Indian-American Human rights activist Mallika Dutt has won the American Courage Award for her human rights work in India and the United States.
Terming India a "friend" in the "volatile" South Asian region, city authorities on Thursday lauded the country for its tolerance and applauded the contribution of Indian Americans to the economy and culture of the US.
An Indian-American physicist has devised a cleaner and more efficient way of capturing carbon dioxide from its polluting source, like coal-fired power plants.
America's capital city has become home to the nation's fifth largest South Asian population with ethnic restaurants, salons, perfumeries and numerous houses of worship, according to a new survey.
A powerful Indian-American lawmaker on Tueday blasted The New York Times for terming India as a "longtime nuclear scofflaw".
The Obama Administration has appointed Rajen Anand, an eminent Indian American to a key agriculture post giving him the responsibility to improve the nutrition status of the people in the country.
Indian-American Democrat Raj Goyle has announced that he would run for the US House of Representatives next year. If elected, he would be the third Indian-American to be elected to the US Congress after Dilip Singh Saund and Bobby Jindal. Goyle is currently State Representative in Kansas.
The large Indian-American community in the United States today celebrated the country's Independence Day -- popularly known as July 4 -- with community get-togethers and cultural extravaganza.
Kashmir-born Farah Pandith, who was recently appointed as the Special US Representative to Muslim world by the Obama administration, has said that she is overwhelmed with the response from India over her new job.
President Barack Obama's Indian- American InfoTech czar Vivek Kundra was "reinstated" to his job at the White House on Wednesday, five days after he went on leave following FBI raids at his previous office in a corruption case related to employees working there.
Indian-born Newsweek International editor Zakaria has emerged as the new posterboy of US national television. He has a non-fussy way of analysing world politics.
Zia Haq writes.
Lord Ganesh may traditionally have a tiny mouse for a mount, but the portly elephant-headed god is now travelling across the seven seas - into the homes of Indians abroad for the Ganpati festival!
To raise funds for the upcoming Sankara Eye Hospital (SEH) in Anand, Gujarat, the Focus Gujarat Group of Sankara Eye Foundation (SEF) hosted a fundraising gala in California, reports Shalini Kathuria Narang.
Indians for Collective Action honors founders of Jaipur Foot Factory, Ruchika Social Service Organization and Global Fund for Women.
Shalini Kathuria Narang writes in from California.
Having excelled in almost every field, Indian-Americans are now preparing to flex their muscles in US politics.