in Pune. Read More

New Delhi to Host World Book Fair This Weekend

NEW DELHI-- As the naional capital hosts the 2016 edition of the World Book Fair from Saturday, it will be showcasing India's cultural heritage of India as its main theme. China will be the Guest of Honour of the nine-day fair, touted as Asia's largest such and to be held at the Pragati Maidan here. Read More

Mamata to woo investors at the Bengal Global Summit

KOLKATA-- In a bid to give an image makeover to West Bengal as a "new business ready" state, the two-day Bengal Global Summit 2016 begins here on Friday, with the state government hoping to draw huge investment commitments from both domestic and international industry captains. Read More

Priyanka Chopra wins at People's Choice Awards

LOS ANGELES-- Bollywood actress and former Miss World Priyanka Chopra has won the Favourite Actress in a New TV series award at the People's Choice Awards 2016 here for her leading role in American TV thriller series “Quantico”. Read More

Obituary: Mufti Sayeed was grand old man of Kashmir's mainstream politics

By Sheikh Qayoom
JAMMU/SRINAGAR-- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, who died in a Delhi hospital on Thursday morning just four days shy of his 80th birthday, was a shrewd negotiator and undoubtedly one of the last of Kashmir's old guard leaders.

Mufti was also a rationalist who never lost sight of the past as well as the future. Read More

Alia's 'Samjhawan' crosses 50-mn-mark on YouTube

MUMBAI--Actress Alia Bhatt's popular single “Samjhawan Unplugged”, a melodious rendition of singers Arijit Singh and Shreya Ghoshal's "Samjhawan" from 2014 romantic-comedy "Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania" has crossed the 50-million-mark on YouTube.

Sung by Alia, the song was posted on the video-sharing site in July 2014.

Filmmaker Karan Johar, who produced the Shashank Khaitan directorial, took to Twitter on Thursday to share the news with his fans. Read More

Movie: Wazir Intelligently crafted emotional thriller

By Troy Ribeiro
Film: "Wazir"; Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar, Aditi Rao Hydari, Manav Kaul, Neil Nitin Mukesh, John Abraham, Anjum Sharma, Mazel Vyas and Seema Pahwa; Director: Bejoy Nambiar; Rating: **** Read More