Indian-American arrested in high school friend’s killing
WASHINGTON (TIP): Rahul Gupta, 24, is being held on $2 million bond after a night of drinking and birthday celebrating…
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Senate confirms Indian American to key arts position
WASHINGTON: An exponent of Bharatanatayam, Ranee Ramaswamy was confirmed on October 17, as a member of the prestigious National Council…
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Edward Snowden says he took no secret documents to Russia
WASHINGTON (TIP): US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden says he did not bring any secret documents with him to Russia when…
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US Senate confirms Nisha Desai Biswal as assistant secretary of state
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Senate has confirmed Indian- American woman administrator Nisha Desai Biswal as the assistant secretary of state…
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Fooled by forged files, jailers release 2 US killers
HOUSTON (TIP): Authorities in the US state of Florida have launched a massive manhunt for two murderers who were mistakenly…
Read MoreeBay founder to bankroll project for journalists
NEW YORK (TIP): For years, the tech billionaire Pierre M Omidyar has been experimenting with ways to promote serious journalism,…
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Indian-American Woman is Running for Seattle City Council
SEATTLE (TIP): Kshama Sawant, trained as a computer engineer in her native India and now a professor of economics, is…
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Indian American introduces US government reform agenda
WASHINGTON (TIP): Amidst widespread frustration surrounding the US shutdown and reckless brinkmanship over the debt limit, an Indian-American leader, seeking…
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Indian-American Couple Establishes Scholarship in Houston University
HOUSTON (TIP): An Indian-American couple has established a tier one scholarship worth more than USD 100,000 in the prestigious University…
Read MoreBobby Jindal forms group to win ‘war of ideas’
WASHINGTON (TIP): Louisiana's Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal, a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, plans to create a policy-focused nonprofit group…
Read MoreSikh student in US not allowed on bus for wearing kirpan
NEW YORK (TIP): A Sikh student in the US was not allowed to board a bus because he was wearing…
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Cory Booker wins New Jersey Senate race
NEWARK, NJ (TIP): A rising national Democratic star, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, was elected to the U.S. Senate October 16…
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Council Member Daniel Dromm leads demand for Diwali as School Holiday
NEW YORK (TIP): Council Member Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights, Elmhurst), along with several elected officials and community members, are demanding…
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Obama meets Indian-American Miss America, Nina Davuluri
WASHINGTON (TIP): Despite tough ongoing negotiations to reopen the government and avoid a US debt default, President Barack Obama found…
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White House condemns Libyan Prime Minister’s abduction
WASHINGTON (TIP): The White House said it is pleased that Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan is again a free man…
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US firm to launch outcomebased learning in India
CLEVELAND (TIP): People Educating Society (PES) in Karnataka, an educational conglomerate with universities, colleges and high schools has chosen USA…
Read MorePentagon No. 2 to step down after four years in top defense jobs
WASHINGTON (TIP): Deputy defense secretary Ashton Carter, known for his deep knowledge of US defense spending and the defense industry,…
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‘Big lender’ China urges US to avoid bankruptcy
WASHINGTON (TIP): As the Government shutdown in the US enters its second week, the country is just 8 days away…
Read MorePakistan’s new envoy to US was once expelled from India
WASHINGTON (TIP): Pakistan has appointed as its ambassador to the United States an envoy who was once expelled from New…
Read MoreScott Carpenter, 4th American in space, dies at 88
DENVER (TIP): Scott Carpenter, who in 1962 became the fourth US astronaut in space and second American to orbit the…
Read MoreObama, Republicans continue talks after White House meeting
WASHINGTON (TIP): Republicans offered a plan to President Barack Obama on Thursday that would postpone a possible US default in…
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IALI Women’s Forum celebrates Navratri
LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): The India Association of Long Island (IALI) recently celebrated through its Women's Forum its monthly event…
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Hindu Center Benefit Musical Evening Organized
NEW YORK (TIP): Hindu Center, Flushing organized a wonderful musical evening, mesmerizing performance by a great artist Falguni Shah and…
Read MoreLaunch of pioneering nonformal curriculum to end violence against women and girls
UN Women and World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scoutsput youth at the center of efforts NEW YORK, NY…
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Mangano for rooting out Medicaid Waste, Fraud & Abuse; Seeks wider opportunities for Investigation
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): While the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) currently limits the types of…
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Odisha man is Chief Executive of Bank of India’s US Operations
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Weeks after Bank of India Chief Executive of US operations B.B. Joshi who was transferred as…
Read MoreRatan Tata, 8 Indian- Americans inducted in US engineering academy
WASHINGTON (TIP): Leading Indian industrialist Ratan Tata has been inducted into the prestigious US National Academy of Engineering in the…
Read MoreSIKHS Win Third Turban Case at the UN against France
NEW YORK (TIP): The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) concluded that France has violated the religious freedom of 57 year…
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Sri Srinivasan takes oath holding Gita in hand
WASHINGTON (TIP): Sri Srinivasan, 46, was sworn in an overflowing court room by retired Supreme Court judge Sandra Day O'Connor,…
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California to grant driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants
SACRAMENTO (TIP): California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill adding California to a growing list of states that will…
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