All stories by Seema Hakhu Kachru
Four Indians charred to death in US multi-vehicle road accident
Rediff.com4 Sep 2024Four Indian nationals, including a young woman, lost their lives and several others were injured in a tragic multi-vehicle road accident in the US state of Texas during the Labour Day weekend.
Indian man shot dead during robbery in US
Rediff.com24 Jun 2024Dasari Gopikrishna hailed from the Yajali village of the Bapatla district in Andhra Pradesh and came to the US only eight months ago.
Storm with 100 mph winds wreaks havoc in Houston, 4 killed
Rediff.com17 May 2024A severe storm in Houston, the fourth-largest city in the US, has killed at least four people and left over 800,000 homes and businesses without power.
Parent sues US Hindu temple for $1m for branding son
Rediff.com5 Apr 2024An Indian-origin man whose 11-year-old son was branded with a hot iron rod as part of a religious ceremony in 2023 has sued a Hindu temple in the US state of Texas and its parent company seeking more than USD 1 million in damages.
Mother who fled to India from US charged with son's murder
Rediff.com1 Nov 2023The mother of a six-year-old boy who fled to India from the US in March this year has been indicted by a grand jury on several new charges including capital murder.
North America's first Gandhi museum opens in Houston
Rediff.com6 Oct 2023The Eternal Gandhi Museum is the only Gandhi-related museum in the United States, dedicated to Gandhi, to preserve and promote his ever-lasting legacy of nonviolent conflict resolution.
Missing Texas boy feared dead, US seeks extradition of parents from India
Rediff.com8 Apr 2023Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, who has special needs, was last seen in November shortly after his twin sisters were born in October last year.
Indian-origin becomes 1st female Sikh judge in US
Rediff.com9 Jan 2023Singh was born and raised in Houston and now lives in Bellaire with her husband and two children.
Texas man convicted for killing first turbaned Sikh police officer
Rediff.com18 Oct 2022A man, who was found guilty of capital murder for gunning down Deputy Sandeep Dahliwal, the first turbaned Indian-American Sikh police officer in the United States state of Texas in 2019, has been convicted by a court in Houston.
19 kids, aged 7-10 yrs, among 21 shot dead in Texas school shooting
Rediff.com25 May 2022In one of the worst school shootings in American history, an 18-year-old gunman has killed 21 people, including 19 children, and two adults at an elementary school in Texas state, with an emotional President Joe Biden urging lawmakers to 'turn this pain into action' to control the powerful gun lobby.
US states to celebrate October as Hindu Heritage Month
Rediff.com25 Sep 2021The proclamations came after various Hindu organisations in the US announced the addition of another major festival, an entire month of festivals, in October as the Hindu Heritage Month.
Shirisha Bandla becomes 3rd Indian-American woman to fly into space
Rediff.com11 Jul 2021Aeronautical engineer Sirisha Bandla on Sunday became the third Indian-American woman to fly into space when she joined British billionaire Richard Branson on Virgin Galactic's first fully-crewed successful suborbital test flight from the United States state of New Mexico.
Pichai, Nadella support India's fight against COVID-19
Rediff.com26 Apr 2021Google CEO Sundar Pichai and his Microsoft counterpart Satya Nadella have assured help to India as the country grapples with a ravaging coronavirus crisis that has put enormous pressure on its hospitals due to a shortage of beds, oxygen and medical supplies.
India's COVID vaccine rollout has rescued the world: Top US scientist
Rediff.com7 Mar 2021During the webinar, 'COVID-19: Vaccination and Potential Return to Normalcy - If and When', Dr Hotez, an internationally-recognised physician-scientist in neglected tropical diseases and vaccine development, said that the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is "India's gift' to the world in combating the virus.
Young American voters hold key to White House
Rediff.com5 Nov 2020More than eight million young people who voted early or absentee in the 2020 elections.
'Trump is the only president to acknowledge Hindus'
Rediff.com27 Oct 2020Participating in an online session, a panel of Hindu-American women, from different walks of life, expressed their strong views in favour of President Trump.
American Hindus deeply divided over Trump, Biden
Rediff.com21 Oct 2020In a sign of the growing political prominence of Hindus in America, the Trump and Biden campaigns are wooing this religious minority community like never before. Hinduism is the fourth largest faith in the US, representing approximately one per cent of the US population in 2016.
Indian-American teen wins $25K for work on potential COVID-19 treatment
Rediff.com19 Oct 2020Chebrolu said she was inspired to find potential cures to viruses after learning about the 1918 flu pandemic and finding out how many people die every year in the US despite annual vaccinations and anti-influenza drugs on the market.
Hurricane Laura kills 6, causes widespread destruction in US
Rediff.com28 Aug 2020-- More than 800,000 homes and businesses are without power in Texas and Louisiana as of Thursday morning -- Laura's 150mph winds made it the strongest hurricane to strike the US this year and in Louisiana since 1856
Biological E ties up with US-based Baylor for Covid vaccine
Rediff.com28 Aug 2020According to BCM, Hyderabad-headquartered BE has licensed the recombinant protein Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed at Baylor.