United States
Month: March 2018
Misc
Creating history, Air India flies Delhi-Israel direct flight via Saudi airspace
NEW YORK TIP): Saudi Arabia opened its airspace for the first time to a commercial flight to Israel with the inauguration on Thursday, March 22, of an Air India route between New Delhi and Tel […]
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Hindus to push for Diwali holiday as Maryland’s Montgomery Schools launches calendar survey
ROCKVILLE, MD (TIP): Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS); headquartered in Rockville, Maryland; is launching a survey to develop 2019-2020 school year academic calendar, and Diwali is included in possible holidays listed. Although the participation in […]
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Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash to Perform with Bronx Arts Ensemble
BRONX, NY (TIP): Bronx Arts Ensemble (BAE) will present on April 7, 2018 at 7.30 P.M. at Lovinger Theatre, Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Blvd West, Bronx, NY, a concert named East Meets West. Indian […]
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NYC Commission on human Rights announces settlement with Lenox Hill Radiology following investigation in to failure to provide equal access to Mammograms for patients with disabilities
Commission requiring Lenox Hill Radiology to provide accessible medical equipment in line with U.S. Access Board’s accessibility standards, among other changes NEW YORK – The NYC Commission on Human Rights announced a settlement with Lenox […]
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Police: Austin bomber left 25-minute confession video on phone
AUSTIN, TEXAS (TIP): A CNN report says that as the Austin bomber sensed that authorities were closing in on him on Tuesday, March 20, night, he took out his cell phone and recorded a 25-minute […]
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Indian American Democrat Sameena Mustafa loses Illinois 5th District Primary
CHICAGO (TIP): Sameena Mustafa, an Indian American democrat who challenged incumbent Mike Quigley in the 5th Congressional District of Illinois, was defeated in the Democratic primary election held on Tuesday, March 20. Mustafa finished second in the […]
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Indian origin Canadians Firoz Patel and Ferhan Patel Accused of Operating an Unlicensed Money Service Business and Money Laundering
Payza.com allegedly processed more than $250 Million of proceeds from Ponzi schemes, child pornography rings, and other criminal enterprises WASHINGTON (TIP): Firoz Patel and Ferhan Patel, the founders and operators of Payza.com, AlertPay.com and Egopay.com, […]
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Indian Origin Physiotherapist Jailed for Molesting Teen Girl in Singapore
SINGAPORE (TIP): An Indian-origin physiotherapist was sentenced to 11 months’ jail and three strokes of the cane for molesting a 18-year-old patient during treatment. Luke Manimaran Degarajoo, 43, had touched the teenage girl inappropriately during a […]
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Indian couple from Nebraska sentenced to one year for staying illegally, harboring another illegal alien
OMAHA (TIP): An Indian couple, illegally staying in the US, was sentenced to one-year jail term for alien harboring. Vishnubhai Chaudhari, 50, and Leelabahen Chaudhari, 44, of Kimball, Nebraska, were sentenced to one year and […]
Misc
Theater / Concert
NJPAC Presents Yo-Yo Ma, Cellist, and the Silk Road Ensemble (Music) joins people together—there is no culture that doesn’t have music…It comes up during the important times (of) people’s lives. It expresses things. …..it is very […]
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Astrology
Weekly Horoscope March 26 – April 1, 2018
By Astrologer Bejan Daruwalla Contact no: +91 8141234275 Aries: Ganesha says the period starts with a reality check. You realize that your plate is filled with activities and that you are in for a hard […]
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Religious freedom in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka: A Summary of Religious Freedom concerns in South Asia.
The South Asia working group’s initial report to the International Religious Freedom Round-table “The many millennia old caste systems and the ‘unparalleled social abuse of untouchability (A.J. Toynbee)’ are based on religious doctrines of Brahminical […]
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Other News
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Indian American Singer Sowparnika’s “Faces” to be released on April 6
Prakash M Swamy LOS ANGELES (TIP): Los Angeles based Indian-American singer Sowparnika Raghuram is all set for the release of her solo debut EP titled “Faces” being released worldwide on April 6 this year. She […]
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Gift of Life USA Annual Fund-Raising Gala on Sunday, April 15, 2018 at Huntington Hilton
NEW YORK (TIP): Gift of Life USA is organizing the annual fund-raising gala on April 15, 2018 at Huntington Hilton. Gift of Life, a 501 (C) (3) non-profit special needs organization, founded by Flora & […]
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John Dowd resigns as Trump’s personal lawyer in Mueller probe
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Donald Trump‘s personal lawyer, the lead outside attorney providing advice to the president on the Russia investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller, said Thursday, March 22, that he has resigned. In […]
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US, China embroiled in a Trade War
Trump slaps tariffs on Chinese imports; Beijing hits back China retaliated with reciprocal tariffs on $3 billion of imports from the U.S. immediately as US President Donald Trump slapped sanctions for the “theft” of intellectual […]
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Trump replaces national security adviser McMaster with John Bolton
WASHINGTON (TIP): Readers of The Indian Panorama will recall the news we published last week that President Trump had made up his mind to give marching orders to his national security adviser H.R. McMaster. And […]