By R. Srinivasan Mega projects, like mega mountains, shape the environment around them. “You need vision to think up mega projects, and indomitable will to drive them through. Dubai’s sheikhs have it. They are pumping […]
When the moral temperature of a society falls, as it has globally in recent times, activists will arise. “ Activists working with a variety of marginalized groups often believe that scholarship and ‘theory’ is of […]
NEW JERSEY (TIP): K.S Aura LLC launched ‘Khandaan’ their first and finest premium quality South Asian grocery brand in the United States. On Friday the 22nd of September, K.S Aura LLC celebrated the launch of […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Anthony Weiner, the former New York congressman and husband of former top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, was sentenced on Monday to 21 months in prison for the sexting case that reopened […]
WOODBURY (TIP): Former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto and several other former town officials accused of corruption appeared before a judge on Wednesday, September 27. Venditto, who had nothing to say as he left […]
LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): Indian American Voters Forum of Long Island made history when its panel consisting of prominent community leaders interviewed the two leading candidates running for election as Supervisor for the Town of […]
NEW YORK CITY, NY (TIP): India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj unveiled a new magazine ‘US-India Global Review’, published by the New York-based Parikh Foundation for India’s Global Development, at a private meeting, held at […]
SOMERSET, NJ (TIP): More than 500 supporters in the fields of business, arts, philanthropy and medicine attended the annual SKN Hope Gala on Friday, Sept 22 evening at the Marigold Hotel in Somerset, New Jersey, […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): On Sept 26 Indian American Congressman Ami Bera (CA-07), the Vice Ranking Member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the longest serving Indian-American in Congress, and Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived Sept 25 night, on a three day visit to India, the first cabinet level under the Trump Administration. Secretary Mattis met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian American Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney in Manhattan who was fired by the Trump administration in March, has been hired by CNN as a senior legal analyst, according to Politico. […]
CHICAGO, IL(TIP): Telugu Association of Greater Chicago (T.A.G.C – First Telugu association in North America) celebrated Batukamma/Dusshera in grand scale with the support of Telangana State Government Tourism department and the American Telangana Association. People […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A Sikh political action committee in the US has urged the Trump administration to delay installation of an expensive logging device in trucks, a move that will entail huge costs on the trucking […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Mark Zuckerberg has hit back at US President Donald Trump for accusing Facebook of being “anti-Trump”, saying the social networking site is a platform for all ideas. Responding to Trump’s tweet labeling the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US will curtail the number of refugees it will accept for resettlement to 45,000 next year, nearly half the figure for 2016, officials said today, triggering criticism from humanitarian groups and lawmakers. […]
ATLANTA, GA (TIP): Emory University has appointed Vikas P. Sukhatme, MD, ScD, a distinguished physician-scientist, as the new Dean of Emory University School of Medicine. He also will serve as Chief Academic Officer of Emory […]
AMHERST, MA (TIP): Prashant Shenoy, professor of computer science and associate dean in the College of Information and Computer Sciences at UMass Amherst, has been named a 2017-18 Fulbright Specialist Scholar. He will travel to […]
MINNEAPOLIS (TIP): A late report from Minneapolis says students, faculty and staff are grieving the death of St. Thomas junior Ria Patel, who died in a car accident early the morning of Sept. 17. She […]
The Justice Department said Baljinder Singh of Carteret did not disclose a previous deportation order on his naturalization application. NEW YORK (TIP): The United States on Sept 19 filed civil denaturalization complaints in federal court […]
GARLAND, ARKANSAS (TIP): A former store manager of Indian origin staying in Arkansas under a program that shields young, undocumented immigrants from deportation has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges stemming from […]
QUEENS, NY (TIP): A landlord died in a fire that erupted in the basement of his three-story Queens home early Sunday, Sept 24. The blaze broke out at a home on 97th Ave. near 107th […]
It is really unsettling that turbaned Sikhs are subject to racial profiling, hate crimes and hate graffiti in some countries as they are messed up with another religio-ethnic group. It is more disquieting that even […]
TAMPA, FL (TIP): Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in Florida announced the largest philanthropic gift in its history from Tampa-area cardiologist Dr. Kiran C. Patel and his wife, pediatrician Dr. Pallavi Patel. The commitment will significantly […]
HOUSTON (TIP): An Indian American couple donated USD 250,000 to Houston Mayor’s Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund at a private event on Sept 24. Houston Indian American Amit Bhandari and his wife Arpita Brahmbhatt Bhandari contributed […]
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