HOUSTON(TIP): A well-known Indian American community leader and a politician, Himesh Gandhi, formally won council seat in Sugar Land, Texas on May 5. The win is Gandhi’s fourth and final term. He received 100 percent […]
NEW YORK CITY(TIP): On May 2, the Federation of Indian Association of Tri-State and Gujarati Associations from various states in the U.S. organized an evening to celebrate 58th Gujarat Din at the Consulate General of […]
Mabel Pais/ Bidisha Roy NEW YORK CITY(TIP): The longest-running, most prestigious South Asian Film Festival in North America, NYIFF, kicked off on May 7 at the Village East Cinemas in the lower east side of […]
NEW YORK(TIP): Indian American teenager Dhruv Gaur has won the $100,000 Jeopardy college quiz championship. The first-year student at Ivy League Brown University emerged the champion on April 20thin the two-day final round of the college […]
SACRAMENTO (TIP): An Indian American dentist, Amishi Patel, from Daly City, California, has been sentenced to 20 months’ imprisonment after she was found guilty of performing unnecessary dental works on several of her patients. According […]
SACRAMENTO(TIP): Indian American Mani Chhabra, founder of a technology firm in East Bay, California, has been asked by the US Department of Labor to pay $175,000 to 12 Indian H-1B employees after the federal agency […]
WASHINGTON D. C. (TIP): Six Indian American teenagers were among winners of the 23rd annual Prudential Spirit of Community Awards in Washington, DC, on April 30th. The Indian Americans honored were Aditya Sidapara, who is a resident of […]
QUEENS VILLAGE, NY(TIP): Indian American mom and grandparents died in Queens Village, NY, as a house was gutted by a fast-spreading fire. Two children were rescued by firefighters. The New York City Fire Department Deputy […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Top Indian American scientist Inder Verma, considered as one of the world’s leading authorities on gene therapy and cancer, has been placed on administrative leave following allegations of “inappropriate conduct” against him. Mr. […]
RICHMOND HILL, NY(TIP): On April 29, a meeting of Miani Welfare Society was held at Liberty Palace here to welcome new members. The meeting was attended by a number of members who welcomed the idea […]
NEW YORK(TIP): Zee TV’s original production – Americas’ Smartest Family, has been attracting large audience numbers all season. Now in its 8th episode, and heading towards the semi-finals, the show, which pits families against families […]
NEW DELHI(TIP): ‘Irada’, produced by New York-based Falguni and Chintu Patel, was presented the Best Film on Environment award at The National Film Awards 2018 ceremony at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on May 3. […]
The US Citizens and Immigration Services agency has been taking positions that make it more and more difficult for individuals to migrate. Indian professionals have long benefited from the H-1B visas that allow them to […]
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY(TIP): Harendra Singh, the key witness in the federal corruption trial of Nassau County’s former executive and Oyster Bay’s former town supervisor, has filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in U.S. Eastern District Court […]
DALLAS(TIP): An Indian American man was arrested last week for allegedly trying to hire a hitman to kill four people, including his ex-girlfriend. According to the official press release of the Harris County District Attorney’s […]
NEW YORK(TIP): Parikh Worldwide Media, the largest Indian-American news publishing house in the United States, has acquired the New York City-based 24×7 national cable TV channel, ITV Gold (International Television Broadcasting), the longest running channel […]
ALEXANDRIA, VA (TIP):STEM All Stars, a nonprofit founded by a 16-year old Indian American Sajni Vederey, a high school student at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, VA, has made a […]
BOSTON(TIP): Indian American Nipam Patel, a leading scholar in modern evolutionary and developmental biology at University of California, Berkeley, has been named director of the Marine Biological Laboratory. Patel currently holds the William V. Power Endowed […]
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