A longtime resident of Las Vegas and political activist, Pakistani American Hanadi Nadeem, announced to run for an open Nevada State Assembly District 34 seat. Previously, the District was represented by Democrat Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod, daughter of former US Congressman Jim Bilbray. Hanadi Nadeem is married to a Pakistani American Physician, Nadeem Tariq. Although active in the extreme left political front, the announcement is the first attempt by Hanadi to seek a political office.  During the past two decades, the Nadeem family has donated over $271,000 to political candidates, parties, andRead More

“Novel engineering design and prototypes, innovation of new technologies, and patents will come out of this building,” said Rama Venkat, dean of Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering. “That is one of the things we are confident of. The AEB will truly be a place where real-world problems seek and find next-generation solutions. I’m delighted that our dream of this building is a reality now.” AEB’s footprint along the “east-west innovation corridor” — a term coined by project architects for that section of campus — wasn’t guaranteed for some time. Venkat,Read More

The Karma Theory in Jainism provides a roadmap for ethical living while laying out the intricacies of the karmic cycle and the path to liberation, independent of the judgment of gods. From birth, we all have heard the aphorism, ‘As you sow, so shall you reap’. Here sowing means action (Indic traditions call it karma) and reaping means reactions or the resultant consequences and fruits of karma. The Jain Karma Theory offers intricate details of how each action begets a reaction. It asserts that each soul and no one elseRead More

Sonjeev Singh was initially charged with nine (9) felony counts of attempted murder with the use of a deadly weapon and multiple counts of discharge of a firearm from or within a structure or vehicle. During the initial arraignment in October of 2021, Singh plead not guilty by reason of insanity. The matter was set for trial, and Singh was released on a $50,000 bond with strict conditions. In the wee hours of the morning on May 22nd, 2021, a phone call was made regarding a person with a gunRead More

It has been over twenty years since the inception of the Hindu and Jain Temple of Las Vegas. The two decades have been a lost opportunity to make the Temple a sacred, harmonious, and revered place of worship. The Temple has been managed and run by trustees who have run the Temple for many years (Old-timers) and some who are recent (Rebels.)  Old-timers were probably imperfect, inadequately dedicated, and lacked meaningful rapport with the Las Vegas Hindu community. Still, they had a vision and invested their resources to educate theRead More