New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the results of week one of “Operation Padlock to Protect” — a sustained multi-agency enforcement action to shut down illegal smoke and cannabis shops across the five boroughs. In the first week of enforcement, the New York City Sherriff’s Joint Compliance Task Force — made up of...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that — in partnership with New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program at Cornell University — New York City will host its inaugural National Urban Rat Summit this fall, from September 18 to 19. The...
Distinguished university citizens Angela Nomellini, ’75, and Ram Shriram, are this year’s recipients of the Gold Spike Award, Stanford’s highest annual honor for volunteer service. President Richard Saller conferred the awards at an April 20 dinner held in their honor. The Gold Spike Award is presented by Stanford Associates, an honorary organization of Stanford alumni...
Upset Hindus are seeking relocation of Lord Brahma Shrine, located outside the iconic Caesars Palace casino on the Las Vegas strip, which they call sacrilegious. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada, said that it was highly insensitive, disrespectful and out-of-line to place the creator god Brahma in front of a gambling establishment,...
Sadiq Khan has won a third term as London’s mayor, capping a round of local elections across England that confirmed the political supremacy of the Labour Party and spelt misery for Britain’s Conservative government. Khan won 43.7% of the vote, beating Conservative challenger Susan Hall by about 11 percentage points to extend his control of...
Dubai-based Indian-origin CEO’s suggestion to Indian students looking forward to studying in foreign universities has sparked a debate among X users. In her post, she advised the students to choose institutes with fewer Indian students, adding that a large community of students from the country comes with “toxic patterns.” “Any Indian student planning to move...
New York: Veena Iyer, executive director of the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (ILCM), has been appointed by Governor Walz as one of two new judges to the Second Judicial District, which covers Ramsey County. She and Jennifer Verdeja fill the vacancies created upon the elevation to the Minnesota Court of Appeals of the...
Washington, DC: The number of Indian Americans in elected offices is not reflective of their growing population, US Vice President Kamala Harris said on Wednesday, urging the members of the minority ethnic community to run for elected offices increasingly. Harris, who is of both Indian and African heritage, was speaking at “Desis Decide” -- the...
Lucknow: The Congress may have fielded Gandhi family loyalist Kishori Lal Sharma against Smriti Irani from its traditional Amethi Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh, but according to the Union minister, her “opponent” is Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the Congress general secretary. “I do not want to indulge in juvenile politics,” the incumbent Amethi MP told...
