NEW YORK (TIP): Hindus have welcomed reports of Syosset Central School District (SCSD) in New York adding Diwali, most popular of their festival, as an official holiday on the 2017-2018 school year calendar. Rajan Zed, […]
Polling for the U.S. presidential election is less than weeks away. Most predictions favor Democrat Hillary Clinton, although the contest with Republican candidate Donald Trump is expected to be closer than many partisan supporters on […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The evening of October 24th saw an inaugural fundraiser in benefit of The India Project, at 48 Lounge in Manhattan. The mission of The India Project is to serve as an […]
FREEHOLD, NJ (TIP): Renowned Restaurateur Kamal Arora , Archana Sharma and Arora Hospitality Group’s latest culinary venture, Aarzu Restaurant, opens its doors to the community to celebrate its first-ever Diwali season this week. “Aarzu” is […]
DALLAS, TX (TIP): Asian Indian or Indian American registered voters are overwhelmingly Democratic, with a whopping 70% of the community favoring Hillary Clinton, according to a new National Asian American Survey (NAAS). Donald Trump, in […]
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WASHINGTON (TIP): The U.S. Justice Department charged 61 people on Thursday, October 27, with taking part in a scam involving India-based call centers where people impersonated Internal Revenue Service, immigration and other federal officials and […]
SURAT, INDIA (TIP): Known for his benevolent Diwali gifts to his employees, Surat-based billionaire diamond merchant Savji Dholakia has this year too kept over a thousand cars and 400 flats for his well-performing staffers with […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a tit-for-tat move, Pakistan on October 27 declared Indian high commission official Surjeet Singh as “persona non-grata” and asked him to leave the country in next 48 hours. “The foreign secretary […]
JERUSALEM (TIP): A stone slab that many Christians believe once held the body of Jesus Christ after the crucifixion has been unveiled for the first time in centuries. National Geographic, which was filming the restoration […]
In a move to woo minorities, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump will celebrate Diwali with Indian-Americans during her visit to the Rajdhani Temple at Chantilly on Wednesday, campaign officials and community leaders […]
Los Angeles: Hate Crime charges have been filed against a 40-year-old man who racially abused a Sikh and threw a drink at him, mistaking him for a Muslim. The Kern County District Attorney’s Office filed misdemeanor […]
NEW DELHI (TIP) – Women devotees will have access up to the sanctum sanctorum of Sufi saint Haji Ali in Mumbai, the Haji Ali Dargah Trust told the Supreme Court on Monday, October 24. The […]
American chemist Peter Wolynes of Rice University has been elected a foreign fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, an honor bestowed on fewer than 100 scholars worldwide. Wolynes is the Bullard-Welch Foundation Professor of […]
This week, high schools across New York City and State are participating in College Application Week from October 17-21, a statewide initiative around college planning and application activities in an effort to increase the number […]
“Sharif’s relations with the army have been no less tumultuous in his third term. Like in the case of his appointment of Musharraf, Sharif erred in this third term by his appointment of Gen Raheel […]
The US democratic machinery entered the home stretch for the Presidential elections slated for November 8 with the two leading candidates ending the three-phase debate on Wednesday, October 19. The third debate was also replete […]
Islamabad, Oct 24 (TIP) : Pakistani authorities have frozen multiple bank accounts of suspects whose names were listed in the Fourth Schedule under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997. These accounts carried net amount worth over Rs 400 million, revealed […]
The IIT tag has helped many a student in India bag coveted jobs at Google, but many non-IITians too have made it to the company straight out of college on the back of their skills rather […]
A big change at Tata Sons has sent ripples in the business world. On Monday, October 24, Tata Songs Board replaced Cyrus Mistry as chairman with former chairman Ratan Tata, who will be the interim chairman for four […]
New York: An Indian-origin private equity investor has been convicted of conspiracy and securities fraud in the US for tipping off two friends about a proposed 2013 acquisition of a firm by India-based Apollo Tyres, […]
Washington: A top Indian-American woman academic and president of the University of Houston was today appointed as member of the US Department of Homeland Security’s Academic Advisory Council. The appointment of Renu Khator, Chancellor of […]
NEW YORK: Indian-American hotelier Vikram Chatwal has been charged with criminal mischief for allegedly trying to light two dogs on fire, an allegation his lawyer has denied. Mr Chatwal, 44, had turned himself to the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): After US President Barack Obama said on Oct 20 that Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump should stop “whining”+ , his party colleague Hillary Clinton took Obama’s comment further to say that “every time […]
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