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    The South Asian Timese x c e l l e n c e i n j o u r n a l i s m

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    INDIA DAY CELEBRATIONS 15 OP-ED 19 SPORTS 24

    Khattar woos US investors with new industrial policy

    50,000 expats fetePM Modi in Dubai

    Dubai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi

    addressed 50,000 strong Indian diaspora at

    the Dubai cricket stadium where the crowd

    roared and cheered in approval on Aug 17.

    Modiʼs visit was special as it was the first

    visit by an Indian PM to the UAE in 34 years.

    He took a veiled swipe at

    Pakistan over terrorism as he was wrap-

    ping up a two-day trip to UAE. The crowd

    also gave a standing ovation to the Abu

    Dhabi crown prince for the gift of land for a

    temple. The UAE is home to 2.6 million

    Indians. Modi also made a strong

    pitch for UAE investments in India, saying

    India has the potential of $1 trillion invest-

    ments.

    After record number of people who came

    to listen to Modi in New York and Sydney

    earlier, the next big event for the popular

    prime minister is in Silicon Valley on

    September 27.

    Washington DC: During a two-

    day visit on August 18-19,

    Chief Minister of Haryana

    Manohar Lal Khattar met gov-

    ernment officials, business

    leaders, think tank experts,

    academicians and India-

    American community leaders

    in Washington D.C. and State

    of Maryland.

    He is currently leading a 30-

    member delegation of officials

    from his state and top Indianbusinesses on a visit to the US

    and Canada to present

    Haryana as a promising desti-

    nation for doing business.

    The Chief Minister highlight-

    ed the steps taken by his

    Government to improve doing

    business environment in

    Haryana. He invited U.S.

    investors to Haryana in sectors

    such as IT, renewable energy,

    transportation, defense and

    food processing. Haryana's

    Industries Minister Capt.

    Abhimanyu lauded the success

    of the Indian-American busi-

    ness community and invited

    them to share their experience,skills and talent for the growth

    and development of India.

    In order to facilitate invest-

    ment in the State, the Haryana

    Continued on page 4

    New York: The like of this parade is not

    seen even in India to celebrate the coun-

    tryʼs Independence Day. Indeed, Grand

    Marshal Arjun Rampal too said this about

    the New Yorkʼs India Day Parade while

    talking to the media on Sunday.

    Thousands of people from the Indian

    diaspora, Bollywood celebrities and

    Indian politicians were part of the spec-

    tacular 35th annual India Day Parade in

    Manhattan on Aug 16.

    Billed as the biggest Indian parade

    Continued on page 4

    Related stories on page 14Detailed stories on pg 16-17.

    See related stories on pg 3 & 23.

    Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar speaking at the US-India 

    Business Council in Washington, DC.

    Trump makes dramatic gainson Hillary in latest poll

    New York: Donald Trump has

    made dramatic gains on Hillary

    Clinton and is within striking dis-

    tance of her in a hypothetical

    2016 presidential battle, accord-

    ing to a poll released Wednesday.

    Democrat Clinton leads the

    Republican front-runner by 6

    points, 51 percent to 45 percent,according to the CNN/ORC

    International survey conducted

    Donald Trump onTime magazine cover 

    Continued on page 4

    Match winning batsman Virendra Sehwag, new Bollywood sensation Parineeti 

    Chopra, Grand Marshal superstar Arjun Rampal, & Sony TV artists Aman and Sangeeta at FIA’s India Day Parade in New York August 16. (Photo: PTI) 

    Grand parade celebratesIndia Day in New York

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    Irvine CA:

    The University of California at

    Irvine (UCI) has agreed to establish three

    new chairs to expand its religious studies

    program, adding Jain, Sikh and Modern

    India studies to the already agreed Vedic

    and Indic civil ization studies. Shri

    Parshvanath, Dhan Kaur Sahota and

    Swami Vivekananda presidential chairs

    for Jain, Sikh and modern India studies

    respectively were present at the signing

    held on Aug 12 at the Jain Center of 

    Southern California (JCSC) in Buena Park.

    UCI Dean of School of Humanities Dr.

    Georges Van Den Abbeele was joined by Jain studies donors Drs. Jasvant, Meera

    Modi, Rajesh and Neeta Shah, and Sikh

    studies donors Dr. Harvinder Sahota, a

    cardiologist, and his wife Asha Sahota.

    The new chairs will anchor the religious

    studies program at UCI by securing facul-

    ty-led research and instruction in influen-

    tial Indian religions and culture and help

    establish a multidisciplinary campus for

    Indian studies. Classes in the department

    are expected to begin in September 2016.

    “Todayʼs historical event will have a pro-

    found impact on developing academic

    opportunities for the study and research

    of these two religions (Jainism and

    Sikhism),” JCSC president Virendra Shah

    said.

    Efforts to establish similar studies are

    being made at other Southern California

    institutions, including Claremont School

    of Theology and Loyola Marymount

    University. Each endowed chair is fundedwith $2 million. Donors provided $1.5

    million and U.C. matched a half million

    dollars. An endowed chair is a fund that

    provides resources to recruit, retain and

    reward the finest scholars. The annual

    interest in the endowment provides

    resources in perpetuity for faculty salary,

    teaching, research and related activities.

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    By Jinal Shah

    New York On Monday Haryana

    chief minister Manohar Lal

    Khattar signed an MoU with a

    leading Connecticut firm to manu-facture air-conditioners at an 8-

    acre facility in Gurgaon that will

    generate about 2000 jobs. He

    made the announcement at a press

    conference at the Indian Consulate

    here that evening.

    Khattar, who is on a 10-day visit

    to the US and Canada signed the

    MoU with United Technologies.

    “The agreement will help expand

    its existing facility in Gurgaon and

    create new jobs in the process,”

    Khattar said.

    Khattar and his delegation held

    meetings with Connecticut

    Governor Dannel Malloy and busi-

    ness leaders and CEOs. He extend-ed an invitation to the Governor to

    visit India and Haryana that was

    accepted by Malloy.Highlighting the progress made

    by his state, Khattar said, “Haryana

    is a strategic location in terms of its proximity to Delhi. It has well

    established infrastructure and

    developed auto sector, defense, IT,

    education, and medical education.”

    He mentioned the new

    “Enterprise Promotion Policy

    2015” inviting the US and othercountries to invest in Haryana.

    “Under this policy we have a tar-

    get of inviting investments from

    abroad of approximately $20 bil-

    lion for next five years. This invest-

    ment will generate employment

    for 400,000 people.”

    Earlier, Khattar and Haryana

    Industries and Commerce Minister

    Abhimanyu met seven prospective

    investors in New York to discuss

    the possibility of investment in

    projects and joint ventures in the

    power and renewable energy sec-

    tors. “Haryana is committed to

    establishing 4,200 MW of solar

    power units. Three of the investors

    we talked to have showed keen

    interest in setting up solar power

    plant,” said Sanjeev Kaushal,

    Principal Secretary to Khattar.

    Clutch Group founder and CEO

    Abhi Shah accepted Khattar's

    request to start a power project inHaryana.

    ThermoAura Inc co-founder and

    President Rutvik J. Mehta

    expressed his intention to enter

    into a joint venture for establish-

    ing facilities for manufacturing

    solar thermal generators.

    Ducon Group of Companies

    chairman and CEO Aron Govil, who

    was born in Hisar in Haryana,

    evinced keen interest in setting up

    a 100 MW solar power plant in

    the state.

    Khattar and his team were also

    scheduled to San Francisco to meet

    with senior executives of major IT

    companies like Google, Facebook,

    Oracle and IBM.

    New York: Turning the tables on

    Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), whose new

    counsel launched implausible,

    defamatory allegations against

    Congress President Mrs. Sonia

    Gandhi in the US Court of Appeals

    here on August 18, Ravi Batra,attorney for defense, argued that

    such defamation was an example

    of how SFJ's campaign of publici-

    ty seeking litigation was doing a

    disservice to the genuine victims

    of 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Batra

    argued that the new allegations

    exceeded the allegations of "a cover up or shield-

    ing after becoming Congress President in 1998"

    in the original and amended complaint - and as a

    result were factually wrong and illegal. SFJ attor-

    neyʼs recklessly reprehensible allegations

    included that ʻMrs. Gandhi had personally killed

    peopleʼ as well as ʻordered a killing spreeʼ in

    1984, Batra said in a statement to the press.

    Batra explained to the court that his client,

    Sonia Gandhi was a housewife in deep shock onOctober 31, 1984 ‒ the day then Prime Minister

    Indira Gandhi was assassinated - and didn't do

    or order any killings. The complaint alleged,

    speculatively, that meetings took place on that

    day at the Congress party headquarters in New

    Delhi - but not in her home. “Hence, the allega-

    tions of her attendance were implausible,” Batra

    concluded.

    Batra further argued that under

    binding Supreme Court precedents,

    SFJ, as a NY corporation, was not an

    ʻalienʼ - and hence can never be a

    proper party to bring a lawsuit under

    the ʻAlien Tort Statuteʼ (ATS). Being a

    corporation, SFJ is also incapable of being tortured or killed and hence

    can't sue under Torture Victims

    Protection Act (TVPA). SFJ has

    proven no membership, and hasn't

    been appointed by any Court in USA

    or India to represent the estate of a

    single person unlawfully hurt or

    killed in 1984. As both ATS and TVPA require

    that a lawsuit be filed within 10 years of the act

    claimed to violate the law of nations ‒ and 30

     years have passed since 1984 ‒ so the lawsuits

    in US courts are dead-on-arrival and a hoax upon

    society, Batra submitted.

    The defense attorney went on to explain to the

    panel of Circuit Judges Cabranes, Raggi and

    Wesley that SFJ's litigation tactics such as suing

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh twice in 2013and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014 are

    irritating the foreign relations of the United

    States - and are an irritant to President Obama

    and Secretary of State John Kerry.

    Batra, however, was mindful to show by act

    and deed the compassion that every person of 

    good will owes to every single victim of 1984 -

    as they are deserving of dignified relief.

    Haryana Chief Minister details deals made and in the works

    3 Endowed Chairs in Jain, Sikh and

    Modern India Studies at UCIRavi Batra’s spirited defense of

    Sonia Gandhi in SFJ case

    The delegation led by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattarvisiting the Honeywell Technologies Centre in

    Washington DC on Thursday.

    University of California at Irvine Dean of School of Humanities Dr. Georges Van Den Abbeele and donor families signing the agreements.

    Ravi Batra is thedefense attorney for Congress President 

    Sonia Gandhi

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    Grand parade celebrates India Day in New...

    Continued from page 1

    outside India to celebrate the 69th Independence Day,

    it was organized by the Federation of Indian

    Associations (FIA-NY-NJ-CT) and ambled down

    Madison Avenue in the heart of Manhattan.

    Bollywood star Arjun Rampal was the Grand

    Marshal at the parade while actress Parineeti Chopra

    was the guest of honor at the event attended by

    Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, India's

    Consul General Dnyaneshwar Mulay and former union

    minister Shashi Tharoor, among others.

     Khattar woos US investors with new...

    Continued from page 1

    government has released a new Enterprise Promotion

    Policy 2015. One of the key goals of this new policy is

    a single window clearance system.

    Already, the chief minister has signed many MoUs

    with US firms for setting up projects in Haryana.

    Trump makes dramatic gains on Hillary in...

    Continued from page 1

    Thursday through Sunday last week. That puts him

    within the pollʼs margin of error of plus or minus 3.5

    points.

    Clinton was clobbering Trump by 16 points, 56 per-

    cent to 40 percent, just a month earlier.Trumpʼs strong gain could go a long way to combat

    his perceived weakness ̶ electability ̶ in a face-off 

    with Clinton.

    “Well, [running against Clinton] is not my focus

    right now. Right now, I have 16 other people that Iʼm

    looking at and thatʼs not my focus ̶ but indirectly

    probably is,” Trump told CNN, referring to his GOP

    rivals.

    “I think that Hillary is going to have a hard time

    being in the election based on whatʼs happening with

    the emails, the servers . . . I think itʼs going to be a very

    hard thing to overcome.”

    The poll showed that Trump is now on equal ̶ or

    higher ̶ ground with other Republicans in a match-

    up against the former secretary of state.

    Clinton leads Scott Walker, too, by 6 points, Jeb

    Bush by 9, and Carly Fiorina by 10.While he said heʼs concentrating on the GOP pri-

    mary and not the general election, Trump blasted his

    potential rivalʼs record.

    “Hillaryʼs record as secretary of state was a disas-

    ter,” he said. “She was in favor, totally in favor, of the

    Iraq War ̶ which is obviously not a good sound bite.”

    But with all her problems, Clinton remains the can-

    didate to beat, according to the poll.

    New York Mayor Bill de

    Blasio promised Tuesday that

    his administration would rein

    in topless women, begging

    mothers, costumed charac-

    ters and others who hustle

    passersby for cash at NewYork City tourist hubs such as

    Times Square.

    Committing to take action

    "soon," de Blasio said he

    would seek "creative ideas"

    and deploy "all the tools

    available" to enforce current

    laws and potentially enact

    new ones without running

    afoul of free-speech rights

    protected by the U.S.

    Constitution.

    "This situation is going to

    change. This is what I'll guar-

    antee you. I'm not going to

    tolerate it. We're going to

    change things," he said dur-

    ing a City Hall news confer-

    ence. "This is a situation that

    I don't accept, and we will

    deal with very aggressively."

    He said that city agencies,

    including the NYPD and theDepartment of Consumer

    Affairs, are formulating a

    new approach for handling

    Times Square, which has

    become an epicenter of cos-

    tumed characters and topless

    women in body paint seeking

    tips in exchange for posing

    for photographs. One idea is

    to regulate the street hustlers

    as businesses subject to city

    rules, de Blasio said.

    San Francisco

    A second,

    even bigger, 'cheat sheet'

    exposing the users of 

    adultery website Ashley

    Madison has been

    released.

    Hacking group 'the

    Impact team' on

    Thursday released another mine of 

    documents and confidential infor-

    mation to back up their first 9.7

    gigabyte leak, according to Vice.

    The new documents were

    dumped with a taunting message

    to the adultery website's founderas exposed users such as disgraced

    reality TV star Josh Duggar began

    to publicly admit their involve-

    ment.

    'Hey Noel, you can admit it's real

    now,' read the post - presumably

    directed at the company's million-

    aire CEO Noel Biderman, who has

    refused to admit the material is all

    legitimate.

    The new - even bigger - 20GB

    release will do little to calm the

    nerves of the cheaters whose per-

    sonal details have been exposed.

    The Associated Press tracedmany of the accounts exposed by

    hackers back to federal workers.

    They included at least two assis-

    tant U.S. attorneys; an IT adminis-

    trator in the Executive Office of 

    the President; a division chief, an

    investigator and a trial attorney in

    the Justice Department.

    De Blasio pledges crackdown on Times Square hustlers

    New York

    The Association of Indians in America (AIA-

    NY chapter) is hosting its 28th Annual Deepavali

    Festival at the South Street Seaport on October 4, cul-

    minating at dusk with a spectacular display of fire-

    works over the East River, enthralling thousands of 

    New Yorkers.

    The event is one of the largest in the tri-state area,

    attracting 75,000 ‒ 100,000 people. Deepavali (a row

    of lamps) or Diwali is the famous ʻFestival of Lightsʼ. It

    signifies the triumph of ʻGood over Evilʼ. The festival

    will be a full day celebration with numerous corporate

    booths, food & clothing vendors, performances and

    activities for the whole family.

    The theme for the festival this year will be

    “Empowerment of Youth”. Towards that objective,

    “Naach Inferno”, a successful new attraction to the

    Festival in 2014, is an inter-collegiate dance competi-

    tion that will take place again this year.

    Colleges and Universities will compete to win a

    grand prize and a special segment on Star TV, one of 

    Indiaʼs most popular television networks.

    The Association of Indians in America (AIA) is the

    oldest not-for-profit organization of Asian Indians in

    America founded in 1967.

    AIA Diwali mela with live

    fireworks in NYC on Oct 4

    Topless performers hassle touristsfor tips in Times Square.

    Hackers dump second batch of adultery

    dating site Ashley Madison records

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    New York

    Indian

    American attorney

    Richa Naujoks nee

    Gautam has been

    shortlisted for

    Thomson Reuters

    F o u n d a t i o n ' s

    TrustLaw Lawyer of 

    the Year award.

    C e l e b r a t i n g

    groundbreaking pro

    bono projects under-

    taken by legal teams

    with NGOs and social

    enterprises around the world, the

    award recognizes lawyers who

    have gone above and beyond in

    providing exceptional pro bono

    support. Among individual nomi-

    nees, Richa Naujoks is the only

    Indian and the only US lawyer

    shortlisted for this prestigious

    award, said a statement.

    A senior associate at Nixon

    Peabody LLP's New York City

    office, she is a graduate of the

    National Law School of India

    University in Bangalore and the

    University of Washington in

    Seattle (LLM). She currently serves

    as co-chair of the India Committee

    of the American Bar Association's

    Section of International Law.

    Richa Naujoks was nominated by

    Mumbai-based Wello for her out-

    standing pro bono work on the

    complex restructuring of Wello's

    US and Indian legal and opera-

    tional structure.

    Wello makes water

    wheels that help

    women safely carry

    water from distant

    water sources to

    their homes.

    TrustLaw connects

    the world's leading

    legal teams to pro-

    vide free legal assis-

    tance to organiza-

    tions working for

    social and environ-

    mental change. It is able to draw

    from its network of over 100,000

    lawyers across the world to meet

    the legal needs of NGOs and social

    enterprises.

    In addition to Wello, other South

    Asian projects and NGOs are repre-

    sented within the various cate-

    gories for the 2015 awards. Indian

    firm LawQuest is nominated for its

    support of Nazdeek Trust with

    multiple projects around its efforts

    to organize tea workers for right

    of association and a basic mini-

    mum wage. Norton Rose Fulbright

    South Africa coordinated a team of 

    firms including White and Case,

    Mughal Barristers , J Sagar

    Associates, and Blake, Cassels &

    Graydon LLP to provide research

    on the admissibility of character

    evidence in rape cases for the

    Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services

    Trust (BLAST).

    Albertson NY: Community

    activists, business leaders and

    prominent Indian Americans from

    all across Long Island ‒

    Democrats and Republicans ‒

    gathered in Albertson on Long

    Island recently to express their

    solidarity and support for

    Anthony J Santino, candidate for

    Supervisor of the Town of 

    Hempstead, and Nasrin Ahmad for

    Town Clerk. “Both candidates

    were endorsed by the Indian

    American Voters Forum,” said

    Varinder Bhalla, Chairman &

    Founder of the political commit-

    tee formed in 2003 to support

    candidates in local elections.

    The Forumʼs endorsement was

    supported by Sunil Modi,

    President of AIA-NY, Surender

    Dhall, President of the World

    Punjabi Organization, Usha

    George, President of Indian

    Nurses Association of New York,

    Mohinder Verma, President,

    Indian American Business

    Association of New York,

    Benjamin George, Chairman, Long

    Island Malayalee Association,

    Animesh Goenka, former National

    President of AIA, Gobind Munjal,

    past President of IALI, as well as

    Inder Bindra, former President of 

    NDMF.

    Business tycoon Harry Singh

    Bolla and the internationally

    acclaimed cancer physician

    Dattatrey Nori, as well as Meena

    Chopra of the Akbar chain of 

    restaurants were also there to

    express their support.

    Bhalla recounted the support

    received by the community from

    Santino over the past two decades

    for which he was honored by

    Amb. Dnyaneshwar Mulay at the

    Consulate of India on August 15

    2014. Endorsing Ahmad for

    Hempstead Town Clerk, Bhalla

    stressed that “re-election of 

    Nasrin Ahmad in November will

    be the victory of every South

    Asian American on Long Island.”

    “Mr. Santino understands the

    needs of small businesses and

    hardworking Americans on Long

    Island and has earned the respect

    and support of our community”,

    said Bolla who heads a chain of 

    gas stations, convenience stores,

    etc in the Town of Hempstead and

    across the New York metropolitan

    area. “Nasrin is a very important

    leader of the South Asian commu-

    nity of Long Island and is worthy

    of our total support”, said Goenka

    about the incumbent Town Clerk

    whose office processes marriage

    and birth certificates as well as

    passports, among other responsi-

    bilities.

    New York: The American India

    Foundationʼs William J. Clinton

    Fellowship for Service in India

    recently announced its 2015-16

    class, and at least 17 of the 34 fel-

    lows are of Indian origin.

    Of the fellows selected, the nine

    Indian Americans are Ishita Arora,

    Sarah Manchanda, Mahroh

     Ja ha ng ir i, Be ni ta Ma ha nt a,

    Ambika Roos, Kushal Amin,

    Yasmin Lalani, Natasha

    Ramanujam and Priyanka Murali;

    while the eight Indian-origin fel-

    lows include Kuljan Singh, Benson

    Neethipudi, Shriyam Gupta,

    Stanzin Saldon, Janice DʼSouza,

    Udayan Phillips, Aparna Nutakki

    and Rachel Varghese.

    Murali spent her childhood in

    four countries and now calls

    Fremont, Calif. , home. Living

    worldwide gave her a unique per-

    spective on how culture affects

    daily life. After obtaining under-

    graduate degrees in South Asian

    studies and genetics, she was

    intent on finding a way to com-

    bine both these fields of study.

    Murali has worked at the South

    Asian Heart Center, a wellness

    clinic, and continued her educa-

    tion by pursuing a graduate

    degree in genetic counseling,

    where she conducted independent

    research and consulted with

    patients diagnosed with genetic

    diseases.

    Roos, of Philadelphia, is a cre-

    ative strategist and digital produc-

    er who helps humanitarian organ-

    izations share their stories. In her

    most recent position at Hyperakt,

    a Brooklyn, New York-based

    design agency, Roos managed all

    client relationships and directed

    the firm's strategy, design and

    development processes.

    She is a graduate of Brown

    University with degrees in archi-

    tecture and international develop-

    ment, where she wrote a thesis

    that examined water rights

    activism networks in urban India.

    Born in Hyderabad, Nutakki

    now lives in Chicago with her fam-

    ily. During college, she volun-

    teered in free health clinics for

    uninsured patients of Chicago;

    traveled to Honduras as part of 

    medical brigades; and worked

    with an NGO in India to diagnose

    diabetes and anemia in the tribal

    population of Wayanad, Kerala.

    Ramanujam grew up in

    California and currently is a resi-

    dent of Fremont, Calif. She attend-

    ed Northwestern University in

    Evanston, Ill. There, she pursued a

    degree in French horn perform-

    ance while also studying global

    health. She first gained interest in

    public health after serving as a

    volunteer at Shanti Bhavan

    Children's Project, a residential

    school located outside of 

    Bangalore.

    Mahanta, of Sugar Land, Texas,

    is part of the United States

    Environmental Protection Agency

    in Washington, D.C., where she

    has been since 2011. She has

    served in many roles for the EPA,

    including on the professional

    development crew for the

    agencyʼs Emerging Leaders

    Network.

    Mahanta has also been a special

    assistant to the U.S. Fish and

    Wildlife Service Pacific Reefs

    National Wildlife Refuge Complex

    in Honolulu.

    The fellows will be dispersed to

    various regions of India beginning

    in the fall.

    Community support for Santino & Nasrin Ahmad

    Clinton Fellowship names Indian Americans to Class of 2015

    Indian American community leaders endorsed Nasrin Ahmad, Town Clerk and Anthony J Santino,candidate for Supervisor of Town of Hempstead (seated fourth and fifth from right) for election Nov 3.

    Richa Naujoksnee Gautam

    Indian American lawyer shortlistedfor prestigious award

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    South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley

    today announced Swati S. Patel as

    her new Chief of Staff.

    Patel takes over as Chief of Staff from

     James H. Burns, who recently announced

    plans to return to corporate life.

    Patel has served as Chief Legal Counsel

    for Gov. Haley since 2011 and served as

    transition counsel in the office of Gov.-

    elect Haley.

    “I canʼt think of anyone who is more

    widely respected or uniquely qualified to

    lead our team than Swati Patel,” said Ha-

    ley. “Swatiʼs steady leadership as legal

    counsel has strengthened our staff, guid-

    ed our administration, and helped us de-

    liver results to the people of South Car-

    olina ‒ and, as Chief of Staff, Swati willkeep that momentum going.”

    Patelʼs career in public service spans 18

     years ‒ in the executive and legislative

    branches ‒ and includes ten years as a le-

    gal counsel in the Governorʼs Of fice. Patel

    was appointed Deputy Legal Counsel in

    2003 and then Chief Legal Counsel in

    2007 by Gov. Mark Sanford, and she

     joined Gov.-elect Haleyʼs team as transi-

    tion counsel in November 2010.

    A native of Anderson, S.C. and mother of 

    two, Patel received a Juris Doctor from

    the University of South Carolina School of 

    Law and is a graduate of the University of 

    South Carolina.

    NY Indian American of three genera-tion from age 4 to seniors gathered

    at Saneeswara Temple on August 15

    at 10 A.M. to celebrate the 69th Inde-

    pendence Day organized by Shashikant Pa-

    tel and Gopi Udeshi with support from

    community delegates.

    Speech of Gandhiji and PM Narendra

    Modiʼs message were read out by Dr Mo-

    hammad Hack, Queens Community Coor-

    dinator and Shashikant Patel. Congress-

    women Grace Meng, Chief Minister of Gu-

     jarat Anandiben Pate l and Mayor of New

    York City Bill de Blasioʼs messages were

    read by Shashikant Patel and Gopi Udeshi.Citation by Congressman I. Daneek

    Miller, District 27, Queens and Certificate

    of Recognition from Senator Leroy G.

    Cormie from 14th Senate District put

    essence in the event.

    Satnam Singh Parhar, Joe Concannon ,

    Celia Dosmantes candidates running the

    election from District 23 of Queens Bor-

    ough expressed their views about Indian

    Independence Day. Chief guest Dr Vasund-

    hara along with Queens Community Coor-

    dinator Dr Mohammed Hack and others

    held Flag Hosting.

    Rubin Museum of Art, NYCwill screen Advaita Filmsʼ

    Gurukulam, a documen-

    tary directed by Neil Dalal & Jil-

    lian Elizabeth featuring Swami

    Dayananda Saraswati Aug 22-

    24.

    ʻGurukulamʼ follows a group

    of students and their teacher as

    they confront fundamental

    questions about the nature of 

    reality and self identity at a re-

    mote forest ashram in southern India. Daily

    chores, meditation, ritual and rigorous study

    are woven together connecting the natural

    and spiritual worlds in moments of surpris-

    ing revelation and comic contradiction.

    Gurukulam, a sensory experiential cinema-

    verité documentary film, captures an Indian

    wisdom tradition by following an influential

    monk, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, and his

    community of students. As oneof the few remaining tradition-

    al teachers of Vedanta,

    Dayananda is a rarity. He is

    sought after not only for his

    command of Hindu wisdom

    texts, such as the Upanisads and

    the Bhagavad Gita, but for his

    capacity to communicate an-

    cient wisdom into living experi-

    ence. At eighty-four years old,

    this may be the last long-term

    residential course he teaches.

    It is produced and co-directed by award

    winning filmmaker and Yoga teacher, Jillian

    Elizabeth (On Coal River, Whatever It Takes)

    and co-directed by Neil Dalal, professor of 

    Sanskrit and Yoga philosophy and tradition-

    al teacher of Vedanta. Mary Lampson is the

    editor, J.P. Sniadecki is the cinematographer

    and Ernst Karel is the sound mixer.

    Gov. Nikki Haley appointsSwati Patel as Chief of Staff 

    Swati S. Patel was serving as Chief Legal Counsel for Gov. Haley.

    The inaugural New Jersey PakistanDay Parade took place Aug. 16

    along Oak Tree Road, Edison.

    According to official estimates over

    7000 people attended the parade that

    started in Edison and concluded in Ise lin,

    ending with a Pakistani cultural festival

    and musical concert.

    The event organized by the Pakistan

    Day Parade of New Jersey attracted Pak-

    istani-Americans from across the state as

    well as from New York City, Long Island,

    and Philadelphia.

    The first parade of its kind in New Jer-

    sey, the celebration included 13 floats,

    bhangra dancers, dhol music, and a 100-

    person marching band. Muslim Boy

    Scouts and Girl Scouts of America troopswalked alongside groups representing

    some of Pakistanʼs diverse religions, in-

    cluding Pakistani-Christians, Sikhs, and

    Hindus. In addition to several local Pak-istani organizations and businesses, JFK

    Hospital, Carepoint, and the Overseas

    Commission of Pakistan had floats.

    The cultural and music festival was

    headlined by five acclaimed Pakistani pop

    stars ‒ Raga boys, Rahim Shah, Waqas Ali,

    and Haider Afzal ‒entertained the crowd.

    They were joined by local talent, includ-

    ing Pakistani-American rappers.

    Also present were elected officials from

    around the state, led by hometown May-

    ors Tom Lankey of Edison and John Mc-

    Cormac of Woodbridge. Other notable at-

    tendees included State Senate President

    Steve Sweeney, Senator Peter Barnes, Sen-

    ator Sam Thompson, state lawmaker Nan-

    cy Pinkin, former lawmaker UpendraChivukula and Middlesex County Free-

    holders Charlie Tomaro, Ken Armwood,

    and Charlie Kenney.

    Inaugural Pakistan Day Paradein Edison draws over 7000

    The parade attracted Pakistani Americans from all over(Photo: Ed Murray | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) 

    NY Seniors celebrated I Day at Saneeswara Temple

    The Indian American Kerala Center inElmont, New York celebrated India 

    Independence Day by raising the Indiantri-color flag with the singing of Indian

    national anthem followed by rendition of poems and speeches by community leaders,

    participation in yoga and ending with a feast. The flag hoisting was done by Kerala 

    Center president Thambi Thalappillil.

    Indian tri-color unfurledat Kerala Center

    Rubin Museum of Art to screen ‘Gurukulam’

    Greater New York Seniors celebrate 69th I Day

    IN BRIEF

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    Washington DC:

    An international

    team of astronomers, including an

    Indian-American PhD student, hasdiscovered a Jupiter like exoplanet

    outside earth's solar system just a

    100 light years away.

    Researchers including Rahul I.

    Patel, a PhD student in Physics &

    Astronomy Department of Stony

    Brook University, New York, are

    calling the exoplanet a "young

     Jupiter " beca use it shares many

    characteristics of Jupiter.

    A paper outlining the full find-

    ings is published in Science.

    The finding could serve as a

    decoder ring for astronomers to

    understand how planets formed

    around the sun as it provides an

    opportunity to look at youngerstar systems in the earlier phase of 

    development, according to a media

    release.

    Called 51 Eridani b, the exoplan-

    et is the 'faintest' one on record,

    and also shows the strongest

    methane signature ever detected

    on an alien planet, which should

     yield additional clues as to how the

    planet formed.

    "We found that 51 Eridani is sur-

    rounded by warm dust that indi-

    cates the presence of an asteroid

    belt," said Patel.

    "Finding dust around a star is

    like seeing a large signpost that

    tells us there might be a planet,"

    he added.

    "This is because the dust is usu-

    ally created when lots of large

    asteroids collide and destroy each

    other, usually pushed around by a

    large planet - like 51 Eridani b."

    Patel led NASA's Wide-field

    Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) to

    search for any thermal glow that

    dust and ice grains resulting from

    collisions among asteroids and

    comets in the Solar System can

    produce.

    His previous work identifying

    recycled planetary dust, known as

    "debris disks," around close to ahundred other star systems, puts

    the discovery of the exoplanet in

    context.

    In addition to being the faintest

    planet ever imaged, it's also the

    coldest - 400 Celsius, whereas oth-

    ers are around 700 °C - and fea-

    tures the strongest atmospheric

    methane signal on record.

    Previous Jupiter-like exoplanets

    have shown only faint traces of 

    methane, far different from the

    heavy methane atmospheres of the

    gas giants in our solar system.

    All of these characteristics, the

    researchers say, point to a planet

    that is very much what modelssuggest Jupiter was like in its

    infancy.

    Patel and Stanimir Metchev, a

    Physics & Astronomy Professor at

    Western University in Canada and

    at Stony Brook University, are co-

    investigators on the scientific

    study.

    They are both members of the

    international Gemini Planet

    Imager Exoplanet Survey (GPIES)

    team, which is dedicated to imag-

    ing and characterizing exoplanets,

    planets discovered outside of 

    earth's solar system.

    San Francisco CA: Organizations

    across the West Coast are gearing

    up for the Prime Minister of India

    Narendra Modiʼs visit to the Silicon

    Valley on Sunday, September 27,

    2015. In the seven days since reg-

    istration opened, almost 500

    diverse organizations from across

    the West Coast have registered to

    show support for the event. These

    organizations, called the Welcome

    Partners, will decide most of the

    individual registrations for the

    event. The Indo American

    Community of West Coast

    (IACWC), a coalition of organiza-

    tions tasked with organizing this

    grand event in which more than

    18,000 people are expected to

    attend, concluded the registrationprocess for organizations yester-

    day evening. “Of course we are all

    very proud of our Indian heritage.”

    Rakhi Israni, IACWC spokesperson,

    stated, “However, being a part of 

    this historic event and seeing first-

    hand the amazing response, gives

    me a tremendous sense of how

    much the Indian diaspora believes

    in the power that is India and how

    much they believe in Prime

    Minister Modi.”

    The IACWC hosted speech in

    California will follow Modiʼs

    address to the United Nations

    General Assembly in New York. It

    is expected that several leading

    American government officials as

    well as CEOs of many of the top

    technology companies will be in

    attendance during Modiʼs speech

    at the SAP Arena in San Jose on

    September 27.

    Modiʼs arrival will mark the first

    visit to California by an Indian

    Prime Minister in 33 years. The

    reception is timed around the

    scheduling of many high impact

    meetings and programs, all of 

    which stand to promote the shared

    ideals of innovation and entrepre-

    neurship that define both Vibrant

    India under the leadership of 

    Prime Minister Modi and Silicon

    Valley. The visit shall also high-

    light the contributions of India andIndian Americans in the technolo-

    gy and clean energy sectors.

    At a registration launch meeting

    last week, the coalition announced

    that the complimentary passes to

    the event will initially be distrib-

    uted through the Welcome

    Partners. Once that process has

    been completed, any remaining

    passes will then be opened for gen-

    eral registration.

    IACWC seeks to strengthen ties

    between the Silicon Valley and

    India in order to further connect

    the innovation and technology of 

    the West with the growth of India.

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    New York A day after Facebook claimed

    that Indian-origin Aran Khanna did not

    remove the code from a malicious app

    despite requests, Khanna said on Saturday

    he had complied with all the requests of 

    the social media giant.

    "I complied with Facebook's requests, as

    they pertained to both my interactions

    with the media and the handling of the

    code, every step of the way," Khanna told

    IANS in an email response, adding: "My

    intentions were never malicious; I simplysought to draw attention to a privacy issue

    that I knew many people were unaware

    of."

    "Despite being asked repeatedly to

    remove the code, the creator of this tool

    left it up. This is wrong and it's inconsis-

    tent with how we think about serving our

    community," Facebook said in a statement

    on Friday,

    Concerned over privacy issues, Khanna,

    who's based in Washington, said: "I'm

    hopeful this story will foster conversations

    about how Facebook and other companies

    handle privacy issues, specifically,

    whether they take steps to proactively

    protect our privacy, or if it takes pressure

    from the outside to af fect change."

    However, Facebook maintained that

    Khanna's mapping tool (Marauder's Map)violated company norms.

    "We began developing improvements to

    location-sharing months ago, based on

    inputs from people who use Messenger.

    His (Khanna's) mapping tool scrapped

    Facebook data in a way that violated our

    terms, and those terms exist to protect

    people's privacy and safety," Facebook

    said.

    "We don't dismiss employees for expos-

    ing privacy flaws, but we do take it seri-

    ously when someone misuses user data

    and puts people at risk," the company

    added.

    Khanna, however had told Boston.com

    that Facebook withdrew its summer

    internship offer three days after

    Marauder's Map was launched. According

    to the website, the day after Marauder'sMap was posted, Khanna said his future

    manager at Facebook called him and

    asked him not to talk to the press.

    Marauder's Map was a Chrome exten-

    sion that used data from Facebook

    Messenger to map where users were when

    they sent messages, Boston.com said.

    I complied with Facebook’s requests: Aran Khanna

    Indian American student & team

    discover Jupiter-like planet

    500 organizations support PMModi’s visit to Silicon Valley

    Rahul I Patel 

    Aran Khanna

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    Chicago

    One of the most striking

    scenes at the India IndependenceDay parade in Naperville, an afflu-

    ent Chicago suburb, was watching

    the Mayor Emeritus leading the

    parade resplendent in a Rajasthani

    'pagdi' (turban).

    At the 'mela' (fair) that followed

    the parade, American elected offi-

    cials could be seen digging into

    delicacies like 'pav bhaji' and 'vada

    pav'.

    Naperville hosted its first India

    Day, with an estimated crowd of 

    over 10,000 spectators, sizable for

    a first-time ethnic event.

    A colorful procession with 16

    decorated floats sponsored by var-

    ious community organizations,businesses and restaurants wend-

    ed its way along the half mile

    route. Several dance groups repre-

    senting the diverse dance forms

    and music of India were part of the

    procession.

    Among the local dignitaries

    attending were the chiefs of the

    police and fire brigade, city council

    members, aldermen (equivalent to

    an Indian municipal corporator)

    and elected representatives of the

    Illinois legislature. Illinois Lt.

    Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti, the

    first Latino to hold the office,

    hailed the diversity that was being

    celebrated, adding that there was a

    need for more diverse cultures in

    state leadership so that all races

    and colors were adequately repre-

    sented.

    Other elected officials said they

    were pleasantly surprised to note

    the overwhelming response to the

    parade given the fact that this was

    the first such event by the Indian

    American community in

    Naperville.

    Krishna Bansal, chairman of the

    Naperville Indian Community

    Outreach (NICO) which was the

    primary organizer of the event,

    said that the parade celebrated the

    integration of the Indian American

    community and was the successful

    culmination of an idea mooted a

    couple of years back and actively

    encouraged by the then mayor and

    the Naperville City Council.

    The parade on Chicago's Devon

    Avenue has till today been the

    major such event in the Midwest.

    New York A day after India celebrated its

    69th Independence Day, Indian-Americans

    in Houston, Texas paid tribute to Mahatma

    Gandhi by unveiling his bronze statue.

    Unveiled at the entrance of "Little India"

    -- an area off Hillcroft Avenue in Texas -

    the monument is a marble structure bear-

    ing a bronze engraving of the Mahatma's

    face.

    "This is a fitting monument," chron.com

    news portal quoted Harish Parvathaneni,

    the Consul General of India, as saying.

    The Indian community raised $25,000

    to construct the statue and worked closely

    with the city officials.The first draft that arrived in July did not

    look like Gandhi so it was redesigned

    again, the portal said.

    Nearly 125,000 people of Indian origin

    live in Houston.

    "In 1968, there were barely half a dozen

    Indian families that had made this their

    home," Virendra Mathur, trustee and co-

    founder of a local community centre, was

    quoted as saying.

    Several officials attended the event,

    including US Representative Al Green (D-

    Houston), state Representative Gene Wu

    (D-Houston) and Houston city council

    member Mike Laster.

    "Gandhi is famous for saying, 'We should

    be the change that we seek'. It is obvious

    that this community has taken up this

    cause," Green said.

    The area in Houston was formally

    named "The Mahatma Gandhi district" in

    2011 and is home to dozens of Indian

    restaurants, grocery stores, jewellery

    stores and other businesses.

    Indian-Americans inCleveland celebrate I-Day

    Washington DC: The Indian community in the

    US city of Cleveland observed India's 69th

    Independence Day, marking the event with yoga,

    speeches, dance and musical performances.

    Many Indian-Americans practiced yoga before a

    statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the India Cultural

    Garden in the morning, cleveland.com news por-

    tal reported on Saturday. Many onlookers joined

    the session. Later the gathering marched with

    Indian flags to commemorate Gandhi's "Salt

    March" - a protest that took place in 1930. Later

    in the day, many Indian-Americans in Indian

    national flag-colored costumes gathered in

    Rockefeller Gardens for more celebrations. Theprogram included song and dance performances

    both in the traditional and Bollywood style. The

    meeting concluded with the chanting of the

    national anthem. One Indian American, Om

     Julka, 97, told the crowd that he served in the

    Indian Army and he stood behind Jawaharlal

    Nehru at the first Independence Day celebration

    in New Delhi in 1947.

    New York

    Acclaimed Indian-

    American filmmaker Manoj NightShyamalan is set to return with a

    comedy thriller movie, a media

    report said on Wednesday.

    Set to be released on September

    11, "The Visit" is an intimate fami-

    ly drama tucked inside a horror

    picture, the New York Times

    reported.

    Written, produced and directed

    by Shyamalan, the $5-million film

    is about two teenagers visiting

    their oddly behaving grandparents

    who scratch the walls at night and

    have a weird secret in the shed,

    among other places.

    After the failure of "Lady in the

    Water", "The Happening", "TheLast Airbender" and "After Earth"

    at the box office, the "The Sixth

    Sense" fame director is looking for-

    ward to repeat his success story

    with "The Visit".

    The film has been an unexpected

    hit with audiences in sneak-peek

    screenings. It was lauded at the

    Comic-Con International held in

    San Diego in July.

    "I admit that I was skeptical

    going in," an attendee said, adding,

    "But it was one of the best horror

    movies I have ever seen. And it was

    funny. "M. Night Shyamalan's best

    film in a very, very, VERY long

    time," William Bibbiani, a critic at

    CraveOnline, wrote on Twitter

    after attending a screening of the

    movie last month.

    After four flops in a row,

    Shyamlan became a part of the

    team behind "Wayward Pines," a

    mystery series on television and

    gathered much praise.

    "Because there are fewer

    resources in television, I learned

    how much fat I had on me, how

    many puffed-up bad habits,"

    Shyamalan was quoted as saying.

    "There was this great feeling of 

    slowly shedding the fat," he added.

    Naperville Mayor Emeritus A. George Pradel in a turban withorganizers of the parade.

    M Night Shyamalan

    Overwhelming response to I-Dayparade in Chicago

    Gandhi statue unveiled in Houston's 'Little India'

    Shyamalan pins hopeson his new movie

    P Harish, Consul General of India in Houston unveils the statue (Photo: Chron.com)

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    Vijayawada

    Techies from AndhraPradesh based in the US have formed a

    group to pay back to the society by offer-

    ing tech solutions to the government.

    Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu

    on Thursday launched the CodeforAP

    program here. He said NRIs from the

    state can contribute to digital Andhra

    Pradesh by becoming part of this group.

    CodeforAP (http://codeforap.org/) is a

    non-profit organization in the US that is

    supporting Andhra Pradesh in various

    technology applications in e-governance,

    economic and social development, deliv-

    ering citizen services, health and social

    services, rural education and agriculture.

    Set up last month, the organization has

    100 volunteers working with 30 govern-ment departments by offering them

    through technology-based solutions to

    streamline work.

    Some of the projects in pipeline include

    "Dial an Expert", a concept where they

    seek to bridge the gap between govern-ment officials and citizens and "Open

    Directory" is a project to keep track of all

    the government personnel with their con-

    tact details. Naidu urged CodeforAP to

    work on applications that will not only

    support the government but also come up

    with innovative ideas for delivering citi-

    zen services.

    "One in four techies in the US are from

    India. Among them, one or two belong to

    Andhra Pradesh. This shows how we have

    been able to create a good ecosystem for

    engineers from Telugu state. We will now

    create a better ecosystem in the new state

    of Andhra Pradesh to promote talent and

    innovation," he said.

    Referring to the problems faced byAndhra Pradesh post bifurcation, Naidu

    said he was determined to turn these

    challenges into opportunities. He said he

    would not rest till making Andhra a num-

    ber one state in the country.

    Washington DC: US federal

    prosecutors preparing to

    question an Alabama police

    officer for assaulting anIndian elderly man have

    sought to limit the use of a

    crucial video evidence dur-

    ing the trial, a media report

    said.

    The attack on Sureshbhai

    Patel, 57, on February 6, left

    the elderly man partially

    paralyzed.

    The prosecutors argue

    that the audio after the inci-

    dent is "self-serving", US-

    based AL.com reported on

    Wednesday.

    An unarmed Patel, who

    does not speak English, was

    allegedly assaulted by EricParker while he was taking

    a morning walk in front of 

    his son's house in a

    Madison, Alabama suburb.

    "As a result of defendant

    (Eric) Parker's use of force,

    Sureshbhai Patel suffered a

    spinal cord injury, paralysis,

    and a bloody nose," the

    report cited federal motion

    as saying.

    "After the incident, the

    defendant and other officers

    are recorded talking to one

    another and the defendant

    attempts to justify his use of 

    force to his supervisor and

    other officers at the scene,"it added.

    The judge of the federal

    court in Huntsville, where

    the trial is expected to begin

    on September 1 this year,

    was asked to "only allow the

    first two minutes of the

    dashboard camera video

    into evidence",

    ABC3340.com reported.

    The incident occurred

    when Parker and another

    officer arrived at the scene

    in response to a call about a

    suspicious person walking

    on Hardiman Place Lane.

    The video from the dash-

    board camera showedParker and another officer

    confront Patel. At one point,

    Parker slammed Patel to the

    ground.

    Patel, who was left partly

    paralyzed, underwent spinal

    surgery at Huntsville

    Hospital. Parker, who was

    sent on a paid administra-

    tive leave, has pleaded not

    guilty.

    New York:

    An investment adviser of Indian

    descent has admitted to a $9million-fraud

    involving Facebook stock Thursday, the

    Federal Bureau of Investigation announced.

    Gignesh Movalia, the founder of OMGlobal Investment Fund, pleaded guilty in

    Tampa before Federal Magistrate Judge

    Anthony E. Porcelli to one count of invest-

    ment advisor fraud. He is to be sentenced

    later.

    Federal Prosecutor A. Lee Bentley III said

    Movalia solicited investments in his fund

    claiming that he could get shares of 

    Facebook before its initial public offering.

    He raised more than $15 million, of which

    $9 million was buying Facebook shares.

    However, Bentley said in a statement,

    Movalia used the $9 million for other invest-

    ments and hid this from the investors.

    Ultimately, OM Global Investment Fund

    lost $9 million and went broke, Bentley said.

    Last year in June in a separate civil suitfiled by the Securities and Exchanges

    Commission, Federal Judge Jose E. Martinez

    in Miami ordered Movalia and OM

    Investment fund to pay up $1.729 million in

    illegal profits and fined him $300,000.

    In addition to the Facebook stocks fraud,

    the SEC had also accused him of making

    improper loans to third parties and creating

    an institution with a name similar to OM

    Investment Funds to evade monitoring by a

    Florida state court and using it to solicit

    funds.

    Washington DC : Vacationing in Martha's

    Vineyard, an island summer resort in

    Massachusetts, President Barack Obama has

    brought Pulitzer Prize winning Indian-

    American author Jhumpa Lahiri's novel "The

    Lowland" with him.

    "The Lowland" is a story about two brothers

    who grew up in Calcutta in the 1960s. After

    one is killed, the other marries his pregnant

    widow and moves to the US. The New York

    Times calls the premise of this novel "star-

    tlingly operatic."

    Besides Lahiri's novel Obama brought five

    other books with him: 'All That Is,' by JamesSalter; 'All the Light We Cannot See,' by

    Anthony Doerr; 'The Sixth Extinction,' by

    Elizabeth Kolbert; 'Between the World and

    Me,' by Ta-Nehisi Coates and 'Washington: A

    Life,' by Ron Chernow. Coates's book deals

    with the lives of black men in America.Kolbert's book won the Pulitzer Prize for its

    analysis of how humans are dramatically

    changing the Earth's environment. Chernow's

    is a lengthy biography of the first president.

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    Obama reading Jhumpa Lahiri's'The Lowland' on holiday

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    President Barack Obama was seenshopping with daughter Malia 

    US to partly use video evidence

    Attack on Indian:Andhra techies in US cometogether to pay back to society

    Investment adviser admits to $9MFacebook stock fraud

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    10 August 22-28, 2015   TheSouthAsianTimes.info S AFFAIRS

    Washington

    Showing that his

    surge was no flash in the pan, a

    new pol l saw Donald Trump

    emerge as the clear leader for the

    Republican nomination after win-

    ning his party's trust on top issues.

    The CNN/ORC poll released on

    Tuesday finds the real estate

    mogul with the support of 24 per-

    cent of Republican registered vot-

    ers in the crowded field of 17.

    His nearest rival Jeb Bush, stands

    11 points behind at 13 percent.

     Just behind Bush, retired neuro-

    surgeon Ben Carson has 9 percent,

    Florida Senator Marco Rubio and

    Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker

    8 percent and Kentucky Senator

    Rand Paul 6 percent.

    Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina

    has moved up to the top 10 with 5

    percent, while Louisiana's Indian-

    American governor Bobby Jindal

    continues to languish among the

    bottom seven.

    Trump is the biggest gainer in

    the poll, up 6 points since the top

    Republican candidates debated in

    Cleveland, Ohio on August 6.

    Trump has also boosted his

    favorability numbers among

    Republicans, 58 percent have a

    favorable view of Trump now. That

    figure stood at 50 percent in the

     July survey.

    These nationwide findings follow

    recent polling in Iowa and New

    Hampshire showing Trump also

    leads the Republican field in those

    two key states, which hold the first

    primaries for nomination.

    The poll suggests those behind

    Trump love him. He holds a 98

    percent favorability rating among

    his supporters.

    But those Republican voters who

    aren't supporting Trump are skep-

    tical whether he would help the

    party.

    Most Republicans (58 percent)

    say the party would have a better

    chance to win in 2016 with some-

    one else at the top of the ticket,

    including 72 percent of those who

    don't currently back the business-

    man. The poll finds evidence of a

    slight gender gap in support for

    Trump, who has faced public ques-

    tions recently about his treatment

    of women, though he does lead the

    field among both men and women.

    Trump stands at 27 percent

    among Republican men and at 20

    percent among Republican

    women, a gap just outside the mar-

    gin of error for each group.

    New York Five more buildings in

    the Bronx have tested positive for

    the bacteria that cause the poten-

    tially deadly Legionnairesʼ disease,

    though there is no sign that anyone

    has grown ill from the new sites,

    NYC officials said Saturday.

    Ten people have died in the

    largest Legionnairesʼ outbreak in

    city history. Seven more reported

    cases of the disease have been

    reported in New York, bringing the

    total to 108, though officials

    expressed confidence that the out-break was subsiding.

    “We can say with confidence that

    this outbreak has been contained,”

    said Mayor Bill de Blasio, even as he

    acknowledged the scope of the out-break meant the city was in

    “uncharted territory.”

    The South Bronx remained

    ground zero for the outbreak, as the

    bacteria have now been found in a

    total of 10 buildings. But health

    officials believe that the people who

    have grown ill were exposed at one

    of five buildings where bacteria was

    originally detected in their cooling

    towers, normally rooftop equipment

    used to cool large, and usually mod-

    ern, structures.

    The disease is a form of pneumo-

    nia caused by breathing in mist con-

    taminated with the Legionella bac-

    teria and is considered particularly

    dangerous for the elderly and forpeople with underlying health

    issues. It is not clear what triggered

    this outbreak, which began last

    month.

    Seattle Washington: Amazon CEO

     Je f f Bezos ha s re jected a New

    York Times investigative story

    that portrays his company as com-

    petitive to the point of treating its

    workers with brutality.

    Last week, the Times published

    the story based on interviews with

    more than 100 current and for-

    mer Amazon workers.

    The story paints picture of a

    company where workers are

    encouraged to rip apart one

    another's ideas in meetings, send

    secret feedback to one another's

    bosses, work late into the night

    and meet standards described as

    "unreasonably high."

    The Amazon seen in the Times

    piece is a place where people who

    suffer cancer or a miscarriage are

    not evaluated fairly and not given

    enough time to recover. It's a

    place where employees are seen

    weeping at their desks. In short,

    the Amazon portrayed in the

    Times story is a company few

    would want to work for.

    But that's not the Amazon that

    Bezos recognizes as he said in an

    employee memo sent in response

    to the Times piece.

    Many corporations, including

    those in tech, are often portrayed

    as tough, fiercely competitive and

    even back-stabbing places to

    work. Apple, Microsoft, Google

    and others have, at times, been

    depicted as difficult and demand-

    ing environments for their work-

    ers, sometimes in stories like the

    Amazon piece and other times by

    disgruntled employees leaving the

    company. How close these allega-

    tions are to the truth is hard to

    say.

    "The NYT article prominently

    features anecdotes describing

    shockingly callous management

    practices, including people being

    treated without empathy while

    enduring family tragedies and

    serious health problems," Bezos

    said in his memo. "The article

    doesn't describe the Amazon I

    know or the caring Amazonians I

    work with every day."

    Bezos said the Times story

    accused Amazon of trying to "cre-

    ate a soulless, dystopian work-

    place where no fun is had and no

    laughter heard." But Bezos said he

    doesn't "recognize this Amazon"

    and hopes the company's employ-

    ees don't either. Further, Bezos

    said he didn't believe any compa-

    ny as portrayed in the Times arti-

    cle could survive in today's com-

    petitive tech market.

    "The people we hire here are the

    best of the best," Bezos said. "You

    are recruited every day by other

    world-class companies, and you

    can work anywhere you want."

    And who would want to work in

    such a harsh atmosphere? Not

    even Bezos.

    Donald Trump 

    Mayor Bill de Blasio

    Trump emerges clear leader in Republican race

    Scorching heat breaks recordsin Southern California as 2

    million flock to beachesLos Angeles The weekend heat

    wave sent more than 2 million

    visitors to Los Angeles County

    beaches as scorching tempera-

    tures slashed records across

    Southern California.

    And what better way to cool

    down than natureʼs own air con-

    ditioner -- the ocean breeze?

    Temperatures hit 115 degrees

    there Sunday, tying a record set

    in 1994. More than 30 miles

    south in Thermal, residents were

    feeling the heat as temperatures

    reached 114 degrees. It was

    warm enough to tie a record set

    in 1992.

    Riverside and Campo were a

    blistering 107 degrees, breaking

    records of 106 set it 1992 and

    1962, respectively.

    In Los Angeles County, four

    record highs were set Sunday.

    Long Beach was 96 degrees, top-

    ping the old record of 95

    degrees in 1992. Sandberg, near

    Gorman, reached 99 degrees; the

    old record was 98 degrees in

    1994.

    Burbank hit 102 degrees, up 2

    degrees from 1992 and 2000.

    And the hottest L.A. County city

    was Lancaster, where tempera-

    tures reached 108 degrees, up

    from 107 in 2002.

    In Ventura County, Camarillo

    hit 87 degrees, tying a record set

    in 2000.

    The scorching heat was expect-

    ed to end this week as cooler

    temperatures move into

    Southern California.

    Crowd at a Los Angeles County beach

    Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos in India last year 

    Amazon is not a 'soulless, dystopian workplace,' Bezos says

    Legionnaires’ outbreak contained, claims Mayor Bill de Blasio

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    11August 22-28, 2015TheSouthAsianTimes.info  INDIA

    Ara/Saharsa Bihar): Prime Minister

    Narendra Modi has announced a Rs.1.25

    lakh crore package for election-bound Bihar

    and attacked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

    for his "arrogance" in returning money

    meant for victims of the 2008 Kosi floods.Shortly After Modi ended his campaign

    speech attended by thousands at Ara town,

    Nitish Kumar accused the prime minister of 

    spreading falsehood and insisted the money

    was Bihar's right and not a favor.

    After laying the foundation stones for 10

    road projects, Modi told the rally that the

    package would change the face of Bihar and

    urged the people to vote the Bharatiya

     Janata Party (BJP) to power in the assembly

    polls.

    The prime minister said Rs.40,000 crore

    unspent from an earlier aid package to the

    state would also be given, taking the total

    central assistance to Rs.1.65 lakh crore.

    Modi recalled that before the 2014 Lok

    Sabha election, he had promised a specialpackage of Rs.50,000 crore to Bihar. "But

    looking at the dreams of a prosperous Bihar,

    it was later to give a bigger package."

    Modi accused Nitish Kumar of playing

    political games and of getting only

    Rs.12,000 crore for Bihar from the previous

    Congress-led UPA government.

    He also challenged Nitish Kumar's claim

    that Bihar was no longer a 'BIMBARU' state.

    "Our chief minister turned very angry and

    said who is Modi to call Bihar a BIMARU

    state. He said with authority that Bihar is no

    longer a BIMARU state. If that's true, I will

    be the happiest person."

    Later, addressing another rally in Saharsa

    district, Modi again targeted Nitish Kumar,

    the Janata Dal-United leader and the BJP's

    arch foe in the election. "The chief minister

    returned the money given to help the people

    affected by the Kosi floods. It hurt me."

    "At the time of the Kosi tragedy, an arro-

    gant leader was not worried about the pain

    and suffering of the flood victims," Modi

    said.Miffed over advertisements featuring him

    and then Gujarat chief minister Narendra

    Modi and referring to the aid provided by

    Gujarat during the 2008 floods, Nitish

    Kumar returned the Rs.5 crore given for the

    purpose.

    Modi said the fear of a return of 'jungle

    raj' was rattling Bihar. "A wind for change is

    blowing in Bihar. It favours the BJP-led

    NDA."

    Nitish Kumar raised questions about

    Modi's package for Bihar.

    "While I will wait to hear the details of the

    so-called package announced by Modi, I

    emphasise (that) special assistance is our

    right and not a favour," he tweeted.

    And he said if had to beg for Bihar's devel-opment, he would not mind doing it.

    Modi said the central government was for-

    mulating special schemes to empower

    women and Other Backward Classes in the

    state. He even spoke a few lines in Bhojpuri

    language while greeting the people.

    Jaipur The rul ing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) surged ahead of 

    the Congress in elections to a

    majority of the urban civic bodies,

    but suffered rude shocks in the

    home turf of chief minister

    Vasundhara Raje who is battling

    corruption charges.

    The party lost the Jhalawar

    municipal council and and

     Jhalrapatan municipality -- both in

    Raje 's assembly constituency

     Jhalrapatan -- after a gap of more

    than 15 years.

    The party also lost to Congress

    the Baran municipal council and

    Anta municipality in Baran dis-

    trict. Rajeʼs son Dushyant Singh isthe Lok Sabha MP from Jhalawar-

    Baran constituency.

    The party also trailed in the

    Dholpur municipal council where

    Singh had claimed private owner-

    ship of a palace which the opposi-

    tion alleged was government prop-

    erty.

    The Congress won 21 out of the

    45 wards here, the BJP 15, while

    the BSP and independents brought

    up the rest.

    Results of elections to civic bod-

    ies were seen as a political test for

    Raje and her son who were

    accused of helping tainted former

    IPL chief Lalit Modi in return forfinancial benefits.

    In Jhalrapatan, the Congress

    bagged 15 out of 25 wards, while

    the BJP secured the remaining 10.

    In Jhalawar, out of a total 35, the

    Congress swept 20 wards leaving

    15 to the ruling party.

    Political analysts in Hadauti, the

    region which includes Jhalawar

    district, said the damage was

    because the BJP and the govern-

    ment ignored local issues

    “Damaged roads, lack of drink-

    ing water and poor health infra-

    structure. The public here is angry

    as the area is represented by CM

    and her son, but is ignored,” said a

    senior BJP leader from Hadauti oncondition of anonymity.

    That everything was not well for

    BJP in Jhalawar became evident

    after Jhalawar municipal council

    chairperson Usha Yadav left the

    party and joined the Congress in

    the last week of July.

    Yadav had alleged it became suf-

    focating to work in the BJP as a

    few leaders had "hijacked" the

    party. She also alleged the CM did

    not listen to grievances of local

    leaders, a charge denied by party

    president Ashok Parnami.

    However, the BJP leadership is

    dismissive of the partyʼs loss in

    CM's home turf. “If we are looking

    at the loss in Jhalawar, we shouldalso credit the CM for the massive

    victory at other places” said Onkar

    Singh Lakhawat, partyʼs in-charge

    for the local body polls.

    New Delhi: With parliament ses-

    sion over, 15 special envoys are

    again headed for Africa to com-

    plete the invitations for the

    Third India-Africa Forum

    Summit (IAFS) being held here in

    late October. More than 30

    African countries have been

    invited, and about 20 more

    remain.

    The feedback so far from the

    30 plus countries has been posi-

    tive and the government is

    expecting around 50 African

    leaders to attend the October

    26-30 mega event. The African

    continent has a total of 54 coun-

    tries.

    One factor that would come in

    the way of some African leaders

    attending the summit is the elec-

    tion season in some African

    countries - Tanzania and Cote

    d"Ivoire would be in the midst of 

    presidential elections, while the

    Central African Republic would

    have just got over with a presi-

    dential election. In Guinea and

    Burkina Faso too presidential

    elections would have got over

    only on October 11.

    However, Tanzanian President

     Jakaya Kikwete is set to attend

    as he is not running for presi-dent. Mozambique President

    Filipe Nyusi, who was in India

    earlier this month and met

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi,

    is likely to send a senior repre-

    sentative in the form of his

    prime minister.

    Of the 54 African countries,

    only Libya has been left out due

    to the instability there with the

    Islamic State gaining ground

    over its territory fractured by

    civil war and internecine con-

    flict.

    External Affairs Minister

    Sushma Swaraj is heading to

    Egypt early next week during

    which she is expected to meet

    President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi.

    Union Transport Minister Nitin

    Gadkari, who earlier this monthwent to Cairo to attend the New

    Suez Canal opening, reiterated

    the invitation that was earlier

    delivered by Minority Affairs

    Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.

    Sushma Swaraj will also be

    meeting Nabil Elaraby, an

    Egyptian diplomat who is the

    secretary general of the Arab

    League with headquarters in

    Cairo. The Arab League, which

    has 22 members, also works in

    close connect with the African

    Union. The Afro-Arab Summit is

    held every three years.

    The Third IAFS is set to be the

    largest gathering of foreign lead-ers in India since the Non-

    Aligned Summit in New Delhi in

    1983 and the Commonwealth

    Summit the same year.

    Modi's bonanza for Bihar fuels Nitish anger

    India-Africa Summit: 50

    African leaders set to attend

    Rajasthan civic polls:BJP well ahead, setback for Raje

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inaugurationof skill training centres, in Ara, Bihar.

    Chief minister Vasundhara Raje.

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    Srinagar Senior Kashmiri separatist leaders

    were placed under house arrest here ahead

    of their scheduled meeting with Pakistan

    National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz in New

    Delhi. They were released within an hour.

    Separatist leaders were placed under

    house arrest in Srinagar to maintain law and

    order, a senior police officer said.

    Hurriyat's moderate faction chairman

    Mirwaiz Umer Farooq was placed under

    house arrest in the morning in his Nigeen

    residence.

    "A posse of police arrived at Mirwaiz's resi-

    dence and placed him under arrest today(Thursday) morning. Another senior leader

    of the conglomerate, Moulana Abbas Ansari,

    too was put under house arrest. Houses of 

    senior Hurriyat leaders Javaid Ahmad Mir

    and my residence were raided by police

    early morning," Shahid-ul-Islam, secretary of 

    Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, told IANS.

    The Pakistan High Commission in New

    Delhi has invited Kashmiri separatist leaders

    for a meeting with Aziz ahead of the India-

    Pakistan NSA-level talks scheduled on

    August 23. Hardline separatist leader Syed

    Ali Geelani was put under detention in his

    uptown Hyderpora residence in the city.

    "I am ill. I have a bad chest and have been

    under house arrest since April 17 this year,"

    Geelani said. He said his political movement

    has been curtailed by the state authorities.

    Pro-Independence Jammu and KashmirLiberation Front (JKLF) chairman

    Muhammad Yasin Malik said he was arrest-

    ed by police from his Maisuma residence in

    Srinagar and taken to Kothibagh police

    station.

    12 August 22-28, 2015   TheSouthAsianTimes.info NDIA

    Hurriyat's moderate faction chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq.

    Within hours of wife's

    cremation, President

    back at work

    New Delhi

    Within hours after his wife

    Suvra was cremated, President Pranab

    Mukherjee was back at work at the

    Rashtrapati Bhavan.

    In no time after the final rites,

    Mukherjee -- known to be a strict disci-

    plinarian -- was attending to his official

    duties. His first duty was to pay tributes

    to Shankar Dayal Sharma, the ninth

    president of India.

    Mukherjee paid floral tributes to

    Sharma, in the corridor in which the por-traits of past presidents are lined, on the

    occasion of his birth anniversary.

    “The First Ladyʼs cremation was at

    10.30 a.m. By 12.30, the president was

    attending to his official duties," said a

    Rashtrapati Bhavan official.

    "After offering floral tributes to the

    former president, the president had the

    external affairs ministry brief him.

    The president had to cut short his two-

    day visit to Odisha and return to the

    national capital to be by his ailing wifeʼs

    side. He continued attending his official

    duties, delivering his address to the

    nation on the eve of the Independence

    Day and even holding the customary “At

    Home” at Rashtrapati Bhavan on August15 without once betraying any emotion

    to the world outside.

    The first couple got married on July

    13, 1957 and had been together for 58

     years.

    President Pranab Mukherjee with Bangladesh Prime Minister SheikhHasina, former prime minister Manmohan Singh and BJP veteran

    L K Advani at the Lodhi Road crematorium in New Delhi.

    New Delhi Despite government

    overtures, three ex-servicemen on

    a fast unto death on the 'One Rank

    One Pension' issue refused to end

    their protest. Ex-servicemen are

    likely to hold more protests even

    as they wait for a meeting with theprime minister, their spokesmen

    said.

    "We have requested Defense

    Minister Manohar Parrikar to help

    us meet the prime minister," said

    Major General Satbir Singh (retd),

    chairman, Indian Ex-Servicemen

    Movement.

    While ex-servicemen, whose agi-

    tation continued for the 66th day,

    initially agreed not to scale up

    their agitation before August 26,

    Col. Anil Kaul (retd), spokesperson

    of the Indian United Ex-Servicemen

    Front, told IANS that the protestors

    did not agree to this and might go

    ahead with their plans for moreprotests.

    The veterans planned a candle-

    light march to the India Gate on

    Sunday, but decided to reschedule

    it as it coincided with the visit of 

    Pakistan's National Security

    Adviser Sartaj Aziz.

    "We are trying to convince the

    veterans to wait till August 23 at

    least; I hope the prime minister

    gives us an appointment before

    that," Kaul said.Parrikar too asked the veterans

    to wait till August 24, as he was

    scheduled to meet Modi on August

    23. Ex-servicemen are demanding

    there should be no change in the

    definition of OROP, the date of 

    implementation should remain as

    April 1, 2014, and the base year

    must remain 2013-14. That means

    all past pensioners would be

    brought at par with pension as

    existing on March 31, 2014.There are around 24 lakh retired

    servicemen in India and around

    6.5 lakh widows who will benefit if 

    OROP is implemented.

    Srinagar  Jammu and

    Kashmir Chief 

    Minister Mufti

    Muhammad Sayeedurged India and

    Pakistan to work out a

     joint strategy to com-

    bat terrorism in the

    region.

    Accompanied by

    Deputy Chief Minister

    Nirmal Singh, Sayeed

    visited the northern

    border town of Uri

    and walked up to the 'Aman Setu'

    (Peace Bridge) connecting the

    Indian and Pakistan administered

    Kashmir. The gesture comes at a

    time when Indian and Pakistani

    troops have been locked in gun

    battles along the Line of Control(LoC) which divides Jammu and

    Kashmir between the two coun-

    tries. The firing and shelling have

    left seven people dead in the last

    10 days.

    "This (peace) is the

    reality, and not what

    is happening on theLoC in Poonch. Peace

    has a much larger

    constituency in India

    and Pakistan than

    those who want to dis-

    turb i t , " he told

    reporters there.

    "Hostilities at the

    borders must immedi-

    ately end and India

    and Pakistan must work out a joint

    mechanism to combat terrorism in

    the region," he added.

    The chief minister supported

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi's

    initiative to build closer ties among

    SAARC countries.Members of divided families on

    the two sides of the LoC use the

    Aman Setu bridge to cross over for

    re-union with relatives.

    OROP agitation: Protesters refuse to end fast unto deathIndia, Pakistan must jointlybattle terror: Mufti

    Ex-servicemen stage a demonstration for OROP in New Delhi. Jammu and Kashmir 

    CM MuftiMuhammad Sayeed.

    Hurriyat leaders placed under

    house arrest, released

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    By Richard Verma

    Today, India has much to cele-

    brate as it reflects on the

    last 68 years since

    Independence, and much to look

    forward to in the years to come.

    We recently commemorated the

    10th anniversary of the Civil

    Nuclear Initiative, a milestone that

    unleashed the potential of the US-

    India relationship. At that time,

    partnering on defense production,

    space and other forms of high

    technology was almost unthink-

    able.

    Today those issues are part of 

    the foundation of the enduring

    partnership we are building as we

    seek to make our citizens and the

    world more free, secure, and pros-

    perous. US-India ties become

    more necessary by the day as theshared values that we hold dear

    face profound challenges, whether

    it IS from emboldened terrorist

    organizations, attempts to dis-

    credit the principles of democratic

    governance or aggressive tactics

    in the seas and skies.

    Challenges to access to shared

    spaces ̶ through the seas, the

    skies, and space ̶ compromise

    the ability of nations to provide

    their citizens with rising living

    standards and stability. However,

    the US-India relationship, and ourcommitment to defending and

    preserving these spaces can help

    promote global peace and pros-

    perity for the long-term. As lead-

    ing powers, our work to ensure

    the integrity of these shared

    spaces should drive our strategic

    cooperation for decades.

    The US and India can take a

    leading role to address the risks

    facing maritime zones. In fact,

    under our Joint Strategic Vision

    for the Asia Pacific announced in

     January, our leaders af firmed theimportance of safeguarding mar-

    itime security and ensuring free-

    dom of navigation throughout the

    Indo Pacific. We are both mar-

    itime powers. Our navies engage

    in regular trainings and joint exer-

    cises as partners. We can do more,

    such as increasing our intelli-

    gence exchanges and collaborat-

    ing even further on issues of com-

    mon concern such as piracy,

    counter-terrorism, the illegal drug

    trade, and human trafficking. We

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