Dear Editor, I missed the speech by our Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi delivered on August I5 from the rampart of the Red Fort. I was very eager to acquaint myself with his vision for India in the next 25 years when India would complete 100 years of independence in 2047. I looked into a number...
Orlando, Florida: Indian American attorney Rishi Bagga has won the Democratic nomination for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives from House District 35, narrowly defeating Navy veteran Tom Keen. If elected in November, Bagga would be the first South Asian American and first East Asian, in the state legislature in Florida. Bagga secured 38.7...
Richmond, Texas: “We have to put on a two-year campaign to win back the country through Congress with oversight that is meaningful, and then we’ll get to 2024,” said former Chief of Staff to the Department of Defense and Secretary of Defense, and former President Trump’s adviser, Kash Patel in Fort Bend County on...
Washington DC: Some 'Indian Americans' organizations and individuals are trying to switch to identifying themselves as 'Hindu Americans' and plan to announce the rebranded entity as a political force at a 'summit' on Capitol Hill, in late September. Titled 'Hindu American Summit for Political Engagement', the event will see the leadership of the "spirited American...
Hicksville, New York: Kulwinder Singh Soni’s voice quavered as he recounted the day in March 2020 when an Islamic State gunman burst into a Sikh gurdwara’s prayer hall in Kabul, hurling grenades and firing assault rifles. Among the 25 people killed were Soni’s father, sister-in-law, and 4-year-old niece. “That’s when we decided we needed to...
New York, NY: NYC Health + Hospitals has announced that its Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Machelle Allen, MD, and Talya Schwartz, MD, President and CEO of its health plan, MetroPlusHealth, have been named to the Schneps Media ‘Power Women’ list published in amNY Metro and PoliticsNY. Both executives are recognized for...
New Jersey: Vallabh Vidyanagar Abroad USA (www.vvna.info) a not-for-profit group based in the USA is hosting its fundraising and reunion event on September 24, 2022, at Royal Albert Palace, Fords, New Jersey. The group consists of members who either lived or studied in the educational township of Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India before immigrating to...
New Jersey: A free health screening and disease awareness and prevention fair will be held at Durga Mandir in South Brunswick, NJ on Sunday, September 18, 2022. The health fair is organized by the Indian Health Camp of New Jersey in collaboration with Durga Mandir for the eighth year which will benefit to hundreds of...
New Jersey: The Indian Business Association (IBA), under fire for bringing a bulldozer to an India Day Parade in two New Jersey towns in mid-August, has apologized for the incident, calling it "a divisive image that did not reflect our mission". In a letter addressed to the mayor of the two neighboring towns in which...
