A 43-year-old Indian-origin store owner in the US has been shot dead outside his home, just days after an Indian engineer was killed in Kansas in a hate crime shooting that had sent shockwaves across the country. Harnish Patel (43), the owner of a convenience store in Lancaster County, South Carolina, was found dead of gunshot wounds in the front […]
» Read moreA 43-year-old Indian-origin store owner in the US has been shot dead outside his home, just days after an Indian engineer was killed in Kansas+ in a hate crime shooting that had sent shockwaves across the country. Harnish Patel, 43, the owner of a convenience store in Lancaster County, South Carolina, was found dead of gunshot wounds in the front […]
» Read moreUS President opponent and former Foreign Affairs Minister Hillary Clinton demanded President’s reaction on the rise of racial violence and on Koochibhotla Srinivas death. Hillary tweeted: With threats & hate crimes on rise, we shouldn't have to tell @POTUS to do his part. He must step up & speak out.https://t.co/QKKyXyuqNM — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 27, 2017
» Read moreThe shooting death of an Indian engineer and the wounding of another man in a possible hate crime at a Kansas bar has raised fears among members of the area’s fast-growing Indian-American community. The suspected gunman, US Navy veteran Adam Purinton, 51, has been charged with the premeditated murder in Olathe, just outside Kansas City, of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, and […]
» Read moreAn Indian American engineer was shot dead in what appears to be a hate crime incident in Olathe city in Kansas on Wednesday night. Srinivas Kuchibhotla (32), an aviation engineer at technology company Garmin, was killed allegedly by Adam Purinton, a 51-year-old Navy veteran. Kuchibhotla and his friend Alok Madasani were in a bar on Wednesday evening when Purinto confronted […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged the United States to develop a “reflective, balanced and farsighted perspective on movement of skilled professionals.” Mr. Modi’s comments come in the backdrop of proposals in the US for restrictions on short-term work visas for foreign skilled professionals. The Prime Minister’s Office in a statement said a bi-partisan delegation of 26 members of […]
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