The two persons injured in the Siberian tiger attack at the San Francisco zoo on Christmas day (that left one dead) appear to be brothers of Indian origin going by their names. The two are Kulbir Dhaliwal, 23 and his younger brother Amritpal (Paul) Dhaliwal, 19 of San Jose, California. Paul Dhaliwal is believed to […]
Indian perfume millionaires Mahender Muralidhar Sabhnani and his wife Varsha Mahender Sabhnani were found guilty by a New York jury of forced labor, harboring illegal immigrants, involuntary servitude and conspiracy charges in a high-profile case dubbed by prosecutors as “a case of modern day slavery.” The Sabhnanis, who live in a multi-million dollar home in Muttontown, a wealthy […]
Two male Indian Ph.D students were killed at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, USA. The students Chandrasekhar Reddy Komma and Kiran Kumar Allam were both shot once in the head. The double homicide took place on LSU’s campus late in the evening on Thursday, Dec. 13. The homicides are said to have occurred […]
Struggling financial services conglomerate Citigroup named Vikram Pandit, 50, as its new CEO and board member effective immediately. Vikram Pandit, who hails from Nagpur in India, was most recently Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup’s Institutional Clients Group, which comprises Citi Markets & Banking and Citi Alternative Investments. For his new job as Citi CEO, Vikram […]
Incredible India Bus in Midtown Manhattan Hey look, India is all over New York these days. Gujjus, Telugus, Tamils, Sardars, Mallus and Marathis, you can see all of them and more varieties of Desis in New York. From the many Hindu Temples in Queens and Long Island to the scores of mostly lousy Indian restaurants to […]
As expected, Indian-American Rachel Paulose, the embattled U.S. Attorney for Minnesota has stepped down from her post. Our Kerala immigrant will take up a new position at the Justice Department in Washington as an adviser on legal policy issues in January. After the New York Times hatchet job on Rachel Paulose last week, we never had any […]