United States
Month: August 2017
India
United States
Trump warns North Korea of “fire and fury”: North Korea mocks Trump, hones Guam strike plans
WASHINGTON (TIP): Nuclear-armed North Korea mocked President Donald Trump as “bereft of reason” on Thursday, August 10, raising the stakes in their stand-off with an unusually detailed plan to send a salvo of missiles towards […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Pathologist sued for misdiagnosis
KANSAS CITY (TIP): An Indian American pathologist in Kansas is facing a lawsuit by a Kansas-based woman who has alleged that she was wrongly diagnosed with having a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, which resulted in unnecessary […]
Indian Americans
Indian American physician arrested for groping minor girl in United Airlines flight
NEWARK, NJ (TIP): An Indian American doctor has been arrested by police for allegedly groping a 16-year-old girl onboard a United Airlines New Jersey-bound flight. According to police, the minor girl was sitting next to […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Man Fined for Filing False VISA Applications
MANCHESTER, NH (TIP): Indian American entrepreneur Rohit Saksena, 42, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced August 8 to serve three years of probation and pay a $40,000 fine for filing false visa applications, Acting United […]
Indian Americans
Indian-American rams vehicle into Disney World bus
ORLANDO, FL (TIP): An Indian-American allegedly rammed his vehicle into a Disney World bus after jumping a red light in Florida, leaving five persons injured, media reports said on Monday, August 7. Ritesh Bhagani, 34, […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Executive agrees to plead guilty to Price-Fixing Conspiracy
HOUSTON (TIP): An e-commerce company and its top executive of Indian origin have agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to fix prices for customized promotional products sold online to customers in the United States. Zaappaaz […]
Indian Americans
7,620 Indian nationals lodged in foreign jails, highest in Saudi Arabia
Lodged in 86 jails abroad, at least 50 are women NEW DELHI (TIP): As many as 7,620 Indian nationals are lodged in foreign jails, with the highest number in Saudi Arabia. Of them, at least […]
World
World
China-India border spat casts shadow ahead of BRICS summit
BEIJING (TIP): China is taking an increasingly tough line on a border row with India amid a rising crescendo of nationalism in state media, and President Xi Jinping looks set for an awkward encounter with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a multilateral […]
World
World
India submits Mallya’s extradition paperwork to his legal team
LONDON (TIP): The Indian government has submitted the requisite “opening note” and paperwork related to Vijay Mallya‘s extradition case to the liquor baron’s legal team within the UK court deadline on August 4. Chief Magistrate Emma Louise Arbuthnot, presiding at Westminster Magistrates’ […]
India
India
Japan aids India in its Act East policy
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a sign of growing Japanese involvement in improving infrastructure in India, the two countries Thursday launched a cooperation forum for development of India’s north-east. The move is significant also because of India’s decision to ignore China’s OBOR initiative as the China Pakistan […]
India
DECLARE IF YOU’RE VIRGIN: BIHAR HOSPITAL TO STAFF
PATNA (TIP): Bihar’s premier government hospital, the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS), kicked up a row by asking its new recruits to declare if they were “virgins” or married, but later replaced the word with “unmarried”. Amid […]
India
India
ED lawyer asks Shabir Shah to chant ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’ in court
NEW DELHI (TIP): A Delhi court snubbed on Thursday an Enforcement Directorate (ED) prosecutor for asking Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah to chant ‘bharat mata ki jai’ to prove that he believes in the Indian Constitution. The remark came after a defence counsel […]
India
India
Modi has ushered in a golden age for BJP: US think tank
Touting his business-friendly policies, nationalist rhetoric, and an aspirational appeal that struck a chord with a young and increasingly restless India, Modi led his party to a historic electoral rout. WASHINGTON (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ushered in a golden age for […]
India
India
War not a solution, issue can be resolved through talks: Sushma on Doklam standoff
Sushma Swaraj said in the Rajya Sabha that ‘patience is key to resolving problems’ because of patience is lost, there can be provocation on the other side. NEW DELHI (TIP): War was not a solution and India would resolve the border standoff with […]
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United States
United States
Parents Accuse Irving ISD of Retaliation After Son Forced to Change Schools
With the school year right around the corner an Irving family doesn’t know which school their child will attend. IRVING, TX (TIP): When Iqbal Bhombal got the letter from Irving Independent School District in the […]