'This is so sad the way she was humiliated.' Harjit Kaur's deportation has drawn condemnation from civil rights organisations and the Sikh American community.
'The words they have used seem to suggest that they hate our community.'
As India expressed 'displeasure and disappointment" over the United States's decision to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, California Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez said that the she will patch things up with India soon on the issue.
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.
'Once I started acting, I gradually started liking it and the perks that come with it.'
India Abroad's West Coast correspondent Ritu Jha reports there is nothing much to cheer about Indian Americans in the fray in California.
Investigating the modern Indian marriage mart, Amit Ahuja discovers that Indians are willing to overlook caste differences if the incentives are right.
It took almost 24 hours for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials to rescind the status of 600 students, mostly of Indian origin, who were declared "out of status" creating nightmare for the students of Herguan University who now face an uncertain future, reports Ritu Jha.
Foreign students who are currently enrolled at the university can continue to attend classes as long as the school remains certified and the students are able to maintain their lawful immigration status. Ritu Jha reports.
From developing an app that instantly alerts teachers and parents when a student is bullied in school to a one that helps airline users to track their lost baggage -- young Indian American students made their mark at the inaugural app competition organised by prominent United States Representative Mike Honda in California recently. Rediff.com/India Abroad's Ritu Jha reports.
Shubham Banerjee's school science fair project has led to the development of a Braille printer prototype that costs one-fifth of what is available in the market today, reports Ritu Jha
Param Shah, 18, who helps disabled Indian children bloom talks to Ritu Jha about the challenges and joys of his job.
Major Avtar Singh, a 47-year-old fugitive and a former Indian Army officer wanted in the killing of a lawyer in India who on Saturday, June 9 killed his family members before turning the gun on himself was on a removal proceeding. Ritu Jha reports.
The annual three-day grand production of 'Ramayana' organised by the Mount Madonna School in California is a 36-year-old tradition, and is billed as 'the longest running Western production of the Indian classic epic'. This year the play with 200 student cast members was held from June 6 to June 8. Ritu Jha reports.
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.
Confessed Balvir Singh, 42, who was charged with murdering his wife Anita Sindhu at their home in California, in court. Hundreds of people, including Sindhu's colleagues, community members and elected officials attended the service in Hayward, California on June 1. Ritu Jha reports
The next year could be a year of hope for many undocumented immigrants who have been waiting for years for the United States government to give them some kind of legal status, says Ritu Jha.
Hundreds of Indian students face an uncertain future as a California 'university' faces immigration fraud charges.
Despite the Tri Valley University case and hate crimes, the Indian-American community gained ground in California, says Ritu Jha.
Two young entrepreneurs discuss their winning idea and how they plan to scale their business with Ritu Jha.
When Vinod Khosla bought the Martin's beach property he put up a gate with a sign that said, 'Beach closed, keep out'. Ritu Jha reports from California.
The police say the attack could be classified as a hate-crime. Ritu Jha reports
Rickey Gill, the young US Republican Congressional hopeful from California, speaks to Ritu Jha
Known to be the strongest earthquake in the area in the past 25 years, the quake has injured hundreds of people, damaged buildings and homes and affected the wine business in the area. Ritu Jha reports
Twenty-year-old Rahul Sharma, a student in the United States, was shot in the head and killed in Fremont's Centerville neighborhood, Ritu Jha reports.
NASA's Deep Space Networks will help India to track the Mars orbiter's journey, and will also help to track it when it will go around Mars, reports Ritu Jha from California.
Much as we journalists try, it is sometimes difficult to 'switch off' the personal from the professional, says Ritu Jha.
Ritu Jha speaks to some Indian students who have been at the receiving end of the Tri-Valley University scam in the United States.
New Jersey-based real estate agent Madhuri Pundlik shares her Sandy experiences with Ritu Jha.
Indian-American voters from California compare the elections in the US to the ones back home. Ritu Jha reports
Friends from India's north-east living on the US west coast as well Tibetans attended the funeral of Tshering Bhutia who was killed in a college shootout last week. Ritu Jha reports
Ritu Jha meets Vineet Devaiah, the founder of TeliportMe that he believes will give tough competition to Google Street View
The Sikh community in the United States has condemned the attack on the gurudwara in Wisconsin that left seven dead; some say it's a hate crime. Ritu Jha reports
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Parts of Los Angeles International Airport -- one of the busiest in the US - were evacuated on Friday morning after reports of a shooting in which a TSA (Transportation Security Administration) employee was shot and several others wounded.
Sahil Lavingia had already created dozen of apps by the age 16, says Ritu Jha.
The last glimpse of Goumatie Thackurdeen as she rushed to board a train still haunts her brother. Ritu Jha reports
'The Indian-American community is very excited to welcome Prime Minister Modi. He is the second prime minister to come to California after Jawaharlal Nehru, who visited the state in 1961.'
Joining thousands at San Francisco's Marina Green Park, the finance minister spoke of the advantages of practising yoga and thanked those who helped in making the event a success.
California State Attorney General Kamala Harris and Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez battle each other to become California's next United States senator, after winning the top two spots in an open primary on Tuesday, reports Ritu Jha from California.
For almost 60-minutes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke extempore at the SAP Center in San Jose and he left a crowd of 18,500 in awe.
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