WASHINGTON (TIP): Mixed martial arts fighter Ronda Rousey is “not a nice person.” The golf swing of actor Samuel L. Jackson is “not athletic.” A lectern in the Oval Office “looks odd” and the mobile […]
MASON CITY: Former president Bill Clinton was back on the campaign trail in Iowa on Wednesday, calling his presidential candidate wife Hillary a changemaker as her rival surged ahead in a new poll. “There’s only […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): The founder of Bikram yoga, the heated exercise and breathing routine that enjoys worldwide popularity, was ordered in the United States Tuesday, January 26 to pay more than $6 million in damages […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Calling Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump as the “best hope for America”, some Indian-Americans in the New York Tristate area have formed a Political Action Committee (PAC) to support and raise funds […]
NEW YORK (TIP): MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga has been appointed as a co-chair of American India Foundation (AIF). The American India Foundation (AIF), a nonprofit organization that is devoted to accelerating social and economic change […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Three Indian Americans and a former U.S. ambassador to India were announced Jan. 25 as this year’s recipients of the coveted Padma awards. Retired diplomat Robert Blackwill – who served as […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Three Indian American senior management executives of privately owned for-profit professional school in NY & NJ, have been sentenced in the F-1 student Visa & financial aid fraud case. In addition to […]
Four eminent Indian-Americans, including two women, have been nominated to the Democratic Party’s 2016 Convention Standing Committees which would formally announce its candidate for the presidential polls. Topping the list of Indian-Americans is Smita Shah, president […]
WASHINGTON: A turbaned Sikh, Arish Singh, was forced out of Donald Trump’s election rally in Iowa after he protested the Republican presidential frontrunner’s anti-Muslim speeches with a ‘Stop Hate’ banner. Mr. Singh started his peaceful protest impromptu, […]
A 30-year-old Indian man has been sentenced to 82 years in jail by a US court for killing a compatriot and wounding another during a festival at a Sikh sports complex in Sacramento in 2008. […]
The 44-year-old technician of Indian roots Cottalango Leon has been chosen for this year’s Oscar for scientific and technical achievement. The Indian American has won the award under the ‘Scientific and Technical Achievements’ category for […]
The founder of the Bikram yoga practice, Bikram Choudhury, was ordered to pay $924,500 on Monday, Jan 25, to a former legal adviser who said she was fired for investigating sexual misconduct charges against her […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): Jammu and Kashmir is again facing a political crisis following the death of chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on 7 January. His daughter and heir apparent Mehbooba Mufti has so far declined to […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A 26-year-old Indian-American entrepreneur from Nevada, in southwestern US, has been invited on Shark Tank, the popular American television series, the American Bazaar reported on Wednesday, January 20. Shaan Patel will be […]
NEW YORK TIP): Fourteen students from the Indian diaspora have been selected to compete for $1 million in prizes at the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search Competition this year by fielding high-level projects ranging from […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian American Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta is back home after serving 19 months in federal prison for leaking tips to hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam. Gupta was freed early after […]
AMES, IOWA (TIP): Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump received a key endorsement Tuesday, January 19, from Tea Party darling and conservative heavy weight Sarah Palin, potentially giving the billionaire business-man a boost with some voters […]
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama would present the prestigious National Medal of Science to an Indian-American scientist on January 22 for his outstanding contribution to science. Dr Rakesh K Jain is among 17 scientists, engineers, mathematicians […]
NEW YORK: A Sikh man along with his four friends were kicked out from an American Airlines flight allegedly because their appearance made the captain uneasy, claims a $9 million lawsuit against the airline. Shan Anand, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) dilly-dallying on Jammu and Kashmir government formation despite seven-day state mourning ending on Wednesday, has left the BJP in a tizzy. The BJP leaders have been maintaining […]
Nikki Haley is a breath of fresh air; she is a moderate Republican representing the mainstream GOP values, that none of the current front line GOP candidates are able to articulate. I have used the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Prominent Indian Americans attended the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas – 2016 celebrations hosted by the Embassy of India in Washington, DC, on January 8. The event was well attended with enthusiastic participation by the Indian-American […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Donald Trump refused to budge over his call to ban all Muslims from entering the US even as Republican presidential rivals questioned his controversial stance, with Jeb Bush wondering if the frontrunner also […]
When Republicans gather for their next thought process before the primaries in 2016, one of the main issues all the candidates should be required to address is what each thinks of the controversial statements and arguments […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian American president and chief executive officer of MasterCard Ajay Banga has been named the chairman of the board of directors for 2016 by the Financial Services Roundtable. The Financial Services Roundtable […]
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