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Dallas Businessman Receives Prestigious Honor at Global Business Summit

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:04 am EDT @theindpanorama 3

DALLAS, TX (TIP): Arun Agarwal, CEO of Dallas-based home textiles company Nextt, was among NINE successful Indians honored at “Celebrating 69, Pride of the Nation Series Awards and Business Summit 2015-16,” organized by URS-AsiaOne and […]

Michelle Obama with Maya Salameh, Joey Reisberg, Gopal Raman (second from r) and Maya Eashwaran (r). (AP)

How 2 Indian-American Children Impressed Michelle Obama

Sep 9, 2016 - 4:32 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON: An Indian-American girl attracted a sizeable audience at the White House when she narrated a poem that shared her experience as an immigrant and how it was painful to replace her mother tongue Tamil […]

CCTV Shows Indian Girl, 6, Fought Attacker Who Had An Axe

Sep 9, 2016 - 4:28 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

A six-year-old Indian girl has won praise for her brave attempt at stopping an axe-wielding robber, who attacked an employee at her father’s store in New Zealand in a burglary. Sarah Patel was captured on […]

Donald Trump’s Remarks Unnerve Indian-Americans claims Aruna Miller

Sep 7, 2016 - 11:34 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

The Indian-American community in the United States is greatly concerned by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s remark against Mexicans and Muslims and that Indians were taking away jobs from the country, Democratic legislator Aruna Miller […]

Indian-American charged with callous treatment of worker in US

Sep 7, 2016 - 11:29 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

An Indian-American CEO of an IT staffing and consulting firm has been charged in the US with callous treatment of a domestic worker who had come from India to work for her. The Department of […]

Indian Americans Launch Door-To-Door Support Campaign for Trump in New Jersey

Sep 6, 2016 - 11:42 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

In a desperate attempt to gather more ethnic (non-white) support for Donald Trump’s Presidential bid, a PAC called Volunteers of Indian-Americans for Trump 2016 has launched a door-to-door campaign in New Jersey’s Mercer and Monmouth counties, […]

Gopal Raman and Maya Eashwaran | Photo / Courtesy Facebook)

Dallas Indian-American Teen Selected for Prestigious Poet Program at White House

Sep 4, 2016 - 1:50 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

DALLAS (TIP): Two Indian-American teens are among five students selected for the prestigious National Students Poets Program, the White House has announced. US First Lady Michelle Obama would welcome the budding poets, including Indian-Americans Maya […]

As the two countries find new and closer ways to collaborate,the Indo-US Science & Technology Forum incubates and nurtures innovations in public health, agriculture and other areas of greater good

Scientific co-operation between India & US seeks to have greater social impact

Sep 2, 2016 - 8:41 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

ATLANTA (TIP): The World Affairs Council of Atlanta and the American India Foundation [AIF] hosted, August 18, Dr. Rajeev Tayal, Executive Director of the Indo-US Science & Technology Forum [IUSSTF] for a breakfast presentation at […]

Indian Americans Raj and Bharti Shah in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Center Debut Mobile Clinic in Maharashtra

Sep 2, 2016 - 8:16 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

MARYLAND (TIP): Indian American owned health care informatics company CTIS led by its founders Raj and Bharti Shah, have collaborated with the Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education and Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical […]

Dr. Raja Naga Thota has been charged with distributing oxycodone and other highly addictive drugs without any legitimate medical purpose in exchange for sex acts

Indian American doctor in California arrested for providing opioids in exchange for sex acts

Sep 2, 2016 - 8:13 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

SAN DIEGO, CA (TIP): Physician Naga Raja Thota, 62, a pain specialist with an office in El Cajon, was arrested Wednesday, August 31, morning and charged with distributing oxycodone and other highly addictive drugs without […]

Virbhadra "Viru" Patel was nominated a Councilman in Woodbridge

First Indian-American Councilman Takes Office in Woodbridge, New Jersey

Sep 2, 2016 - 8:11 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WOODBRIDGE, NJ (TIP): On August 14, at the Annual India Day parade, a member of the Asian Indian community was sworn in to serve the Fourth Ward on the Woodbridge Township Council. Woodbridge is the […]

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan meets Community

Sep 2, 2016 - 4:59 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

EDISON (TIP): The meet and greet program organized by Overseas Friends of Bhartiya Janata Party (OFBJP-USA) in honor of Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh was a great success with hundreds of enthusiastic […]

Indian-Americans Hindus in California denied a Temple

Sep 2, 2016 - 4:28 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

CALIFORNIA (TIP): A Southern California city has rejected plans for a proposed Hindu cultural center (religious temple) mainly because officials say the large, domed building doesn’t fit in with its Old West-style motif. The decision last month […]

Indian-American Rep. Mary Thomas Narrowly Loses Florida Congressional Primary

Sep 2, 2016 - 4:27 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Florida (TIP): Indian-American Mary Thomas, @MaryThomasEsq, a government attorney in Florida, narrowly lost her bid to enter the US House of Representatives in the closely contested Florida Republican Congressional primary. 38-year-old Mary Thomas, lost the party’s […]

Indian-American stabbed his wife gets probation; Due To Family’s Hindu Culture

Sep 2, 2016 - 4:27 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

HOUSTON: A 46-year-old Indian-origin man in the US who stabbed his ‘overweight’ wife twice in the abdomen has been spared a prison sentence because the judge agreed that his family would face “ostracism” as part of […]

Indian American IIT-Alumni @AjeiGopal Named CEO Of ANSYS

Sep 2, 2016 - 4:27 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Indian American Ajei Gopal has been named CEO of US-based software firm ANSYS that produces engineering simulation software used for testing product designs across a wide spectrum of industries including rockets and wearable technology. Ajei […]

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14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) in Bengaluru from January 7-9, 2017

Sep 2, 2016 - 4:17 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

NEW YORK (TIP): The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is a Convention organized to connect the Government of India and State Governments of India to its Overseas Indian Diasporas. The PBD Convention provides a platform for the […]

Indian-American Sudhan Thomas Running For Key Educational Office In New Jersey

Aug 27, 2016 - 11:16 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Indian American 9/11 historian docent Sudhan Thomas is running for a key educational office in New Jersey that could help him play a key role in New Jersey’s education system. Sudan Thomas is a well […]

Indian-American Couple Pleads Guilty To USD 20 Million H-1B Visa Fraud

Aug 27, 2016 - 11:09 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Raju Kosuri, 44, and Smriti Jharia, 45, a married Indian American couple from Ashburn, Virginia has pleaded guilty to the charges of 20 million US dollars visa fraud involving Indian workers, the Justice Department has […]

Indian-American socialworker Peter Jacob gets Endorsed from Bernie Sanders for his Congressional bid

Aug 27, 2016 - 10:52 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders has endorsed Indian-American social-worker Peter Jacob, who is running for the US House of Representatives seat in New Jersey which is known to be a strong Republican bastion. Jacob is facing […]

HARDEEP WALIA TO BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT ECOSIKH GALA EVENT IN WASHINGTON

Aug 26, 2016 - 8:34 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON DC (TIP): Hardeep Singh Walia, CEO of Motif, based in the Silicon Valley, will be the Keynote Speaker at the EcoSikh Gala event in Washington, DC, on September 18, 2016. EcoSikh Gala gathers over […]

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and Diwali Stamp Project Chairperson Ranju Batra announced that the Diwali Stamp will be unveiled on October 5 at the Indian Consulate. Seen in the picture, from L to R: Prof. Indrajit Saluja, Neeta Bhasin, Rajeev Sharma, Vandana Sharma, Regional Manager Air India, Ranju Batra, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Kamlesh Mehta, Consul General Riva Ganguly Das, Pal Dhillon, Ravi Batra, Harpreet Singh Toor, Sudhir Vaishnav, Srujal Parikh -- Photo/ Mohammed Jaffer-SnapsIndia

US Honors Indian Festival of Lights: Issues Commemorative Diwali Stamp

Aug 26, 2016 - 4:53 am EDT I. S. Saluja 0

NEW YORK CITY (TIP): What gift could have been better than the US magnanimously offering a Diwali Commemorative Stamp? The gift hasn’t come easily. It took a seven- year relentless effort by Ranju Batra, Chairperson […]

Three diplomats -Navtej Sarna (left), Pankaj Saran (center), Navdeep Suri (right) - are believed to be in the run for Washington posting.

Navtej Sarna likely to be India’s next Envoy to the US

Aug 26, 2016 - 4:49 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 1

NEW DELHI (TIP): The race for the next Indian ambassador to the US has started in earnest. Arun Singh, the current Indian envoy to the US, is set to retire by August-end and the government […]

Dr. Harkeerat and Deepta Dhillon (seated, right to left) have established a research award to support Ph.D. students engaged in Sikh and Punjabi Studies in the arts and humanities. Pictured with them are daughters (l-r) Avika and Bani.

Indian American couple donates for Sikh, Punjabi culture research in US

Aug 25, 2016 - 10:06 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON: An Indian-American couple has donated $100,000 to a top American university to support graduate students studying Sikh and Punjabi culture there. The endowment by Harkeerat and Deepta Dhillon to University of California, Riverside, will […]

Indian American Young Supporter of Trump Kicked Out of North Carolina Rally for being Brown

Aug 25, 2016 - 9:11 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON: At a North Carolina Trump rally on Thursday, a young Indian-American was evicted by Trump’s security, ostensibly because he didn’t look white American enough, and they believed he was a protestor. Jake Anantha, 18, was […]