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Four Ways The U.S. Is Already Banning Muslims
Donald Trump’s proclamations about banning all Muslims from entering the United States – even if temporarily – have triggered welcome condemnation, as politicians have scrambled to remind us that such...
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India’s Baffling Conditional Pardon For David Headley
Considering that any intelligence that David Coleman Headley might supply India will necessarily be exponentially dated, it is hard to make sense of a special court in Mumbai granting a conditional...
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NY Doctor Gets 30 Years In Jail For Sexploitation Of Children
Staff Writer An Indian-American pediatrician from New York was sentenced to 30 years in prison to be followed by lifetime supervised release for sexual exploitation of minors, Assistant Attorney...
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Sikh store-owner fights off armed robber with only slipper
A slipper can be mightier than a gun in the hands of a valiant Sikh store-owner! In a feat caught on surveillance cameras, the 59-year-old Amrik Singh fought off a shotgun-wielding masked robber using...
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National Herald case: Is there an oblique political objective?
India is once again in the throes of another political storm of great magnitude that threatens not only to setback the current legislative agenda of the Parliament’s winter session but may also...
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‘Bajirao Mastani’: Embellishing History
Is embellishing historical events with a heightened sense of drama and cinematic liberty equivalent to mutilating it? Or is it ok when it’s meant for entertainment? If you watch Sanjay Leela...
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‘Dilwale’ Has Every Known Cliche
The first hurdle in writing a review of Rohit Shetty’s “Dilwale” (The big-hearted) is – how do you describe it? It’s not entirely a comedy or romance. It is not a slick action thriller either. The...
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Gun-wielding Bandit Calls Indian Immigrant ‘Terrorist’ Before Shooting Him
At first, the masked man with the long gun appeared to be carrying out a terrifying, but standard, convenience store hold-up. “He said, ‘Keep your hands up,” the manager of Bottlenecks Food and Drink...
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N.Y. Doctor Gets 30 Years In Jail For Sexploitation Of Children
An Indian-American pediatrician from New York was sentenced to 30 years in prison to be followed by lifetime supervised release for sexual exploitation of minors, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R....
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Sikhs and Muslims Face The Brunt Of Post-San Bernardino Terror Backlash
The specter of a backlash against the Sikh community similar to the ones the United States witnessed for months and years after the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, seems to be...
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12-year-old Sikh Boy Arrested Over Alleged Bomb Threat At Texas School
It’s déjà vu in the Dallas suburbs. Three months after “clock boy” Ahmed Mohamed’s homemade gadget was mistaken for an explosive device, another minority student in a neighboring community has been...
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10th Global Health Summit Expects 500 Leaders In Medicine
At least 500 leaders in the field of medicine are expected to gather at the 10th Global Health Summit in New Delhi Jan. 1 to 3, led by the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin. Through...
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Delhi High Court declines to lengthen jail time for gang rape convict
The youngest of six men convicted of the 2012 gang rape of a woman, in a case that shocked India, moved closer to being freed on Sunday, after a court said it could not extend his three-year sentence....
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Indian-American Surgeon To Save Lives On Indian Roads
An Indian-American surgeon is hoping to raise $25 million to train 1.5 million first responders — the first rescuers to arrive at an accident scene — in five years to prevent over 1,000 deaths on...
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Sikh Prayer Opens Chicago Leadership Prayer Breakfast
For the first time in its 51-year-old history, the annual Chicago Leadership Prayer Breakfast, attended by Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner and First lady Diana Rauner, among others opened with a Sikh...
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NY Muslims Say Islamic Terrorism Affects Not Just America
As the United States is coming to terms with the San Bernardino massacre by a radicalized Muslim couple earlier this month that killed 14 people, New York’s Muslim communities sought o remind Americans...
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Hundreds Protest Release Of New Delhi Rapist
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the heart of the Indian capital Dec. 201o protest the release of the man who as a juvenile was convicted of raping a young woman in a moving bus three years ago....
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Report Claims Some Jersey City Muslims Celebrated 9/11 Attack
Despite the brouhaha over Donald Trump’s claim that thousands and thousands of Muslims in Jersey City rejoiced over the collapse of the twin towers in terror attack on 9/11, news reports indicate that...
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Man Who Shot Into Connecticut Mosque Charged With Intentional Harm
Ted Hakey Jr., 48, of Meriden, Connecticut, was arrested and charged on a federal criminal complaint Dec. 17, with intentionally damaging religious property a little more than a month after he shot up...
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An Indian Christmas
As Christmas hymns and carols blare out the tidings of comfort and joy from the birth of a Savior for Christians everywhere, from elevators and malls to homes and churches, Indian Christians seek joy...
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