United States
Mass Shootings this week
WASHINGTON (TIP): Mass shootings are on the rise in United States, we may not realize the extent of the carnage because the small mass shootings are dwarfed by the news of the big mass shootings. […]
Month: February 2016
India
Modi government is “Banking the unbanked; Funding the unfunded; Securing the unsecured”: Ravi Shankar Prasad
EDISON, NJ (TIP): “We are changing the nation’s face. Our aim is to make India a formidable power in the world. We work honestly to make India a strong, resilient and great nation in the […]
Asia
Sushma Swaraj to visit Nepal to offer condolences for Sushil Koirala
KATHMANDU: India’s external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to Kathmandu later on Tuesday to offer condolences on the passing of former Prime Minister Sushil Koriala, deputy prime minister and minister for foreign affairs Kamal […]
Business & Economics
UAE TO AUGMENT INVESTMENT IN INDIA
NEW DELHI (TIP): The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on February 11 pledged to substantially augment investments in India, even as the two countries agreed to step up cooperation to combat terrorism. A meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh […]
United States
Hicksville gets a Social Senior Daycare Center
HICKSVILLE, NY (TIP): Dr. Himanshu Pandya, with his partners Kirit Panchamia and Hiren Patel announced the creation of My Home at a press conference, held at the center, 256-C W. Old Country Road, Hicksville on […]
United States
34th AAPI Convention & Scientific Assembly to be held in New York
NEW YORK (TIP): The34th annual convention of the American Association of Physicians of IndianOrigin (AAPI) will be held atthe Marriott Marquis, Time Square in New York from June 30-July 4, 2016. AAPI’s mission is toprovide […]
Featured
American Hegemony: How long will the balancing act last?
It would be worth watching how America would manage the contradictions between economic multipolarity and military unipolarity in the years to come. Its sustenance as a global hegemon will be largely determined by both domestic and geopolitical […]
Featured
Protecting India’s Trade Interests
The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) has been signed in Auckland on February 4 by Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the U.S. and Vietnam. Even as it is touted as the […]
Featured
After New Hampshire, Sanders in Focus
In what is being hailed as a “victory for outsiders”, Bernie Sanders, the underdog in the U.S. Democratic nomination race, stole a march on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the first primary elections of the […]
Indian Americans
Indo American Press Club inducts new leadership
NEW YORK (TIP): The Indo American Press Club (IAPC) swore in its new team at a well-attended ceremony on Long Island February 6. Leading media personalities who graced the event at Tyson Center in Floral […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Teenager Found Dead in Texas Apparent Suicide
DALLAS (TIP): Ritu Sachdeva, 17, an Indian American teenager was found dead Jan. 31 in her Murphy, Texas home, on the same day a school friend’s body was found in nearby woods. Ritu died of […]
India
National Herald case: Supreme Court of India provides reprieve to Gandhis
NEW DELHI (TIP): A Supreme Court bench of Justices J.S. Khehar and C. Nagappan granted Ms. Sonia and Mr. Gandhi exemption from making personal appearances before the Magistrate court, saying this would cause “more inconvenience […]
Politics
Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders win New Hampshire
NEW YORK (TIP): Ten candidates, on Feb 9, chugged in to New Hampshire after the Iowa caucuses with hopes of success. Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders have shaken up the US presidential race […]
United States
Texas judge refers to Indians as “Son of Bitches”
HOUSTON (TIP): “Who is this Patel guy?” he asked prosecutors at a meeting in his chambers at the federal courthouse in Houston to discuss a terrorism case with them and a lawyer for the defendant. Ted Imperato, an assistant U.S. attorney […]
Asia
Former Nepal PM Sushil Koirala dies
KATHMANDU (TIP) : Former Prime Minister of Nepal and Nepali Congress president Sushil Koirala passed away due to Pneumonia at his residence early on February 12. He was 79. Koirala, who was elected Prime Minister […]
E-Edition
Volume 10 Issue 06 | New York / Dallas
Celebrating 10 Years of The Indian Panorama A New Way to Read This Week’s Print Edition Reimagined for the Web Volume 10 Issue 06 | Desktop Edition | Feb 12 Resolution (PDF) Normal Introducing Home Delivery Subscription: As […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Sonika Vaid enters Top 24 in “Am?erican Idol”
Massachusetts based Indian American singer Sonika Vaid has secured a place in the Top 24 of the farewell season of “American Idol.” “Sonika! Welcome to the top 24!” exclaimed “American Idol” judge Jennifer Lopez on the […]
Featured
Fake US Green Cards submitted to obtain Travel Documents to India
NEW YORK (TIP): Alarmed over the detection of fake US Green Cards submitted to obtain Travel Documents to India, the Indian Consulate in New York have brought to matter to the notice of the Immigration […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Pavithra Nagarajan Nominated as Presidential Scholar of the Arts
MIAMI, FL (February 2016) –The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) recently announced the nominees for the 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts, which is one of the nation’s highest honors for high school students. Indian […]
Indian Americans
Indian-origin Masood Khan wins $3.1 million discrimination suit against Chicago PD
Indian-Origin Masood Khan among 47 immigrants who were rejected by the Chicago Police Department to be a police officer for being foreign-born have won the discrimination case brought forward by the US Justice Department. Chicago taxpayers will spend $3.1 […]
Indian Americans
Indian American doctor pleads guilty to fraud, unlawful dispensing of drugs
A 63-year-old former New Mexico doctor pleaded guilty Thursday, Feb 11, to unlawfully dispensing controlled substances and to health care fraud during an appearance in federal court in Las Cruces. His offenses was connected to […]
Entertainment
Indian American Neel Sethi shines in ‘The Jungle Book’ trailer
Los Angeles, Filmmaker Jon Favreau’s upcoming 3D live-animation adventure fantasy film ‘The Jungle Book,’ starring 12-year-old Neel Sethi as Mowgli, shows the Indian-American boy running for his life while surviving among various species of animals […]
India
Rescued Siachen Soldier Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad Dies of Multiple Organ Failure
NEW DELHI – Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad died here Feb. 11, three days after he was found miraculously alive under 35 feet of ice for six long days in the treacherous Siachen glacier. President Pranab […]
India
India’s moment: A made-in-India Zika virus vaccine
The irony is complete, India has no reported cases of the dreaded Zika virus infection, but is the first country in the world to have ready for testing not one but two vaccines against the […]
Europe
William and Kate to visit Taj
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate are expected to visit Taj Mahal in April this year. It will be the first time after Lady Diana who visited 24 years ago that […]