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Indian Senior Citizens Group Organizational Meeting
If you’re 65 plus young, you are invited to the organizational meeting of the newly formed Indian Senior Citizens Group. The organizational meeting will discuss the purpose, direction, and planned activities for the local Indian community seniors. The new organization will engage the community seniors to pursue an active lifestyle with regular meetings and outings. The group could turn into a support group for its’ members during challenging times. The plan for the group to be secular in nature and members will be admitted from the diverse Indian communities only with noRead More
Lord Mahavira Statue Removed from Las Vegas House of Blues
With commitment and persistent negotiations by Las Vegan Sulekh Jain, along with the national leaders of the Jain community, Live Nation the operator of House of Blues across the country has agreed to remove Lord Mahavira and other Jain deities from all their entertainment venues. As per the agreement, Live Nation/House of Blues has requested JAINA, the national organization of Jain community, to move 6 idols from their various facilities. JAINA contacted members of the community across the United States to acquire the idols at no cost. Las Vegas HouseRead More
Rajeev Khamamkar, M.D. – Suspension of Privileges. Another Complaint by the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners
In an ongoing investigation of Rajeev Khamamkar’s professional medical practice, the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners alleges Khamamkar failed to report the adverse action taken by the Specialty Surgery Center. As per the complaint, on November 2020 Khamamkar’s surgery privileges at Specialty Surgery Center were summarily suspended, indefinitely, pending the hearing and appellate review process, because of concerns regarding his compliance with Speciality Surgery Center policies, procedures, and practices. After the completion of the hearing and appellate processes were completed, Khamamkar was ordered to complete professional courses on anger management,Read More
Diwali Celebrations by Friends of India on Saturday November 13, 2021. Attendees Comment…
UPDATE – Reviews are IN. Based on the comments and constructive criticisms from the attendees it appears the event became shameless self-promotion and self-serving prophecy of one individual. Please check out all the comments below from the attendees, along with a message from the current FOI President. Read on… As the Las Vegas economy is almost back to near normal, the Friends of India has announced an upcoming Diwali celebrations. All the current COVID restrictions, as recommended by the local health authorities, will be observed. The annual Diwali celebrations willRead More
Guru Nanak Dev Ji Gurpurab Celebrations and Indian Food Festival
Guru Nanak Gurdwara invites the local community to celebrate Guru Nanak Dev Ji Gurpurab/Prakash Utsav/Jayanti on Sunday, November 28th at the Gurudwara premises located at 4487 East Russell Road, Las Vegas. Celebrations start on Friday, November 26th beginning with Akhand Path, (non-stop recitals of prayers from Guru Granth Sahib) ending with Kirtan Katha on Sunday at noon, followed by the Indian vegetarian feast/food festival with freshly prepared Indian food offered by the local Punjabi restaurants. This is a FREE event and everyone is welcome to participate irrespective of religion, faith,Read More
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan in Concert
Mehta Entertainment invites the Las Vegas community to the legacy tour by the famed Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan on Saturday, November 27th, 2021 at San Jose, CA Please contact local Las Vegan and former celebrities promoter Surender Chopra at 408-623-6266 for special tickets and priority seatings for Las Vegans.
Hindu Mandir Going Forward – Guest Author, Jagdish Mehta, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Hindu & Jain Temple of Las Vegas
I am honored and humbled to announce I have been elected as the new Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Hindu and Jain Temple of Las Vegas. I am looking forward to working with the newly formed Executive Committee. Our newly elected and selected Executive committee is headed by Mr. Paresh Joshi as the president. Foremost, I like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs. Neeru, Piplani former President, and Ramesh Piplani for their years of dedicated service to the community. It has been very important that we appreciate theRead More
Dhaval Shah, M.D. Granted Probationary Medical License with Conditions
Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners has approved Dr. Dhaval Shah, M.D.’s application for medical licensure to practice medicine in the State of Nevada. Shah’s license is listed as Active-Probation with certain probationary conditions. The approved probationary license is for two years ending June 2023. Dr. Shah ran his practice under the banner Clinical Infectious Diseases Specialist in Las Vegas. In August 2020, the Board accepted a settlement agreement by which it found Dr. Shah violated Nevada Medical Practice Act. Dr. Shah was charged with malpractice and failure to maintain timely, legible,Read More
Nevada Board of Medical Examiners Investigates Rajeev Khamamkar, M.D. for Billing Fraud and Falsifying Medical Records
The Investigative Committee of the Nevada Board of Medical Examiners has filed a formal complaint against Dr. Rajeev Sharad Khamamkar, M.D. alleging violation of Nevada Revised Statutes as stated in the Nevada Medical Practice Act. Khamamkar is charged on four counts – one count of charging for services not rendered; one count of falsifying medical records; one count of violating the trust of a patient for financial gain, and one count of medical malpractice. In September 2018, a patient was admitted to the Sunset Ridge Surgery Center for a procedure whereRead More
Upset Hindus seek apology from Etsy for desecrating goddess Kali
Upset Hindus are urging Brooklyn, New York headquartered e-commerce company Etsy, Inc. to apologize and immediately withdraw Goddess Kali Cereal T-shirt displaying image of Kali seemingly promoting a cereal of blood fortified with human skulls; calling it highly inappropriate. In Hinduism, Goddess Kali, who personifies Sakti or divine energy, is considered the goddess of time and change. Objectionable Goddess Kali Cereal T-shirt is priced at $32. This is not the first time for Etsy to hurt the feelings of Hindu communities. In the past, after protests spearheaded by Hindu statesman RajanRead More