NEW YORK (TIP): Padma Viswanathan, the Indian American novelist and playwright from Arkansas is the recipient of the 2017 Porter Fund Literary Prize. She is an associate professor of fiction in the Program in Creative […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A federal appeals panel upheld on August 23 the insider trading conviction of Mathew Martoma, a former portfolio manager for Steven A. Cohen, rejecting his claims that there was inadequate evidence of […]
EDISON, NJ (TIP): The American Civil Liberties Union’s New Jersey chapter (ACLU-NJ) announced that Indian American attorney Amol Sinha has been named as executive director. The Jersey City resident, who most recently led state advocacy […]
PHOENIX, AZ (TIP): Dr. Hiral Tipirneni, an Indian American emergency room physician and cancer research advocate, officially announced her candidacy for Arizona’s 8thCongressional District. Hiral has dedicated her life to serving her community and is […]
NEBRASKA (TIP): A breakthrough therapy has been developed by a team led by an American professor of Indian origin, Dr Pinaki Panigrahi, which can reduce the risk of Sepsis infection (a condition of bacterial infection […]
SAN PABLO (TIP): The City of San Pablo created history when it extended an official offer of employment to Indian American Police Captain Rathnesh (Ron) Raman, a 21-year veteran of the Pittsburg Police Department, as […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): Los Angeles Times fired its Indian origin Editor-Publisher Davan Maharaj on August 21 as part of a massive personnel shakeup in the newspaper. Tronc, Inc., parent company of the fifth-largest newspaper in […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Last week US India Political Action Committee (USINPAC) hosted a business meeting at Center for Innovative Technology for visiting smart-city planners from India. The meeting was co-hosted by Smart City works, first of […]
Judicial wisdom, political mischief “It needs to be noted that the Supreme Court ruling is a very limited intervention in the Muslim “religion” — limited only to a very obnoxious practice; the practice was held […]
Donald Trump’s plan for Afghanistan is still too short on specifics U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to deepen the country’s military engagement in war-torn Afghanistan signals a significant shift in the position he has held […]
“Trump’s remarks on Pakistan and India are of obvious importance. A strong pillar of the new strategy, he declared, is to change the approach towards Pakistan. “We can no longer be silent about Pakistan’s safe […]
“Revolting”, “cowardly”, and “barbaric” are some of the words leaders worldwide have used to describe the attack in Barcelona that killed 14 people. 100 were injured when a van plowed into pedestrians on Las Ramblas […]
Rivers are India’s Lifelines, We must protect rivers, lest we have deserts By Mabel Pais Water is one of the most fundamental requirements for life. Every year, on India’s Independence Day, resident Indians and the worldwide […]
AAPI leaders share health and wellness message at India Day Parade in New York By Ajay Ghosh NEW YORK CITY (TIP): “As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of India’s Independence. AAPI, the premier organization that […]
RICHMOND HILL, NY (TIP): Balwant S Hothi, a well-known Punjabi resident of Richmond Hill/ Ozone Park neighborhoods organized on August 11 a fundraiser for Adrienne Adams who is running for NYC. The event was supported […]
QUEENS, NY (TIP): For the 2nd year in a row, India Day Parade organized by Floral Park – Bellerose Indian Merchants Association was a grand success. The numbers at the parade must have made the […]
EDISON, NJ (TIP): Indian American community in New Jersey celebrated India’s Independence Day at the Oak Tree Road Parade with fervor and enthusiasm. According to the organizers, more than 40, 000 enthusiasts turned up at […]
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (TIP): Atlantic City: South Jersey Indian Association organized the 8th Annual India Day Parade on August 12th from Taj Mahal Casino to Kennedy Plaza here. A fun-filled carnival atmosphere was planned with […]
Fired dishwasher shoots chef; takes hostages in Charleston CHARLESTON, S.C. (TIP): Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg said a hostage situation in a Charleston, South Carolina, restaurant has ended with the gunman being shot by police, says […]
Dera Chief’s followers protest; Violence breaks out; curfew imposed in many places in Punjab PANCHKULA, HARYANA (TIP): Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was found guilty of rape by a special CBI court […]
CHICAGO (TIP): An Indian-American executive was racially abused and told to “go back to India” after he said that he will not support President Donald Trump’s economic agenda after Trump appeared to defend white supremacists […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The landmark verdict of the Supreme Court ruling on right to privacy as a fundamental right was on August 24, 2017 welcomed by jurists and senior advocates who termed it as “progressive” […]
BENGALURU (TIP): Nandan Nilekani, the 62-year-old co-founder of India’s second-largest software services exporter, returned to the Infosys board after an 8-year hiatus on Thursday, August 24, as the firm’s chairman, a move that investors expect […]
25 floats, dozens of marching bands and dancing groups; thousands cheering with tricolor in hands NEW YORK (TIP): Thousands of people from the Indian diaspora converged in the heart of New York, on August 20, […]
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