Indian American

Indian-American Businessman Rattan Khosa Donates $5 Million To US University

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Sunday March 18, 2018

An Indian American businessman has donated a whopping USD 5 million to the University of Chicago to help aspiring entrepreneurs in their pursuit of innovation.

Indian-American Attorney Running For Judge Seat In Texas

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Monday March 5, 2018

Shampa Mukerji, an Indian-American attorney, is running for a judge seat in the US state of Texas.

Indian-American Killed, Another Injured As Gunman Opens Fire In US Stores

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Friday February 9, 2018

An Indian-American was killed and another critically injured when a man opened fire inside two convenience stores in the US state of Georgia.

Indian-American Woman, Son Found Dead At Virginia Home, Both Were Shot

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Friday February 2, 2018

An Indian American woman and her son have been found dead at their home in a Virginia suburb of Washington, local police said.

Indian-American, Owner Of Tech Firm, Indicted For Bribing US Official

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 1, 2018

An Indian American, who is a former CEO of an IT company based in Detroit, has been indicted for his alleged role in orchestrating a scheme to bribe a city official in lieu of benefits, the Department of Justice said today.

Harvey Weinstein's Indian-American Ex-Assistant Sues Him For Sex Harassment

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Sunday January 28, 2018

Disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been sued by his former Indian-American personal assistant who has alleged that she was subjected to sexual exploitation and a "sexually hostile" work environment while working for him.

Indian-American Restaurateur Pleads Guilty To Bribery Charges: Report

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 25, 2018

A leading Indian-American restaurateur and a major donor to New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has secretly pleaded guilty to trying to bribe him to get a sweetheart lease deal for his eatery, according to court documents.

Indian-American Doctor Couple Indicted In Health Fraud Case

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 25, 2018

An Indian-American doctor couple has been indicted on charges of committing healthcare fraud by performing unnecessary medical tests and procedures on patients to get payouts from insurance companies.

Google Doodle Honours Har Gobind Khorana On His 96th Birth Anniversary

India News | Written by Stela Dey | Tuesday January 9, 2018

Har Gobind Khorana was an Indian American biochemist who shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley for research that showed how the order of nucleotides in nucleic acids, which carry the genetic code of the cell, control the cell's synthesis of proteins. Dr Khorana and Dr Nirenberg were ...

Indian-American Woman, Endorsed By Abortion Rights Group, To Run For US Congress

World News | Press Trust of India | Sunday January 7, 2018

Indian-American politician Aruna Miller has filed nomination papers to run for the US Congress from a Congressional seat in Maryland.

Indian American Woman Journalist To Run For US Congress

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 2, 2017

An Indian American woman has announced that she will run for the next year's election to the seat of US House of Representative from a Chicago suburb.

Kennedy Center Gets $1 Million Aid For Indian Cultural Events

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 26, 2017

Washington's landmark cultural institution the Kennedy Center has got $1 million from an Indian American couple to create a fund for organising a series of Indian cultural events for some years

In US, Indian-Origin Man Arrested After Death Of His 1-Month-Old Son In Backseat Of Car

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 22, 2017

A 34-year-old Indian-origin man has been charged in the US with risk of injury to a child and evidence tampering for allegedly failing to seek medical care for his 1-month-old son after realising that the infant was unresponsive and could be dead.

Indian American Drug Firm Founder Pleads Not Guilty To Opioid Bribe Scam

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Friday November 17, 2017

Indian-American pharmaceutical billionaire John Kapoor, accused of bribing doctors in the US to over-prescribe a powerful opioid to patients, has pleaded not guilty and asked the court to remove his GPS monitoring bracelet.

Indian American Woman Elected To Edison School Board In US Amidst Xenophobic Attack

Education | Edited by Anisha Singh | Wednesday November 8, 2017

Falguni Patel, an Indian-American corporate and immigration lawyer has been elected to a Asian school board in New Jersey's Edison township. Her election to the board comes after flyers with xenophobic messages had appeared which targeted her along with a Chinese-American.