Trump said he was deeply honoured to be joined by so many administration officials and leaders of the Indian-American community in celebrating Diwali -- the festival of lights.
I am inclined to believe that the Venezuela adventure is not an indication of American strength, alas, but rather of American weakness, points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
USA's pacer Ali Khan made a big disclosure on social media that he has been denied a visa by India to participate in next month's T20 World Cup.
Ishan Nath from Georgia, Anjali Bipin Thakkar from California, Veena Irene Patel from Iowa, Niharika Sanjay Jain from Louisiana and Aditya Attiguppe Ashok from New Hampshire are among 60 students from 54 American colleges and universities who will receive the award, which provides up to $30,000 for graduate study to students committed to careers in public service.
In the last six years, the Spelling Bee has been claimed by Indian Americans four times, most recently by Sai Gunturi in 2003.
Except the diehard Republicans supporters, a majority of the Indian-Americans who posted their view on the popular web forum of South Asian Journalist Association said they were not impressed by Jindal's speech and that he wasted a 'golden opportunity' to catch the imagination of mainstream Americans.
Amandeep Singh, a general internist at Monroe Hospital in Indiana, recently received the death threat through a text message on his cell phone by the unknown individual who claimed to have murdered the number's previous owner, community leaders said.
Indian American Democrats running for US Congress, including the Top-Tier Red to Blue candidates, who were supported to the hilt by the Democratic establishment, were caught up in the Republican surge and drowned in the tsunami as the GOP took back the House of Representatives
With just over a month to go for the general election, the three top-tier Democratic Indian American candidates -- Manan Trivedi, Ami Bera and Raj Goyle -- have upped the ante against their Republican opponents with a chutzpah unprecedented in the annals of Indian-American Congressional campaigns.All three candidates are flush with campaign war chests in excess of $1 million and are strongly backed by the Democratic establishment.
Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan defends New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's note for jailed activist Umar Khalid, emphasizing the importance of human rights.
Kenneth Sajwan, professor in the Department of Natural Science and Mathematics at the Savannah State University in Georgia, was the only Indian American in the list of 22 eminent teachers from across the country to have received Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.
Chatterjee will receive the 2010 C Ellen Gonter Environmental Chemistry Award from the American Chemical Society's (ACS) Environmental Chemistry Division when ACS holds its fall national meeting in Boston this August, the University of Lehigh said in a statement.
Frank Ruggiero, a career civil servant who served under late United States diplomat Richard Holbrooke, has been made the acting US special representative to the Af-Pak region and will be assisted by two deputies, one of them an Indian-American named Vikram Singh.
The embassy of India in Bamako said it was "aware of the unfortunate incident" involving the kidnapping of five Indian nationals in Mali on November 6 and is working closely with local authorities and the concerned company to ensure their "safe release as quickly as possible."
An Indian-American boy was held in a chokehold and allegedly bullied by a white student in a school in the US state of Texas, according to a media report.
Anamika Veeramani, 14, an eighth grader from Incarnate Word Academy in Parma Heights, Ohio won the National Spelling Bee on Friday.
He has assisted former US Senator Alfonse D'Amato Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former governors George E Pataki and Eliot Spitzer to promote New York State aboard.
According to the latest Census, the Asian Pacific American population in Illinois is 428,213, or 3.4 per cent of the state population.
Leading Indian American hotelier and community leader Sant Chatwal has been honoured by Sikh Council on Religion and Education for his contribution to humanitarian causes worldwide.
Hurricane Irma made landfall on Florida's southern islands on Sunday and claimed four lives as millions of people, including thousands of Indian-Americans, evacuated the state.
The United States Senate has approved the nomination of Rajiv Shah to head the US Agency for International Development, making him the highest ranking Indian-American in the administration.
'The immediate impact for India will be very minimal as the share of Venezuela in our total overseas production is very low.'
Kunal Kamran participated in the Geeta Asharam movement.
Indian-American Vijay Gandhi has become the first member of the community to be sworn in as a magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Six different teams have lifted the trophy over the years, with the West Indies, England and reigning champions India the only nations to have won it twice.
The fellowship, open to resident aliens, naturalised US citizens, and first generation Americans who have completed or are about to complete undergraduate degrees, will support each student for up to two years of graduate study.
Tintin Stays Timeless. From his earliest appearances to the extraordinary stories that followed, Tintin's journey is one of imagination and curiosity.
Indian-American fashion designer Anand Jon, facing a 59 years prison sentence in California for sexually abusing aspiring models, has pleaded guilty in a federal court in New York to molesting a woman whom he allegedly lured with promise of modelling work.
The escalating trade war between the US and China is expected to benefit Indian exporters in increasing their shipments to the American market, according to experts. Federation of Indian Export Organisations (PTI) President S C Ralhan said that imposition of higher tariffs by the US on China will shift demand towards India, which exported goods worth Rs 86 billion to the US in 2024-25.
Indian-American Democrat Raj Goyle has announced that he would run for the United States House of Representatives next year.
New Delhi will substantially reduce tariffs on industrial and agricultural goods while continuing to protect sensitive sectors. Tariffs on some agricultural products that are not traditionally considered sensitive will be brought down to zero, while in the case of relatively sensitive items, duties will be reduced in a graded manner and quotas will be imposed.
Indian-Americans on Saturday hailed the election of Michael Steele as the first black chairman of the Republican party, hoping that it will increase participation of minorities in the US political process. "Election of Steele once again affirms that political scene in America has changed," said Ashok Mago, chairman of the USINDIA Forum.
A group of 150 influential Indian American leaders met members of the new Obama administration and top Congressmen in Washington, DC on Thursday, demanding that pressure be built upon Pakistan to punish those responsible for carrying out the terrorist strikes in Mumbai on November 26 last year.
With Ro Khanna defeating eight-term incumbent Mike Honda, for the first time in history the Indian Diaspora has three of its own in the US Congress.
Maryland House Majority Leader Kumar Barve -- considered the dean among Indian-American lawmakers -- endorsed Obama.
Three Indian nationals, including a woman, have drowned after they fell through the ice while walking on a frozen lake in the US state of Arizona.
Trump described the Gold Card as a "Green Card, but much better, much more powerful, a much stronger path and a path is a big deal. Have to be great people, but much stronger path", which also helps companies.
60 years ago, on January 24, 1966, Dr Homi J Bhabha, the father of India's nuclear programme, died in an air crash on Mont Blanc. The official inquiry said the plane went off course in bad weather, but coincidences, missing evidence, and later unproven claims have kept conspiracy theories alive. A fascinating excerpt from Bakhtiar Dadabhoy's book, Homi J Bhabha: A Life.
The UK has called for a safe and peaceful transition of power in Venezuela following a US operation that resulted in the capture of President Nicolas Maduro. Prime Minister Keir Starmer reiterated support for international law and said the UK government will discuss the situation with US counterparts.
