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India-West Staff Reporter WASHINGTON, DC - According to a new Bhumi Global survey, Hindus around the world see global environmental issues as an urgent concern. The poll, which was conducted last year and analyzed over the past few months, is the

The D’Souza Family: Bradly, Rohan, Dancy, Harold D'Souza at ‘Heart of the Father’ Award 2022 in Downey, CA India-West Staff Reporter DOWNEY, CA - Indian American Harold D’Souza Co-Founder of “Eyes Open International”, was honored with “Heart of the Father” award 2022

India-West Staff Reporter LOS ANGELES, CA - The recent US-India 2+2 Ministerial Summit and the virtual meeting between President Joseph Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, The United States-India Relationship Council (USIRC) said was encouraging and it was pleased by the

India West Staff Reporter ARVADA, CO – Eleven-year-old Indian American Madhvi Chittoor now appears in the Guinness World Record as the youngest music producer. This youngster has been a composer since the age of four and has had, as far as

The popular Sikh Cultural Society - Richmond Hill Gurdwara. (photo worldgurdwaras.com) NEW YORK, NY (ANI) - The South Asian community in New York has been shaken in recent weeks by a string of hate crimes against Sikh men in Richmond Hill,

India-West Staff Reporter SAN FRANCISCO, CA – India’s Defense Minister Rajnath Singh was received by Consul General T.V. Nagendra Prasad on his arrival in the Bay Area after concluding his visit in Honolulu, HI where he visited the headquarters of the

India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY - A 19-year-old Brooklyn man, Vernon Douglas, has been arrested and is facing hate crime charges in an attack on a Sikh man in Queens on the morning of April 3. https://indiawest.com/2022/04/05/sikh-man-visiting-ny-brutally-attacked-police-suspect-hate-crime/ The 70-year-old Nirmal Singh

WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) - Indians cornered nearly three-fourths of H-1B visas issued by the US to specialty foreign workers in 2021, continuing their stranglehold on this highly sought after professional ticket to work, live and, finally, settle down in America. The

By BHARRTI KUMAR NEW YORK, NY - Acclaimed individuals from various fields were named Fellows, including six Indian Americans, on April 7 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The successful lot of 180 out of 2500 applicants were appointed based

By BHARRATI KUMAR NEW YORK, NY - The 2022 Class of Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows has been announced and among the 30 are four Indian Americans. A press release said that they had been selected from more than 1,800 applicants.

Captain Sukhbir Singh Toor has gone to court along with three other Sikh recruits for religious freedom even while they serve in the US Marine Corp. (Photo Twitter @sikh_coalition) By India-West Staff Reporter WASHINGTON, DC – On April 12, Sikh Marines filed

India-West Staff Reporter SAN FRANCISCO, CA - South Asians for America (SAFA) will offer a first-of-its-kind organizing training series for the South Asian community to take place on Thursdays, April 14, 21and 28 at 8 pm ET via Zoom. The series, which

India-West Staff Reporter EDISON,NJ - The Edison Library in partnership with the Indian Consulate and Global Organization of People of Indian origin Edison NJ Chapter (GOPIO-Edison) hosted a ‘India Collection Launch’ event to donate a large collection of Indian books. More than

(Twitter photo courtesy @mssirsa) NEW YORK, NY (ANI) - The assault on two Sikh men in New York's Richmond Hills is "deplorable", said the Consulate General of India in New York in a statement on April 13. It said one person has

By India-West Staff Reporter NEW YORK, NY - Puneet Dikshit a former partner in McKinsey & Company, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon. He had pled guilty on Dec 15, 2021, to

(Photo: United Sikhs) India-West Staff Reporter QUEENS, NY — A 70-year-old man, identified as Nirmal Singh, is recovering after a brutal attack on Apr.3 morning as he walked to the Sikh Cultural Center here, according to police. The elderly Nirmal Singh was repeatedly

India-West Staff Reporter COLUMBUS, OH – On Apr.3, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis has appointed 49-year-old Indian American Cincinnati pastor, Father Earl K. Fernandes the next bishop of the Diocese of Columbus, OH. He will become the first ever Indian American

India-West Staff Reporter LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles based Nidheya Suresh is a strong advocate of people claiming their story and healing their relationship with themselves. The Indian American writer, director, producer addresses this in a new film “The Rose

SAN ANTONIO, TX (IANS) - India's golfing star Anirban Lahiri's dream of a first PGA Tour victory at the Valero Texas Open ended in disappointment as he finished his campaign tied-13th with four others at TPC San Antonio on Apr.3. The

India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY – Established in 1977, The Hindu Temple Society of North America Sri Maha Vallabha Ganapati Devasthanam, popularly known as the Ganesh Temple, is regarded as the first and oldest Hindu Temple in North America. The street

India-West Staff Reporter LOS ANGELES, CA – The 2022 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) announced the lineup of its official selections for the 20th annual edition of the internationally acclaimed event, which will mark a return to in-person screenings

INDIA-WEST STAFF REPORTER LONG BEACH, CA – The Global Peace Foundation celebrated Holi at Junipero Beach here, on Mar.20. The celebration of the festival was combined with beach cleaning and a pot-luck picnic for the over 80 people who participated. The event

MIAMI, FL (IANS) - India's ace doubles player Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza crashed out of the Miami Open after contrasting quarterfinal defeats in their respective doubles events on Mar.29. Wesley Koolhof of Netherlands and England's Neal Skupski defeated Bopanna and

India-West Staff Reporter SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Seven Indian Americans have been charged by federal authorities with insider trading which enriched them illegally by over a million dollars. Those charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission include Hari Prasad Sure, 34, Lokesh

India-West Staff Reporter LOS ANGELES, CA – Three Indian American students were among the winners of the AT&T and Imagination.org 2021 Inventor’s Challenge. Children, from grades pre-K all the way to high school, from around the world were challenged to create

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - Priyanka Chopra Jonas's restaurant in New York City recently clocked a year. She took to Instagram to share a video celebrating the one-year anniversary of her restaurant which serves Indian cuisine. Through the video, which is

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - An Indian American ophthalmologist here has been sentenced to 96 months in prison for a healthcare fraud scheme, along with fraudulently obtaining government loans meant for Covid-hit small businesses. Ameet Goyal, was sentenced this month by

The author’s grandfather, Dr.Nehru visiting refugee camps in 1990. Pandits fled with nothing but the clothes on their backs. By Arti Nehru I am the daughter of a Kashmiri Pandit. And like the protagonist Krish in the movie ‘Kashmir Files,’ I didn’t

India-West Staff Reporter LOS ANGELES, CA – SoCal’s Manjusha Kulkarni has been awarded the ‘Bank of America Neighborhood Builders: Racial Equality Award.’ Kulkarni, one of five recipients of the award, currently serves as the Executive Director of the Los Angeles-based AAPI Equity

‘The Banyan Tree’ by Bhupen Khakhar is estimated at $2million is on the auction block. (photo: Christie’s) India West Staff Reporter WASHINGTON, DC – In a big auction starting Mar.23, Christie’s is set to offer the seminal collection of Indian art belonging

NEW YORK, NY - Popular singer and composer Amaal Mallik's track 'Heer Raanjhana' from the Akshay Kumar-starrer 'Bachchhan Paandey' has now hit the billboard in New York's Times Square. The song marks the first collaboration of Shreya Ghoshal, Arijit Singh and

India-West Staff Reporter NEW YORK, NY - 'Godavari', which stars Jitendra Joshi, Vikram Gokhale, Neena Kulkarni, Sanjay Mone and Priyadarshan Jadhav, has been selected as the opening film at the prestigious New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF). The Marathi film tells the

By BHARRTI KUMAR HOUSTON, TX - A 27-year-old Indian American store clerk, John Dias, was shot and killed on the morning of Mar. 20, at the V Stop Food Mart, here. The perpetrator of the crime remains at large. Initial reports say

IACF members receive a commendation from Lili Mei, Mayor of Fremont, CA. (photo provided) India-West Staff Reporter FREMONT, CA – The Indo-American Community Federation (IACF-USA) hosted an in-person formal gala at the Fremont Downtown Event Center here, on Mar. 11 and

Consul General Dr. T.V. Nagendra Prasad, Mani Krishnan of Shasta Foods, Michelin Star chef Srijith Gopinathan and others spoke of the value of millets. India-West Staff Reporter SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The Consulate General of India in San Francisco held a food

India-West Staff Reporter SAN FRANCISCO, CA – India’s San Francisco consulate general has issued an advisory stating that all Tourist and e-Tourist Visas have been restored by the government of India. A statement said: “All valid e-Tourist Visas of 1-month, 1-year and 5-years

India-West Staff Reporter CINCINNATI, OH – Indian American Harold D’Souza, a survivor, and advocate of human labor trafficking, recently spoke about his harrowing journey from the town of Bajpe in Mangalore to Cincinnati, OH The founder and president of Eyes Open International,

Special puck drop by invited Indian Americans at the NHL game between hosts of the Indian cultural night LA Kings and the Florida Panthers. (photo Twitter) By BHARRTI KUMAR LOS ANGELES, CA - The Los Angeles Kings, the city’s ice hockey team

Rajat Kapoor’s ‘RK/RKAY’ will be the centerpiece feature at the Austin South Asian film festival that begins on Apr.14 (photo Outsider Pictures) India-West Staff Reporter AUSTIN, TX – The Indie Meme Film Festival, the city’s leading cinema event curating South Asian independent

Dr.Rakesh Patel, 33, was killed when car jackers ran over him. (IANS photo) WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) - An Indian American ICU doctor has been killed by persons who allegedly stole his Mercedes Benz and hit him with the car, according to

Indian American Ashok Amritraj (L) seeks to have the voice of Asian women heard in the film industry. Filipina American Sari Arambulo, the inaugural fellow of the new program established by Amritraj. (photos provided) India-West Staff Reporter LOS ANGELES, CA - Ashok

Los Angeles's world fusion trio Keenar, with sitarist Rajib Kamarkar, percussionist Neel Agarwal and composer James Waterman entertained at the event. (photo provided) India-West Staff Reporter LOS ANGELES, CA – The Loyola Marymount University (LMU) hosted its 15th annual South Asian Studies

Refugees from Ukraine being helped by BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha volunteers on the Polish border. (photo provided) India West Staff Reporter ROBBINSVILLE, NJ — As a devastating humanitarian crisis unfolds in Ukraine, hundreds of thousands are fleeing the warzone seeking refuge in neighboring

GAITHERSBURG, MD - An Indian American foundation here has donated wound care products worth $1 million for civilians injured in war torn Ukraine. Human Biosciences, a Maryland-based bio pharma firm, in partnership with theManoj and Ritu Jain Foundation has shipped urgent

Bay Area fourth grader Hari Gangadharan wants to build community through creative writing and collective storytelling. (photo provided) CAMPBELL, CA - “Muni” - The storytelling Community Building App - is the creation of 10-year-old Indian American Hari Gangadharan. While still grasping

Dr. Girija Kaimal is president-elect of the American Art Therapy Association (photo artsandculture.google.com). Superstar Salman Khan’s is also a visual artist. India-West Staff Reporter PHILADELPHIA, PA – As every Bollywood fan knows, superstar Salman Khan is going to exhibit his art in

The Indian American group led by GOPIO Chairman Dr. Thomas Abraham with Mayor Eric Adams. (photo provided) India-West Staff Reporter NEW YORK, NY – Indian American community organizations, on an invite from New York City Hall, gathered to discuss issues facing the

India-West Staff Reporter WASHINGTON , DC —The India Philanthropy Alliance (IPA), a U.S.-based coalition of 15 nonprofit, philanthropic, and charitable organizations that operate programs in India, has announced its third annual essay competition to recognize creative thinking and action among middle

India-West Staff Reporter SAN DIEGO, CA - A federal grand jury here on Feb.25 had returned an indictment charging the founder of BitConnect Satish Kumbhani, 36, of Hemal, India with orchestrating a global Ponzi scheme. Now it is learned, Kumbhani has simply

India-West Staff Reporter DALLAS, TX - Sadhvi Siddhali Shree and Sadhvi Anubhuti, under the guidance of Acharya Shree Yogeesh, founder of Siddhayatan Tirth here, are are set to release their 70-minute documentary in 20 theaters across the United States starting Mar.