WASHINGTON, DC (TIP): A number of information technology workers who were formerly laid off by Disney have come forward in an interview with Computerworld to describe a system they believe was systematically designed to replace […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The median income of Indian-Americans, which is the richest ethnic community in the US, in the year 2013 was $100,547 (about Rs. 60 lakhs), Census Bureau said in its latest report. In its latest report, the […]
PLACERVILLE (CALIFORNIA) (TIP): A 95-year-old California man has become the world’s oldest active pilot. The Sacramento Bee reported Tuesday that Guinness World Record keepers confirmed that a flight last month by Peter Weber Jr. qualified […]
Washington: An Indian-origin woman from California, nicknamed the “Bombshell Bandit” and convicted of robbing four banks in three US states, has been sentenced to 66 months in prison. Sandeep Kaur, 24, of Union City, California, […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A popular visa program allegedly is being misused by U.S. companies to lay off thousands of American workers and replace them with foreign labor. And, adding insult to injury, many of the laid-off […]
ECHO LAKE, CALIFORNIA (TIP): California governor Jerry Brown ordered officials April 1 to impose statewide mandatory water restrictions for the first time in history as surveyors found the lowest snow level in the Sierra Nevada snowpack […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Six US lawmakers along with leading advocacy groups have welcomed the inclusion of Sikh, Hindu, and Arab American communities in the Department of Justice’s hate crimes tracking effort. This is the final step […]
WASHINGTON: Declaring Shivraj Singh Dabi, an Indian national, a cyber-fugitive, the FBI has put him on its most wanted list with posters in English, Punjabi and Hindi seeking information about him. Wanted by the FBI […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): The National Federation of Indian American Associations (NFIA), which is the largest umbrella organization in the US, representing over 3.5 million Americans who trace their roots to India, held its 18th biennial […]
California (TIP) 16th March: Randhir Kaur, 37, an Indian woman studying dentistry at a California college was found shot dead in her apartment just hours after attending prayer services at a Sikh temple, (Gurdawara Shaib in El […]
DALLAS (TIP): An Orthodox Jewish Dallas rabbi was the victim of vandals who defaced his vehicle by spray painting it with the very emblem of hatred — a swastika. The incident happened in the early evening […]
LOS ANGELES(TIP): A 21-year-old man previously charged with lying on a passport application so he could fly to Syria to join the Islamic State terrorist group was indicted on a charge of trying to provide […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Hewlett-Packard is buying wireless networking company Aruba Networks for about $2.7 billion, the 1,800-employee company was co-founded by Indian American Keerti Malkote, the company’s chief technology officer. Aruba, based in Sunnyvale, California, makes […]
A homeless man has been shot dead in the street by Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers, sparking protests. Video footage of Sunday’s shooting, which was posted on Facebook by a witness, showed a man […]
WASHINGTON: The US and Israel escalated their increasingly public spat on February 25 over Benjamin Netanyahu’s Republican-engineered congressional speech next week, with the Israeli prime minister accusing world powers of rolling over to allow Tehran […]
A California commuter train collided with a tractor trailer and derailed in Oxnard, injuring dozens of people, according to multiple media reports. The Los Angeles Times reported that the crash occurred just before 6 a.m. […]
This week, two terrible acts of violence took place in the US. First, three young Muslim-American students were killed in cold blood in North Carolina by a neighbor. The cause, it was said, was an argument […]
Storyteller and avid traveller, Zoya, is carving a home for herself in the indie folk music world. Unmasking her conscience in her confessional songwriting and orchestral arrangements, these revelations gather Zoya’s experiences and understandings of […]
HOUSTON, TEXAS (TIP): On February 6, Sheriff Adrian Garcia and members of Texas’s Harris County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) made history as they held a press conference to welcome the agency’s first Sikh American deputy who will […]
SAN ANTONIO (TIP): A California woman has pleaded guilty to making and passing nearly $58,000 in fake cash. The San Antonio Express-News (http://bit.ly/1y9eIqk ) reported Saturday, January 17 that Tela Lee Conerly faces up to […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A Malaysian defense contractor pleaded guilty Thursday, January 15, in a corruption scandal of epic proportions, admitting that he bribed “scores” of U.S. Navy officials with $500,000 in cash, six figures’ worth of […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Two American climbers have become the first men in history to free-climb the south-eastern face of El Capitan in California’s Yosemite National Park, considered the world’s toughest rock climb. Tommy Caldwell, 36, and […]
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA (TIP) Show business satire ‘Birdman’ and colorful caper ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ led the Academy Award nominees on Thursday with nine nods apiece, including best picture, in the quest for Hollywood’s top […]
AUSTIN (TIP): It would seem that Texas schools might be due for a sizable funding boost when the Legislature convenes in January, particularly after a state judge ruled last summer that Texas was severely under […]
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): A major storm pummeled California and the Pacific northwest on december 11 with heavy rain and high winds, killing one man, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes, disrupting flights […]
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