Chicago Indian Consulate Kicks off 3rd International Yoga Day
International Yoga Day is being celebrated by the UN countries on 21st June by accepting Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi’s request in the UN assembly. June 24 will be celebrated as the 3rd International Day of Yoga by the Indian Consulate in Chicago and has held a kick-off event...
‘Father of Wheat Revolution’ D.S. Athwal, No more
‘Father of Wheat Revolution’, agriculture scientist Dilbagh Singh Athwal has expired in the US, a Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) official said. He was 89.
Vice Chancellor B.S. Dhillon, officers and scientists of the university has paid tributes to Athwal, who has died on Sunday, at a condolence meeting held at...
Ronald McDonald House Charities Announces Winners of 2017 Asia Scholarship
Ronald McDonald House Charities New York Tri-State Area (RMHC-NYSTA) has celebrated the seven recipients of its 2017 Asian Students Increasing Achievement Scholarship Program with an awards luncheon at the W Hotel Union Square in Manhattan. Seven $16,000 scholarships were awarded to the outstanding local high school seniors.
National Geographic Bee...
Indians, Chinese Get Highest Number of Optional Training Visa
Students from India (72,151) and China (68,847) are accounted for more than half (57%) of all those who were approved for OPT and found jobs from 2012 to 2015, according to a study by the Pew Research Center which had analysed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement data received through...
Vijay Amritraj Honors Martin Luther King III
Vijay Amritraj Foundation (VAF) has come back to New York City for its annual gala to raise money for some charities in India, at The Pierre, on May 12. The founder and chairman of VAF, former tennis great Vijay Amritraj, and his equally famous brother, the Hollywood producer Anand...
Rangla Punjab 2017 by Punjab Cultural Society
Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago has organised “Rangla Punjab 2017” and was celebrated at Meadows Clubs in Rolling Meadows, a Northwest suburb of Chicago. More than 1000 people came to the sold-out event, despite rainy weather.
Thirty two Punjabi folk dances and cultural performances by teams from Chicagoland and neighboring...
Veerni Institute Raises $25,000 at Inaugural Fundraiser
The Global Foundation for Humanity has raised $25,000 at their inaugural fundraising event for the Veerni Institute, at the Delhi Art Gallery, in New York City, on May 11. The inaugural event was held as a fundraising effort for Veerni to help it in the expansion of the institute...
Indian-Americans Celebrate Mata Ki Chowki
With lots of enthusiasm, determination and dedication, hundreds of Hindu devotees have gathered at Chicago’s Hari Om Mandir to celebrate Mata Ki Chowki on May 6.
The highlight of the evening was a helicopter that was flown above the crowd, scattering flowers and rose petals on the huge statue of...
Indian American Pleads Not Guilty
Beena Patel, Indian American, a onetime top aide to Chicago’s Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown, has pleaded not guilty to the charges she had lied in two separate appearances before a federal grand jury about the pay-to-play allegations in the clerk’s office.
Patel, a former associate clerk who...
H-IB Visa Reform Should Be By Congress: Pramila Jayapal
H-IB visa reform should be by Congress said the congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D, Washington) and cautioned the Donald Trump administration against the hasty changes in the H1-B visa regime, saying this should be done through the legislative route rather than through a presidential executive order.
Jayapal, is now in India...
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