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Anu Jain poses with her award in front of her entries in the exhibition

Indian American Anu Jain wins admiration at Fine Art and Photography Exhibition – “Truth & Beauty”

Mar 5, 2016 - 9:51 am EST @theindpanorama 1

MINEOLA, NY (TIP): As part of the National Women’s Heritage Month celebrations, Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos presented a Fine Art and Photography Exhibition on 2nd March at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive Legislative Building in […]

SONIKA VAID LEADS ON, MAKES TO FINAL CUT OF 8 OF AMERICAN IDOL CONTESTANTS

Mar 5, 2016 - 9:36 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Sonika Vaid, American Idol contestant and the first Indian-American to reach this far in the national singing competition, Thursday night advanced to the next round of the contest. Vaid has continued to surprise us throughout […]

Cashier fights off armed robber with bare hands

Georgia store clerk Bhumika Patel beats up robber who points gun at her

Mar 5, 2016 - 9:29 am EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW YORK: Armed with just a hammer, an Indian-American woman store clerk bravely fought and chased away a man who tried to rob her store at gunpoint, according to a media report. Bhumika Patel was […]

Nirbhaya Jyoti Singh’s gang rape and murder story inspires dance production in Illinois

Mar 5, 2016 - 9:15 am EST @theindpanorama 1

More than 3 years ago Delhi streets witnessed the most gruesome crime of its time when India’s daughter, Nirbhaya Jyoti Singh, an Indian student was brutally tortured and gang-raped by six men and left on […]

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Indian-Origin Physicist Discovers Material Better Than Graphene

Mar 5, 2016 - 9:12 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK: An Indian-origin scientist has developed a new one atom-thick flat material that could upstage the wonder material graphene for having properties allowing it to be used in advance digital technology. Discovered by Madhu […]

Gurudwara Vandalized in Washington

Mar 5, 2016 - 9:11 am EST @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON: In an apparent hate crime, a gurudwara in the US state of Washington was vandalised by a “naked” man who desecrated sacred items of the Sikh worship place, drawing condemnation from the community leaders. […]

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Seven out of eight Indian-American candidates win in Lexington elections

Mar 5, 2016 - 9:07 am EST The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 1

NEW YORK (TIP): Seven out of eight Indian-American candidates, who ran for local elections in Lexington city in the state of Kentucky recently, have won. With this, now there are a total of 12 Indian-Americans […]

Indian-American Charged with trying to bribe Council Member in Los Angeles

Mar 5, 2016 - 9:05 am EST @theindpanorama 0

LOS ANGELES (TIP): A 39-year-old Indian-American businessman has been charged in Los Angeles with paying a bribe to a city council member in Los Angeles to obtain support for a proposed fee increase for towing […]

Manisha Nagrani has been arrested in San Francisco, California, five counts of felony fraud -- for faking to be a blood cancer patient and raising funds through online fundraising sites

Indian American woman fakes blood cancer to raise funds, arrested for fraud

Mar 5, 2016 - 9:04 am EST @theindpanorama 0

SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): An Indian American woman has been arrested in San Francisco, California, five counts of felony fraud — for faking to be a blood cancer patient and raising funds through online fundraising sites […]

Kamala Harris likely to become 1st PIO senator in US

Mar 5, 2016 - 9:03 am EST The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

LOS ANGELES (TIP): California’s attorney general Kamala Harris may become the first Indian-American senator in the US Congress after she won Democratic Party’s endorsement for the seat. Harris (51) and Loretta Sanchez were vying for […]

Center for Contemporary Art to host Indian art exhibition and production of Indian folk tales

Mar 4, 2016 - 11:38 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

The Center for Contemporary Art in collaboration with the Indo-American Arts Council will host the 13th annual “Erasing Borders Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora.” The exhibition will open on Thursday, March 17 […]

JNU student Kanhaiya Kumar was beaten on Feb 17 (Wednesday) by a group of lawyers while he was being taken into a Delhi court.

Indian-Americans Protest To Show Support To JNU Students

Mar 4, 2016 - 11:34 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK: Students from two US universities gathered in New York to express their solidarity with the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) who were arrested in a case of sedition and criminal conspiracy. Students, […]

Nirbhaya Case – Stop this Shame – Respect & Protect Women

OHIO COURT DECLINES INDIAN-ORIGIN MAN’S PLEA IN SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE

Mar 4, 2016 - 11:31 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

New York– The Supreme Court of Ohio in the US has declined to accept an Indian-origin man’s appeal in a sexual assault case. Upholding the February 2015 conviction by a Logan County Common Pleas jury […]

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Exhibition of Sculptures of Neelkanti Patekar “Coming Alive 2016” at the Indian Consulate from March 17 to 28

Mar 4, 2016 - 11:14 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): The Consulate General of India, New York will present “Coming Alive 2016″, an Exhibition of Sculptures by award winning ceramic sculptor artist Ms. Neelkanti Patekar. Mrs. Patekar, is a ceramic sculptor from […]

Swati Dandekar’s Congressional Hearing Begins For ADB’s Executive Director

Mar 4, 2016 - 11:29 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Indian American politician Swati Dandekar, who was nominated as executive director to Asian Development Bank (ADB) with ambassadorial rank by US President Barack Obama in November last year, began her Congressional hearings by Senate Committee […]

California Sikh Bus Driver Attack Case | Accused Pleads Not Guilty

Mar 4, 2016 - 9:51 am EST @theindpanorama 1

A man charged with hate crime in the US for brutally assaulting a Sikh bus driver and calling him a “terrorist” and “suicide bomber” has pleaded not guilty. KC Tard, 34, who could face up […]

Kalpana Chawla, Indian-American astronaut who died during the failed re-entry of Space Shuttle Columbia

Space Agencies Must Fulfil Kalpana Chawla’s Dream: Sunita Williams

Feb 29, 2016 - 4:00 pm EST The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 1

NEW DELHI: NASA astronaut Sunita Williams today said that after she embarked on a journey to the space, her ability “to run around the country doing just what you want to do” has been restricted even […]

US Gets its First Ashes Immersion Centre, Built By Gurudwara

Feb 29, 2016 - 3:58 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

CHICAGO: A Gurudwara in the US state of Illinois has built what is said to be America’s first ashes immersion centre on the banks of Rock river, allowing the Sikh and Hindu community members to perform […]

Sikh Community Says Construction Unfairly Stopped at Temple: Report

Feb 26, 2016 - 10:02 am EST @theindpanorama 0

HICKSVILLE, NY (TIP): Members of a Long Island Sikh temple believe construction at their place of worship was unfairly stopped by the local government, Newsday reported. On Feb. 2, the Plainview Town Board stopped construction […]

An Artist’s Long Haul

Feb 26, 2016 - 9:57 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Anu’s journey started many years ago with some odd strokes, but very soon she found herself glided into the world of colors. Today, she has set up her studio in her house where she spends hours […]

Indian Americans get set to get their first American Idol in Sonika Vaid as she makes into TOP 10

Feb 25, 2016 - 9:52 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

Feb 24: Indian-American community has pinned all their hopes with Sonika Vaid who might become the first Indian-American to become the American Idol in this final season. Fourteen contestants had remained headed into Thursday night’s […]

MoneyGram Cricket Bee Launched: Cricket Fans Get a Chance to Win $10,000

Feb 25, 2016 - 8:22 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Leading multicultural marketing firm, Touchdown Media Inc. and MoneyGram, (NASDAQ: MGI) a leading global money transfer service, announced, February 24, the kick-off of the first annual Cricket Bee sponsored by MoneyGram. […]

FBI raids Greater Cincinnati cancer centers supervised by Indian American oncologist

Feb 25, 2016 - 6:56 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

FBI agents raided three regional cancer centers in the Greater Cincinnati area run under the supervision of Indian American radiation oncologist Dr. Prakash Patel, Feb 23, as part of a federal investigation, an FBI spokesman […]

Keep your brain active to stay away from Alzheimer’s reveals study by Indian American Researcher Dr. Prashanthi Vemuri

Feb 25, 2016 - 5:26 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

Taking part in mentally stimulating activities such as reading books and magazines, playing games and using computers in the middle age may delay symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, says a study by an Indian-origin researcher. ‘The […]

Pandemic- Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond Hardcover – February 16, 2016 by Sonia Shah

Pandemic could kill 165 million people in near future: Indian American writer Sonia Shah

Feb 25, 2016 - 5:22 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

Indian American journalist and writer Sonia Shah writes how epidemiologists are bracing themselves for what has been called the next “Big One” — a disease that could kill tens of millions of people in the […]