Washington | 10 days ago
Mayor backs Indian American for lieutenant governor's post
Washington, June 1 - The mayor of the city of Richmond has come out openly in support of an Indian American Democrat who is running for the post of lieutenant governor of the US state of Virginia.Mayor Dwight C. Jones is urging voters to vote for Aneesh P. Chopra, one of two Democrats, in the June 11 Democratic primary for the post of lieutenant governor of Virginia in automated calls being made i ... read more

Washington | 11 days ago
Jamaican gets life term for killing Indian American woman
Washington, May 31 - A Jamaican man has been convicted to life in prison by a US court for the murder of an Indian American woman in 2004.Kelvin Daye, 43, who consistently pleaded his innocence, was given the life sentence with no chance of release by the Hartford Superior Court in the American state of Connecticut for the kidnapping and murder of Trupti Patel, 36, in East Hartford in July, 2004.A ... read more

Washington | 11 days ago
Indian-American wins 2013 spelling bee in the US
Washington, May 31 - Thirteen-year-old Indian American Arvind Mahankali won the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee breaking a personal four-year losing streak.Arvind, of Bayside Hills, New York, correctly spelled knaidel, a German-origin word meaning a type of dumpling.I thought a German curse has turned into a German blessing, NBC News quoted him as saying after he emerged the winner.Even as he c ... read more

Chicago | 22 days ago
For the elderly in US, poetry blunts the pain of isolation
Chicago, May 20 - A woman in her seventies takes the microphone to recite a short poem, which, she warned the men present, was on the hazards of flirting. Cheda na karo ate jatein raston mein, pale pad gayi to mushkil hogi -.It was a couplet which would have been greeted with cat calls and whistles among college students. But the men and women cheering the speaker lustily, were in their sixties an ... read more

Washington | 25 days ago
Chandigarh-born poised to make history as US judge
Washington, May 17 - Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan has moved a step closer to making history as the first South Asian judge on the US Court of Appeals for the American capital.Srinivasan, 46, who in August last year was named principal deputy solicitor general of the US, succeeding another Indian American, Neal Kumar Katyal, Thursday won unanimous approva ... read more

Chicago | 27 days ago
Four Indian Americans charged with healthcare fraud
Chicago, May 15 - Four Indian Americans are among 89 people charged with healthcare fraud running into about $233 million in false billing after a nationwide strike in eight cities, according to federal authorities.All the Indian Americans charged are from the Chicago area.Ankur Roy, Akash Patel, and Dipen Desai, have been charged with six counts of health care fraud each in an indictment that was ... read more

Boston | 28 days ago
Indian American surgeon to discuss 'Obamacare' impact on India
Boston, May 14 - Noted Indian American surgeon Mukesh Hariawala will discuss the business implications of President Barack Obama's second term on the Indian healthcare system at a leadership conclave in Mumbai in June.A Harvard trained cardiac surgeon, who is also a healthcare economist, Hariawala will deliver the keynote address at the 4th annual India leadership Conclave & Indian Affairs B ... read more

Washington | 29 days ago
Police release surveillance images of Mother's Day shooting
Washington, May 13 - Police have released video surveillance of a suspect wanted in the Mother's Day parade shooting in New Orleans, the largest city in Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal's state of Louisiana, injuring at least 19 people.The footage shows still images taken from the scene of the parade minutes before and after the shooting, including footage of one of the three suspects invol ... read more

New York | 1 month ago
Indian American wins US business chamber award
New York, May 10 - An Indian American businessman has been awarded by a US business chamber as its 2013 Ambassador of the Year.Kiran Patel was named as the 2013 Ambassador of the Year by the Henderson Chamber of Commerce in the city of Henderson in the US state of Kentucky, thegleaner.com reported Thursday.Like previous winners of the Ambassador of the Year Award, - puts in several hours every day ... read more

New Delhi | 1 month ago
He is fulfilling his dream of building houses for poor
New Delhi, May 6 - He is the brain behind several world-class and award-winning buildings that include airports and hotels in the US. Several milestones and achievements later, the dream of doing something meaningful for his home country has brought Indian American architect Harshad Patel to his roots, determined to provide low-cost houses to the country's poor.Patel, who was born in Kampala, move ... read more