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1.5 million mourn Indian extremist leader at funeral

November 22, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Rajesh Shah The Associated Press MUMBAI, India (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of grieving supporters thronged the streets of Mumbai on Sunday, Nov. 18 for the funeral of Bal Thackeray, a Hindu extremist leader linked to waves of mob violence against Muslims and migrant workers in India.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Ambani, Bal Thackeray, Bharatiya Janata Party, Hindu Hriday Samrat, Kumar Ketkar, Mumbai, Pakistan, Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena, Top Indian, Uddhav Thackeray, Vol 31 No 48 | November 24 - November 30

A Tom Hardy classic reborn in Winterbottom’s “Trishna”

July 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly U.K.-born director Michael Winterbottom made his reputation

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2012, Andrew Hamlin, Canada, Director Winterbottom, Freida Pinto, His English, Indian Broadcasting Network, Jay Singh, Kate Winslet, London, Mags Arnold, Michael Winterbottom, Mumbai, Northwest Asian Weekly, Riz Ahmed, Roshan Seth, Slumdog Millionaire, Thomas Hardy, Vol 31 No 30 | July 21 - July 27

Pakistani president visits India in effort to thaw relations

April 14, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nirmala George The Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The leaders of India and Pakistan said they agreed in talks that strained relations between their rival South Asian nations should be normalized. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and visiting Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari said their meeting was friendly and constructive.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2012, Ajmer Sharif, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Islamabad, Moinudin Chishti, Mumbai, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, President Zardari, South Asian, Sufi Muslim, United States, Vol 31 No 16 | April 14 - April 20

Race for land hits India’s poor farmers

November 22, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ravi Nessman The Associated Press ROZAJALALPUR, India (AP) — The farmers of Rozajalalpur knew what was coming. They saw others closer to India’s expanding capital city pushed off their land to make way for malls, apartments and offices. They saw billboards rise along nearby potholed roads and tiny sales offices sprout in the grassy […]

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Chetan Bijesure, Congress Party, Dalchand Sharma, Formula One, Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority, India, Leisure Park, Mumbai, National Advisory Council, New Delhi, Noida Extension, Panscheel Greens, ROZAJALALPUR, Ravi Garg, Reliance Power, Rupesh Verma, Subhash Nagar, Supreme Court, Uttar Pradesh

Destroyed slum a consequence of India’s vast economic gap

May 28, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW DELHI (AP) — Years later, long after their handmade shacks had been reduced to rubble, they look at the place that was once their neighborhood

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Australia, Civil Lines, Colin Gonsalves, France, Louis Vuitton, Ludlow Castle Road, Mumbai, New Delhi, Pakistan, Raj Niwas Marg, Shanti Devi, Trans Yamuna, Vol 30 No 22 | May 28 - June 3, Yet India

Peacock designer duo go from Bollywood to Britney Spears

March 10, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Indian designers Falguni and Shane Peacock have busted out of Bollywood straight through to Hollywood. Their champion? Britney Spears.

Filed Under: Features, National News Tagged With: 2011, American Music Awards, Britney One, Britney Spears, Britney Two, India, London Fashion Week, Los Angeles Fashion Week, Manish Arora, Michelle Obama, Mumbai, New York, Nicki Minaj, Paco Rabanne, Sunset Strip, Vol 30 No 11 | March 12 - March 18, Wear Daily, West Hollywood, World Cup

Editorial: Locke is Obama’s secret weapon

February 10, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

From Feb. 6 to Feb. 11, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke led a high-technology trade mission in New Delhi, Bangalore, and Mumbai. His aim was to promote

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2009, 2011, Ben White, China, Commerce Gary Locke, Davis Wright Tremaine, Hong Kong, India, Mumbai, New Delhi, President Barack Obama, Silicon Valley, Taiwan, United States, Vol 30 No 7 | February 12 - February 18, technology

As India rises, its rat catchers toil in darkness

November 23, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Sabid Ali Sheikh stands on a prairie of trash — old onions, excrement, animal bones — slowly rotting its way back into an earth riddled

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Arun Bamne, Asia, China, India, Jahed Gabul Sheikh, Jahed Sheikh, Mumbai, Sabid Sheikh, Sathe Nagar, Vol 29 No 48 | November 27 - December 3, poverty

Slim hope for change in first Myanmar vote since 1990

November 11, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Voters in the secretive military-ruled nation of Myanmar cast their first ballots in two decades on Sunday, Nov. 7

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Aung San Suu Kyi, Australian National University, British Ambassador Andrew Heyn, Burma, Detained Nobel Peace Prize, India, Khin Maung Swe, Mumbai, Myanmar, National Democratic Force, National Unity Party, North Korea, President Barack Obama, Southeast Asian, USDP, Vol 29 No 46 | November 13 - November 19, YANGON, Yi Yi

High food costs force Indians to do more with much less

May 6, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Food inflation that has been in the double digits for a year has had a deep impact on school lunches, family meals, and holy offerings. Anger with high prices erupted into protests

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Associated Press, Congress Party, Deepa Sinha, Eurasia Group, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Harsh Mander, India, Machimal Nagar, Mumbai, Pradip Hazra, Seema Desai, Seema Valmiki, Supreme Court, Tirupati Balaji, Uday Ghosh, Vol 29 No 19 | May 8 - May 14, West Bengal

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