New bipartisan immigration plan to be introduced in the Senate
Photograph of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security logo. WASHINGTON – Two senators eager to see Congress start crossing items off its long to-do list are set to introduce a bipartisan plan Monday...
View ArticleShah says Modi has ended politics of appeasement, Azad says they want Mahatma...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi performing parikrama at the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi on his 148th birth anniversary at Rajghat, in Delhi on Oct 02, 2017. (Photo: IANS/PIB) NEW DELHI – The BJP...
View ArticleBollywood Stars Help Celebrate International Customs Day in Mumbai
Shahrukh Khan & Amruta Fadnavis at International Customs Day 2018 – Mumbai Mumbai Customs celebrated International Customs Day ‘2018 with great zeal and enthusiasm on January 27, 2018. The formal...
View ArticleAn Indian American girl is determined to roller skate her way to the future
Aashita Joshi (Courtesy: Joshi family) Aashita Joshi, a 9-year-old Indian American in Edison, New Jersey, recently won a gold medal in the America’s Cup in January and has won many other roller skating...
View Article800 Indian-Americans march in support of Trump’s new immigration policy
A man holds the flags of India and the U.S. while people take part in the 35th India Day Parade in New York August 16, 2015. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/Files At least 800 Indian-Americans participated in a...
View ArticleIndian American Kashyap Patel accused of writing memo against President Trump
The Department of Justice (DOJ) logo is pictured on a wall after a news conference to discuss alleged fraud by Russian Diplomats in New York December 5, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES –...
View ArticleLyondellBasell CEO Bob V. Patel appointed as Chairman of American Chemistry...
Bob V. Patel (Courtesy: LyondellBasell) The American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced today that Bhavesh (Bob) V. Patel, the Chief Executive Officer of LyondellBasell Industries had become the...
View ArticleIndian American named Regents’ Professor at University of Arizona
Hoshin Gupta (Courtesy: University of Arizona) Hoshin Gupta, an Indian American hydrology scientist at the University of Arizona was among three scholars at the university to be inducted as Regents’...
View ArticleMenlo Park Lions Club to host ‘Love, Peace and Harmony’ art contest
(Courtesy: e-clubhouse.org) Menlo Park Lions Club 16J is organizing a very special Valentine’s Day activity for children ages 3 to16 as well as for children with special needs, which will be graced by...
View ArticleAir India to start Mumbai-San Francisco flight in summer
After the success of its direct flight from New Delhi to San Francisco, this summer Air India may soon introduce a direct flight from Mumbai to San Francisco, According to a PTI report. A senior...
View ArticleFilm On 1983 Cricket World Cup To Release On August 30, 2019
Actor Ranveer Singh. (File Photo: IANS) NEW DELHI – Ranveer Singh starrer “’83”, a film on the story of India’s incredible 1983 cricket World Cup victory, will release on August 30, 2019, its makers...
View ArticleWill Take Some Time To Open Up About My Life For Biopic: Sania Mirza
Kolkata: Tennis player Sania Mirza during Premjit Lall Invitational Tournament in Kolkata on Dec 16, 2017. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) MUMBAI – Indian tennis star Sania Mirza says that being a...
View ArticleIndian-American owner of tri-state IT company admits committing visa fraud...
An Indian-American owner of two IT staffing and consulting companies in the tri-state area, admitted Feb. 1, to using phony documents to fraudulently obtain H1-B visas for foreign workers and...
View ArticleShreyah Mohanselvan from Ohio nominated for 2018 U.S. Presidential Scholars...
Shreyah Mohanselvan (Courtesy: Facebook) NEW YORK – The National Young Arts Foundation has nominated 60 talented high school seniors as 2018 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts, out of which is an...
View ArticleTravel deals: Discounted flights in Japan and more than half off a Costa Rica...
© Gustavo Frazao | Dreamstime.com Land College students can save more than 50 percent on a Costa Rica package. The Pura Vida 2018 deal costs $1,075 per person double and includes five nights split...
View ArticleHaplessly Embedded: A View on Alternative Education in India
Lina Khan, AIF Clinton Fellow 2017-18 On the Ground in India: Perspectives from American India Foundation’s Clinton Fellows* For me, monitoring & evaluation is a push and pull between being...
View ArticleDr. Sudhir Parikh Receives Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Vishwa Pratibha Award
Padma Shri Dr. Sudhir Parikh receives the Sardar Vallabhai Patel Vishwa Pratibha Award from the Governor of Gujarat, O P Kohli, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on February 1, 2018. Indian-American physician,...
View ArticleHuma Bhabha second Pakistani-origin artist to be commissioned for Met’s...
NEW YORK – The Karachi, Pakistan-born artist Huma Bhabha, who now calls Poughkeepsie, New York, home, has been named the artist for the Met’s 2018 Cantor Roof Garden Commission, an annual staple of...
View ArticleSikh businessman’s gas station, store vandalized with racial slurs in Kentucky
NEW YORK – A gas station as well as The Pitt Stop convenience store, both owned by Indian American Gary Singh, in South Portsmouth, Kentucky, was vandalized overnight Wednesday, according to a WSAZ...
View ArticleDepartments of Health and Consumer Affairs remind New Yorkers: Fever,...
On February 5, the City confirmed two influenza-related pediatric deaths; the flu shot remains the best way to protect against the influenza virus and its severe symptoms and complications; those with...
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