Authorities on Sunday defended blocking opposition Indian politicians from visiting Muslim-majority Kashmir, saying it was to "avoid controversy" weeks after stripping the restive region of its autonomy and imposing a major clampdown.
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Former Indian finance minister Arun Jaitley, a key ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, died in hospital in New Delhi on Saturday aged 66, the government said.
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and 12 other state Attorneys General filed a lawsuit last week challenging the federal government’s new “public charge” rule that will allow officials to deny green cards to legal immigrants who use public assistance, including food stamps or housing vouchers.
France's Emmanuel Macron had a "frank" exchange with India's Narendra Modi about tensions in divided Kashmir on Thursday, telling him Paris would remain attentive to the rights of people living both sides of the ceasefire line.
An Indian soldier was killed by Pakistani forces on the Kashmir border, the military said Friday, as a tense lockdown in the region of seven million residents continued for the 19th day.
India's main opposition Congress party accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party of a "shameless witch-hunt" as a powerful former finance minister was Thursday remanded in custody on corruption allegations.
Young men sit beside a pile of rocks and a bonfire, protecting the only entrance to a besieged neighborhood they call "Kashmir's Gaza" as a mosque loudspeaker broadcasts slogans of liberation.
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An editorial by the world’s oldest, and arguably the world’s most prestigious medical journal, The Lancet, raising concern over an impending mental health crisis in Kashmir following the Indian government’s siege of Kashmir, has raised the ire of the Kashmiri American Pandit community, including physicians in its midst.
Nikki Haley, 47, the former South Carolina Republican Governor and erstwhile U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations — the only Indian American to serve in a cabinet level position to date — clearly has her sights set on the presidency in 2024. Apparently Vice President Mike Pence, who expects to run, is running scared as Haley has been dipping into his donor base and even has his former chief of staff Nick Ayers consulting for her.
Celebrations over the scrapping of Article 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution that gave a special status to Jammu and Kashmir continued in the U.S. last week with a rally by Kashmiri Hindus/Pandits in Atlanta and a gathering in New York addressed by BJP General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.
The Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha inaugurated a new temple in Edison, New Jersey, Aug. 17 and 18 in the presence of Sadguru Doctor Swami, Sadguru Ishwarcharan Swami and senior priests from India and North America.
The sonnet, “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free …” by American poet Emma Lazarus engraved on a plaque inside the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty has long been a national symbol for America’s embrace of immigrants.
Indian-Americans gathered in large numbers at various venues across the country to observe India’s 73rd Independence Day. Flag hoisting events, India Day parades and cultural programs were held over several weekends this month. Thousands of people lined up on either sides of the parade routes in New York, California and Chicago.
On January 19, 2018, my American (read: white) wife and I checked in at the airport in Seattle for flights to Mumbai. We were in high spirits; a journey gets our spirits up. We were in high spirits; a journey gets our spirits up.
It was the year 1961. I had entered the California Institute of Technology as a graduate student and a JRD Tata Fellow. That great institution of learning had a large number of programs to make the foreign students feel at home and savor a taste of American life.
My recent experiences of promoting and supporting women entrepreneurs in India have given me reasons to be cautiously optimistic for the future of women entrepreneurs in India.
How do community leaders, family members, and stakeholders address the sexual violence culture in South Asian communities? Master of Social Work (MSW) Students, have taken on the initiative to become agents of cultural change in the community.
A few weeks back, workers at Wayfair, an online retailer, realized that their employer was selling beds to migrant detention centers. These centers have recently come under international attack for overcrowding, squalid conditions and a lack of basic needs, like diapers and toothbrushes.
In what is expected to be a transformation change in the annals of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), Dr. Suresh Reddy, a Generation X’er, took over the helm of the organization on July 6 at the conclusion of AAPI’s 37th annual convention held in Atlanta.
Less than two weeks after he takes over the reins of AAPI on July 6, at the conclusion of the organization’s 37th annual convention in Atlanta, Dr. Suresh Reddy will hit the ground running when he will play host to AAPI’s 13th edition of its annual Global Healthcare Summit in Hyderabad from July 19-21.
Kapil ‘Kap’ Sharma, former senior Congressional staffer and currently vice president for Government and Public Affairs, North America for tech giant Wipro, strongly believes that it’s time for the Indian American community to aggressively quantify the contributions of Indian companies and Indian Americans.
In an emotion plea to the AAPI hierarchy and U.S. lawmakers, Dr. Ram Sanjeev Alur, said their future was now in limbo with their green cards nowhere in sights because they too were subject to the per country caps.
Navneeth Murali, 13 of Edison, New Jersey, correctly spelled the word “flipe” meaning to strip off by or as if by peeling,” during the 2019 South Asian Spelling Bee finals to clinch the title of national champion and took home a cash prize of $3,000.
An editorial by the world’s oldest, and arguably the world’s most prestigious medical journal, The Lancet, raising concern over an impending mental health crisis in Kashmir following the Indian government’s siege of Kashmir, has raised the ire of the Kashmiri American Pandit community, including physicians in its midst.
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and 12 other state Attorneys General filed a lawsuit last week challenging the federal government’s new “public charge” rule that will allow officials to deny green cards to legal immigrants who use public assistance, including food stamps or housing vouchers.
Nikki Haley, 47, the former South Carolina Republican Governor and erstwhile U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations — the only Indian American to serve in a cabinet level position to date — clearly has her sights set on the presidency in 2024. Apparently Vice President Mike Pence, who expects to run, is running scared as Haley has been dipping into his donor base and even has his former chief of staff Nick Ayers consulting for her.
On January 19, 2018, my American (read: white) wife and I checked in at the airport in Seattle for flights to Mumbai. We were in high spirits; a journey gets our spirits up. We were in high spirits; a journey gets our spirits up.
Finally, Article 370 has been politically abrogated and Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has been fully integrated into India as a Union Territory. The big question is what will happen now? Nothing much except J&K will be like any other state of India. Pakistan and some elements in Kashmir will attempt to create some troubles in J&K, but nothing would change the current situation and Pakistan has finally realized it.
On January 19, 2018, my American (read: white) wife and I checked in at the airport in Seattle for flights to Mumbai. We were in high spirits; a journey gets our spirits up. We were in high spirits; a journey gets our spirits up.
An editorial by the world’s oldest, and arguably the world’s most prestigious medical journal, The Lancet, raising concern over an impending mental health crisis in Kashmir following the Indian government’s siege of Kashmir, has raised the ire of the Kashmiri American Pandit community, including physicians in its midst.
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and 12 other state Attorneys General filed a lawsuit last week challenging the federal government’s new “public charge” rule that will allow officials to deny green cards to legal immigrants who use public assistance, including food stamps or housing vouchers.
Nikki Haley, 47, the former South Carolina Republican Governor and erstwhile U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations — the only Indian American to serve in a cabinet level position to date — clearly has her sights set on the presidency in 2024. Apparently Vice President Mike Pence, who expects to run, is running scared as Haley has been dipping into his donor base and even has his former chief of staff Nick Ayers consulting for her.
Simran S. Sethi, most recently Netflix’s director of International Originals, India and the Middle East, has joined ABC Entertainment as executive vice president, Development and Content Strategy.
Even as President Donald Trump continued to rail against India on trade, chief ministers of Indian states resumed their visits to the U.S. in search of more trade and investment. Trump’s latest taunt is that India and China are no longer “developing nations,” but are “taking advantage” under the cover of the Geneva-headquartered World Trade Organization(WTO).
Members of Surati for Performing Arts and founder and artistic director Rimli Roy, second from right, with Vijender Singh, center, India’s most-decorated boxer at a meet and greet hosted by Surati at Piggyback Bar in Jersey City, N.J., July 10. Guests took photos, autographs, a ferry ride wi…
Dr. Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji of Mysore, center, with accompanying musicians at “Raga Maya Raga Sagara,,” a meditation and healing concert at the John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., July 6. At the concert, Swami Chidatmananda of Chinmaya Mission, along with …
Navneeth Murali, 13 of Edison, New Jersey, correctly spelled the word “flipe” meaning to strip off by or as if by peeling,” during the 2019 South Asian Spelling Bee finals to clinch the title of national champion and took home a cash prize of $3,000.
Six Indian-Americans are among 10 finalists who will compete for the $25,000 grand prize and title of America’s Top Young Scientist later this year. The nation’s premier middle school science competition recognizes scientific thinking, communication and curiosity in students grades 5-8 who demonstrate a passion for solving everyday problems that could ultimately improve lives around the world.
Simran S. Sethi, most recently Netflix’s director of International Originals, India and the Middle East, has joined ABC Entertainment as executive vice president, Development and Content Strategy.
There is nothing else Raghav Merhotra rather do than play drums. “Music is life,” the 15-year-old drumming prodigy says on his website. And a look into a timeline of what the rising sophomore has achieved in his young life, it’s not hard to believe that the teen does live and breathe music.
