Six senators to watch in debate over fate of young immigrants
California Attorney General Kamala Harris speaks at the Center for American Progress’ 2014 Making Progress Policy Conference in Washington November 19, 2014. REUTERS/Gary Cameron Senate negotiations...
View ArticlePakistan wants good U.S. relations despite Trump, minister says
Pakistan’s defense minister said his country is determined to retain a positive relationship with the U.S. despite President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend military aid to the nuclear-armed...
View ArticleH-1B visa, H-4 visa holders’ dilemma when it comes to matrimony
NEW YORK – Lately, stories on H4 visa holders’ quandary has been making headlines in various newspapers in the U.S. and in India, as the Trump Administration shows spouses of H-1B visa holders the...
View ArticleMala Manwani and her son Rishi Manwani found dead in Virginia home
NEW YORK – An Indian American mother and her son were found dead inside their Aldie, Virginia home on Wednesday, according to wtop.com. Mala Manwani, 65, and Rishi Manwani, 32, were found by police...
View ArticleAruna Miller raises nearly $863,000 for Maryland congressional race
Aruna Miller (Courtesy: arunamillerforcongress.com) NEW YORK – Indian American Aruna Miller, who is running for Maryland’s sixth congressional district, has raised a total of nearly $863,000 after she...
View ArticleNew Jersey city to pay $400,000 in settlement allowing mosque to proceed
A Muslim woman performs her prayers at a mass prayer for Eid al-Adha at the Badshahi mosque in Lahore, Pakistan September 25, 2015. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza/Files The New Jersey city of Bayonne has agreed...
View ArticleH4 visa holders could lose EAD in February: Report
Photograph of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security logo. NEW YORK – The worst fears of the H4 visa holders who have a work permit, an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) could be near at hand: a...
View ArticleFlorida businessman Digvijay Gaekwad buys Church Street Exchange Building for...
Digvijay ‘Danny’ Gaekwad (Courtesy: dannygaekwad.com) NEW YORK – Indian American businessman Digvijay ‘Danny’ Gaekwad has bought the Church Street Exchange Building along with Orlando businessman...
View ArticleIndian Americans felicitated at NCAIA Republic Day meet in Maryland
NEW YORK – The National Council of Asian Indian Associations (NCAIA), along with other local community organizations, held a grand ceremony to celebrate the 69th Republic Day of India at Eleanor...
View ArticleParimal Mehta, IT entrepreneur in Detroit, charged with fraud, bribery
NEW YORK – An Indian American entrepreneur, Parimal Mehta, the founder and owner of FutureNet, an IT company in Detroit, Michigan, is facing an 11-count indictment for a series of payments he was said...
View ArticleKamal Haasan To Speak On Tamil Nadu’s Issues At Harvard
Mumbai: Actor Kamal Haasan at the red carpet of “HT India’s Most Stylish Awards” in Mumbai on Jan 24, 2018.(Photo: IANS) NEW DELHI – Actor-politician Kamal Haasan will deliver a keynote at the Harvard...
View ArticleBig B Threatens To Quit Twitter After Losing Followers
Actor Amitabh Bachchan. (File Photo: IANS) MUMBAI – Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has threatened to quit Twitter, accusing the micro-blogging website of reducing his followers. The fan following of Big B...
View Article‘Hichki’ Release Shifted To March 23
Kolkata: Actress Rani Mukerji during a promotional programme in Kolkata on Jan 25, 2018. (Photo: IANS) MUMBAI – Fans of actress Rani Mukerji will have to wait a little longer to watch her comeback film...
View ArticleI Would Have Done Khilji Differently: Shahid Kapoor
Actor Shahid Kapoor. (File Photo: IANS) MUMBAI – Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor, who essays Maharawal Ratan Singh in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s latest epic drama “Padmaavat”, says he would have done the...
View Article$10 billion US-India remittance connection
NEW YORK – Remittances to India maintained its pole position globally, in 2016, with the Diaspora sending back more than 12 billion dollars from the United States alone, of the total of $62.7 billion...
View ArticlePresident Trump, please do the right thing: remove country cap on Green Card
NEW YORK – Imagine this hypothetical situation: a brilliant young man from India, 30 years old, let’s say with degrees from IIT, MIT and Harvard, get a job on an H-1B visa, applies in February, 2018,...
View ArticleManushi Chhillar to attend South Asian Women Empowerment Gala in New York
Miss India Manushi Chhillar waves onstage after being crowned Miss World -reuters NEW YORK – Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar has announced that she will attend the 2018 South Asian Women Empowerment...
View ArticleMan arrested in death of an Indian American during an attempted robbery
An Indian American man identified as Ishvarlal Kuvarji Patel, 60, of Troutville, New York was pronounced dead at the scene when officers responded to a robbery in progress on Jan. 23 at Starlite Motel...
View ArticleRetired Pakistani American professor at University of Connecticut accused of...
UConn Health building (Courtesy: Twitter) Pakistani American Dr. Ravindra Nanda, a now-retired University of Connecticut (UConn) Health orthodontics professor, allegedly called Arab and Muslim resident...
View ArticleIndian American professor at Princeton to receive $100K for research project
Prateek Mittal (Courtesy: princeton.edu) Prateek Mittal, an Indian American professor of electrical engineering at Princeton University, was chosen by Princeton University’s IP Accelerator Fund for his...
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