NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ: The three day (Sept 14-16) annual convention of Overseas Friends of BJP (OFBJP)-USA was held at Hotel Jewel of India in North Brunswick, NJ. The Indian American community of Tri State area (NY, NJ, and PA) felicitated the visiting BJP functionaries from Delhi, Shri Ram Lal, BJP National General Secretary (Org) and Shri Vijay Jolly, BJP...
CHICAGO: If India is set for celebrating 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, the Indian monk who came here 100 plus years ago and won over Americans with his charming personality and his expounding Indian philosophy, the Indian Americans in this country are not far behind.
Indian Americans in Chicago, that was the destination of Swami Ji, are gearing themselves...
ST LOUIS: Ganesh Chathurthi was celebrated in Hindu Temple of St. Louis on September 19 with devotion and fanfare.
Two poojas were scheduled in the evening to accommodate all the devotees. Samuhika pooja was performed by a number of families on this auspicious day.
More than 500 devotees attended the pooja. Security and surplus parking was arranged to accommodate the devotees....
CHICAGO: With 600 plus devotees and guests in attendance, the fund raising event organized by Jalaram Mandir management recently at Meadows Club in Rolling Meadows turned out to be a grand success.
The Mandir management planned this event to raise the funds for its expansion and it succeeded by collecting a total of $130,000 - $80,000 in donations and the...
CHICAGO: The North South Foundation (NSF) chapter of Greater Chicago conducted its 22nd Annual Walk-A-Thon on September 16, at the Blackwell Forest Preserve in Warrenville.
NSF volunteers and supporters gathered at the park as early as 8 a.m. to support the worthy cause. With its ample greenery, pleasant walking trails, tranquil atmosphere and beautiful lakes, the Preserve was the perfect...
NEW YORK: For the third year in a row, Partnership for the Advancement of Learning (PAL) has donated backpacks filled with supplies including notebooks, pencils, crayons, and pencils cases to two schools in Massachusetts and New York. PAL raised nearly $20,000 this summer in order to purchase 850 backpacks. 400 backpacks were donated to the Public School 108, Sal...
CHICAGO: The Illinois Institute of Technology and local technology professionals have joined together to host the Technology Innovation Summit (TI Summit) in Chicago this October to highlight today's best practices for deploying technology in the government sector and provide insight into how improving government technology can spur economic growth.
The Summit is slated for Tuesday October 23 from 12-30 p.m....
CHICAGO: An annual gala event of the Indo-American Community (IAC) held at Oakbrook Marriott Hotel in Oakbrook on Sunday September 16 met with big success, judging from the number of guests and invitees coming to the event and the organization succeeding in raising over $100,000 for its various community oriented activities.
In addition to allocating funds for expansion, the Center...
NEVADA: An Interfaith Students Club (ISC) has been formed at University of Nevada-Reno (UNR).
ISC aims to unite students of various religions and denominations including the non-religious and facilitate healing among them, cultivate social cohesion, increasing understanding of "other" religions and non-believer groups, seeking commonalities, providing a platform for frank and open discussion on various issues surrounding religion.
It plans to...
NASSAU COUNTY: The Nassau County Legislature approved on Sept 24, an appointment by County Executive Ed Mangano of Sharanjit Singh Thind as Commissioner of Nassau County Commission on Human Rights.
Commenting on the appointment, Zahid Syed, Chairman of the commission said, "Nassau County is home to many communities and with this appointment, County executive has delivered again on his promise...