Washington: Identifying first Indian-American Congressman Dalip Singh Saund as among early trailblazers for Asian-American community, president Barack Obama said the community must be treated beyond as the model minority. Reaching out to the untapped Asian American community ahead of the November presidential elections, Obama said treatment of Asian Americans must go beyond treating them as [...]
Washington: Around 13 percent of the world’s adults — or over 640 million people — would like to emigrate with roughly 150 million, including ten million Indians wishing to settle in America. So suggests a new Gallup survey giving the US an undisputed title as the globe’s most desired destination for would-be migrants since [...]
Washington: A 20-year-old Indian-American has been shot dead in Fremont, California, earlier this month, sending shock waves in the community. Rohit Sharma, who migrated to the US from Jalandhar along with his parents some seven year ago, was shot in the head while standing in a driveway of his apartment complex in Fremont, California on [...]
Washington: India’s celebrated chef Sanjeev Kapoor was recently given a rare insight into the historic kitchen of the White House, which prepares the food for US President Barack Obama, his family and the large number of guests, who are invited to the residence of the first family everyday. On Saturday, Kapoor was not only [...]
Washington: A former Washington mayor’s controversial remarks about Asian businesses running “dirty shops” in the US capital city have drawn fire from 35 local and national organisations, including South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT). Marion Barry, a former four-term mayor and a current city council member, had at a primary election victory party [...]
Washington: Many regions of India continue to grow rapidly and are opening door for “unprecedented” opportunities for American companies, US commerce secretary John Bryson has said. This is true of Canadian companies too as Canada and India work towards a Free Trade Agreement. Bryson, who was on a visit to India last week with [...]
Islamabad: Lashing out at the US for putting a bounty of $10 million on his head, a combative Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the head of terror organization LeT said Washington was “frustrated” with him for his countrywide protests against the resumption of NATO supplies and drone strikes. “We are not hiding in caves for bounties [...]
Washington: An 18-year-old Indian American singer, whose parents hail from Kerala, could well emerge as America’s new singing sensation after making the top 24 on NBC’s reality singing show “The Voice” Sharon Mathai, a self-proclaimed brainiac and science expert who is a pre-med student, sang “Rumor Has It” by Adele for her blind [...]
Washington: Indian American filmmaker Manan Singh Katohora has won the “2012 Rising Star Award” for his feature film “9 Eleven” at the Canada International Film Festival. Held in Vancouver, British Columbia, the festival brings the very best of World Cinema from over 90 countries around the world. It is dedicated to the creation [...]
Washington: Reliance India chairman Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.3 billion emerged as the world’s richest Indian in the Forbes list of billionaires featuring 48 Indians. India’s top ten included Savitri Jindal & family (world rank 80), Sunil Mittal & family (113), Kumar Birla (116) Anil Ambani (118) Dilip Shanghvi (124) [...]
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