NEW YORK (TIP): The Islamic State published the names and addresses of thousands of churches in the United States and called on its adherents to attack them during the holiday season, according to a message […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Embassy of India organized celebration of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah at Indian Ambassador Navtej Sarna’s residence on December 19, 2016. The event was attended by around 200 guests including leading members of […]
“I personally extend my warm greetings to you. Please do come. This day is being celebrated in your honor. This day is dedicated to overseas Indians who, through heroic achievements, have made a mark in […]
CUPERTINO, CA (TIP): Savita Vaidhyanathan became first Indian-American mayor of Cupertino. She took over for Barry Chang during a Dec. 8 public hearing. Vaidhyanathan is also the first woman mayor of the city since Kris […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Frank Islam & Debbie Driesman Foundation started by Indian-Ameican Frank Islam and his wife, Debbie Driesman, will partner with Alfred Friendly Press Partners (AFPP) to fund a fellowship for a mid-career journalist […]
TRENTON, NJ (TIP): New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is pushing a bill that would hit the newspapers that hounded him over the Bridgegate scandal where it hurts. The proposed legislation, which passed through the Assembly […]
LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): The Indian Panorama hosted a well-attended fundraising dinner for the Eye Foundation of America on Tuesday, December 13 at Cotillion in Jericho, Long Island. Dr. VK Raju, an internationally reputed ophthalmologist […]
NEW YORK (TIP): President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks have created a buzz as he is building it with his allies, old friends, and even some past rivals. But interestingly, list of his nominees as of […]
BERKLEY, CA (TIP): Surjeet Rajendran,assistant professor of physics at University of California, Berkeley, was named one of six winners of the 2017 New Horizons in Physics Prize during a gala announcing the annual winners of […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): On December 1, President Barack Obama announced appointment of Dave Ashok Chokshi as Member, Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health. President Obama said, “These fine public servants bring […]
POTOMAC, MD (TIP): On December 2, Sreedhar Potarazu, 51, an Indian American ophthalmic surgeon based in Potomac, Maryland, pleaded guilty to charges of inducing interstate travel to commit a fraud and failing to account for […]
TRENTON, NJ (TIP): An Indian origin New Jersey jewelry storeowner who used his business to further one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the Justice Department was sentenced November 30 to […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Raju Venugopalan, an adjunct professor at Stony Brook University and a senior physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been awarded a Humboldt Research Award for his remarkable […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Taxi and Limousine Commission on December 8 unanimously approved a package of rules that will create a framework for a city wheelchair accessible dispatch system that will allow people to request […]
NEW YORK (TIP): ThriveNYC’s Geriatric Mental Health Initiative, a package of mental health services that will be offered at 15 senior centers this year and at an additional ten centers in 2017, was launched on […]
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): The Police Department’s overtime for 2016 is projected to exceed $69.9 million, by approximately $13 million, or about 23%more than budgeted. By 2016 year-end, over 30 police members are expected to earn […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Late Indian spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy’s followers in USA set a Guinness Record by putting 72,585 candles on his 80-Feet-long birthday cake to mark his 85th birth anniversary. Taking place at the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): At the prestigious Douglaston Manor in Little Neck Queens,at the annual Queens Civic CongressLegislative Receptionheld on Sunday December 4, studded with politicians and community leaders in the likes of US Congresswomen Grace […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Over 20 countries, including two UN Security Council permanent members- France and the UK– have supported a dedication ceremony hosted by India to commemorate the release of a Diwali postage stamp by […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Indian American Community of Metropolitan Washington hosted a reception on December 4, 2016 at Fair Oaks, Virginia to welcome Ambassador Navtej Sarna who took charge as Ambassador of India to the United […]
Never has the US seen a transfer of power in the White House as contentious and controversial as we are now witnessing. One has also rarely seen an electorate as polarized as it was during […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Local media reports speculated that a top Indian-American real estate executive could join Trump administration, after the President Elect met him at the Trump Towers in New York on November 28. Sandeep […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): On November 29, President-elect #DonaldTrump picked up Seema Verma, a health care consultant, to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, putting her in charge of a federal agency within the health […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Sharath Narayan, an Indian American teen from Madison, Alabama won Jeopardy! Teen Tournament – a top quiz show in the US. In the finale held in Washington, DC, on November 22, he […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Arvind Kumar Bansal, a professor and head of the department of pharmaceutics at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) in India, has been nominated by The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) as […]
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