News | November 13, 2014, 2:57 AM IST
Though a tradition takes years to establish itself, a group of Indian raga enthusiasts are well on their way to making one for their increasingly multi-ethnic, and hip central Brooklyn neighborhood of Prospect Heights.
News | November 13, 2014, 2:56 AM IST
It was a perfect blend of the arts, glamour and philanthropy, as music and dance connoisseurs mingled with each other at Jiva Performing Arts' second annual gala at the Congregation Rodeph Shalom here on Nov. 6.
News | November 12, 2014, 2:57 AM IST
CRY, Child Rights and You America (CRY America), a nonprofit that works to restore the rights of underprivileged children in India, hosted its annual gala dinner 'Pledge 2014' at the Taj Pierre in New York Nov. 7.
News | November 5, 2014, 6:26 AM IST
An Indian-origin hiker found dead in September near a circling bear in a wildlife preserve in West Milford, a township in New Jersey state of the U.S., was actually mauled to death by the bear, an autopsy report has revealed.
News | November 5, 2014, 1:10 AM IST
The Indian-American community in Upstate New York is in a state of shock with the charges filed recently against one of its own. Prakash G. Rajyaguru, a long-time member and volunteer at the Hindu Cultural Society of Western New York, was arrested earlier this month for using hidden cameras to observe and record young girls.
News | November 5, 2014, 12:17 AM IST
Thirty-four elected officials including members of the New York City Council Progressive Caucus, Public Advocate Letitia James, and Council Member I. Daneek Miller have sent a letter to Metropolitan Transportation Authority President Tom Prendergast calling for the removal of anti-Islamic advertisements which are currently displayed on MTA property. The three ads, which have been approved and paid for by the American Freedom Defense Initiative, feature headlines touting Islamic Jew-Hatred slogans which seek to equate Muslim-American organizations to foreign terrorists, a statement from the New York City Council Progressive Caucus said.
| November 4, 2014, 11:29 PM IST
An Indian man convicted after an FBI sting operation has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by a U.S. federal judge in New York. Patrick Daniel Nayyar, 50, lived in Flushing, Queens on Franklin Avenue, and was the superintendent of a building. According to Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Nayyar was living in the U.S. illegally.
News | October 28, 2014, 11:56 PM IST
A Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) employee, who saved man who fell on subway tracks earlier this year, has been nominated for the Daily News Hometown Heroes in Transit award. Jeffrey Kurian, a staff analyst, radioed the rail traffic control center of the potentially deadly situation so a dispatcher could alert motormen in the area, the New York Daily News reported.
News | October 23, 2014, 3:16 AM IST
On Oct. 15, more than 50 Queens community members packed into an office in Jackson Heights with police accountability advocates and organizers to learn how to effectively monitor and document the police a practice known as "Cop Watch." The Queens training was the third in a popular citywide series aimed at training New Yorkers in communities that suffer the most abuses at the hand of the NYPD to gather evidence of misconduct and deter abuse, a press release issued by DRUM South Asian Organizing Center said.
News | October 23, 2014, 2:57 AM IST
Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has taken up with the New York City Department of Correction the issue of alleged religious discrimination against an elderly Sikh man, who was asked to remove his turban when he visited a correctional facility in New York to meet his son. Gurbhej Singh Sandhu visited the Rikers Island correctional facility on numerous occasions since February 2012 to meet his son, who was serving a sentence at the facility, a statement issued by United Sikhs said.
News | October 21, 2014, 1:41 AM IST
Developing infrastructure, improving the quality of human capital, optimum regulation for good business, and extensive financial sector reform should be the next steps for improvement and development of the Indian economy, Raghuram Rajan said. Rajan was speaking at an event hosted by the Consulate General of India in New York in collaboration with the India-America Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 8.
News | October 21, 2014, 1:30 AM IST
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino has high hopes the Indian-American and South Asian communities in New York will support his candidacy for governor come Nov. 4. Pitted against the heavily favored Democratic incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Astorino believes Indian-Americans will crossover to vote for him because he's done it before in his own county.
News | October 7, 2014, 9:49 PM IST
Even as U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is on the short list to become the Attorney General of America, a leading money magazine has listed him as the most influential person in the world of finance.
News | October 7, 2014, 9:47 PM IST
Several visually, speech and hearing impaired dancers performed recently at the United Nations, leaving the audience, mostly children from the U.N. International School spell bound. These dancers, part of the Bangalore-based Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled's cultural troupe Sunadha, are regularly invited to perform at events and venues all over the world. Last year the troupe bagged both the group and solo awards at the National Dance Competition for the Visually Impaired.
News | October 7, 2014, 5:25 AM IST
Anti-incumbency mood, corruption scandals and discord within the party were some of the reasons that contributed to the defeat of the Congress party in the recent Lok Sabha elections, Shashi Tharoor, Congress MP and chair of the Parliamentary Committee on External Affairs said. Tharoor was speaking at a Sept. 25 reception hosted by the Indian National Overseas Congress (INOC) at Utsav Restaurant in New York City.
