Arthur J Pais And Ritu Jha

Stories by Arthur J Pais And Ritu Jha

Ro Khanna challenges Honda in Silicon Valley showdown

Ro Khanna challenges Honda in Silicon Valley showdown

Rediff.com   3 Apr 2013

To win the 2014 election against Congressman Honda, Khanna seems to have adopted Obama's campaign strategy and has hired a series of people who worked for the President's campaign.

Silicon Valley businessman charged with visa fraud

Silicon Valley businessman charged with visa fraud

Rediff.com   1 Apr 2013

The indictment alleges that Patwardhan falsely represented to the government that 19 non-immigrant applicants had high technology job offers with an American employer, when in reality he knew that he did not have jobs for the applicants

US: Defaced Gandhi statue set for makeover

US: Defaced Gandhi statue set for makeover

Rediff.com   30 Mar 2013

Mahatma Gandhi's statue in the American city of San Fransisco, which has been vandalised on a couple of times, is set to go in for a makeover in the coming weeks.

Harmeet Dhillon is vice chair of California Rep Party

Harmeet Dhillon is vice chair of California Rep Party

Rediff.com   4 Mar 2013

The California Republican Party on Sunday elected Indian born Harmeet Dhillon as their vice chair, making her the first woman as well as first person of Indian descent to be elected for such a senior position. The election was held at the CRP 2013 Spring Convention in Sacramento with over 1000 delegates. The party delegates also elected Jim Brulte as CRP chairman.

Argo or Lincoln: Who will take home the big prize?

Argo or Lincoln: Who will take home the big prize?

Rediff.com   24 Feb 2013

The final battle will be between Argo and Lincoln at the Oscars, and Argo will win with flying colours.

Melissa McCarthy's found new hit in Identity Thief?

Melissa McCarthy's found new hit in Identity Thief?

Rediff.com   11 Feb 2013

Actress Melissa McCarthy, who created waves with her exceptionally funny portrayal in Kristen wiig's award-winning comedy Bridesmaids last year, stars in yet another potential money-spinner Identity Thief along side actor-producer Jason Bateman.

Three men rob a Sikh temple in California

Three men rob a Sikh temple in California

Rediff.com   30 Jan 2013

A robbery occurred at a Sikh temple in Livingston city of California on Sunday. The Livingston police suspects that the robbery was done by people who knew about the temple's wherabouts.

US Rep hints at relook at plea for bar on Modi visa

US Rep hints at relook at plea for bar on Modi visa

Rediff.com   30 Jan 2013

Michael Honda told rediff.com, "There was some resistance from the community. There needs to be more information from the community point of view, so I have prepared to look at it and research it."

World can't afford failure of Indian democracy: Sibal

World can't afford failure of Indian democracy: Sibal

Rediff.com   29 Jan 2013

"India is going through a transformation that I haven't seen in my life happens so quickly," said Minister for Communications and Information Technology Kapil Sibal, who was the chief guest at India's 64th Republic Day celebrations hosted by the Federation of Indo Americans of Northern America on January 27 in Newark, California.

Oscar 2013: Royal snubs for Tarantino, Bigelow

Oscar 2013: Royal snubs for Tarantino, Bigelow

Rediff.com   11 Jan 2013

Directors of Best Film nominees like Zero Dark Thirty, Django Unchained and Argo miss out on Best Director nominations.

US geologist on India blacklist slams new visa rule

US geologist on India blacklist slams new visa rule

Rediff.com   11 Jan 2013

Professor Roger G Bilham, who was put on a plane out of India last year for his non-establishment views on India's seismicity, tells Arthur J Pais that the new visa regulation barring scientific and journalistic work on tourist visa will affect academics

2 injured in California school shooting; gunman held

2 injured in California school shooting; gunman held

Rediff.com   11 Jan 2013

In yet another shooting incident in the United States, at least two people were shot on Thursday at a California high school while the suspected shooter, believed to be a student armed with a shotgun, was taken into custody.

'She would sell most of her jewelry to educate us'

'She would sell most of her jewelry to educate us'

Rediff.com   4 Jan 2013

About 15 years ago when the Ishar Singh Bindra family discussed ways to give back to the community some of the family fortune made through its textile import business and real estate, Kuljit Kaur Bindra, the family matriarch, suggested doing something in education to promote Sikh culture and literature.

Here's to a New Year without fear

Here's to a New Year without fear

Rediff.com   4 Jan 2013

Much as we journalists try, it is sometimes difficult to 'switch off' the personal from the professional, says Ritu Jha.

'Guruji is immortal like his music'

'Guruji is immortal like his music'

Rediff.com   3 Jan 2013

Family, students, fans and friends pay tribute to the legend of Pandit Ravi Shankar

'Rape should be taken as seriously as a terrorist attack'

'Rape should be taken as seriously as a terrorist attack'

Rediff.com   2 Jan 2013

Local elected officials and community members in California participated in the candle light vigil on Tuesday to show solidarity and to honour the 23-year-old girl, who was gangraped in a bus and severely beaten resulting to her death from injuries.

Hollywood ends the year on a box office high

Hollywood ends the year on a box office high

Rediff.com   31 Dec 2012

Hollywood films like Skyfall and Life Of Pi have done some unprecedented business at the box office.

Ravi Shankar's family, friends pay tributes at memorial

Ravi Shankar's family, friends pay tributes at memorial

Rediff.com   22 Dec 2012

Friends, family members and followers, who came to pay tribute to music maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar were welcomed with white roses and vermilion on forehead on Thursday in his hometown Encinitas, in Southern California. Ritu Jha reports.

Pt Ravi Shankar's ashes to be taken to Varanasi

Pt Ravi Shankar's ashes to be taken to Varanasi

Rediff.com   21 Dec 2012

The ashes of the late Pandit Ravi Shankar, the noted sitar player who passed away last week, will be taken to Varanasi for the final rites, Lakshmi Shankar, the musician's sister-in-law, told rediff.com at a memorial service held at the Self Realisation Fellowship Ashram Center in Encinitas, Southern California.

California double murder: 1 gets life without parole

California double murder: 1 gets life without parole

Rediff.com   17 Dec 2012

A jury in Orange County, California, has sentenced Vitaliy Krasnoperov in the 2007 double homicide case, in which Anaheim Hills resident Jayprakash Dhanak, 56, and his daughter Karishma, 20, were murdered and their bodies burnt. Dhanak's wife Leela, 54, was also severely injured and was in a coma for months after the attack. Ritu Jha reports.