Sikh Religious Society holds two-day conference
(All Photos: Asian Media USA) CHICAGO, IL The Sikh Religious Society hosted a two-day Mool Nanakshahi Calendar Implementation Conference in Palatine, Illinois, Nov. 11 and 12, attracting speakers and...
View ArticleIndian Consulate and Wisconsin gurdwara celebrate Guru Gobind Singh birth...
The Consulate General of India, Chicago in partnership with the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin celebrated 350th birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh Ji on Nov. 19. The event was attended by about 500...
View ArticleSister of 3-year old Sherin Mathews who was found dead in October, out of...
Sherin Mathews, of Richardson, Texas, is missing after disappearing Saturday morning. She had been sent outside at 3 a.m. as punishment for not drinking her milk. (Richardson Police Department) The...
View ArticleIndian-American wins Houston Youth Poet Laureate title for poem “After Harvey”
Rukmini Kalamangalam (Courtesy: Twitter) Rukmini Kalamangalam, a high school student who is also cultural arts advisor on Houston Mayor’s Youth Council. won the city’s 2017-2018 Youth Poet Laureate...
View ArticleIndian American woman among beggars removed from streets of Hyderabad
(170215) — WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2017 (Xinhua) — Ivanka Trump arrives for a joint press conference between U.S. President Donald Trump and visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White...
View ArticleIndian American family’s fence set on fire by the homeless
The Indian American family of Inderjeet Singh, was forced to temporarily abandon their home in San Jose, California after dwellers in a homeless encampment set fire to the house. Singh told KRON4 news...
View ArticleConnecticut man charged in connection with 1-month-old son’s death
Divya Patel (Courtesy: Connecticut State Police) An Indian-American man from Glastonbury, Connecticut, has been charged in connection with the death of his one-year old son, in what appears to be a...
View ArticleAssociation of Indian Pharmacists in America celebrates annual banquet and...
All Photos: Asian Media USA CHICAGO, IL At a sold-out event, the Association of Indian Pharmacists held its annual banquet and a Business Expo Nov. 11, at the Meadows Club in Rolling Meadows, Illinois,...
View ArticleTexas state trooper shot dead, suspect arrested after manhunt
Darbrett Black of Texas, a suspect in the shooting of a Texas state trooper, is pictured in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters November 23, 2017. Navarro County OEM/Handout via REUTERS A...
View ArticleHDFC Life looks to raise exposure to infrastructure stocks
REFILE – FIXING IDENTIFYING SLUG Prasun Gajri, Chief Investment Officer, HDFC Life, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Mumbai, India November 23, 2017. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade MUMBAI – HDFC...
View ArticleUber to partner with Mahindra to pilot electric vehicles in India
MUMBAI – Ride-hailing firm Uber will partner with automaker Mahindra and Mahindra to pilot electric vehicles on its platform in India, the two companies said on Friday, at a time when the government...
View ArticleBlack Friday draws early shoppers, but real frenzy is online
A Black Friday sale sign is displayed outside a makeup store at Roosevelt Field shopping mall in Garden City, New York, U.S., November 24, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton CHICAGO/NEW YORK – Turnout at...
View ArticleH-4 visa EAD to end soon. H-1B visa likely to become near impossible to get
NEW YORK – The Pew Research Center determined in a new study that nearly 364,000 foreign students with F-1 visas were newly enrolled at a U.S. college or university in 2016, double the number at the...
View ArticleSIAEA announces new scholarship in honor of Bansi Shah
The Society of Indo-American Engineers and Architects (SIAEA) Scholarship Program is introducing a special Grand Scholarship in addition to the ten scholarships which are given annually to Indian...
View ArticleIndian-American Republican Committee meets
New York state Republican Party chair Ed Cox, presenting the Person of the Year award to Sampat Shivangi of Mississippi, at a Nov. 16, meeting of the Indian American Republican Committee in White...
View ArticleFive Indian Americans featured in Forbes 30 under 30 list
NEW YORK – Five Indian Americans have been featured in Forbes Magazine’s list of 30 under 30 in the consumer technology category: Shruti Merchant, Sneha Keshwani, Sundeep Kumar, Abhishek Chandra and...
View ArticleIndian American attempts to transform tea leaves into energy
Ram Gupta NEW YORK – Indian American Ram Gupta, an assistant professor of chemistry at Pittsburg State University in Kansas, along with his team of students, are looking to transform waste such as...
View ArticleHalf-way into their two-year term, Indian-American lawmakers on Capitol Hill...
Capitol Hill, Washington D.C. (Photo credit: Nimra Fatima) Indian-American lawmakers on Capitol Hill are perhaps the best gauge of the immigrant experience of this community in America. In 2016, the...
View ArticleIndian American high school seniors start Chess for a Cause initiative in...
NEW YORK – Two Indian American high school students, Anuhya Tadepalli and Poojita Chinmay, from Atlanta, Georgia, have founded a nonprofit organization called Chess for a Cause, to help senior...
View ArticleTrehan Foundation gives $1 million to Kennedy Center to fund Indian performances
Ranvir Trehan (Courtesy: care.org) NEW YORK – The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has received a $1 million gift to create an India Fund at the Kennedy Center which will produce and present...
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