Nevada’s South Asian American Students Among 2026 National Merit Scholarship Winners
Anti–Hindu Mandir Henderson Mayor Receives Over $10,000 in Political Contributions at a Fundraiser Hosted by Dr. Gautham Reddy
Non-Bailable Warrant Issued After Defendant Aniket Brajeshkumar Sadani Absconds from Monitoring
Aniket Brajeshkumar Sadani Arrested in Las Vegas Area Undercover Child Sex Predator Operation
Assemblymember D’Silva Denounces Governor Lombardo’s Veto of South Asian Holiday Bill

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2020 GENERAL ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS

Vegasdesi.com is pleased to announce the endorsements for the 2020 general election. The endorsements below are the result of months of research on candidates’ background, qualifications, professional experience, and in certain Read More

Financial Reports Reflect Diverse Support for Indian American Candidates

For the first time in the history of Nevada, three Indian American candidates, Radhika Pochampally-Kunnel, Sayed Zaidi, and Swadeep Nigam, are on the ballot in the 2020 general election. Kunnel,Read More

MAGA MEET-UP LUNCHEON

Indian Voices for Trump, a national group of Indian community members & supporters of President Trump invites you to a luncheon MAGA MEET-UP event with speaker Swati Singh What: MAGA Read More

Eric Kohli Joins Las Vegas Office of National Law Firm Lewis Roca Rotherger Christie

Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP announced Eric Kohli, a well-known, registered patent attorney has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Group as Of Counsel in the firm’s Las Vegas office. With the Read More

UNR Professor Krishna Pagilla, Ph.D. Elected a Fellow of the ASCE

After receiving his Ph.D. in environmental engineering from University of California, Berkeley in 1994, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Chair Krishna Pagilla has embarked on a career that, to Read More

Kumud Acharya, Ph.D Named Permanent President of DRI

After filling the role on an interim basis for a year, Desert Research Institute President Kumud Acharya is stepping into the position permanently amid challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Read More

Obituary – Leela Abraham 1926-2020

Leela Abraham, 94, a devout Christian and a matriarch of the Las Vegas community passed away at Kottayam, Kerala. Leela was well known among the early members of the local Indian Read More

FORGOTTEN – DEATH – FORGOTTEN! – Satish Bhatnagar, Ph.D.

Life is an interlude between two deaths! One death is of the body – the mortal remains, which can occur on the very day of its birth, or it may Read More

Friends of India Seeks New Executive Committee Members for 2021-2022

Friends of India, the local club for the burgeoning Southern Nevada Indian community, is seeking new leaders for the upcoming year. If you’re interested and a member of the Friends Read More

2021 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists Named

National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the 11 South Asian American students from Nevada to 2021 Semifinalists in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors Read More

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