WASHINGTON,D.C. - American Telugu Association, celebrated Women’s Day weekend with much fervor & gusto. Celebrations were held with events across Washington DC, New Jersey, Delaware, Detroit, Nashville, Austin, Dallas and Raleigh areas.  Women’s Day theme concept of #BetterforBalance focused primarily on addressing the challenges of modern day Indian women and how to strike a balance between eastern and...

BY AMELIA MATTHEWS
ARTESIA, CA - Sheriff’s deputies from Los Angeles County thwarted a robbery at the Golden Jewelers store in `Little India’ on Pioneer Blvd, here. Deputies Nick Patel and Yale Moseley arrested a trio of juveniles who attempted to rob  the store on the 18600 block on Mar 10 evening.

By A STAFF REPORTER
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - The Beverly Hills Jain Social Group, a chapter of the Jain Social Group International Federation which has 75,000 members, kicked off its 2019 event calendar on March 9 at the upscale Spice Affair banquet hall, here. The Beverly Hills chapter ranks among the top three of 450 chapters worldwide. 

ORANGE, CA – On March 8, Dr.Nitin Shah, well known in the community for conducting and coordinating free health fairs across the Southland and internationally, was honored at a surprise event for having held 300 of these and touching the lives of thousands over the years. Hosted by a dedicated team that works with him - Deepak and Khyati Jhaveri, Arun and Hemaxi Arya, Deepak and Harsha Shah, Narendra and Surekha Jain and...

LOS ANGELES,CA - An India-American eminent mathematician V.S. Varadarajan and his wife Veda have donated $1 million to UCLA to establish a professorship honouring legendary Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. The new position aims to honour the genius Ramanujan, who made substantial contributions to mathematics in the early 1900s. The University of California, Los Angeles received the amount from...

​By NIMMI RAGHUNATHAN
LOS ANGELES, CA – ​If your politics veers toward the conservative, it was not the place for you.  On the other hand, if you sport liberal stripes, it might still not have been the place for you.  It is this interesting ecosystem the husband and wife duo of Stephen F.Cohen and Katrina vanden Heuvel inhabit today.

​ORANGE,CA - Global Peace Foundation, celebrated Valentines Day at the Tandoor Restaurant here in a grand way. It was a houseful event with people coming from long distances. Music was the main theme of the celebration.
The program started with a welcome address by Dilip Butani, who also introduced the new President Alan Ford who spoke about the program and introduced the Executive Committee. Chairperson and the Founder of...

​BY NEHA SARIN
NORWALK , CA - The Southern California chapter of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh USA  felicitated Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu and Padma Shri Ganpat Patel for their achievements and making the Indian American community proud, at an event at the Santan Dharam Mandir here on Feb 16. Sidhu is the newly elected Mayor of Anaheim.

LOS ANGELES,CA - Netflix is being sued by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s  Osho International, who was featured in the hit documentary, "Wild Wild Country." Osho International Foundation claims in a new lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, the documentary stole "substantial portion" of Osho's copyrighted works. For instance, the lawsuit claims the first episode alone includes 88 discreet instances of appropriation.

BY KALYANI VASAN
CANOGA PARK, CA – The India Association of Los Angeles (IALA) celebrated India’s 70th Republic Day on Feb 9 at the Royal Delhi Palace venue here with an attendance of around 300 guests.  The celebrations began with singing of  the national anthems of the U.S and India.  The guest of honor was the Consul General of India,