NEW YORK (TIP): Indian-American celebrity fashiondesigner Anand Jon Alexander pleaded guilty in a NewYork City court Thursday, February 15 to one count of acriminal sexual act. He admitted to molesting a woman hebaited with the […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): CongresswomanCarolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan andQueens) joined Congresswoman GraceMeng (D-Queens) and South Asiancommunity leaders led by Ranju Batra,President of the Association of Indians in America-NY to rally grass-roots supportto press the Citizens Stamp […]
BOSTON (TIP): A blizzard ofpotentially historic proportionsthreatened to strike the northeastwith a vengeance on Friday, with up to2 feet (0.6 meters) of snow forecastalong the densely populated corridorfrom the New York City area to Bostonand […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Justice Department, along withstate prosecutors, plans to file civil charges againstStandard & Poor’s Ratings Service, accusing the firm offraudulently rating mortgage bonds that led to thefinancial crisis, people briefed on the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): To cut costs, the US Postal Service has announced that it will endSaturday delivery of first-class mail beginning in August. It will continue to deliverpackages, and post offices that are open now […]
NEW YORK (TIP): India will be selfsufficient in Petroleum Production by2030. This was stated by VeerappanMoily, Union Minister of Petroleumon the occasion of the inauguration ofthe Karnataka Chapter of the IndianNational Overseas Congress (I).Present on […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A sharp drop inmembership to the Congressional Caucuson India is sadly indicative of the waninginterest of the Indian-Americancommunity to lobby for closer bilateralties between India and the US.The Congressional Caucus on India […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): PresidentBarack Obama, presented theprestigious National Medal ofTechnology and Innovation to eminentIndian American RangaswamySrinivasan for his groundbreakingwork with laser.Rangaswamy received the awardalong with Samuel Blum and JamesWynne, for the pioneering discovery ofexcimer laser ablativephotodecomposition […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP):Nirupama Rao,Ambassador of India to theUnited States, inauguratedhere January 28 an ApparelTrade show organized bythe Apparel ExportPromotion Council of India(AEPC), in cooperationwith M/S Trade Good, atthe PENN Plaza Pavilion.Ambassador PrabhuDayal, Consul General […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Ten IndianAmerican high school students areamong the 40 finalists in the 2013Intel Science Talent Search.Students will compete March 7-13in Washington, D.C., for $630,000 inawards, with the top winnerreceiving $100,000 from the IntelFoundation.New […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian-Americansmay have the distinction of being thehighest-per capita income group amongethnic communities but they lag far behindtheir European counterparts when it comesto owning a house in the US.According to the ‘HomeownershipAmong the Foreign-Born […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A former Indian Americanemployee of Galleon Group, who played a key role inthe conviction of hedge fund billionaire RajRajaratnam for insider trading, has been sentenced toone year in prison.Federal district judge Jed […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Consul General ofIndia in New York Prabhu Dayal hosted areception to celebrate the 64th RepublicDay of India on January 26, 2013.The highlight of the reception was a readout of the address […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Bank of India Chairperson & Managing Director Mrs. V.R. Iyer visited New York on Jan 30 and 31 and met US clients. She also attended an Investors’ Meet. She was accompanied […]
Toyota officially recaptured the title ofworld’s largest automaker Monday, January28 as its final 2012 sales total toppedGeneral Motors, which held the lead in 2011. NEW YORK (TIP): Earlier in January, General Motors(GM, Fortune 500) announced […]
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): Twitter said Friday thathackers, in the latest online attack, may have gainedaccess to information on a quarter of a million of itsmore than 200 million active users.The social media giant said in […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): U.S.Congresswomen Carolyn Maloneyand Grace Meng will be joined byRanju Batra, President of theAssociation of Indians in America-NY February 2 at a press conferenceannouncing the introduction of aHouse Resolution calling for theissue […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Dutch financial services group ING has exited its insurance business in India selling its 26% stake in ING Vysya Life Insurance to its joint venture partner Exide Industries in a deal that valued […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Bank of India Chairperson & Managing Director Mrs. V.R. Iyer, Executive Director Mr. N. Seshadri and General Manager (International) Mr. S.K. Datta, are scheduled to visit New York on January 30th […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Ambassador Prabhu Dayal, Consul General of India, rang the Opening Bell at NASDAQ in celebration of India’s 64th Republic Day January 23. Present on the occasion were a number of Indian […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Obama’s January 16 plan to curb gun violence in America has met with a mixed reaction, from a cautious endorsement to an outright rejection. Obama is asking Congress to implement mandatory background […]
As a patriotic Indian, my first reaction to the beheading of an Indian soldier by the Pakistanis was to shout on top of my voice for a tit for tat. I was simmering with rage […]
ALGIERS (TIP)- Thirty hostages and at least 11 Islamist militants were killed on Thursday when Algerian forces stormed a desert gas plant in a bid to free many dozens of Western and local captives, an […]
ISLAMABAD/NEW YORK (TIP): Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, who had earlier accused India of engaging in warmongering, has offered to hold “discussion and dialogue” with her Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid to resolve the crisis […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A US court has given the go-ahead for exhumation of the body of an Indian-origin businessman in Chicago, who died of cyanide poisoning under mysterious circumstances days after he won a US […]
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