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Indian-American adoptive father of Sherin Mathews sentenced to life
World | Jun 27, 2019, 06:31 AM ISTWesley Mathews, the Indian-American foster father of three-year-old Sherin Mathews, was sentenced to life in prison by a judge in Dallas on Wednesday for the death of the Indian toddler in 2017.
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Newborn in US dies with 96 fractures, cracked skull; parents charged with murder
World | Jun 26, 2019, 12:59 PM ISTA newborn baby girl died after suffering around 96 fractures and cracked skull in United State's Houston.
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Moment of pride: University of Houston renames building after Indian-American couple
World | May 05, 2019, 10:21 AM ISTA university release stated the Durga D and Sushila Agrawal Engineering Research Building has been named to recognise a transformational gift that the Agrawals have made.
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US: 5 officers injured, 2 suspects killed in Houston shooting
World | Jan 29, 2019, 08:09 AM ISTJoe Gamaldi, president of the Houston Police Officers’ Union, tweeted that two officers were in critical condition and the other three in stable condition at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston.
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Indian toddler's foster mother arrested in US for leaving her home alone
World | Nov 17, 2017, 09:09 PM ISTThe 35-year-old mother, an Indian-American registered nurse, was arrested yesterday after her attorney took her to the Richardson police station.
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Missing Indian girl's father says she 'choked on milk', charged with felony after body found
World | Oct 25, 2017, 11:51 AM ISTThe foster father of a Sherin Mathews has been charged with first-degree felony after her body was found.
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A singular storm in Houston; a recurring nightmare in Mumbai
World | Sep 01, 2017, 07:31 PM ISTIn the last two months, more than 1,000 people have been killed in flooding events across India, southern Nepal and northern Bangladesh.
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Respect! Good Samaritans form human chain to help a pregnant woman in Houston, Texas
Life | Sep 01, 2017, 02:19 PM ISTAt the time of crisis, Houston people demonstrated humanity to help the pregnant woman through the floodwater.
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Harvey flooding: Two explosions reported at Houston chemical plant in Texas
World | Aug 31, 2017, 03:59 PM ISTOfficials had already ordered the evacuation of an area within three kilometers of the organic peroxides plant, which operators had said was at risk of exploding due to a "critical issue" triggered by monster storm Harvey's torrential rains
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Horrifying! Massive colony of ‘fire ants’ found floating in Houston water after Harvey
Who cares | Aug 31, 2017, 01:43 PM ISTTerrified of insects? Imagine a massive colony of 'fire ants' floating near you!
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Indian-Americans join rescue operations as storm 'Harvey' ravages Houston
World | Aug 30, 2017, 05:30 PM ISTIndian-Americans living in safer Texas neighbourhoods are helping many Houstonians still stuck by Hurricane Harvey by opening their homes and distributing fresh food, medical and essential needs.
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Two Indian students rescued from hurricane-hit Texas lake critical
World | Aug 29, 2017, 02:24 PM ISTThe person who alerted the officer was with the two students, both in their 20s. He had managed to rescue one of them, while the police officer rescued the other one.
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Tropical Storm Harvey: 200 Indian students marooned at University of Houston, says Sushma Swaraj
World | Aug 28, 2017, 04:49 PM ISTSushma Swaraj informed that two Indian students Shalini and Nikhil Bhatia are admitted in the ICU and the government was trying to arrange for their relatives to reach there
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Man fatally shoots boss, kills himself in US
World | Apr 25, 2017, 01:57 PM ISTOfficers found a man and a woman dead in the room. It appears the man shot and killed the woman and then turned the gun on himself, police said.
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Mission staff in touch with wife of Indian engineer killed in Kansas: Swaraj
World | Feb 25, 2017, 08:33 AM ISTThe Indian Consulate in Houston said that it has been closely monitoring the tragic incident involving two Indian nationals in Kansas City bar.
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US inmates break out of jail to save guard having heart attack
World | Jul 10, 2016, 08:24 PM ISTA group of eight handcuffed inmates in the US state of Texas busted out of their cell and saved the life of a prison guard having a heart attack, a media report said on Sunday.
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Renowned Indian philosopher Raja Rao's archive acquired by the University of Texas
India | Jun 16, 2016, 09:15 PM ISTHouston, United States: Renowned Indian writer Raja Rao's archive has been acquired by the University of Texas for advancing the study of arts and humanities. Rao's estate donated the archive to the Ransom Center,
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Shootings at Houston auto shop leave gunman, customer dead
World | May 30, 2016, 08:18 AM ISTHouston: A man came into a Houston auto detail shop and began shooting, killing a man known to be a customer and putting a neighborhood on lockdown Sunday before being killed by a SWAT officer,
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Former US President George HW Bush fractures neck in fall at home
World | Jul 16, 2015, 02:49 PM ISTKENNEBUNKPORT: Former President George H.W. Bush fell at home on Wednesday and broke a bone in his neck but was doing OK, a spokesman said.Bush, 91, was in stable condition and was doing "fine" after Wednesday's fall, spokesman Jim
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Renowned Indian-American doctor shot dead by friend
World | Jun 15, 2015, 01:16 PM ISTHouston: Renowned Indian-American cardiologist Suresh Gadasalli, who performed the world's first simultaneous hybrid revascularisation, was shot dead by his friend and business associate who then committed suicide in Odesaa in the US state of Texas,