Indian-origin student and entrepreneur Pooja Chandrashekar created history by securing admission at all eight Ivy League schools and six other top US universities. “They are all fantastic schools, so I couldn’t discount any of them… I wanted to make sure I could […]
LONDON (TIP): A 31-year-old Sikh politician will be the first Indian-origin candidate to contest in the UK General Elections from Northern Ireland on May 7. Amandeep Singh Bhogal, who was born in Jalandhar, is already […]
JOHANNESBURG (TIP): In a bizarre incident, a 64-year-old Indian-origin man took his four -year-old grandson to a car and set it ablaze with them both in it in South Africa in a murder-suicide that has […]
LONDON: A 15-year-old Indian-origin schoolboy in the UK has been awarded the Institute of Physics Prize for conducting an experiment that verified an effect of Albert Einstein’s theory of special relativity. Pratap Singh, a student at […]
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers have lauded Indian-origin American physicians for their role in passage of a bill by the Congress that reformulates the way physicians are reimbursed for a government health insurance for seniors. Several US lawmakers […]
NEW YORK: Two Indian-origin entrepreneurs have been charged by the US authorities with insider trading for making over a million dollars in illegal profits through the proposed acquisition of Cooper Tire and Rubber by India’s Apollo […]
NEW YORK: An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to a 46-year prison term in the US state of New Jersey for sex-related crimes against five women in 2012. Hiten Patel, 36, was convicted in February of […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): An Indian-origin nurse here will receive an international achievement award for her work in the healthcare sector of women and refugees, becoming the first Singaporean to get the prestigious biennial prize. Dr Subadhra […]
New Delhi — A teacher in an Ahmedabad school has made it to the top ten finalists for the $1 million Global Teacher Prize to be given by the Varkey Foundation in Dubai next month. The […]
Former B.C. Coast Capital Savings mutual fund salesman faces 32 Securities Act charges in$110M scheme TORONTO (TIP): An Indian-origin former financial planner has been charged with 32 counts of Securities Act violations in Canada […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Senate has at long last confirmed Vivek Murthy, M.D., M.B.A., to be the 19th surgeon general of the United States. An educator and practicing internal medicine physician, Murthy has been an […]
LONDON (TIP): An Indian-origin man who was found stabbed at a house in Britain’s Manchester city earlier this week succumbed to his injuries on his 63rd birthday, a media report said on December 3. Ujjal […]
HOUSTON (TIP): An eightyear old Indian-origin child prodigy, Reuben Paul, is among experts who will address a cyber security conference in New Delhi on November 14, national Children’s Day. The US-based whizkid Reuben Paul will […]
LONDON (TIP): A 24-year-old Indian-origin taxi driver, who is also a bhangra singer, has been jailed for nine months for a sex attack on a passenger in the English town of Nottingham. Dhanraj Singh was […]
NEW YORK: Connecticut Judge Rupal Shah-Palanki was confirmed to the Tolland District Superior Court recently, making her the first-ever Indian-origin Judge in the state of Connecticut to hold a Superior Court seat. Shah-Palanki was initially […]
WASHINGTON, DC (TIP): Akhil Rekulapelli, a 13 year-old eighth grader from northern Virginia’s Loudoun County, is the winner of the 2014 National Geographic Bee. Rekulapelli emerged as the victor of the Bee’s 26th annual iteration […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): Indian-origin internet advertising mogul Gurbaksh Chahal has escaped jail despite beating and kicking his girlfriend 117 times, according to a media report. Chahal, 31, pleaded misdemeanor, domestic violence and battery charges last […]
NEW YORK (TIP): An Indian-origin pediatrician in the US has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running scheme operated by a diagnostic firm. Surender Gorukanti, 46, of […]
HOUSTON: A 27-year-old Indian-origin woman in the US state of Texas has been found guilty of causing arson that killed her husband two years ago. Shriya Bimal Patel was convicted on Monday of dousing her […]
DALLAS (TIP): US prosecutors have rested their case against a 27-yearold Indian-origin woman, who faces life sentence for allegedly killing her husband by setting him afire two years ago. Shriya Patel’s trial began on March […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian-origin hedge fund portfolio manager Mathew Martoma, convicted for his role in the most lucrative insider trading scheme in US history, has asked a court to overturn the verdict or give him […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Even as search continues for an Indian-American nursing student who went missing in New York 10 days ago another India native has mysteriously vanished on a spring break trip to Florida. Reny […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Two Indian-origin men are among this year’s prestigious Heinz Awards recipients in the US. Abraham Verghese, a professor at Stanford University Medical School, and Sanjeev Arora, a computer scientist, of Albuquerque in […]
DALLAS (TIP): A Frisco woman, Pallavi Dhawan, charged with murder in the death of her 10-year-old son says she didn’t kill him. Arnav Dhawan was found dead in a bathtub Dec. 30 at his parents’ […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Robot brain! An Indian-origin scientist in US has developed a new feedback system that allows robots to operate with minimal supervision and could eventually lead to autonomous machines. The system may lead to […]
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