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 […]
Shah Noor, a recent transplant to California from Maryland, was driving through a nearby community one evening with his wife and stopped at a 7-Eleven to get some milk. A police car pulled up with […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON: An Indian-American woman is among at least 27 people killed during a deadly siege of a Mali hotel by Islamic extremists. Anita Ashok Datar, 41, is the sole US citizen to have been killed in […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): “Nazm is gaining ground in Mushaira,” said Javed Akhtar, the famous poet, film lyricist, and screenplay writer, presiding over 41st Annual International mushaira organized by the Aligarh Alumni Association in Washington on November […]
MUNCY, PENNSYLVANIA (TIP): An unmanned Army surveillance blimp broke loose from its mooring in Maryland and floated over Pennsylvania for hours on Oct 28 with two fighter jets on its tail, triggering blackouts across the […]
MARYLAND (TIP): Chhap tilak sab cheeni ray mosay naina milai kay-is a famous line of Qawwali, composed in the 7th century by Hazrat Amir Khusrau, which has been enthralling audiences for hundreds of years in […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): “Education is the gift that keeps on giving. Education empowers the mind and uplifts the soul. It is a powerful equalizer opening door to all to lift themselves out of poverty. Education is […]
An Indian woman with a rare deadly form of tuberculosis has created a health scare in three states in the US where authorities are tracking down hundreds of people who may have been in her […]
The Turkish government is building a new $100 million mosque and cultural center in Lanham, Maryland, a suburb of Washington DC to cater to the needs of the city’s large Muslim population. Spread over 15 […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is investigating what the Pentagon called an inadvertent shipment of live anthrax spores to government and commercial laboratories in as many as nine states, […]
LINCOLN (TIP): Nebraska abolished the death penalty on May 27 in a landmark veto-override vote backed by an unusual coalition of conservatives who oppose capital punishment. Senators in the one-house Legislature voted 30-19 to override […]
25 Indian-Americans have made it to the list of 49 semi-finalists of the 88th Scripps National Spelling Bee, which is under way at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. These kids […]
At 19-years-old, Brandon Paulin officially became the youngest mayor in state history when he was sworn in as mayor in Indian Head, Maryland “I just decided to step up because I think I can implement […]
Maryland’s governor has announced the withdrawal of National Guard troops from Baltimore nearly a week after Freddie Gray’s funeral. Hours before, Baltimore’s mayor “rescinded” the city-wide curfew. Some 3,000 National Guard troops are in the […]
BALTIMORE (TIP): Freddie Gray’s death in Baltimore is the latest in a rash of high-profile deaths of black men at the hands of police. [quote_box_right] Case Points Gray was arrested April 12 on a weapons […]
Maryland (TIP): Indian Origin Palak Patel was found lying dead in the kitchen at a Dunkin’ Donuts on the night of April 12. The incident came to light When a customer walked into an empty […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): The National Federation of Indian American Associations (NFIA), which is the largest umbrella organization in the US, representing over 3.5 million Americans who trace their roots to India, held its 18th biennial […]
A 45-year-old Indian-American Dhanurjay ‘DJ’ Patil has been named the first chief data scientist by the White House to shape policies and practices that will help the US remain a leader in technology and innovation. […]
FREDERICK (TIP): Two students were shot outside a public high school in Maryland on February 4 night while a basketball game was being played inside, sending game watchers running for cover as frantic parents rushed […]
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