McALLEN, TX (TIP): Nineteen men and women, including a South Texas lawyer and his father, have been sentenced for participating in a drug trafficking ring involving 13½ tons of marijuana. Lawyer Jose Luis Palacios Jr. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Two Indian-origin men are among this year’s prestigious Heinz Awards recipients in the US. Abraham Verghese, a professor at Stanford University Medical School, and Sanjeev Arora, a computer scientist, of Albuquerque in […]
PHOENIX (TIP): Governor Jan Brewer on Wednesday vetoed a Republican bill that set off a national debate over gay rights, religion and discrimination and subjected Arizona to blistering criticism from major corporations and political leaders […]
CARACAS (TIP): Venezuelan security forces and demonstrators faced off in streets blocked by burning barricades in several provincial cities on February 20 as protests escalated against President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government. At least five people […]
DALLAS (TIP): The National Human Trafficking Resource Center has released its 2013 data and it may or may not come as a surprise to you that Texas ranks No. 2 in number of calls placed […]
NEW ORLEANS (TIP): Over BP’s objections, a federal appeals court on January 10 upheld a judge’s approval of the company’s multibillion-dollar settlement with lawyers for businesses and residents who claim the massive 2010 oil spill […]
S. Saluja SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (TIP): A federal judge, on December 20, struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, saying the law “conflicts with the United States Constitution’s guarantees of equal protection and […]
Texas, the second most populous (after California) and the second -largest state (after Alaska) in the United States of America, has had a checkered history which all residents need to know. A state of immigrants, […]
VIENNA/MEXICO CITY (TIP): Mexican police have found dangerous radioactive medical material stolen by thieves that the United Nations said could provide an ingredient for a “dirty bomb,” the country’s national nuclear safety commission CNSNS said […]
BUENOS AIRES (TIP): World number one Rafael Nadal will play in the Buenos Aires ATP tournament in February for the first time since 2005, the Spaniard said on December 3. The tournament to be held […]
Life Insurance Sales in Third Quarter up by 10%; Sales of Annuities and Mutual Funds also very Strong; Second Consecutive Year of 8% Rise in Dividend Payout; 2014 Payout Climbs $109 Million NEW YORK (TIP): […]
DALLAS (TIP): A sharply divided Supreme Court on Tuesday, November 19 allowed Texas to continue enforcing abortion restrictions that opponents say have led more than a third of the state’s clinics to stop providing abortions. […]
HOUSTON (TIP): The 92nd Annual Meeting of National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) held in San Antonio, Texas recently has elected Sam Kannappan, a noted Indian-American community activist of Houston, Texas as […]
NEW YORK (TIP): One of America’s most prominent doctors says he has shifted his stance in support of medical marijuana. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, chief medical correspondent at CNN and a CBS News contributing medical correspondent, […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Indians chasing the American dream have reason to cheer. In 2012, as many as 35,472 Indians with H- 1B visas got green cards, up from 6,000 in 2011 – accounting for more […]
NEW ORLEANS: Halliburton Energy Services has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence in connection with the 2010 Gulf oil spill, the Department of Justice said on July 25. Federal officials said in a news […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Consumers in the United States are finding it difficult to buy Indian mangoes due to the high prices as compared to the ones imported from South American countries, a study has found out. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Leaders have reached a deal on the first major overhaul of the nation’s immigration system in years. And despite concerns from immigrant advocates, it puts border security before amnesty. A landmark immigration reform […]
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