NEW DELHI (TIP): Personal information from Aadhaar cards (personal identification card) of more than a billion Indians stored in the world’s largest biometric database was sold online for less than $8, according to a report […]
National Health Protection scheme announced NEW DELHI (TIP): In his last budget before general elections, India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Feb 1 unveiled a slew of measures for agriculture as well as the rural […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US State Department said on Wednesday, January 31, it had designated Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Islamist Palestinian group Hamas, as a terrorist. The State Department said in a statement that Haniyeh, […]
CHICAGO, IL (TIP): The Federation of Indian Associations Chicago (FIA) celebrated India’s 69th Republic Day by holding a Community Event at Shree Swaminarayan Temple, Itasca Illinois on Sunday, Jan 28, 2018. The event comprised of […]
During Goa carnival, every year a person from the is chosen to play King Momo – a mythological character who symbolically rules the state during the carnival time and leads the float parades held across […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): All Indian Americans in Congress, much like their Democratic congressional colleagues, strongly criticized Trump’s State of the Union address. Reiterating his position on immigration and young Dreamers, Trump said the $25 billion border […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Sunayana Dumala, the widow of Indian origin engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla who was shot dead in a hate crime shooting in Kansas last year, attended President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union Address. Sunayana, 32, was invited […]
The indictment alleges that Parimal Mehta paid bribes to Charles Dodd in exchange for preferential treatment for his company, FutureNet, which received approximately $7.5 million from Detroit in 2015 and 2016. MICHIGAN (TIP): An Indian American […]
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND (TIP): Two Indian American CEOs were among the delegation of business leaders who attended a dinner hosted by President Donald Trump in Davos, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, on Thursday, […]
The group had recently launched an electronic guidebook to educate journalists who report on Sikhism. NEW YORK (TIP): The US News has removed an apparent image of a Sikh running with a rifle in a […]
Venkannagari Krishna Chaitanya, who came to the US three years ago, was working on a project with a well-known multinational software company, according to reports. He was staying as a paying guest in Arlington. ARLINGTON, […]
LONDON (TIP) : Neena Lall , An Indian origin head teacher at one of the UK’s leading state-funded schools has been branded as “Hitler” on social media over her efforts to ban the ‘hijab’ for […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Disgraced mogul movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been sued by his former Indian American personal assistant who has alleged that she was subjected to sexual exploitation and a “sexually hostile” work environment […]
Two Indian films will also feature at the Silicon Valley film festival, which will be held from February 27 to March 11. SAN JOSE (TIP): Indian American filmmaker Ben Rekhi’s movie The Ashram will be […]
Lawyer Parthiv Patel was administered the oath of office on Jan. 24by New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, the first Sikh to hold this position in the United States. Patel was earlier denied membership to […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Two Indian American innovation pioneers Arogyaswami Paulraj and Sumita Mitra have been inducted into the prestigious National Inventors Hall of Fame this year for their MIMO wireless technology and for nanocomposite dental materials […]
The discussion of sexual misconduct in Hollywood is in its prime – more and more actresses are joining the conversation with their stories. Reportedly, the latest entrant in the never ending list of actresses is Natalie Portman, who revealed that she was […]
Indian actor, Priyanka Chopra has been chosen to announce the list of nominations for the 90th Academy Awards. The news was confirmed by the award’s official Instagram page, The Academy. Priyanka will do the honours along with some renowned names […]
Actress Sunny Leone’s wax figure will be placed at the Madame Tussauds museum here. It will be displayed alongside statues of other leading celebrities in a yet to be announced theme, read a statement. A team of expert artists […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Keeping its promise of honouring “unsung heroes”, the government Jan 25 announced Padma Shri awards for personalities who served the poor, set up free schools and popularised tribal arts globally. Lakshmikutty, a tribal woman from Kerala, who […]
PESHAWAR (TIP): Indian national Hamid Nehal Ansari, languishing in a Pakistani jail, even after serving a 3-year prison term, has failed to secure his release as authorities did not submit the record of his conviction by a military court and […]
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND (TIP): In his bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi raised the issue of Khalistan […]
DALLAS, TX (TIP): From February 8th to 11th in Dallas and Addison, the 4th annual DFW SAFF will present ONE WORLD premiere, SIX INTERNATIONAL premieres, TWO U.S. premieres, NINE TEXAS premieres and ONE DALLAS premiere, […]
DALLAS (TIP): When Sri Preston Kulkarni returned to the Department of State after a two-year hiatus — during which he worked as a Pearson Fellow on the Capitol Hill and earned a mid-career master’s degree […]
European finance ministers express concern about trade war DAVOS (TIP): President Donald Trump arrived in Switzerland on Thursday, January 25, to attend the World Economic Forum where he will push his “America First” agenda and […]
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