Tag: Indian-American
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Indian-American man jailed for selling stolen Apple products
Chawla and Stock then negotiated a price, and Stock shipped the items to Chawla's relative on the Eastern Shore in Maryland.
January 14, 2022 -
Joe Biden names Indian-American Vedant Patel to be Assistant Press Secretary
Patel is currently the senior spokesperson of the Biden Inaugural and has been a part of the Biden Campaign as well where he served as Regional Communications Director.
December 19, 2020 -
Third past the post
Although there are several other minor parties, such as the Green and Constitution parties, and some independent candidates as well, since 1852, a candidate from the Republican or Democratic parties has always won or become runner-up in the US presidential elections, except in 1912, when Theodore Roosevelt, a popular former Republican president and a unique candidate unto himself came in second while not running under the banner of one of the two major parties and lost to Woodrow Wilson.
December 18, 2020 -
‘In effect for 60 days:’ Trump on suspending immigration for green card seekers including Indian-Americans
Due to coronavirus, the US has experienced a record layoff. As off last week, a record number of 22 million Americans have applied for unemployment benefits.
April 22, 2020 -
‘China must tell raw truth so that cure could be found: Indian-American survivor of COVID-19
New York has emerged as the epi-center of Coronavirus in the US. By Sunday, more than 1.2 lakh people have tested positive for COVID-19. The city has reported more than 4,150 fatalities, the highest in the US and more than China, from where it all started in November-December time frame last year.
April 6, 2020 -
Indian-American woman charged for killing her son
Investigators said Agrawal was walking around the house with wounds to her body, while her son was upstairs.
March 28, 2020 -
Autopsy fails to find cause of Indian-American woman’s death
Police in Chicago has said that there were no signs of trauma to the body, adding that they were uncertain of how the body got into the vehicle.
January 18, 2020 -
First turbaned Sikh cop in Texas shot dead; India says ‘deeply grieved’
Since 2015, Sandeep Dhaliwal was the 'history-making' police officer in Texas to serve while keeping his Sikh articles of faith, including a turban and beard.
September 28, 2019 -
Indian-American IT professional committed suicide, 3 family members shot dead: US police
The family of four, hailing from Andhra Pradesh, was found dead under mysterious circumstances with gunshot wounds.
June 19, 2019 -
Indian-American Raja Krishnamoorthi 1st South Asian to serve on intel committee
Krishnamoorthy, 45, who represents Illinois's 8th congressional district in the House, was chosen along with three others as the new Democratic members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) for the 116th Congress.
January 17, 2019 -
Shutdown a crisis of President Trump’s own making: Kamala Harris
Democrat Kamala Harris, the first Indian-American to serve in the US Senate, has criticised President Donald Trump over the federal government shutdown and called it a "crisis of the President's own making".
January 10, 2019 -
US midterm elections: Two Indian-Americans Democrats re-elected to House
Jayapal and Khanna were among four Indian-Americans seeking re-election. The other two are Raja Krishnamoorthi and Ami Bera.
November 7, 2018 -
End of Indian-American dream?
Ever since I came to the USA in the early 1970s I had been anxious that one day there would be a backlash against the Indian immigrant community in the USA. The reason was the observation that Indians were almost all very well educated, lived in decent houses in upscale neighbourhoods, drove newer cars, had …
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October 8, 2018 -
Kamala Harris to make first campaign endorsement
Harris, a California Democrat, will endorse Deidre DeJear for Iowa Secretary of State, the informed sources told Politico news.
August 17, 2018 -
Confessions of an Indian-American
I would like to start by reassuring readers that this article is not about a spiritual quest or self-realization but a simple identity crisis that every migrant to a foreign country goes through. In my case, the question is “Am I an Indian or an American?” When I was in college in Kolkata I often …
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July 22, 2018 -
Indian-American teacher hailed for saving students during Florida shooting
A quick-acting Indian-American maths teacher is being hailed for saving the lives of her students during the shooting rampage at a Florida high school that left 17 dead. When an alarm sounded for the second time on Wednesday afternoon, Shanthi Viswanathan shut the doors to her algebra classroom, made the students crouch on the floor …
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February 17, 2018 -
Indian-American doctor tries to strangle nurse; arrested
An Indian-American doctor here has been arrested for allegedly trying to strangle a nurse with an elastic cord as he was upset with her for administering an injection into his patient at a “wrong time”, police said. Venkatesh Sasthakonar, 44, through his attorney, has denied the allegation and said that the January 22 incident has …
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January 25, 2018