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Saturday, September 13, 2025
TopicIndian-Americans

Topic: Indian-Americans

Indian-American student banned from MIT graduation ceremony after pro-Palestinian speech

Megha Vemuri is the latest in the list of students to face discipline for protesting the war in Gaza and criticising her university’s ties to Israel.

Indian national pleads guilty to immigration fraud in New York, US

Rambhai Patel, 37, staged nine robberies at convenience stores and restaurants across different American states to help individuals fraudulently obtain US immigration benefits.

US Senate confirms Indian-origin Jay Bhattacharya as Director of National Institutes of Health

Bhattacharya, a professor at Stanford School of Medicine, co-authored 'the Great Barrington Declaration', an alternative to lockdowns proposed in October 2020.

Indian Americans broadly supportive of Biden’s India policy, but nervous about Trump—Carnegie study

Only half the respondents surveyed were aware that the US accused the Indian government of orchestrating a plot to assassinate a prominent Sikh separatist leader on American soil.

Indian Americans hesitant to vote for Harris, ‘don’t know her well’, says Democratic community leader

Senior Indian American leader Swadesh Chatterjee said that Presidential candidate Kamala Harris has not built a base among the diaspora in her previous roles as Senator, Attorney General.

19 percentage point decline in Indian-American support for Biden in upcoming US presidential polls

The bi-annual Asian American Voter Survey (AAVS) reveals that 46 percent of Indian Americans intend to vote for Biden this year as against 65 percent in 2020.

Voters in Ayodhya have shown what it means to be Hindu. Indian-Americans must learn

Hindutva groups have entrenched themselves in a network of hate in the West. The 2024 general election results can change that.

New York now has a Ganesh Temple Street and Guru Nanak Way. The big Apple is South Asia-fied

A street name can’t save a neighbourhood. It is an acknowledgment that we have worked and lived in a place for a long time.

Indian American parents have a new task. Teach kids to recognise Hinduphobia, fight it

There's an existential turning point coming at the prosperous but clueless Hindu-American community. If we don’t have our own story to convey to our children we'll be silenced by stories of others.

Indian-origin couple, daughter found dead in their US mansion, domestic violence suspected

The bodies of Rakesh Kamal, 57, his wife, Teena, 54, and their 18-year-old daughter, Ariana, were found in their Dover mansion. The district attorney said a gun was found near the husband’s body.

On Camera

The key difference between India and China’s response to Gen-Z protests in Nepal

China is desperate to keep Communist Nepal ally intact. India must worry.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?