News | October 7, 2014, 5:16 AM IST
A federal judge in Manhattan sentenced conservative author and film-maker Dinesh D'Souza to five years of probation but no prison term after he pled guilty to violating a federal campaign finance law.
News | September 23, 2014, 10:09 PM IST
Kshma Sawant, Seattle City Councilor from the Socialist Alternative Party, made a passionate appeal for public ownership of big oil and other fossil fuel companies in a bid to reverse climate change.
News | September 12, 2014, 5:47 AM IST
A Louisiana man admitted Sept. 10, to sexually touching a sleeping woman who did not know him aboard a flight from Houston to Newark Liberty International Airport.
News | September 12, 2014, 3:56 AM IST
A press release from the White House said the President will appoint Maneesh K. Goyal as a member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
News | August 20, 2014, 12:49 AM IST
The political career of a serial candidate from Queens, New York, may be over with a Manhattan federal court finding the Democrat guilty of obstructing justice Aug. 11. The court found Albert Baldeo, an attorney and politician of Indo-Guyanese descent, guilty of tampering with witnesses during the investigation of his alleged campaign fraud by the FBI.
News | September 4, 2014, 11:53 PM IST
Twelve-year old Jehiel Butt enjoyed two straight wins at the US Open Aug. 29, and he wasn't even a player. The aspiring young singer and theater actor got a ringside seat to see his favorite tennis player, Roger Federer's, at one of the most coveted matches played at the Arthur Ashe Stadium, Flushing Meadows, New York City.
| September 4, 2014, 11:31 PM IST
The New Jersey Devils hockey team recently appointed former professional poker player Sunny Mehta as head of their new analytics department. The appointment represents a growing trend in professional ice hockey as an increasing number of teams turn to the statisticians for help, according to chardchat.com, an online portal for poker and gambling news.
News | August 27, 2014, 9:14 PM IST
Addressing prominent members of the Indian-American community and some representatives of American think-tanks at an event held at the UN New York Millennium Hotel here on Aug. 23, Modi talked about laying the foundation of a new world order under India's leadership, and promoting understanding between India, China and the U.S., under the leadership of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
News | August 27, 2014, 9:14 PM IST
The day after he received the Fields Medal for Mathematics, equivalent to the Nobel prize in the subject, Manjul Bhargava's Inbox was flooded with more than 1000 emails, he told News India Times.
News | August 27, 2014, 9:14 PM IST
Jehiel Butt clears his throat and launches into the first lines of "America the Beautiful," a mature and powerful rendition coming out of the throat of a 12-year old. He is responding to Desi Talk's request to show the metal that won him the audition from among more than 400 aspiring young singers who crowded the Queens Theater in early July to audition for the opening songs at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships that go from Aug. 25 to Sept. 8 at Flushing Meadows.
News | August 27, 2014, 9:14 PM IST
More than 1,500 people came to get a taste of South Asia at the 3rd Chatpati Mela Aug. 16 in Jackson Heights, Queens, N.Y. Organized by Chhaya Community Development Corporation, the mela offered a little bit of everything from dance and song, art and fashion, to the rich cuisine of the region all in one of the rare open spaces Play Street at the corner of 78th and Travers Park, and spilling into the playground of an adjacent public school.
News | August 20, 2014, 12:44 AM IST
After several performances around the world, "Mystic India: The World Tour," returns to New Jersey this September to take the audience on a journey through various regions of India. Hosted by the Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York (ZAGNY), "Mystic India" will celebrate India's culture, traditions and festivals and will culminate with a tribute to the Bollywood film industry.
News | August 20, 2014, 12:45 AM IST
It was a culmination of years of planning, preparations and prayers as the second phase of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha's (BAPS) Shri Swaminarayan temple was inaugurated over the weekend. A maha yagna, a colorful procession, cultural programs and a women's forum marked the three-day festivities of the traditional temple billed as the "world's largest Hindu temple."
| August 19, 2014, 10:26 PM IST
With the support of the Indian Press Club and Federation of Indian Associations (FIA), the Pravin Action Council (PAC) and Pravin's Parents held a press conference on August 10 here at The Meadows Club to solicit community support for their lawsuit filed against the city of Carbondale, Ill., and its chief of police on August 7 for negligence in the death of Southern Illinois University Pravin Varughese. Pravin's mother Lovely Varughese of Morton Grove, Ill., spoke to journalists.
News | August 20, 2014, 12:48 AM IST
The political career of a serial candidate from Queens, New York, may be over with a Manhattan federal court finding the Democrat guilty of obstructing justice Aug. 11. The court found Albert Baldeo, an attorney and politician of Indo-Guyanese descent, guilty of tampering with witnesses during the investigation of his alleged campaign fraud by the FBI.
