Tag: Indian American

Biden nominates Indian American Richard Verma to top diplomatic position

Biden announced his intent to nominate Verma as Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources.

December 24, 2022

Trump declares Modi support, drags India into US electoral minefield

"We have great support from India, we have great support from Prime Minister Modi, and I would think that the people, the Indian people would be voting for Trump," he said on Friday when asked about the Indian American vote.

September 5, 2020

Indian American loses in Arizona Congressional seat

An Indian-American cancer research scientist, Hiral Tipirneni has lost narrowly in the special election for the House of Representatives from a Republican stronghold in Arizona, US media reported on Wednesday. An emergency room physician and a Democrat candidate, Tipirneni was trailing by more than 9,000 votes and six percentage margins against Debbie Lesko of the...

April 25, 2018

Indian-American educator to run for US Congress

Deep Saran, a democrat and an Indian-American educator will run for the US House of Representatives from a district in Virginia. Saran, 45, is one of almost a dozen Democrats in the fray for the primary to earn the right to challenge the two- term Republican Congresswoman Barbara Comstock from the 10th Congressional District of...

January 18, 2018

Trump picks Indian American to be ambassador to Peru

US President Donald Trump has nominated Krishna R. Urs to be the ambassador to Peru, the White House announced on Wednesday. The appointment of Urs, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, would have to be approved by the Senate. He is currently Charge d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Madrid. Urs took over...

June 29, 2017