LOS ANGELES,CA - History was created at the 68th Annual Emmy Awards, held at the Microsoft Theater here actor-writer-director Aziz Ansari won for ‘Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series’ for “Master of None,” with the show’s co-creator Alan Yang. ​When Ansari stepped up to the mic to accept his award, the cut-off music started playing, leaving Ansari, surprised. Quickly he yelled, “You guys are in trouble!” 

WASHINGTON - Two Indo-American scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have been conferred with prestigious awards for their path-breaking inventions. Nasik-born Ramesh Raskar, an imaging scientist and inventor at MIT, has been awarded the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize 2016, it was announced at Cambridge, in Massachusetts, on Tuesday. Dinesh Bharadia, researcher at MIT, 

MUMBAI - Actress Sunny Leone set New York's ramp ablaze with her chic appearance at the New York Fashion Week. She said it was a very proud occasion for her. "Certain moments in life you never forget. Walking the ramp at the New York Fashion Week was one such moment. This was a very proud occasion for me," Sunny said. What made her feel specially good was the fact that Sunny represented her country of origin and...

BY SONAM MIRPURI
IRVINE, CA - Bringing three outstanding people from their respective careers in the arts together from around the world to talk about the predicament that has become the arts was an eye opening experience. This industry now faces an assortment of crisis: deficiency in funding, diminishing patronage, and lack of visibility. 

LOS ANGELES,CA- The former president of the UCLA Graduate Students Association has left the university’s law school over what he calls a “hostile and unsafe campus climate.” Milan Chatterjee will complete his third year of law school at New York University School of Law, the Los Angeles-based Jewish Journal reported. Last November, Chatterjee, who is Hindu, threatened to rescind funding for a...

NEW YORK - The killing of a nine-year-old Indian girl from Punjab by her stepmother took a sordid turn on Sunday when authorities arrested her ex-husband and accused him of helping her hide. Raymond Narayan was accused of helping his ex-wife Shamdai Arjun Pardas leave her home after allegedly strangling her stepdaughter on Friday and trying to hide her in his house, Ron Brown, the top public prosecutor for the New York city...

GUJARAT-Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the spiritual guru of BAPS Bochasanwasi Akshas Purushoham Swaminarayan Sanstha, passed away in Sarangpur, Gujarat, on Aug 13.  He was 94 according to a press release from BAPS, a global Hindu socio-spiritual organization. Because of frail health and heart conditions, Pramukh Maharaj had been under the care of doctors at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Sarangpur...

WASHINGTON,D. C.-Top US lawmakers, including an Indian-American Congressman are making a final push to urge the International Basketball Federation to change its policies that discriminates Sikh players over head gear or turbans. Democratic Congressman Joe Crowley, Vice Chairman of Democratic Caucus and Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera have launched a signature campaign among their...

NEW DELHI-Last year “Peepli Live” co-director Mahmood Farooqui was accused of raping an American woman pursuing a Ph.D from Columbia University who was in India for research work. On July 30, a Delhi court convicted Farooqui of raping her. Farooqui, who was out on bail, was taken into custody immediately after the pronouncement of the judgement. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain held Farooqui guilty of offence...

CLEVELAND,OH- Shalabh “Shalli” Kumar,the Ambala,Punjab-born Indian-American industrialist from Chicago made a splash at the Republican National Convention here by pledging a $ 1.1 million political contribution to the Trump campaign. Kumar wired $ 449,400 to the campaign and pledge an equal amount through his wife,all routed through the Republican Hindu Coalition(RHU),he said,to confirm the strict standards of complicated campaign...