UNLV medicine surgeon plays critical role in treating burn patients. Summertime typically evokes so many pleasant images — backyard barbecues, time spent at the pool or beach, camping trips to cooler climes. But for Dr. Syed Saquib one of the images it brings to mind is far less pleasant — nasty burns acquired when someone lands on hot pavement. In fact, summer is known to Saquib as “pavement burn season.” If you fall on sidewalks, roads, or other surfaces that a scorching summer sun heats to as much as 180 degrees, seriousRead More

It is with inordinate disappointment this publication is reporting the local community is disappointed by the actions of the illegal Hindu Mandir Board of Trustees to continue with their contemptuous behavior by ignoring the Mandir’s by-laws.   First, why the entire Board of Trustees is deemed illegal? As per the current by-laws section III.2 (a) – Trustees – Annual dues shall be in the amount of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).  Method of payment is negotiable and at the discretion of the Membership Committee. This publication has learned that almost all the Trustees are inRead More

National Merit Scholarship Corporation is pleased to announce four Las Vegas students from our community as the winner of the scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities. Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the Finalists in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship. 2021 winners are… Sanjay C. Shankar.  Probable career field: Medicine. Graduating from Coronado High School. NATIONAL MERITRead More

In the wee hours of the morning on May 22nd, 2021, a phone call was made regarding a person with a gun in the Summerlin neighborhood.  The officers responded to the call and the metro officer fired one round during the incident. Metro disclosed the suspect Sonjeev aka Sam Singh.  Sonjeev’s wife made the phone call stating that her husband is intoxicated and hallucinating, and is armed with firearms.  After the phone call, Sonjeev’s wife left the home with their son and met the cops outside the house. Several shots were heard fromRead More

Las Vegas Sikh community is gratified to announce the opening of a Gurdwara Gur Nanak Prakash.  The newly built Sikh community Gurdwara is the result of one anonymous family dedication and commitment to the community for a capacious place of worship.  Family profound gesture, by using their personal resources, took over five years, as they had to walk through the bureaucratic maze of complex regulations beginning with land acquisition, local zoning to final construction.  The land was acquired in 2014 with all the permits in place by August 2017, the construction started onRead More

The Nevada Policy Research Institute is once again offering a $3,000 Professor R.S. Nigam & Nevada Policy Freedom Scholarship to a graduating Clark County high school student who demonstrates a passion for economic liberty and individual freedom. The scholarship, which can be used for any education-related expense, is open to all graduating high school students in Clark County who plan to attend college in the fall of 2021— whether they attend a public, private, online or home school. To be eligible, a student’s parents must have earned less than $125,000Read More