Pranab Mukherjee charms Indian Americans

THE HINDU

An interesting guest at the ambassador's reception was Madhu Goud Yaskhi, the first Non Resident Indian member of the Lok Sabha.
Image: Yaskhi, who represents Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh, in the Lok Sabha, greets Ambassador Sen. Centre: H R Shah, chairman of the New York-based TVAsia television network.

CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE FOR MINISTRY OF DEFENCE MEETS

Press Information Bureau

Members who attended the meeting were Shri Jyotiraditya M Scindia, Shri Suresh Kalmadi, Shri Naveen Jindal, Shri M A Kharabela Swain, Shri Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Smt Jayaben B Thakkar, Shri Braja Kishore Tripathy, Shri Kailash Nath Singh Yadav, Shri Shankhlal Majhi and Shri Madhu Goud Yaskhi (Members Lok Sabha) and Smt Sushma Swaraj, Shri K Jana Krishnamurty, Shri Robert Kharshiing and Shri Santosh Bagrodia (Members Rajya Sabha).

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`Telangana people proud of Yaskhi'

THE HINDU

NIZAMABAD: The TRS state political affairs committee vice-president A.S. Posetty has said the people of Nizamabad district in particular and Telangana in general are proud of Member of Parliament Madhu Goud Yaskhi for his open and bold comments on the "attitude" of Congress leaders of Telangana.

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NRI MP’s TV interview helps poor farmers

India eNews

New Delhi - When he became the first non-resident Indian (NRI) MP two years ago he was driven by a mission - to help impoverished farmers who were on the verge of suicide in his Andhra Pradesh constituency. Today, Madhu Goud Yaskhi of the ruling Congress is happy to have partially succeeded in doing so after his widely telecast interview to CNN ...

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Bollywood has Germans dancing to its tunes

Indo Asian News Service

Nath, minister of state for external affairs Anand Sharma and Andhra MP Madhu Goud Yaskhi, are going to be in Berlin and Stuttgart for a conference on globalisation and its effects in India at the same time as the World Cup. ...

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Netas catch FIFA fever

DNAIndia

Nath, minister of state for external affairs Anand Sharma and Andhra MP Madhu Goud Yaskhi, are going to be in Berlin and Stuttgart for a conference on globalisation and its effects in India at the same time as the World Cup. ...

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US-India N-deal would go through: Rice

IBN LIVE

Washington: The US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has expressed hope that the civil nuclear deal between India and the US would go through in the future ...

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Civil nuke deal within July 2005 pact, Rice tells Indian MPs

NEW KERALA

Washington: Concluding a six-day visit to USA, covering New York, Washington DC and Atlanta, the 9- member Delegation of Members of Parliament (MPs) found a very positive sentiment in the USA towards India. In fact,...

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Indian MPs walk through Carter Center's peace programmes

ZEE NEWS

A delegation of Indian lawmakers, who are visiting the US on a CII-sponsored mission to promote bilateral economic and trade ties, on Thursday got a chance to sample the Carter Center's works on peace promotion ...

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MPs team in US to boost trade ties

SIFY BUSINESS

New York: A delegation of Indian law makers, including a former New York attorney, is on a week-long tour of the US as part of the Confederation of Indian Industry’s efforts to enhance bilateral trade relations.

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Indian parliamentarians to visit US

ECONOMIC TIMES

A nine-member multi-party delegation of young Indian parliamentarians is leaving Monday on a week-long visit to the US to project India as a booming economy to the US government and Congress.
The delegation will visit Washington, New York and Atlanta, said the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), which has organised the trip.

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US composer rushes to the aid of farmers' widows

THE HINDU

Clears debts through donations collected in his homeland

 Rs. 3 lakhs collected, loans amounting to Rs. 2.5 lakhs cleared
Five families benefit from gesture

NIZAMABAD: Emotional scenes were witnessed in Isaipeta village of Machareddy mandal when a US-based music composer, Joseph Curiale cleared the debts incurred by farmers, who committed suicide. Mr. Joseph arrived all the way from the US to visit this backward and upland village and provided some relief to the bereaved families of the farmers, who resorted to suicides. He had collected donations to the tune of Rs. 3 lakh from the US and handed it over to the bereaved families and cleared debts of about five farmers to the tune of Rs. 2.5 lakh through Madhu Yaskhi Foundation. MP Madhu Yaskhi's wife, Suchi Yaskhi, distributed sarees and handed over chocolates and biscuits to the  ...

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American music composer collects 3 lakhs for kin of ryots

THE HINDU

A US-based music composer and friend of Nizamabad MP Madhu Yaskhi has collected Rs 3 lakhs in America for the family members of farmers who committed suicide due to increasing debts and failure of crops in Machareddy mandal  ...

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APCC chief stresses on rural development

WEBINDIA123

Madhu Yaskhi, a member of the Lok Sabha from Nizamabad, said development efforts should focus on health and education that 65 per cent of Indians who live in villages needs. He pointed out that hundreds of villages, including many in his own constituency, don't have schools. But now work on building schools had begun, he added. 'Ninety two per cent of information technology jobs are currently concentrated in five cities, ''Mr Yaskhi said, adding that employment opportunities ...

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Babli barrage: MP files case against M'rashtra

TIMES OF INDIA

Madhu Goud Yaskhi, MP (Nizamabad), was prevented from proceeding to the Babli project site and his followers were attacked by farmers and villagers in Dharmabad taluq in Nanded district of Maharashtra on Thursday evening. Senior Congress minority leader Sayyad Ahmad Zeenath was hit by a stone and another activist, Khilla Gangadhar, was beaten up with a rope by the irate mob, which gathered at the Babli village outskirts to block the MP and his followers and mediapersons ...

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Babli: State may move Supreme Court

THE HINDU

Chief Minister critical of Maharashtra Government for continuing project work

Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has criticised Maharashtra that it has been acting irresponsibly in respect of construction of the Babli project across the Godavari in Nanded district affecting the Sriram Sagar Project. Talking to media persons before boarding helicopter here on Friday evening, he said, if need be, the State Government would take ...

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MP prevented from visiting Babli site

THE HINDU

Madhu Goud Yaskhi, MP(Nizamabad), was prevented from proceeding to the Babli project site and his followers were attacked by farmers and villagers in Dharmabad taluq in Nanded district of Maharashtra on Thursday evening. Senior Congress minority leader Sayyad Ahmad Zeenath was hit by a stone and another activist, Khilla Gangadhar, was beaten up with a rope by the irate mob, which gathered at the Babli village outskirts to block the MP and his followers and mediapersons ...

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Congress MPs object to construction of barrage

THE HINDU

onstruction on the river Godavari in Maharashtra figured in the Lok Sabha with agitated Congress MPs seeking central intervention by preventing the State Government from carrying on with it. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Nizamabad MP, Madhu Yashki Goud said the State Government was going ahead with the construction of the barrage that would affect the Sriramasagar ...

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Babli project: work on at feverish pace, says MP

THE HINDU

Maharashtra violating CWC directive: Madhu Yashki Goud

Notwithstanding the assurance given by Maharashtra Chief Minister, Vilasrao Deshmukh to Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy in New Delhi to stop works on the Babli project across Godavari, construction activity continues at a brisk pace ...
 

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MP to appeal to apex court on Babli

THE HINDU

Madhu Goud Yaskhi, MP, said that he would take a recourse to the Supreme Court shortly imploring it to direct the Government of Maharashtra to immediately stop the construction of the Babli project across the Godavari in Nanded district ...

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Diabetes is common concern for PM, Sonia

NEWSKERALA.COM

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi have a new common concern - the increasing incidence of diabetes in the country. At a dinner hosted by Gandhi for the Congress MPs and their spouses, both were heard eagerly asking Shuchee ...

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MILITARY TRAINING TO BE MADE MORE SENSITIVE AND RESPONSIVE TO COUNTRY’S REQUIREMENT

DEFENCE MINISTRY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE MEETS

Press Information Bureau

The Defence Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee has said that Military training is a dynamic and evolutionary process and in a democratic country like ours, it has to be sensitive and responsive to the environment. Addressing to the Consultative   ...

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An Indian MP's double life

TORONTO STAR

Madhu Yaskhi has a foot in two worlds - in rural India, where he serves as an MP and in Manhattan, where he runs a busy law practice. India - By day, Madhu Yaskhi is the consummate politician, attending to constituents - mostly poor farmers - in Nizamabad, a rural riding about 160 kilometres from here, where he is a member of Parliament for the ruling Congress Party. In the middle of the night, he takes calls from clients of his busy corporate and immigration law practice back in Manhattan. With a foot in both worlds and what seems like a 24-hour work schedule, Yaskhi barely has time to sleep. At 45, he is the only NRI, or non-resident Indian, among the 544 MPs of the Lok Sabha - the House of the People. He faced a tough fight to get elected   ...

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MPs discuss railway works

THE HINDU

Eleven MPs from areas covered by the Secunderabad and Hyderabad divisions of South Central Railway on Tuesday discussed issues relating to development works ...

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Bribery affair a blot on House image: young MPs

THE HINDU

The recent expose of some senior MPs accepting bribe for raising questions in Parliament has come as a shock for young and first-time MPs. Talking to The Hindu , the young parliamentarians, a well-educated lot who spent their time abroad handling various responsibilities in major companies, said they were caught unawares by the incident as "we had only heard rumours about such things, but did not know their magnitude." Describing the events ...

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Young Congress MPs talk shop on emergency Medicare

THE HINDU

Politics, meaningful dialogue to improve emergency medicare and a `chowki' dinner! A strange combination indeed but that's what it was. The participants? Young and upwardly mobile Members of Parliament, the people who can change the face of things given their grit, determination and power to achieve. Nizamabad MP Madhu Yaskhi Goud got young and royal faces together at his residence off Road No. 10, Banjara Hills. The Hyderabadi `tehzeeb' was at its best ...

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Lots of business and some biryani too

WebIndia123

Congress' young MPs have been taking time off from party business to have a good time in this city, famous for its Hyderabadi biryani, bagara baingan and so much more. And their colleagues here are leaving no stone unturned to make sure that they get to see - and taste - the best of Hyderabad.
So, on Sunday evening, the young brigade, including Jyotiraditya Scindia, Milind Deora, Deepinder Hooda, Sandeep Dikshit, Priya Dutt and Jatin Prasada, were seen tucking into special Hyderabadi biryani at Secunderabad's Paradise restaurant.
"I wanted them to enjoy the special biryani," said Madhu Goud Yaskhi, party MP from Nizamabad. Now that's what being a good host is all about.

Deccan Chronicle

Ashamed, angry, but Indian MPs vow for change

www.newkerala.com

While many of the MPs are now too ashamed to face the public, especially after one Rajya Sabha and 10 Lok Sabha members being expelled for involvement in the cash-for-queries scam, a cross-section of MPs IANS spoke to are hopeful they will be able to regain the public's faith with hard work.

"It was a complete disappointment. This is my first term as an MP and I had to be part of this shameful part of parliament's history," lamented Madhu Goud Yaskhi, a first time lawmaker elected from Nizamabad (Andhra Pradesh)...

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Congresss Activists organising a blood camp at Nizamabad MP Madhu Goud's Office here on the occation of his birthday on Thursday

ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR URANIUM MINING

Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India

LOK SABHA

Ministry of Environment & Forests received a proposal on 8th June, 2005 from the Department of Atomic Energy for environmental clearance of the proposed uranium mining project for mining of 1250 tonnes per day of uranium ore at Lambapur-Peddagattu in District Nalgonda in Uttar Pradesh.

Expert Committee (Mining) has appraised the proposal in its meeting held in October 2005 and has recommended to the Government for grant of environmental clearance subject to stipulating stringent environmental clearance conditions inter-alia undertaking groundwater modelling studies and obtaining other requisite statutory clearances by M/s Uranium Corporation of India Ltd.

This information was given by Minister of State for Environment & Forests, Shri Namo Narain Meena in his written reply to a question of Shri Madhu Goud Yaskhi in the Lok Sabha, today.
 

State of girl's hostel angers MP

THE HINDU

Madhu Yaskhi Goud promises to allocate funds from MPLADS for development

Madhu Goud Yaskhi, MP, on Saturday made a surprise visit to the Social Welfare hostel for college girls at Kanteswar in the town and directed the authorities to provide carpets, buckets and other required commodities to inmates in next 48 hours.

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Indo - U.S. Parliamentarian Forum delegation meets
Secretary of state Condoleezza Rice

NEWS INDIA TIMES

A joint delegation of the Indo-U.S. Parliamentarian Forum (IUPF) and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) met with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at her office in Washington, D.C, on Oct. 26. Seen in the Photo are Rice, second from left and Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs. Sitting in the right row are members of the IUPF-FICCI joint delegation – Madhu Goud Yaskhi, Member of Parliament (MP) from Andhra Pradesh, second from left; fourth from left, president of FICCI; B.J. Panda, fourth from right, MP from Orissa; Sachin Pilot, second from right, MP from Dausa, Rajasthan; and Shahid Siddiqui, right, MP from Saharanpur. Others seen in the photo were not identified.

NEWS INDIA TIMES

The interns met with young Parliamentarians at a lunch hosted at Federation House on Aug. 22. Seen in the photo is Manhattan attorney Madhu Yaskhi, the only nonresident Indian member of the Lok Sabha.

Manhattan
Luncheon meeting at Indian Consulate for Indo-U.S Parliamentarian Forum

Friday,
October 28, 2005

DESITALK

Members of a joint delegation of the annual Indo-U.S. Parliamentarian Forum (IUPF) and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) at a luncheon meeting at the Consulate General of India, New York, on Oct. 24.

Seen in the photo, from left, are Dr. Amit Mitra, secretary general, FICCI; Shahid Siddiqui, Member of Parliament (MP) from Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh; Madhu Gaud Yaskhi, MP from Andhra Pradesh; Neelam Deo, India's Consul General in New York; Nivedita Sachdev; B.J. Panda, MP from Orissa and head of the delegation; Sachin Pilot, MP from Dausa, Rajasthan; Rajiv Khanna, president of the India-America Chamber of Commerce; and Ashok Tomar, Deputy Consul General. In a separate meeting, the delegation met with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan.

Rice's assurance to MP on US Consulate
 

Friday,
October 28, 2005

THE HINDU

United States Foreign Secretary Condoleezza Rice reportedly assured the Nizamabad MP, Madhu Goud Yaskhi, that she would consider his request to open a US Consulate in Hyderabad. Mr Goud said that she gave him this promise   ...

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Nizamabad MP to meet Annan

Tuesday,
October 25, 2005

THE HINDU

Nizamabad MP Madhu Goud Yaskhi, who has left for the United States of America as part of the seven-member Parliamentary delegation will meet United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the UN Headquarters in New York, according to a press release issued, here on Monday. The delegation comprising seven MPs  ...

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It takes tact to grab a chair

Sunday,
September 04, 2005

Express News Service
 

New Delhi: Politicians are known to have mastered the art of hanging on to their chairs against all odds! And last week, there was a fair display of this talent at the sports meet for MPs organised here by the parliamentary affairs ministry ...

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Arvind elected Fencing Federation of India president

Friday ,
October 14, 2005
 

Express News Service
 

ARVIND Khanna and Arun Vij were unanimously elected as the president and secretary respectively of the Fencing Federation of India (FFI) for the next four-year term. Senior vice-presidents: Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi (Chandigarh), D.D. Boro (Assam), B.S. Dhillon (Punjab), B.K. Sinha (Haryana), Madhu Gaud Yaskhi (Andhra Pradesh) ...

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Young MPs to be taught finer points of Indo-US nuclear pact

Nistula Hebbar / New Delhi

The signing of the Indo-US agreement on nuclear power has created as much confusion as controversy with the issue being turned into a debate in both Houses of Parliament. As the subject is specialised, it left ...

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Call to withdraw GO banning toddy sale

The Hindu

The Member of Parliament, Madhu Goud Yaskhi, said that the G.O.Ms. 551 issued by the Government recently will be detrimental to the interests of scores of toddy toppers in the State, particularly in Telangana region ...

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Madhu Yaskhi Expressing his views during the workshop on "National Advocacy and Communication - Involvement of Elected Representatives for Advocacy on Population, Peproductive Health, HIV/AIDS, Women Empowerment for Members of Parliament"

Tea with young MPs and dinner at Shared Pawar's house

DesiTalk

She came, she spoke and she conquered U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton left an indelible impression on young and first-tune Indian lawmakers during an all-too-brief 15-minuite interaction with them during her visit here "She was amazing. We all were very excited...

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 MP vies for textile park in Nizamabad

THE HINDU

The MP, Madhu Goud Yaskhi has said he is making efforts to get an apparel park and a youth hostel sanctioned for the district. Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, he said he met the Union Textiles Minister, Shankar Singh Vaghela and the Union Sports Minister, Sunil Dath on Saturday and urged them to set up the textile park and the youth hostel. The response was.....

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Extend SCR GM's service: Madhu Goud

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India's own nonresident MP
New York attorney Madhu Goud Yaskhi

NEWS INDIA TIMES (New York)

New York attorney Madhu Goud Yaskhi, who was elected from Andhra Pradesh in last year's general election, received a grand ovation at one of the plenary sessions when he said he was the only nonresident Indian member of Lok Sabha.
"Senior Congress leaders said I should not be given a ticket to fight elections. But Party president Sonia Gandhi gave me a ticket on the last day. I could campaign for just 15 days and won," he said, Yaskhi assured that as their true representative and as one among them, he would do everything possible to address issues raised by them as a member of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs.

3RD PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS
'There is more to Indian diaspora than the dollars they can remit'

NEWS INDIA TIMES (New York)

Even President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, a scientist himself, was interested in the intellectual capabilities of the overseas Indians, more so in the wake of the tsunami tragedy that has wreaked havoc in India and other countries. "Your prosperity is our happiness," Kalam said, noting he would be happy if the diaspora comes together to establish an India International Research Center with a corpus of $100 million dedicated to earthquake research...

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Nizamabad-Secunderabad rail line to be opened on February 7
 

THE HINDU

The Nizamabad-Secunderabad broad gauge railway line is all set to be opened by the Minister of State for Railways, R. Velu, when he inaugurates the line by flagging off a train here on February 7, said the Nizamabad MP, Madhu Goud Yaskhi.

Addressing a press conference at the railway station here on Friday, Mr Goud said he had a meeting with the General Manager, South Central Railway, Mr. Stanley Babu, yesterday to discuss inauguration of the new railway line and other demands of the people regarding construction of level crossings and running of trains...

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A son of the soil
 

Deccan Chronicle

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MP's promise
 

THE HINDU

The MP, Madhu Goud Yaskhi, pointed out that due to large-scale unemployment, the youth were susceptible to extremism and other social ills. Stating that the role of NGOs could not be ignored, he, however, said most of them were not genuine and spending 85 per cent of the fund on administrative and personal expenses. He said he would rope in two to three reputed NGOs in the country and bring them to the district to work on education, employment and health care. ''I have already talked to Santha Sinha of the Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiah Foundation and she is willing to extend her services'', he revealed.

NRI Parliamentarian
 

SPAN

I want to become a role model for the younger generation. I will also devote time for the party, and work for well being of the economically deprived people and strengthen the social fabric of the country. I want to become an interface with the 20-million-strong Indian diaspora and be their voice in the Parliament. NRIs have been playing an important role in..

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 Farmers losing faith in banks, says MP
 

THE HINDU

The Member of Parliament, Madhu Goud Yaskhi, has maintained that with some bankers deliberately not sanctioning advances to distraught farmers, they have lost faith of farmers...

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Full field for IGS tourney
 

Gulf News

The 8th Annual Indian Independence Golf Cup organised by the Indian Golfers Society (IGS) will be held at The Montgomerie on Thursday. Madhu Goud Yaskhi, NRI Member of Parliament will be...

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At City Hall
Biggest democracy’s birthday marked at America’s oldest seat of democracy
 

DesiTalk

INDIA’S INDEPENDENCE DAY AT NEW YORK CONSULATE GENERAL: The Indian Consulate General in New York organized its traditional Independence Day celebrations. Seen in the photo are, from left, New Jersey Ratepayer Advocate Seema Singh, Indian member of Parliament and a former New York Attorney Madhu Yaskhi, Deputy Indian Consul General Ashok Tomar, Indian Consul General Pramathesh Rath and Council Member Anthony J. Santino. (Photo: Mohammed. Jaffer/SnapsIndia) ...

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IndiaVarta

Music director A R Rahman, Bollywood actor Dino Morea and NRI MP Madhu Yaskhi march with NRIs to celebrate India's Independence Day in New York on August, 15 2004. PTI
 

FIA’s meeting for the 24th annual India Day Parade

DesiTalk

The Federation of Indian Associations (FIA) held its kick-off meeting for the 24th Annual India Day Parade at the Consulate of India on June 23. This year’s parade, to be held on Aug. 15...

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Yaskhi’s victory in elections celebrated

DesiTalk

FORDS –– The Indian National Congress (USA) celebrated the victory of Madhu Yaskhi in the elections to Lok Sabha from Andhra Pradesh, at the Royal Albert Palace in Fords...

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Free diabetic camp held

THE HINDU

The Madhu Yaskhi Foundation floated by the Nizamabad MP, Madhu Yaskhi, conducted a free diabetic camp here on Sunday...

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NRI MP promises to allay problems of Andhra’s rural poor

India Post News Service

NEW YORK: The newly elected Congress Party MP from Andhra Pradesh, Madhu Yaskhi told a community gathering in New Jersey he would work for the interests of Indian-Americans and be their voice in the Indian Parliament...

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India’s only NRI lawmaker from NJ, Madhu Yaskhi, on visit to state
 

DesiTalk

Moved by the plight of Andhra Pradesh farmers, many of whom were driven to suicide by mountainous debts, New Jerseyan Madhu Yaskhi, who founded the New York law firm of International Legal and Trade Consultants nine years ago, returned to India, handing out Rs. 10,000 ($217) to ...

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Mobile rural health unit soon: MP

THURSDAY
JULY 08, 2004

THE HINDU

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