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Ritu Jha- Swapan Dhairyawan, president of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston (IACCGH), has said his organization is looking forward to placing some pending demands before Prime Minister Narendra Modi since Houston has become one of the busiest gateways for US-India trade. Modi is scheduled to address a ‘Howdy, Modi!’ event, touted as […]
indica News Bureau- The announcement by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of an award to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, or Clean India Campaign, has stirred the proverbial hornet’s nest, with both liberals and conservatives, for their own reasons, opposing the award. The foundation is scheduled to present the […]
indica News Bureau- A producer with the US National Public Radio (NPR) has resigned after her tweet lampooning Hinduism outraged people across religions. “If Indians give up on Hinduism, they will also be solving most of their problems, what with all the piss drinking and dung worshipping,” Furkan Khan had tweeted on Sept 9. […]
Deepak Sharma (IANS)- In one of the biggest drug rackets unearthed by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) of US, the Indian connection has led to a former aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and a pharmaceutical company allegedly operating from India, where drugs like mandrax and ephedrine were being manufactured. The overarching investigation also […]
indica News Bureau- After Sunday’s launch of South Asians For ThePeople, a number of South Asian Californians are opening up on what Senator Kamala Harris’s candidacy means to them. On the heels of launching APIAs For The People earlier this week, the campaign has created a hub for Harris supporters in the South Asian […]
indica News Bureau- Members of the small Kashmiri Pandit community living in various parts of the United States staged a peaceful demonstration Saturday in front of the office of The Washington Post here to protest against its coverage of recent developments in the troubled state of Jammu & Kashmir. On Aug 5, India’s Parliament […]
IANS- A wheelchair-bound US citizen, who holds an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card, on Monday alleged that she was “harassed” by a CISF woman constable at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here as she was unable to stand up for checking. Virali Modi, the motivational speaker and disability rights activist, said she was […]
indica News Bureau- A woman of Indian origin has been sentenced for up to six years in prison for duping home buyers of as much as $600,000, the Herald Publicist has reported. Reshmi Maharaj, 53, of Queens, was convicted on charges of larceny and scheme to defraud and sentenced for between two and six […]
Arul Louis- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a high-level segment of the UN conference to combat desertification on Monday with a “good” announcement on efforts against the phenomenon that is a threat to climate, according to the top UN official dealing with it. The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat […]
Ritu Jha- “I have received overwhelmingly positive comments from people in the district of all faiths about my support for the US-India relationship, for pluralism, and for peace,” said Congressman Rohit ‘Ro’ Khanna who represents California’s Congressional district 17, which has a high percentage of Indian Americans. Serving his second term in the US […]
