March 23, 2012
The South Asian community failed to muster enough support for Raja Krishnamoorthi to win the Democratic Primary March 20 in the 8thCongressional District in Illinois.
Krishnamoorthi lost to his opponent and party favorite, Tammy Duckworth, a wounded Iraq War veteran.
March 23, 2012
Back in July, all of the Nikki Haley haters were all twitterpated over a story at FITSNews that the good guv had indicated that her race was white on her voter registration card. The P&C jumped on it and the S.C. Democratic Party head Dick Harpootlian followed suit.
March 23, 2012
WASHINGTON: Indian Americans numbering 3.2 million is the third largest Asian American community in US after Chinese Americans (3.8 million) and Filipinos (3. 4 million).
As per the details released by US Census Bureau for the year 2010, Asian American communities have emerged as the fastest growing ethnic communities in the last one decade.
The total US population grew by 9.7%, from 281.4 million in 2000 to 308.7 million in 2010.
March, 2012
The Silicon Valley Community Foundation recently published a research paper on the philanthropy within the Indian American community of Silicon Valley. The report looks at the roots of giving in India, a history of the Indian American community in the U.S. and then describes the vision and values of Indian American philanthropists in Silicon Valley.
March 23, 2012
Dinesh Trivedi, the now ex-railways minister, proposed an increase in passenger fares last week citing safety and modernization of the railways as primary concerns. The move resulted in his dismissal by West Bengal chief minister and his boss, Mamata Banerjee, who said the fare increase was unacceptable and demanded a rollback.
March 23, 2012
Much has been written about divorce being on the rise in India, sometimes accompanied by hand-wringing about the egos and inflexibility of younger couples, who seem less willing than their parents to stay in marriages they are not happy with.
March 22, 2012
Scorecard: Pakistan 236 for 9 (Sarfraz 46*, Hafeez 40, Razzak 2-26, Shakib 2-39) beat Bangladesh 234 for 8 (Shakib 68, Tamim 60, Cheema 3-46) by two runs
March 22, 2012
Hoping that attitudes would change with education, Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Wednesday that women were being treated as chattel and that was one reason for crimes against women.
"I certainly share the view that women are treated as chattel... one reason why crime is committed against women is because they are treated as chattel," Chidambaram said in the Rajya Sabha.
March 22, 2012
In good news to American visa applicants, the US announced those Indians who are renewing their visas, valid or expired, within 4 years, are likely to get waiver for a personal interview.
March 22, 2012
LONDON: Bolton Wanderers footballer Fabrice Muamba was "effectively dead" for more than an hour as doctors battled to save his life following a cardiac arrest, it was revealed on Wednesday.
Muamba collapsed towards the end of the first half of Bolton's FA Cup quarterfinal against Tottenham at White Hart Lane last Saturday.
