US and Indian politics as they affect Indian Americans: elections, candidates, policy and the debates that reach the diaspora.
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Interrogators reported that Abu Jundal said 12 terrorists — not 10 — were trained at LeT camps for the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, with two dropping out before
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Why US road-accident victims can win life-changing damages while India's Motor Accident Claims Tribunals award far less — and what the road toll costs families.
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Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari, alias Abu Jundal — an alleged 26/11 handler — was arrested in June 2012 after Indian and Saudi intelligence cooperation.
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When nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 2012, Sachin Tendulkar declined his entitled government bungalow — a quiet statement on public privilege.
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North Dakota's 2012 Measure 2 would have abolished all property taxes — voters rejected it 76% to 24%, but the sentiment behind it refuses to die.
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President Obama's June 2012 claim that 'the private sector is doing fine' became instant campaign fodder — and a case study in how one line defines a season.
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June 2012: Wisconsin's recall defeat, anemic jobs numbers, Clinton freelancing, a looming Supreme Court verdict — Democrats woke to the possibility that
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In May 2012 Kaspersky exposed Flame — a massive cyberespionage toolkit aimed at Iran, with 86 fake-identity domains and all the hallmarks of a state operation.
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In June 2012 Sachin Tendulkar took oath as a Rajya Sabha member — the first active cricketer nominated to India's Upper House, and a political lightning rod.
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The '1%' was really a 0.1% problem: the elite whose wealth buys the rules themselves. On inequality, Occupy, and why the policy answers differ.
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The Bombay High Court upheld the conviction of Ramkishan Harijan for assaulting a 10-month-old but cut his sentence from ten years to seven, sparking outrage.
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After the Andhra Pradesh High Court struck down the 4.5% minority sub-quota within OBC reservation in May 2012, the IITs decided to ignore it for JEE
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India's Supreme Court ruled that sex obtained through a false promise of marriage constitutes rape under the IPC — a major statement on consent in Indian law.
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The 1,360-km India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway — agreed in 2002, perpetually delayed and re-announced. India's road to Southeast Asia.
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The 2012 western wildfire season — six states burning, Colorado's Waldo Canyon destroying 346 homes, and a firefighting system stretched past its limits.
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May 2012: Egypt's first-round results pointed to a runoff between the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi and Mubarak's last prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq.
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The 2012 speculation that Obama might swap Biden for Hillary Clinton as his running mate — the electoral logic, the arguments against, and why it never
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In May 2012 a Guernsey auction house tried to sell a vial allegedly holding Ronald Reagan's blood from 1981. The Reagan Foundation objected — and won.
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Immigration fraud investigators have a secret weapon: the mundane. Where are the takeaway menus, who wrote the rent cheque — the simple questions that trip
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In May 2012 the Lok Sabha passed the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill — gender-neutral, with special courts, in-camera trials, and
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