November 2015 — Page 3 of 15 — The Indian Panorama

Nearly 35,000 comment on the proposed changes to the STEM OPT Extension – F1 Student Visa

Nov 28, 2015 - 2:00 pm EST Karan Beri 1

NEWYORK (TIP): On Oct. 19, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposal for “Improving and Expanding Training Opportunities for F-1 Nonimmigrant Students with STEM Degrees and Cap-Gap Relief for All Eligible F-1 Students.” […]

Dr. VK Raju delivering lecture at ASEAN Ophthalmology Congress in Hanoi, Vietnam October 30th, 2015

Indian American Eye Surgeon Dr. V K Raju Lectures in Vietnam

Nov 28, 2015 - 1:55 pm EST The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

It was some 2 years ago that I came across Dr. VK Raju. I hadn’t heard of him though I should have. It is a journalist’s task to have information about people-good and bad. Dr. […]

Intolerance in India Echoes Home and Abroad

Nov 28, 2015 - 1:51 pm EST I. S. Saluja 2

As a young boy I attended Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Shakhas. I loved to go there to play and wield lathi. It provided me an opportunity to prove my strength and superiority. As part of our training, we […]

Some writers, artists and film makers have returned their awards to protest what they term 'growing intolerance' in the country.

Why it’s silly to link FDI and Intolerance

Nov 28, 2015 - 12:37 pm EST Kanwal Sibal 0

“Those making a connection between an intolerant India and FDI are widely off the mark. Democracies by definition are tolerant and nobody is claiming that we are abandoning our democratic system……….At the heart of the controversy […]

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan at Indian Express Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards

Aamir Khan speaks up | Voices of dissent need to be heard

Nov 28, 2015 - 12:32 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

The moment the poster boy of ‘Incredible India‘ campaign, Aamir Khan, made a remark on ‘growing intolerance’, the sarkari brigade began questioning his credibility. The star, celebrated for handling social issues with sensitivity in his films […]

Woman in critical condition after being struck by hit-and-run driver in the Bronx

Nov 28, 2015 - 12:17 pm EST Mohd. Jaffer 0

NEW YORK (TIP): A woman was hospitalized in critical condition after she was slammed by a hit-and-run driver in the Bronx on Thursday, November 19, police said. The woman was hit on Westchester Ave. near […]

Man plunges to death from fifth floor Queens window after stabbing girlfriend

Nov 28, 2015 - 12:14 pm EST Mohd. Jaffer 0

QUEENS, NY (TIP): A 29-year-old man died after he plummeted from a fifth floor window, November 16 -moments after stabbing his girlfriend several times in Queens, police said. The 24-year-old woman was attacked when a […]

Congress President Sonia Gandhi (second from left) and former PM Dr. Manmohan Singh (extreme left) with PM Modi, (extreme right) Venkaiah Naidu and Arun Jaitley at 7 Race Course , November 27 to discuss the GST Bill. Inset: Speaker Sumitra Mahajan conducting proceedings on November 26.

Winter session of Parliament gets off with debate on Constitution

Nov 28, 2015 - 12:07 pm EST The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Winter session of Parliament got underway November 26 with an aggressive Opposition taking on the government over the Constitution and the legacy of its framer BR Ambedkar. Congress president Sonia Gandhi […]

Outlandish Trump & His Politics of Fear

Nov 28, 2015 - 12:03 pm EST The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

Trump has garnered huge support among the Republican voters by playing the fear trump card. Since the Paris attacks, while the “serious” GOP contenders have proposed establishing no-fly zones and arming Kurdish rebels in Syria, […]

Syed Akbaruddin (left) willl succeed Ambassador Asoke K Mukerji as India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Ambassador Mukerji is retiring on 31st December

Syed Akbaruddin to succeed Asoke K Mukherjee as India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Nov 28, 2015 - 11:58 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEWYORK (TIP): Syed Akbaruddin has been named as the new permanent representative of India to the United Nations in New York. He succeeds Asoke Kumar Mukherjee who will be retiring at the end of December, […]

Tamil Nadu Pradesh Congress Committee President EVKS Elangovan (third from right) honors Abraham

Congress leaders fete INOC USA Chair

Nov 28, 2015 - 11:25 am EST The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

CHENNAI (TIP): Senior Congress leaders of Tamil Nadu including Pradesh Congress Committee President and former Union Minister EVKS Elangovan felicitated George Abraham, chairman of Indian National Overseas Congress (INOC) in New York at a function held […]

From Right to Left: President Chandra Mehta, Founder and Chairman H.K. Shah, Kirti Shukla, Flora Parekh (VP), Mrs. Suman Munjal, Mrs. Dipika Modi, Ms. Nivea Kothari (Youth Chair), Dr. Krishna Jhaveri In the back, from Left to Right: Dr. Uttam Munver, Mr. Minesh Desai (Treasurer), Mr. Bob Dibeneditto, Mr. Vinod Shah (Director), Dr. Joel Kahn (Speaker), Mr. Kanak Golia, Mr.Paresh Parekh

The Vegetarian Vision Aim is to Promote Vegetarian Way of Life

Nov 28, 2015 - 11:23 am EST The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): Vegetarian Vision, under the leadership of Chairman & Founder H.K. Shah and Malati Shah, has been highly influential in spreading vegetarian way of life. Their programs and events are focused on […]

The Essence of Thanksgiving

Nov 28, 2015 - 10:50 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Expression of gratitude is the ultimate balancing act in everyone’s life. We know whom we receive the good from and offer our gratitude. The absence of a simple thank-you creates an imbalance in the relationship and […]

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Bartlett, IL Celebrates Diwali

Nov 28, 2015 - 10:10 am EST The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 18

CHICAGO, IL (TIP): The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Bartlett celebrated Diwali and the Hindu New Year on November 11th and 12th. Diwali is one of the most important and colorful festivals celebrated by Hindus, […]

A MONA BHALLA RELEASED HER DEBUT MUSIC VIDEO, WITH A STRONG SOCIAL MESSAGE

Nov 28, 2015 - 9:28 am EST The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

CHICAGO (TIP): Mona Bhalla, a well-known singer, both in India and the US, and Mrs. India Illinois 2015, released her debut music video, “Kudi Bindaas”, with a big bang on her birthday. A large number […]

Construction continuing on Hindu Hanuman Temple of Greater Chicago

Nov 28, 2015 - 9:23 am EST @theindpanorama 0

CHICAGO (TIP): Construction is reportedly continuing on large two-storey Hanuman Mandir of Greater Chicago in Glenview (Illinois). According to reports, construction is expected to wind-up in 2016 on this 37,200 square feet white-marble and glass […]

Dr. Seema Jain at the Regional PBD 2015 at Los Angeles

Dr. Seema Jain leads AAPI delegation at 2015 Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in LA

Nov 28, 2015 - 8:25 am EST @theindpanorama 0

LOS ANGELES (TIP): “AAPI has successfully collaborated with past Governments and with the new Government at the Center, we are looking forward to have renewed participation and engagement in areas related to health seeking to […]

ANGRY CUBANS PROTEST AT ECUADOR VISA RULE

Nov 28, 2015 - 8:23 am EST @theindpanorama 0

HAVANA (TIP): Hundreds of furious Cubans chanting and brandishing air tickets have protested outside Ecuador’s embassy in Havana over new visa restrictions designed to stop Cuban migrants travelling through the region to the US. It […]

Slow road from Kabul highlights China’s challenge in Afghanistan

Nov 28, 2015 - 12:19 am EST @theindpanorama 0

KABUL (TIP): A new road linking the Afghan capital with a trade hub near Pakistan has been stuck in the slow lane since a state-owned Chinese company took the contract to build it two years […]

Foreigner among the dead in Taliban ambush on helicopter

Nov 28, 2015 - 12:16 am EST @theindpanorama 0

KABUL (TIP): The Afghan defense ministry says a foreign national was among three people killed when Taliban insurgents ambushed a helicopter that made an emergency landing in northwestern Afghanistan. The ministry said the privately contracted […]

2016 WORLD HOROSCOPE

Nov 28, 2015 - 12:09 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Ganesha says my devotee Bejan Daruwalla is cut to the bone. He is truly devastated. He is shattered. The blowing to smithereens of innocent lives, specially children, religious intolerance, violence, are the main causes for it. […]

Volume 9 Issue 47 | New York Edition | NOV 27 | Newspaper E-Edition

Nov 28, 2015 - 12:00 am EST @theindpanorama 0

A New Way to Read This Week’s Print Edition The Latest from The Indian Panorama | New York Desk Reimagined for the Web Volume 9 Issue 47 | Desktop Edition | Nov 27 Resolution – Low | High

Indian-American offloaded from international flight in Islamabad over ‘bomb hoax’

Nov 27, 2015 - 6:32 pm EST The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

An Indian-American man on board the Qatar Airways flight to Washington via Doha was offloaded at the Benazir International Airport in Islamabad around 3 a.m. on Friday after he claimed that there was a bomb […]

2015 William H. Meardy Faculty Member Award Suryakant Desai Dallas County Community College District, Texas

Indian American Professor of Dallas Community College Honored at ACCT Awards Gala

Nov 27, 2015 - 5:18 pm EST The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

The Association of Community College Trustees presented Dr. Suryakant Desai of the Dallas County Community College District in Texas with the 2015 William H. Meardy Faculty Member Award during the ACCT Awards Gala. “The ACCT […]

India Successfully Test-Fires Nuclear Capable Prithvi-II Missile

Nov 27, 2015 - 5:15 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

India on Thursday, November 26, successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile, which has a strike range of 350 km, as part of a user trial by the Army. The missile was fired […]

Month: November 2015