Indian-American

Nikki Haley and top Republican leaders call for US boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in China

Trump had offered me post of Secretary of State: Nikki Haley

10:58 am October 25, 2020

Philadelphia: Popular Indian-American Republican politician Nikki Haley has revealed that Donald Trump, soon after winning the November 2016 US presidential election, had offered her the position of Secretary of State which she politely refused. However, the 48-year-old Haley, who at that time was the South Carolina Governor, said she could not refuse the second offer of the post of […]

Will get COVID-19 under control by listening to experts: Kamala Harris

Outrage over mispronunciation of Kamala Harris’ name, supporters launch online campaign

3:18 pm October 18, 2020

Washington: Outraged over the mispronunciation of Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris‘ name by a Republican Senator from Georgia, her supporters launched an online campaign with the hashtags ‘MyNameIs’ and ‘IstandwithKamala’. During an election rally of US President Donald Trump on Saturday in Macon City in Georgia, a battleground state, Senator David Perdue mispronounced 55-year-old Harris’ name. “KAH’-mah-lah? Kah-MAH’-lah? Kamala-mala-mala? I don’t know. Whatever,” he told […]

Will provide citizenship to 11 million people if voted to power; says Biden

10:54 am October 15, 2020

Washington: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has vowed to provide citizenship to 11 million illegal immigrants if voted to power in the November 3 presidential elections. Biden identified this as one of his priorities in addition to beating the virus, rebuilding the economy and figuring out how to restore American leadership around the world. Responding to a question at a virtual […]

Houston honours slain Sikh police officer Dhaliwal by renaming section of tollway after him

2:53 pm October 12, 2020

Houston: A portion of a tollway in Houston was renamed after slain Indian-American police officer Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal who was shot dead on duty during a traffic stop. Dhaliwal, 42, was the first Sikh sheriff’s deputy in Harris county with a population of over 10,000 Sikhs. He made national headlines when he was allowed to […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Indian-American couple pleads guilty to laundering over USD 500K

10:54 pm October 7, 2020

Washington: An Indian-American couple has pleaded guilty to laundering over USD 500,000 on behalf of India-based phone scammers, the US Department of Justice has said. US Attorney Byung J “BJay” Pak said while posing as federal agents or tech support, the call centres instructed victims to mail packages of cash that Mehulkumar Manubhai Patel, 36, and Chaitali Dave, 36, of South […]