NEW JERSEY (TIP): The South Asian Spelling Bee, now sponsored by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) with its acquisition of MetLife’s Premiere Client Group, continues its legacy in its ninthyear (www.SouthAsianSpellingBee.com) . In the […]
HOUSTON (TIP): A 27-year-old Indian, accused of sexually assaulting six girls, at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon water park in the US state of Florida has been arrested, police said, July 6. The accused has been identified […]
MetLife South Asian Spelling Bee held contests in Dallas and Houston to find the best speller in the asian (Indian American) community. With a huge turnout this year as well, the Bee attracted some top talent as […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): At a glittering event held in New York to mark the 9th anniversary of the South Asian Spelling Bee, Touchdown Media Inc., the leading multicultural advertising firm, announced, May 3, the […]
HOUSTON (TIP): An Indian-American biotechnologist has received University of Houston’s highest teaching award for her sustained and significant contributions to education. Rupa Iyer, an Indian-American Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies at the University of […]
HOUSTON, TEXAS: At least six persons, including an Indian-American woman, were killed in “historic” flash flooding in Houston, submerging of scores of subdivisions and several major interstate highways and forcing the closure of schools. Sunita Singh, 47, senior […]
HOUSTON (TIP): Mayor Sylvester Turner said Friday, April 15 he’s found a way to save more than a thousand city jobs with his new budget. Turner’s budget will cut 90 jobs, but he says it […]
HOUSTON (TIP): Samskriti & Anjali Center for Performing Arts Houston hosted, March 18, a farewell dinner in honor of Consul General Harish and Mrs. Nandita Parvathaneni, and a special Kuchipudi classical dance performance by their […]
HOUSTON: Two Indian-American computer science students in the US have created an education app that helps college students connect with tutors in the locality. Described as “The Uber for Tutors”, the “Scholarly” app available as a […]
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): In a bizarre incident, a 43-year-old man in the US shot and killed himself accidentally while taking a selfie with a gun in hand. The man from Concrete, Washington, who has not […]
WASHINGTON: Four Indian-Americans have been selected to the prestigious US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to be part of its new list of 80 members for their valuable contributions to the society. Anil K Jain, Dr […]
WICHITA, KAN (TIP): Envision recently announced that it has awarded two new postdoctoral fellowships including one to Indian American Arun Kumar Krishnan, Ph.D., for research to be conducted at its Envision Research Institute (ERI), based here. His studies are expected to […]
HOUSTON (TIP): The world-record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot will be split three ways after tickets purchased in Florida, Tennessee, and a Los Angeles suburb matched all five of last night’s numbers, including the Powerball. The […]
There were the six children, their mother and her boyfriend in Houston, Texas. The nine worshippers in a church in Charleston, South Carolina. The 53-year-old father who tried to stop three men ransacking a metalworker’s minivan […]
SACRAMENTO (TIP): US authorities said on Thursday that two people have been arrested on terrorism-related charges in California and Texas, including a refugee from Iraq who is charged with lying to federal investigators about his […]
HOUSTON: An Indian-American has been appointed as the Secretary of the Texas Board of Professional Engineers that licenses qualified engineers and regulates the practice of professional engineering in the US state. Sockalingam “Sam” Kannappan, a professional […]
HOUSTON, TX (TIP): Houston police are investigating whether a deadly shooting Wednesday, December 2 afternoon was in retaliation for another deadly shooting that happened just two hours earlier. The first shooting happened in front of […]
HOUSTON(TIP): Texas executed Wednesday a death-row inmate who killed three children in a fire at their home, the youngest of whom was his baby daughter aged just one. Raphael Holiday’s other two victims were his […]
Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a new plan to strip state grant funding from county sheriff’s with a Sanctuary City policy of not honoring ICE detainers. The move follows Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez’s […]
HOUSTON: Four men of South American origin have been arrested in the US state of Texas for a string of lunchtime burglaries, including of jewellery worth over USD 1 million, in the houses of people of […]
The Indian American Kerala Cultural and Civic Center will honor six Indian Americans for outstanding achievement in their field of specialization or for their service to the society. The awardees were selected by a committee […]
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