Happy New Year to all of you and your loved ones! Wishing you all good health and hoping the New Year is full of new opportunities and realization of your goals. My aim is to make this organization stronger. I am hoping that members of the Indian diaspora from different walks of life, different regional and cultural groups can come together as one. I hope we go from strength to strength with all of you joining and encouraging all friends and family to be a part of this organization. I envision FOIRead More

Dr. P. Sidhu, DDS, resident of Issaquah (Seattle suburb) Washington, has filed a judgment with the Clark County District Court totaling over $145,000 awarded by the King County Superior Court, WA (Seattle and suburbs), WA, against husband and wife, Mandeep Singh and Jaspreet Kaur.  This latest controversy comes after husband and wife plead guilty of separate charges of theft and fraud which were brought by Nevada’s Attorney General.    The initial lawsuit alleges the Las Vegas/Henderson resident and husband & wife team, Mandeep Singh and Jaspreet Kaur, of Breach of Contract, Unjust Enrichment, NegligentRead More

Las Vegas, Sulekh Jain, Ph.D., a retired engineering conglomerate General Electric engineer, has dedicated his post-professional life to raising the copious amount to educate the new generation about Jainism. Jain is relentless in pursuing with some of the elite higher education institutions in creating endowed Professorships in Jainism with donations from the Jain community members across the United States. As a President of the Jain Academic Foundation of North America – JAFNA, Sulekh Jain and his executive team have raised millions of dollars to fund academic programs in nearly 50Read More

After a nationwide search, the University of Nevada, Reno, has named Dr. Sasi Pillay as the new Vice President for Information Technology. Dr. Pillay will formally join UNR on February 1, 2023. In a letter to the Wolf Pack family, UNR President Brian Sandoval informed the community of Dr. Pillay’s appointment. Per the letter, Dr. Pillay is an experienced senior leader for information technology services serving for over 26 years in various positions across academia and government agencies. Most recently, Dr. Pillay served as the Vice President of Information Technology ServicesRead More

Reuben D’Silva remembers the deportation letter arriving years ago at his family’s northeast Las Vegas home explaining that his mother would have to return to their native India. Most of the family living in that cramped one-bedroom apartment, including D’Silva, were undocumented. He remembers watching his father work countless hours delivering pizzas, driving a bus, clerking at a bank or whatever odd job he could find to provide for his household. That included sending his children to private school at St. Christopher Catholic Church. D’Silva would never complain about hisRead More

It is an old adage “Guy with the Gold makes the Golden rule”  The just concluded US mid -term election was the costliest (estimate around $16 billion, may be more) in US history so far and it is predicted that the spending will remain on an upward trajectory and no one knows how high it will go and when. A few years ago, Oxfam reported that just eight of the richest people on earth own as much combined wealth as bottom half of the human race. This insane concentration of wealthRead More

After being adjudged guilty of child abuse neglect/endangerment, A.P. Aggarwal has been given 364 days suspended sentence with two days of credit for the time served at the Clark County Detention Center. Immediately after being convicted, Aggarwal was put on probation for an indeterminate period, not exceeding two years, with certain conditions. As per the conditions, Aggarwal must report in person to the Division of Parole and Probation and submit a monthly report on the prescribed forms as required by the division. Additionally, Aggarwal shall not change his place ofRead More