An Indian-origin woman in the United States has been arrested and charged in New Jersey with the murder of her two young children, authorities said. Priyatharsini Natarajan, 35, of Hillsborough Township, is accused of killing her two sons, who were found dead inside the family’s home on Tuesday night.Somerset county prosecutor John McDonald said in […]
A Senate hearing on the safety and regulation of abortion pills turned tense on Wednesday when Senator Josh Hawley repeatedly pressed Indian-origin obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Nisha Verma on whether men can become pregnant. The exchange during the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee session went viral on social media.The hearing was meant to focus on the […]
Indian-origin Dr Sanjeev Kumar, a gynecologic oncologist of Memphis in Tennessee, has been found guilty of 18 counts of adulteration of medical devices, sixteen counts of misbranding medical devices, and six counts of health care fraud. According to court documents, Dr Kumar submitted and caused his employees to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid […]
Nalini Joshi, a globally respected mathematician of Indian origin, has been named the 2025 NSW Scientist of the Year, marking the first time a mathematician has received the state’s highest scientific honour.Professor Joshi received the award at the NSW Premier’s Prizes for Science ceremony held at Government House in Sydney. The recognition places her at […]
A row erupted after an Indian-origin federal judge blocked the Trump administration from freezing billions of dollars in child care and social services funding, with MAGA base accusing the judge of forcing taxpayers to keep paying money tied to “fraud.“Tesla boss Elon Musk weighed in and attacked US District Judge Arun Subramanian, calling the situation […]
Indian-origin Congressman Shri Thanedar announced his intention to introduce legislation to dismantle the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and end its current enforcement authority.The bill, titled the Abolish ICE Act, followed the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old woman, during an ICE operation in Minneapolis.“The tragic death of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, […]
Pritam Singh. (Photo credit: Workers Party website) Singapore’s Parliament will discuss next week if Indian-origin opposition leader Pritam Singh should keep his role. This comes after Singh was found guilty and fined for lying to a parliamentary committee. The debate, set for January 12, was proposed by Leader of the House Indranee Rajah through an […]
Indian-origin American entrepreneur Ramit Sethi, of Netflix’s How to Get Rich fame, slammed the Hilton Hotels but not for refusing rooms to ICE agents in Minneapolis, but for cutting off the independent hotel that did that. Sethi said Hilton should be boycotted for dropping the independent hotel that stood up against the ICE agents. “One […]
Jashanpreet Singh, the Indian-origin truck driver, arrested after causing a pile-up that killed three people in California in 2025, was allowed to wear a turban in his latest court appearance on Monday. But his hearing was delayed by three hours as the officials waited for a Punjabi translator that the 21-year-old requested for his case.Singh […]
Indian-American MAGA supporter and Trump loyalist Mehek Cooke said she was “attacked” while conducting a fraud investigation in Ohio in an incident captured on video.In a post on X, Cooke shared a nearly 8-minute clip of the confrontation and wrote: “Day 1 into our Columbus, Ohio fraud investigation. Nothing to see here except me being […]
