Sanjay Singhal and Sukh Kaur, both Indian Americans, have won city council runoff elections in Texas, while Carol McCutcheon has been elected as Mayor of Sugar Land, a Houston suburb with a large Indian-origin popula
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400-strong baraat shuts down Wall Street in dazzling Indian wedding parade
The crowded business hub, more accustomed to tailored suits than pink kurtas, briefly transformed into the set of what looked like a full-blown Bollywood production.
US halts new student visa interviews amid planned social media screening expansion
A US official said on Tuesday, May 27, the suspension is intended to be temporary and does not apply to applicants who already had scheduled their visa interviews.
11 injured in South Carolina beach town shooting
Investigators were getting reports of more people arriving at the hospital in private vehicles, Horry County Police said on social media.
US targets Indian travel agencies in crackdown on illegal immigration
The Department of State is “taking steps today to impose visa restrictions on owners, executives, and senior officials of travel agencies based and operating in India for knowingly facilitating illegal immigration to the United States”, it said.
Joe Biden diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer, has spread to bones
In February 2023, Biden had a skin lesion removed from his chest that was a basal cell carcinoma, a common form of skin cancer. And in November 2021, he had a polyp removed from his colon that was a benign, but potentially pre-cancerous lesion.
US: Indian-origin techie among three killed in tragic climbing accident in Washington
Vishnu, 48, a resident of Seattle, was attempting to climb North Early Winters Spire area of the Cascades along with his three friends, Tim Nguyen, 63, Oleksander Martynenko, 36 and Anton Tselykh, 38, on Saturday, May 10, when the accident happened, NBC News reported.
Badar Khan Suri: US judge questions detention of Indian academic facing deportation
Dr Suri, a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University in Washington, was arrested in March. US immigration authorities want to deport him, claiming that he has links to Hamas, which is considered a terrorist group by the US government.
Jaishankar, US Secretary Rubio discuss Pahalgam terror attack; call for justice
The attack, which took place on April 22 in the Baisaran meadows of Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, claimed the lives of 26 people and has worsened tensions between India and Pakistan.
US: Indian-origin CEO kills wife, teenage son before committing suicide
Harshavardhana Kikkeri was originally from Mandya in Karnataka. He studied in Mysuru and later moved to the US for higher education. He completed his Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University. He had worked with Microsoft and had expertise in robotics.
