KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): An Indian origin Sikh politician in Malaysia, Gobind Singh Deo, has become the cabinet minister. He is the first member of the minority community in the country’s history to be appointed as a […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Two Indian American executives are among 19 people appointed by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio as members to an organization that addresses the city’s most pressing challenges, with a particular focus […]
MARYLAND (TIP): Indian American Maryland Democrat Aruna Miller received another big endorsement on May 22nd courtesy Denis McDonough, former Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama. “I know first-hand what it takes to get things done […]
TEXAS & ARKANSAS (TIP): Indian Americans Sri Kulkarni and Chintan Desai have won Democratic party primaries held on May 22ndin Texas and Arkansas respectively. Sri Preston Kulkarni, a former US diplomat, won the Democratic primary […]
NEW YORK(TIP): “BJP has dishonored the office of the Governor and denigrated the constitutional process in democracy in their incessant appetite to grab power at any cost,” said George Abraham, Vice-Chairman of the Indian Overseas […]
WASHINGTON(TIP): President Trump should have disclosed Michael Cohen’s hush payment to porn star Stormy Daniels as a financial liability last year, the government’s top ethics watchdog concluded Wednesday, potentially opening the President up to legal […]
OREGON(TIP): Susheela Jayapal was elected as the Multnomah County Commissioner in Oregon on May 15th. Jayapal defeated construction contractor Sharon Maxwell, non-profit administrator Bruce Broussard and Maria Garcia. Fighting her first major election, Jayapal won […]
WASHINGTON(TIP): Indian American women lawmakers Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Sen. Kamala Harris on May 15thintroduced a new bill titled Detention Oversight Not Expansion (DONE) Act to monitor the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers […]
The U.S.’s exit from the Iran nuclear deal puts India in a spot on many counts The global non-proliferation regime has taken a direct hit from the U.S.’s decision to renege on the Iran deal. […]
The lesson from Karnataka: the parties opposed to the BJP must work together from the word go With the two parties having come together, and out-numbering the BJP MLAs, the real test of their political […]
The Governor has banked not so much on the count the BJP had, as on what it could engineer In summarily ignoring the claim of H.D. Kumaraswamy, Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala abandoned both propriety and […]
WASHINGTON(TIP): History was made on May 17 when US Senate confirmed Gina Haspel as the first female director of CIA. After a protracted confirmation battle that resurrected a nationwide debate about the agency’s post-9/11 use […]
NEW DELHI(TIP): The Supreme Court on May 18thordered that the Yeddyurappa government seek majority on the floor of the House at 4 pm on Saturday, May 19th. Earlier, Yeddyurappa had been given 15 days’ time, […]
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(TIP): New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman abruptly resigned on Monday, May 7 night just hours after the New Yorker published a bombshell report about his personal life alleging he was violent toward […]
“Yes”, says Muralidhar Rao; Rajeev Gowda says “No”; For Sandeep Shastri, “It’s Complicated” Yes | Muralidhar Rao The JD(S) and the Congress are two faces of the same coin. The BJP will win with a majority […]
Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg donates $4 million NEW YORK CITY(TIP): The Women’s Committee, founded in 1983, held their 35th annual Frederick Law Olmsted Awards Luncheon yesterday, which is also appropriately known as the hat luncheon. […]
Perhaps the most exploited airline in the world is our Air India. The powerful politicians and influential bureaucrats of our country have been overburdening this commercial venture with unqualified people of their choice far over […]
“In contrast to the BJP rule, the Congress Party under the leadership of Siddaramaiah has fulfilled many of the promises that were made to the people of Karnataka. Key among them is the government’s social […]
Concrete steps are needed to defuse crises that could disrupt India’s political and social equilibrium “The authorities also need to be aware that as various State elections draw near, newer threats are likely to emerge. […]
By Nirupama Rao The message from Wuhan is: let us give each other space and rationalize our differences in a grown-up way. “The outcome statement from the Indian foreign office and from the Prime Minister’s […]
NEW YORK(TIP): Vijay Sampla, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, who had stopped in New York City for a day, on his way back from Haiti, to India, met with a cross section […]
FLORIDA (TIP): Indian American Aakash Patel, a Republican running for Hillsborough County Commission, received the endorsement of Danny Burgess, a member of the Florida House of Representatives. “I am honored to offer my support and […]
MARYLAND(TIP): Indian American Aruna Miller, who is running for Congress from Maryland’s open 6th district, has won a key endorsement from Former Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. “Aruna Miller devotes her enormous energies and talents to […]
WASHINGTON(TIP): Indian American Rep. Pramila Jayapal has applauded a ruling by US District Judge John Bates asking the Trump administration to continue accepting DACA applications without ending the program. “I’m thrilled that Judge Bares uphold […]
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