NEW YORK: The Executive Committee of the new team of Indian National Overseas Congress (INOC) adopted a new constitution on its August 26 meeting held at Shahi Durbar at Floral Pak, New York.
"It is indeed a historic day for the Indian National Overseas Congress and its faithful followers in US" said George Abraham, President of INOC (I). "We have...
CHICAGO: "If I were to generalize my observation based on my visits to villages in six districts of Gujarat, I would not be off the mark asserting that India needs creating big awareness about diabetes, hypertension and basic sanitation to combat health care challenges in rural areas," said Dr Raj Patel, President, Young Physicians section of Global Association of...
ST LOUIS: International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) celebrated Krishna Janmashtami, appearance day of Lord Krishna, at its facility in St Louis with great pomp, devotion and enthusiasm on August 9.
A bigger event was planned at the Mahatma Gandhi Center in Ballwin on Saturday, August 18 starting 4pm. Both the events were well attended and successful Janmashtami is deemed...
NEW JERSEY: Paryushan is an occasion for inner transformation; a priceless opportunity to set aside one's attachments and aversions, to behold the virtue of forgiveness in one's heart and to make rapid advances on the path of liberation. The first-ever Paryushan Parva Celebration (Festival of Peace and Forgiveness) in America with the well known spiritual master Gurudev Shri Rakeshbhai...
CHICAGO: Madhu Patel, founding president of NRI Press Club in Chicago lost his elder brother Jashubhai O Patel, 75, here after a prolonged bout of illness.Jashubhai, a locomotive engineer from Gujarat in India had migrated to this country in the seventies. He had an amiable character with lot of friends and connections. He was involved in socio-religious activities and...
CHICAGO: Celebration of Pakistan's official Independence Day on Sunday August 14 was postponed to Saturday, Aug 25 due to Ramadan. It was the 24th annual Parade which was also dubbed as Taste of Pakistan festival.
The parade stepped off from Devon and Damen Saturday 12:30 noon, and ended at 2 pm. Weather God smiled on the Parade participants who flocked...
On August 10th this scribe took the opportunity to attend a vigil in Sacramento at the footsteps of the California State Capitol building to remember the Sikh victims of a recent shooting in Wisconsin. Only the brave had ventured out that day as the mercury had already touched 105 degrees a few hours earlier than the 7:30 start time....
The Battle of Saragarhi was fought during the Tirah Campaign on September 12, 1897 between twenty-one Sikhs of the 4th Battalion (then 36th Sikhs) of the Sikh Regiment of British India, defending an army post, and 15 to 20 thousand Afghan and Orakzai tribesmen in a last stand. The battle occurred in the North-West Frontier Province, now a part...
FREMONT, CA: AB1964, the Workplace Religious Freedom Act, was approved on August 27 by an overwhelming 32 to 4 vote in the California Senate. The bill now moves back to the California Assembly for a concurrence vote and the Governor's desk during the next month.If enacted, the bill will promote equal employment opportunity for all Californians, regardless of religion,...
A special court on Friday pronounced the quantum of punishment for 32 convicts in the 2002 post-Godhra Naroda Patiya riots case in Ahmedabad. BJP's senior MLA Maya Kodnani awarded 18 years of imprisonment while Babu Bajrangi got life imprisonment till death by the special trial court in Naroda Patiya massacre case of 2002 riots.BJP MLA and former minister in...