Monday, May 6th, 2019
Indian Food Festival Attracts Diverse Crowd to Downtown Las Vegas
2019 marked the 16thyear of Vaisakhi/Indian Food Festival celebrations organized by the Baba Deep Singh Gurudwara. The event was attended by over seven-thousands Southern Nevadans with higher participation from non-Indians compared to the previous years. The diverse attendance, superb continuous entertainment – bhangra teams from various University of California campuses, scrumptious Indian vegetarian and non-vegetarian cuisine along with shopping for Indian outfits and costume jewelry showcase the finest of what Southern Nevada Indian community has to offer. The organizers and the volunteer teams’ dedication & hard work was clearly visibleRead More
Celebrate Rath Yatra Festival at ISKCON Temple
ISKCON Las Vegas invites the community from all faiths to celebrate the 1st anniversary celebrations and Lorg Jagannath Rath Yatra at the ISKCON Temple on Sunday, May 19th at the Desert Bloom Park. The Chariot “Rath” Yatra festival will start from the community park, flowing through the neighborhood streets followed by celebrations at the ISKCON temple. The celebrations at the temple will include food festival with many food stalls selling diverse Indian vegetarian cuisine along with entertaining children activities.
Congresswoman & Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard in Vegas
After a whirlwind visit to Las Vegas in March, Congresswoman and Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard is set for a return trip to Las Vegas to meet with her supporters to promote her message of Peace, Prosperity and Service before self. Congresswoman Gabbard’s March visit was well attended by the local Indian community where she raised close to twenty thousand dollars. Congresswoman Gabbard will be in Vegas on Friday, May 10th and Saturday, May 11th. Everyone is invited. Please RSVP to reserve your spot at the upcoming town hall meetings. AsRead More
Art Manteris Inducted to the Sports Betting Hall of Fame
Art Manteris, husband of Sue Manteris, is inducted into the Sports Betting Hall of Fame at a ceremony in midtown Manhattan, New York. Currently, Art is serving as Vice President, Race and Sports Operations for the Station Casinos. For Art Manteris, the honor could not have come at a more auspicious moment. As the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s historic decision approaches, approximately 1,500 industry experts convened this week in New Jersey for a conference on the changing landscape of sports betting in the post-PASPA era. After a seriesRead More
Indian American Seniors Housing “Anand Milan” Moving Ahead
In their continuing quest for providing a retirement place “Anand Milan” for aging Indian American community, the two local investors Kanjibhai Patel and Satish Bhatnagar, along with other local and out-of-state investors, are pleased to announce the zoning change and completion of site survey, environmental site assessment, geotechnical exploration and soil study. The final development plans were approved in February, 2019. The project is located at NE corner of Lone Mountain and Simmons Street in North Las Vegas Anand Milan is a gated community for independent seniors (55+) with plansRead More