​BY DEVIKA C. MEHTA
ARTESIA, CA - Tragedies are real, memories are painful and voices incoherent when the loss of refugees, their household and partition flashbacks come to mind. The ordeal has been a part of daily life not just for Indians, but for people of many other regions across the world, who together joined hands recently to ease the suffering...

SANTA CLARA, CA -India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta, who served a two-year prison-term on insider trading charges, has admitted that he made “errors and misjudgements” and apologised for letting his friends and fellow IIT associates down. In one of his first public comments on his insider trading conviction after completing his prison term in March last year, Gupta told an IIT alumni meet here,he regrets that five years of his life...

METUCHEN, NJ: Over 130 people registered for the Bay Area regional of the MoneyGram Cricket Bee held at Chabot College on July 9. The top two winners of the first regional, answered trivia questions on Cricket to solidify their position at the finals. Nithin Valentine of Santa Clara, CA was declared second runner up, Keshava Nuggehalli of Cupertino, CA was first runner up and the Regional champion was Adil Khwaja of Santa Clara, CA.

BY A STAFF REPORTER
BUENA PARK,CA-Global Organization of People of Indian Origin – Los Angeles Chapter (GOPIO-LA) organized a blood donation camp through the Red Cross in coordination with Rajput Association of America and Apna Punjabi Group at Gurdwara Singh Sabha, here on, June 18. The blood donation camp was a success and...

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FREMONT, CA - The Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care ‘Make a Difference’ Charity Gala was held on June11 evening, at Sakoon Banquet Hall  here. Around $263 K was raised for the construction of a new 200 bed multi-specialty charitable Hospital in Dharampur, serving the entire Valsad District of about 1.4 million tribal people...

LOS ANGELES, CA -The disgraced fashion designer who first put Ivanka Trump on the runway is speaking out in a new book seven years after being locked up for rape and a dozen other criminal charges, including having a sexual relationship with a minor. Anand Jon Alexander, now 40, is writing a book in which he claims he was wrongly targeted and is now serving a 59-year sentence for rape. 

BY DEVIKA C.MEHTA
ANAHEIM, CA - In a starry gala night at the Tandoori Garden restaurant here, Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal joined hands with Child Rights & You (CRY) America’s initiative ‘Pledge 2017’ to raise both money and awareness for the cause of children’s rights on June 4.An amount of nearly $60,000 was raised by the end of the evening. 

BY DEVIKA C. MEHTA
ARTESIA, CA - Who doesn’t love an ice cream? And, when it comes in unique flavors and mouth relishing snowy delicacies, yum... the idea certainly does not go unnoticed. So, presenting to you is one such ice cream parlor, Chillz Snow N Desserts, which has unmatched flavors and combinations that can only be dreamt of!

​BY A STAFF REPORTER
“A tremblor of laughter hit Southern California on May 27 at the 18th annual Hasya Kavi Sammelan,the brainchild of Raj Punjabi of Khushboo Arts & Entertainment. This time Punjabi did it again and presented Hindi humorous poetry through varied performances of three artistes from India. Dr. Sunil Jogi, a Padmashree award winner...