New Jersey has passed a legislation to make college and university tuitions more affordable for the children of H-1B visa holders, who are mostly Indian IT professionals, bringing a huge financial relief to them. Gov. Phil Murphy signed the legislation Jan. 21, sponsored, among others, by Sen. Vin Gopal and Assemblyman Raj Mukherji.
Governors of five U.S. states — both Democrat and Republican — are slated to visit India this month and over the next few months, with New Jersey’s Democratic Governor Phil Murphy kicking off the slew of these high-powered visits from Sept.13-22, all aimed at enhancing economic ties and trade between their respective states and India.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy joined local leaders and Indian-American community members at the 15th Annual India Day Parade in Edison, Aug. 11. Organized by the India Business Association, the parade ran from Edison to Iselin.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy will lead a seven-day, six-city economic mission to India, one of the state’s largest trade and investment partners, in September to strengthen economic ties, among other goals.
Prominent members of the Indian-American community and elected state and local officials attended a Diwali celebration hosted by Gov. Phil Murphy at Drumthwacket, the Governor’s Mansion here, Nov. 8.
Parthiv Patel, 27, who is among the thousands of young immigrants covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, said he has become more publicly outspoken on the issue for the greater good and urged the Indian-American community and other Asian-Americans.
The packed-to-capacity crowd at the Wonder Bar on the night of Jan. 9 was a testament to the popularity of the newly elected state Senator Vin Gopal. Monmouth County Democrats, supporters, volunteers, family, friends and even a few Republican Assembly members and freeholders joined to celebrate Gopal’s swearing-in as the state’s newest senator.
Former federal prosecutor Gurbir Singh Grewal, a Sikh-American, has been named by New Jersey Gov.-elect Phil Murphy to be the state’s next attorney general. If confirmed by the state Senate, Grewal will become the first Sikh-American in the state and the nation to serve as an attorney general.
New Jersey Governor-elect Phil Murphy has nominated Bergen County prosecutor Gurbir Grewal as the state's next attorney general. If elected, Grewal would be the state's first Sikh attorney general.
New Jersey’s Gov.-elect Phil Murphy has named four Indian-Americans, including a Sikh and a Muslim, to his Transition 2018 leadership team, reflecting diversity and representing women and minorities in accordance with his campaign pledge.
