During the Friends of India club’s recent celebration of India’s Independence Day, Cultural Secretary Nirmalya Chatterjee invited and acknowledged the club’s former Presidents on stage. However, when the editor of this publication respectfully approached and politely requested that Chatterjee also recognize the sole-surviving founder of the club, PK Bhatnagar, – who was present at the event – he refused, stating that the recognition was not part of the prepared script and that there wasn’t enough time, even though such an acknowledgment would have taken less than 20 seconds. When newsRead More

Amid historically low veteran representation in Carson City, a small group of legislators is creating a new caucus focused on issues affecting those who served, are currently in the armed services and their families. Assemblymember Reuben D’Silva, a Las Vegas Democrat and Purple Heart recipient, said establishing the Nevada Veterans Legislative Caucus was a yearslong effort. However, over his first two sessions, D’Silva saw the number of people with service experience in the Legislature go from six to three. Now with Assemblymember Ken Gray, R-Lyon, resigning his seat to go toRead More

A local Las Vegas multi-agency undercover operation targeting child sex predators led to the arrest of Aniket Brajeshkumar Sadani. The Nevada Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) joint operation included detectives and agents from the ICAC Task Force and the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force, to include the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, North Las Vegas Police Department, Henderson Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Nevada Attorney General’s office who participated in organizing and conducting the operation in Henderson, NV. Accused Aniket Brajeshkumar Sadani, 23, faces felonyRead More

In the investigative case against Dr. Vatsala Kesavulu, M.D., a pediatric critical care physician in Las Vegas, the 16-year-old patient was admitted to the St. Rose Dominican Hospital – Siena Campus Emergency Department with complaints of left-sided chest pain, intermittent palpations, and two recent episodes of seizures. At the hospital, the ED physician ordered a x-ray and other tests, including a test for pulmonary embolism risk. Per the report, the chest x-ray demonstrated a “left upper lobe infiltrate.” Immediately after reviewing the X-ray, the hospital staff recommended a CT scanRead More