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Year: 2017
United States
Trump immigration plan to cost 4.6 million jobs, Ivy League study finds
President Trump is endorsing an immigration plan that will hurt job growth and the U.S. economy overall, according to two recent studies. In a report published Thursday, August 10, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School […]
Indian Americans
Doyen of Indian American community Bansi Shah Passes away
Bansi Shah, lovingly addressed as Bansi Bhai, a perfect gentleman, chose to say good bye for ever to his numerous friends and relations on August 10. He was 76. Bansi Shah was a popular person, […]
United States
Mitch hunt is on
BEDMINSTER, NJ (TIP): President Trump continued to publicly criticize Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for the party’s failure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. During a brief press appearance, he declined to say whether […]
United States
FBI agents searched Manafort’s home
WASHINGTON (TIP): FBI agents looking for financial documents have searched one of the homes of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, whose past foreign political work has been swept into the investigations into […]
United States
Trump’s daughter Ivanka to visit India on Modi’s invitation in November
NEW DELHI (TIP): US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka will visit India to take part in Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), which is scheduled to be held in Hyderabad in late November. Notably, Prime Minister Narendra […]
United States
Dallas doctor gets 35 years in prison for $375M medical fraud
DALLAS (TIP)- A 60-year-old Dallas-area doctor has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for helping defraud Medicare and Medicaid out of almost $375 million. A federal judge also ordered Dr. Jacques (ZHAWK) Roy on […]
India
Venkaiah Naidu takes oath as 13th Vice President of India
NEW DELHI (TIP): M Venkaiah Naidu was on Friday, August 11, sworn in as the 13th Vice President of India. President Ram Nath Kovind administered him the oath of office and secrecy at Rashtrapati Bhavan […]
United States
Trump warns North Korea of “fire and fury”: North Korea mocks Trump, hones Guam strike plans
WASHINGTON (TIP): Nuclear-armed North Korea mocked President Donald Trump as “bereft of reason” on Thursday, August 10, raising the stakes in their stand-off with an unusually detailed plan to send a salvo of missiles towards […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Pathologist sued for misdiagnosis
KANSAS CITY (TIP): An Indian American pathologist in Kansas is facing a lawsuit by a Kansas-based woman who has alleged that she was wrongly diagnosed with having a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, which resulted in unnecessary […]
Indian Americans
Indian American physician arrested for groping minor girl in United Airlines flight
NEWARK, NJ (TIP): An Indian American doctor has been arrested by police for allegedly groping a 16-year-old girl onboard a United Airlines New Jersey-bound flight. According to police, the minor girl was sitting next to […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Man Fined for Filing False VISA Applications
MANCHESTER, NH (TIP): Indian American entrepreneur Rohit Saksena, 42, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced August 8 to serve three years of probation and pay a $40,000 fine for filing false visa applications, Acting United […]
Indian Americans
Indian-American rams vehicle into Disney World bus
ORLANDO, FL (TIP): An Indian-American allegedly rammed his vehicle into a Disney World bus after jumping a red light in Florida, leaving five persons injured, media reports said on Monday, August 7. Ritesh Bhagani, 34, […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Executive agrees to plead guilty to Price-Fixing Conspiracy
HOUSTON (TIP): An e-commerce company and its top executive of Indian origin have agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to fix prices for customized promotional products sold online to customers in the United States. Zaappaaz […]
Indian Americans
7,620 Indian nationals lodged in foreign jails, highest in Saudi Arabia
Lodged in 86 jails abroad, at least 50 are women NEW DELHI (TIP): As many as 7,620 Indian nationals are lodged in foreign jails, with the highest number in Saudi Arabia. Of them, at least […]
World
Russia takes over US compound in Moscow in retaliation over sanctions
MOSCOW (TIP): Russian authorities on Wednesday took over a summer-house compound in Moscow leased by the US embassy, five days after the Kremlin ordered Washington to slash its diplomatic presence in Russia. In retaliation for new US sanctions, President Vladimir Putin has […]
World
China-India border spat casts shadow ahead of BRICS summit
BEIJING (TIP): China is taking an increasingly tough line on a border row with India amid a rising crescendo of nationalism in state media, and President Xi Jinping looks set for an awkward encounter with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a multilateral […]
World
Italy begins naval mission to help Libya curb migrant flows
ROME (TIP): Italy began a limited naval mission on August 2 to help Libya’s coastguard curb migrant flows, which have become a source of political friction before national elections expected early next year. An Italian patrol boat entered Libyan waters and […]
World
India submits Mallya’s extradition paperwork to his legal team
LONDON (TIP): The Indian government has submitted the requisite “opening note” and paperwork related to Vijay Mallya’s extradition case to the liquor baron’s legal team within the UK court deadline on August 4. Chief Magistrate Emma Louise Arbuthnot, presiding at Westminster Magistrates’ […]
India
Army Major, Jawan Killed In Gunbattle With Terrorists in Kashmir’s Shopian
SRINAGAR (TIP): Two soldiers including an Army Major were killed when terrorists opened fire on a search party of security forces this morning in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. Another jawan was also injured in the gunfight. A search […]
India
Japan aids India in its Act East policy
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a sign of growing Japanese involvement in improving infrastructure in India, the two countries Thursday launched a cooperation forum for development of India’s north-east. The move is significant also because of India’s decision to ignore China’s OBOR initiative as the China Pakistan […]
India
DECLARE IF YOU’RE VIRGIN: BIHAR HOSPITAL TO STAFF
PATNA (TIP): Bihar’s premier government hospital, the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS), kicked up a row by asking its new recruits to declare if they were “virgins” or married, but later replaced the word with “unmarried”. Amid […]
India
IT’S NAIDU VS GANDHI IN V-P POLL ON SATURDAY
NEW DELHI (TIP): Ruling NDA candidate M Venkaiah Naidu is tipped to be India’s next vice president as members of Parliament gear up to cast their ballot on Saturday. The name of the next vice president will be […]
India
ED lawyer asks Shabir Shah to chant ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’ in court
NEW DELHI (TIP): A Delhi court snubbed on Thursday an Enforcement Directorate (ED) prosecutor for asking Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah to chant ‘bharat mata ki jai’ to prove that he believes in the Indian Constitution. The remark came after a defence counsel […]
India
PAKISTAN CONSTRUCTING 6 DAMS IN POK WITH CHINA’S ASSISTANCE: GOVERNMENT
NEW DELHI (TIP): Pakistan is constructing six dams on the Indus river in PoK with China’s assistance, Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Government has […]