Tag: Kansas

On maiden visit to US, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat to discuss India-Pakistan tensions

The Army chief will visit the US Military Academy at West Point and the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, of which he is an alumnus

April 1, 2019

Trump invites wife of Indian techie killed in Kansas to attend State of the Union Address

Sunayana Dumala, the wife of Indian techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla who was killed, has been invited to attend US President Donald Trump’s maiden State of the Union address, a media report has said. Ms Dumala’s husband, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, was shot dead in a hate crime by an American navy veteran at a bar in Olathe city...

January 12, 2018

Indian techie murder: Ex-US Navy veteran pleads not guilty

A former US Navy veteran charged with killing an Indian engineer and injuring two others in a racially motivated hate crime at a bar in Kansas city earlier this year has pleaded not guilty. Adam Purinton, 51, was charged with first-degree murder in the February shooting at the Austins Bar & Grill in Olathe that...

December 2, 2017

Shooting kills 3, injuries 2 in US

Three people were killed and two others were wounded in a shooting in downtown Lawrence, US state of Kansas, authorities said on Sunday. Police officers were near the area of 11th and Massachusetts Street when multiple gunshots were heard at approximately 1.39 a.m., Laurence Police Department said in a press release, Xinhua reported. At the...

October 2, 2017

California adds four more ‘discriminatory’ states to travel ban

California has issued a ban on state-funded and state-sponsored travel to four more states that it says have laws discriminating against the LGBTQ community, the media reported. The travel ban was first put into effect January 1 when state measure AB 1887 became law. The law says California is "a leader in protecting civil rights...

June 24, 2017

US man Adam Purinton indicted for hate crime in Kansas bar shooting

The man accused of shooting Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla and his colleague Alok Madasani at a bar in Kansas has been indicted by a federal grand jury on hate crime and firearms charges, the media reported. The indictment on Friday accused Adam Purinton, 52, of Olathe, of shooting and killing Kuchibhotla in February because of...

June 10, 2017

American who tried saving Indians gets $100,000

The Indian American community in Houston has presented $100,000 to Ian Grillot, a 24-year-old American who was shot while trying to save Indian techies Srinivas Kuchibotla and Alok Madasani during a shooting in Kansas. The Indian Ambassador to the US, Navtej Sarna, presented the cheque to Grillot at the annual India House gala in Houston on...

March 26, 2017

Kansas recognises March 16 as Indian-American Appreciation Day

The US state of Kansas has recognised March 16 as 'Indian American Appreciation Day' to honour an Indian techie who was killed in February, 2017 in a racially-motivated hate crime. Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, was killed when 51-year-old US Navy veteran Adam Purinton opened fire at him and his friend Alok Madasani at a bar in Olathe...

March 17, 2017

Kansas recognises March 16 as Indian-American Appreciation Day

The US state of Kansas has recognised March 16 as 'Indian American Appreciation Day' to honour an Indian techie who was killed in February, 2017 in a racially-motivated hate crime. Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, was killed when 51-year-old US Navy veteran Adam Purinton opened fire at him and his friend Alok Madasani at a bar in Olathe...

March 17, 2017

Rampaging nationalism

Barack Obama’s prediction of a “meaner, harsher, more troubled world” because of the rise of white supremacists is coming true. Both in the US and in Britain, there has been an uncommon spurt in recent months of hate crimes against immigrants following Donald Trump’s election as the US President and in post-Brexit Britain. According to...

March 6, 2017

Reports from Kansas ‘disturbing’: White House on US shooting

The White House said on Monday that the early reports coming from Kansas, where an Indian engineer was shot dead and another injured in an apparent hate crime, were "disturbing". The White House also condemned the alleged hate crimes against the Jewish community in the US. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters at...

February 27, 2017