August 2024 — Page 11 of 14 — The Indian Panorama

Strong quake, small tsunamis hit southern Japan with minor damage

Aug 10, 2024 - 11:14 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

TOKYO (TIP): A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 shook southern Japan on August 8 but no major damage was reported and only relatively minor tsunami waves lashed the coast. The quake hit at […]

Britain is on alert for further unrest even after anti-racism campaigners faced down the far right

Aug 10, 2024 - 11:14 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): British authorities said August 8 they were preparing for the possibility of further unrest, even as they applauded the efforts of anti-racism campaigners and police officers who largely stifled a threatened wave of […]

Indian-origin shoplifter-fraudster jailed for 10 years in UK

Aug 10, 2024 - 10:34 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): An Indian-origin woman was on Tuesday, July 30, sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment by a court in south-west England after she was found guilty of conning retailers and other businesses out of thousands […]

Indian-origin student charged for falsifying records for US university admission

Aug 10, 2024 - 10:33 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

BETHLEHEM , PA (TIP): A 19-year-old Indian-origin student, who was arrested and charged with falsifying records to gain admission to a US university, will have to return to India under a plea deal entered with […]

Indian-origin techie Siddhant Patil’s body recovered from Avalanche Creek

Aug 10, 2024 - 10:33 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WEST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA (TIP): Authorities at Glacier National Park have confirmed that a body recovered on Saturday, August 3, in Avalanche Creek is believed to be that of Siddhant Vitthal Patil, a 26-year-old hiker […]

Indian lawyer struck off UK solicitors’ register for ‘sham marriages’ conviction

Aug 10, 2024 - 10:11 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): A 44-year-old man who qualified as a lawyer in India has been struck off from practising in the UK by the solicitors’ watchdog after a tribunal heard of his conviction eight years ago […]

Indiaspora condemns racial attack on Indian political candidates

Aug 10, 2024 - 10:06 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Influential Indian diaspora body Indiaspora Wednesday, August 7, condemned the increasing racial attacks on Indian origin-political candidates in the United States. The Indian diaspora in the United States cares deeply for the […]

Harris and Walz officially certified as Democratic Party’s nominees for President and Vice President

Aug 10, 2024 - 10:02 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): US Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz have officially been certified the Democratic Party’s nominees for President and Vice President respectively, the ruling party announced on Tuesday, August 6. […]

ABC says Trump and Harris have agreed to participate in a presidential debate on September 10

Aug 10, 2024 - 10:01 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): ABC says both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have agreed to a September 10 presidential debate, setting up a face-off between the Republican and Democratic nominees. The announcement on Thursday (August 8, […]

National Indo-American Museum Launches New oral history initiative

Aug 10, 2024 - 9:45 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

CHICAGO, IL (TIP): A late report from Chicago says the National Indo- American Museum (NIAM) launched its latest Oral History initiative called Broadening Narratives on July 19, 2024. The event, held at NIAM’s Umang and […]

12 years since Wisconsin gurdwara shooting in Oak Creek, ‘the lessons learnt since then’

Aug 10, 2024 - 9:45 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

US lawmakers pay tributes to Sikh victims on 12th anniversary of massacre NEW YORK (TIP): US lawmakers paid tributes to the members of the Sikh community who were killed in a massacre at a Milwaukee […]

In Tim Walz, Kamala Harris gets a trump card to trump Trump

Aug 10, 2024 - 9:32 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

“Yet the fact that despite an assassination attempt and a decision by an incumbent President to withdraw from the race, Mr. Trump trails narrowly in polls with only three more months to go for voting, […]

Trysts and Turns : Adding caste to creed deepens disunity

Aug 10, 2024 - 9:28 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

That feeling of being Indian, first and foremost, is sadly being eroded As endemic corruption weakens the moral fiber, communalism and casteism militate against unity that is essential to make India stand up as one […]

Welcome Step in Correcting a Serious Miscarriage of Justice: On Supreme Court of India Granting Bail to Sisodia

Aug 10, 2024 - 9:11 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

On August 9, the Supreme Court of India granted bail to Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manjit Sisodia, marking a significant moment in a case that has drawn national attention. Sisodia, a prominent leader of the […]

NYC Comptroller Audit Finds City Overpaid $11M On Migrant Contract

Aug 10, 2024 - 7:54 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK CITY (TIP): A new NYC Comptroller audit claims that the City overpaid for a firm’s services during the midst of the migrant crisis. Comptroller Brad Lander in the audit says about $11 million paid […]

August 9 New York & Dallas E – Edition

Aug 10, 2024 - 7:37 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

DA Katz dismisses convictions of 46 defendants following perjury plea by former NYPD Detective

Aug 10, 2024 - 6:17 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

QUEENS, NY (TIP): Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz petitioned the court on Thursday, August 8, to vacate the convictions of 46 defendants whose cases involved NYPD Detective James Donovan, who was convicted of perjury last […]

Suozzi Celebrates U.S.-India Relations, BAPS 50th Anniversary in U.S.

Aug 10, 2024 - 6:15 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Congressman Tom Suozzi (D – Long Island, Queens) introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing the importance of the U.S.-India relations ahead of the 50th anniversary of the first BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Hindu […]

A Conversation with Dr. Avinash Gupta, President of FIA NY NJ CT NE on the forthcoming India Day Parade in New York City

Aug 10, 2024 - 5:56 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The India Day Parade organized by the FIA NY NJ CT NE in New York City is billed as the largest India Day Parade outside of India. And it is just a few days away. […]

Legislator Koslow Celebrates Freeport Day 2024

Aug 10, 2024 - 5:46 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

FREEPORT, N.Y. (TIP): Nassau County Legislator Seth I. Koslow (D – Freeport) joined the community at Freeport Day on Saturday, July 27. The annual daylong event, which is presented by Freeport’s Family and Friends, Inc., […]

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is Kamala Harris’s V-P pick

Aug 10, 2024 - 2:10 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, August 6, choosing a progressive policy champion and a plain speaker from America’s heartland to […]

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus takes oath as head of Bangladesh’s interim government

Aug 10, 2024 - 2:06 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Student leaders Nadid Islam and Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan join the new dispensation in Bangladesh headed by Muhammad Yunus DHAKA (TIP): A 14-member interim government in Bangladesh, under the leadership of Noble Laureate Muhammad Yunus, […]

Manish Sisodia walks out of Tihar jail after spending 17 months behind bars

Aug 10, 2024 - 1:59 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

“I got bail due to the power of Constitution and democracy. This power will ensure our leader Arvind Kejriwal is also released,” Mr. Sisodia said after walking out of jail. NEW DELHI (TIP): Former Deputy […]

Indian Consulate in New York is worried about travel agents’ malpractices

Aug 10, 2024 - 1:48 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

They overcharge and submit fake documents NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Consul General of India in New York Mr. Binaya Srikanta Pradhan on August 7, invited the media persons to the Consulate to brief them on […]

Pakistani man charged for plotting to kill Donald Trump

Aug 10, 2024 - 1:37 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): A Pakistani citizen has been charged in an elaborate plot that reads like a spy thriller to assassinate Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. US Attorney General Merrick Garland, who announced the charges […]

Month: August 2024