New IAPC team honours Padma Shri HR Shah
The Indian American Press Club (IAPC) has inducted its new Executive Committee on March 4 in the presence of community leaders and officials. Mr H.R. Shah, Chairman and CEO of TV Asia who was conferred Padma Shri this year, was warmly felicitated at the gala event at Antun’s by...
Centennial commemoration of Indian indentureship launched at New York
The 100th anniversary commemoration of the abolition of Indian indentureship was launched at New York by the Indian Diaspora Council, in collaboration with its global affiliates and partners, at the Consulate General of India in New York on March 3.
$41 million Thakkar familly pavilion in Simi Valley Hospital
The tristate...
$41 million Thakkar familly pavilion in Simi Valley Hospital
Simi Valley Hospital of California has celebrated the opening of the Thakkar Family Emergency Pavilion, a $41 million expansion project. It is named for the hospital’s husband-and-wife medical team of Dr. Umakant Thakkar and Dr. Irma Harriman, who has donated $1 million to kick off the fundraising effort for...
Police and officials in Kent reassure Sikh community
In Kent, Washington, the local community has come forward to reassure the Sikh communityon their concern and protection.
The community is confused by the crime, as it is an old and established concentration of Sikhs. The first gurdwara was founded in the area in the 1940s and today there are...
Sikh man shot in Washington in a racist and xenophobic attack
In the latest racist and xenophobic attack, a 39-year-old Sikh man was shot in the driveway of his house in Kent, Washington, by a masked White man, and shouted at him, ‘Go back to your own country’. The Sikh man has survived the murderous attempt and released from the...
Demonetisation, Modi’s jibe on Harvard creates flutters
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a dig at critics of his cash ban after the government data showed surprisingly strong growth that helped India to retain its position as the world’s fastest-growing economy, even after demonetisation.
“Well known intellectuals from Harvard and Oxford, who have been at key positions...
Infosys slams employment discrimination lawsuit
IT services company Infosys has slammed a motion to certify a class of workers who have alleged that the company illegally prefers South Asian workers in hiring, promoting and firing, telling a Wisconsin federal court that the plaintiffs’ statistical evidence of discrimination is lacking.
Infosys urged that the Eastern District...
Indian American woman handcuffed, jailed for expired driving license in Georgia
Shalini Gupta, an Indian American woman from Georgia, has alleged in a widely circulated social media post on WhatsApp that she was treated unfairly by the police, arrested, handcuffed painfully and thrown into jail for possessing an expired driver’s license. Gupta confirmed that everything she has written about her...
Usha Reddy, Kansas Indian American Mayor expresses anxiety over Indian techie killing
Usha Reddy, Indian American Mayor of a town called Manhattan in Kansas expressed anxiety over the shooting of two Indian engineers in Olathe, Kansas and has termed the act as an isolated incident. It doesn’t reflect the values of Kansas or the United States, she said.
Sikhs honour commissioner Frank...
Dr. Kavitha Gupta aims high in American Association of Physicians of Indian origin
New Jersey-based Dr. Kavita Gupta, Born in Washington, D.C., is aiming to rise in the ranks in the American Association of Physicians of India Origin (AAPI). Gupta feels it is time that the organization is led by a person from the second generation. She was Elected secretary of AAPI...
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