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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has voiced opposition to an upcoming event featuring RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, who has arrived in the U.S. for the August 29 gathering at Madison Square Garden, while saying the city may not have the authority to stop a private event.

Indian professionals and other foreign workers could face further changes to the U.S. H-1B visa system as the Trump administration moves ahead with a broader review of rules governing high-skilled immigration.

Dolly Parton, the country music superstar whose songs, voice and larger-than-life personality made her one of the most influential figures in American music, has died on August 25 at the age of 80.

Satish Kumar Sivan assumed office Tuesday as the new consul general of India in San Francisco, succeeding Dr. K. Srikar Reddy, who has taken up a new assignment as Indias ambassador to Qatar.

A proposed fee of more than $100,000 for certain H-1B visa petitions could make it harder for U.S. companies to hire skilled foreign workers and weaken the countrys ability to compete for global talent, an Indian American policy group has warned.

The changing immigration landscape in the U.S. is beginning to show up in college admissions, with applications from Indian students falling 15 percent for the 2025-26 academic year, even as overall undergraduate applications continued to grow.

A 56-year-old Indian-origin shop owner from Gujarat was shot and killed during an armed robbery at his store in Jackson, Tennessee, police said.

A 19-year-old Indian-origin student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, died after the car she was traveling in plunged off a cliff and into the ocean near the city's Steamer Lane surf break.

A 28-year-old man from India was shot and killed while delivering a pizza in New York City, with police investigating the incident as a suspected robbery attempt.

The annual conference of the IIT Madras Alumni Association North America brought together technology executives, entrepreneurs, investors and academics to examine how businesses and workers can capture value from the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence.

By Justice Markandey Katju (Justice Markandey Katju is a former Judge, Supreme Court of India, and former Chairman of the Press Council of India. The views expressed are his own.) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day speech at the Red Fort in Delhi on August 15, 2026, said that in 2047 India []

By Archan Mehta- Some Test debuts are about timing. Saransh Jains was about endurance. At 33, the Madhya Pradesh all-rounder walked into Indias Test side at Colombos Sinhalese Sports Club on August 23, 2026, after more than a decade of domestic cricket, setbacks and steady reinvention. Ravindra Jadeja handed him Test Cap No. 320, making []

A group of 22 former international cricket captains has renewed its appeal to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, asking authorities to ensure proper medical treatment for former Pakistan captain and Prime Minister Imran Khan while he remains in prison.

Three years after the killing of Indian designated terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada, gangster Satinderjeet Singh, alias Goldy Brar, has allegedly claimed that he and members of his gang were involved in the killing, according to purported audio recordings released on social media.

The proposed U.S.-India trade agreement is almost finalized in principle, with Washington and New Delhi now working to resolve remaining legal and technical language, U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said on Sunday.

The term nutrition transition was coined by an American nutritionist, Barry Popkin, in 1993 to describe the large-scale shifts in human diet, energy spending, and body composition that happen alongside general economic development, urbanization, and demographic changes. The South Asian diaspora has been facing a profound public health impact due to this phenomenon of nutrition transition, whereby their traditional whole-food plant-based (WFPB) diets have been replaced by westernized diets rich i

The California State Assembly has adopted a resolution recognizing November 8, as 'Diwali Day' as a significant festival for the Indian Americans and the South Asian diaspora in California and around the world.

Amazon is expanding its anti-counterfeit operations in India as the e-commerce company prepares for the country's upcoming festive shopping season and looks to strengthen protections for sellers and customers.

Indian culture took center stage at a multicultural festival in Stamford, Connecticut, as the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin - Connecticut Chapter (GOPIO-CT) presented a special performance celebrating the country's diverse traditions.

In Pakistan, too, conditions are similar to those in India, which means a large stockpile of fuel (in the form of huge socio-economic evils like massive unemployment, soaring prices of food, fuel, and other essential commodities, widespread corruption, etc.) has accumulated, waiting for the spark that will ignite it.

Colorectal cancer rates have been declining in older Americans, largely because of screening, but they are moving in the opposite direction among younger adults. The latest American Cancer Society data show colorectal cancer incidence rising about 3% per year among adults ages 2049. That does not mean every young person with abdominal pain has cancer. But it does mean we can no longer dismiss colorectal cancer simply because someone is too young.

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was moved from Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail to a private hospital in Islamabad early Friday, August 21, for a medical evaluation, following a Supreme Court order that directed authorities to provide him with treatment at the facility.

An Indian American entrepreneur's personal experience with PCOS and pre-diabetes led her to build Function, a preventive healthcare company that uses extensive testing, medical imaging and AI to detect potential health risks earlier. The company, which Pranitha Patil co-founded after dropping out of Harvard, is now valued at $2.5 billion.

The U.S. crackdown on India-linked organized crime groups has widened, with the FBI adding Indian national Kamal to its Most Wanted list over his alleged ties to the Lawrence Bishnoi Organized Crime Group.

U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gors comment that Kashmir is an important part of India during his first visit to capital Srinagar has triggered Pakistan into unconcealed rage. From New Delhis standpoint Gors comment was stating the obvious and in keeping with its firmly held position since 1947. But for Islamabad, it is a gut punch.

Sugar prices have climbed sharply ahead of the festive season, prompting the Indian government to further restrict how much sugar large institutional buyers can keep in stock.

California-based AI infrastructure company TrueFoundry has launched TrueForge, an open-source platform for building and managing AI agents, as enterprises increasingly move AI applications from experiments to production environments.

Changes in the brain's small blood vessels may be linked to problems with kidney health in older adults, according to a study that found higher levels of cerebral small vessel disease were associated with poorer kidney function and higher levels of albumin in urine.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel used a two-day visit to Silicon Valley to promote the state as a growing technology and innovation hub, while inviting U.S. investors and technology companies to participate in the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2027.

U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor has signaled a possible change in Washington's travel advisory for Jammu and Kashmir, saying the United States will reconsider its guidance for visitors to the Union Territory during his first visit to the region since taking charge.

By Ritu Jha- A group of parents and students has sued the Palo Alto Unified School District, alleging that a school-sponsored field trip to a Bay Area mosque violated requirements for religious neutrality in public schools. The lawsuit was filed by Community Members for Religious Neutrality in Public Schools, an association that includes Jewish, Hindu []

Indian-origin educator Dr. Grishma Shah has taken on a new leadership role at Manhattan University as the interim dean of the O'Malley School of Business, bringing nearly two decades of experience at the university to the position, an official note said.

Hate crime data released by the FBI show that U.S. law enforcement agencies recorded about 189 anti-Sikh and 32 anti-Hindu hate crime offences in 2025, although the national data do not provide a separate figure for Indian Americans.

My friend Kapil Sibal, former Union Education Minister, MP, and senior advocate, Supreme Court of India, is of the view that India's massive socio-economic problems can be solved by good education.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has revamped its national team, bringing former Union minister Smriti Irani back into a key organizational role and giving important positions to leaders from across the country.

U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor met General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) Chief Executive Vivek Lall on Monday, August 17, with the two discussing ways to expand cooperation between India and the United States in aerospace, defense and energy.

An Indian-origin public school teacher who has lived in the U.S. for more than 27 years and has held a Green Card since 2013 has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), months after an immigration judge dismissed the government's attempt to deport her.

India is set to strengthen its surveillance capabilities across the Indian Ocean Region with two MQ-9B Sea Guardian systems, with the U.S. welcoming the deal as another step in the growing India-U.S. defense partnership.

President Donald Trump has pointed to Indias election system while renewing his push for stricter voter identification requirements in federal elections and urging Congress to pass the SAVE America Act.

People who have had encephalitis may face a significantly higher risk of developing dementia later in life, according to a large study of U.S. electronic health records that examined patients over a 10-year period.

At 7:30 on a Saturday morning, downtown Los Angeles was already awash in saffron, white, and green.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel pitched the states emerging industrial sectors and investment opportunities at a community reception hosted on August 16 by the Consulate General of India in San Francisco at the Fremont Heartfulness Meditation Centre in Fremont, California.

For Indian-origin entrepreneur Saiman Shetty, becoming a U.S. citizen marked the end of a long and difficult immigration journey that began with a one-way ticket from a village in Karnataka and took him through student debt, an H-1B lottery setback, immigration backlogs and a near deportation scare.

The death of an Indian teenager during a family holiday in New York has now become the centre of a legal battle over the safety of horse-drawn carriages in the city.

Ro Khanna is calling for a new economic direction for the Democratic Party, arguing that the benefits of artificial intelligence and economic growth must reach communities far beyond Silicon Valley.

From the brutal growing pains of 21 consecutive Test losses in the early 2000s to dismantling world-class lineups on foreign soil, Bangladesh mens cricket has engineered one of the most compelling turnarounds in modern sport. What began as a fragile developmental experiment in 2000 has matured into a hardened, multi-format outfit capable of dictating terms well beyond the spinning tracks of Dhaka and Chittagong. Through two decades of structural refinement, the Tigers have traded defensive survi

President Donald Trump has said the United States will take control of the Strait of Hormuz and make the strategically vital waterway U.S. territory after defeating Iran, escalating his claims over one of the world's most important routes for oil and gas shipments.

President Donald Trump is making prescription drug prices a central part of the Republican campaign for the 2026 midterm elections, arguing that his administration's most-favored-nation policy has sharply reduced the cost of medicines for Americans and could help Republicans at the polls.

India was prepared to take significant risks and strike hard in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has said, offering a rare insight into the decision-making behind Operation Sindoor more than a year after the military action.

For decades, the South Asian diaspora in the United States has been celebrated as an exemplary economic success story and a model minority. However, behind the high median incomes and professional and academic accolades lies a simmering, intensifying public health emergency. A recent study by my colleagues and me published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2026) found that a staggering one in five South Asian Americans now faces a severe burden of psycholo