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USCIS issues guidance regarding Family-Based immigration policy

Posted on August 3, 2025August 4, 2025 by USCIS Press Release

New Jersey Central Field Office naturalization ceremony 1. PHOTO: USCIS.GOV Release Date 08/01/2025 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual that will enhance our capability to screen…

Top FDA vaccine regulator under Trump, Vinay Prasad, ousted amid conservative criticism

Posted on August 3, 2025August 4, 2025 by Rachel Roubein, Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s White Oak campus in Silver Spring, Maryland. MUST CREDIT: Maansi Srivastava/For The Washington Post Vinay Prasad, a critic of broadly administering coronavirus shots who became the…

India announces eight new consular application centers in US

Posted on August 1, 2025 by ANI

India’s Ambassador to the US Vinay Kwatra speaking about new consular offices being opened around the US. PHOTO: videograb via ANI India’s Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Kwatra, on Thursday announced the…

Trump says US, India still negotiating after 25% US tariff threat

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Nandita Bose, Aftab Ahmed and Trevor Hunnicutt

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 13, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -President…

Kamala Harris will not run for California governor, opening door for 2028 run

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Maeve Reston, The Washington Post

Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a concession speech at Howard University in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 6, 2024. (MUST CREDIT: Demetrius Freeman / The Washington Post) LOS ANGELES – Kamala Harris will…

DHS Poised to Reform H-1B Cap Selection Process With Weighted Rule Proposal

Posted on July 28, 2025 by a Staff Writer

July 22, 2025 | Washington, D.C.| The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing to introduce a major change to the way H-1B cap-subject petitions are selected, potentially moving away from…

Spiritual wisdom meets community spirit at ‘Gita Anand Maha Marg’ discourse

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Bhailal M. Patel

Carol Stream, IL – July 20, 2025. Bharatiya Senior Citizens of Chicago (BSC) proudly commenced the week-long spiritual lecture series titled “Gita Anand Maha Marg” at the Rana Reagan Center in Carol Stream, a suburb near Chicago,…

Laid Off on an H-1B or L-1 Visa? Here’s What You Need to Know

Posted on July 21, 2025July 21, 2025 by a Staff Writer

July 21, 2025|Losing a job in the United States is always difficult, but for foreign nationals on H-1B or L-1 work visas, it can be especially unsettling. With legal status tied directly…

Hyderabad-Origin Family of Four Killed in Tragic Car Crash in Texas

Posted on July 8, 2025 by a Staff Writer

DALLAS, TX – July 6, 2025 — A family of four from Hyderabad, India, tragically lost their lives in a horrific head-on collision in Greene County, Texas, while returning home from a…

17th Patotsav celebration at Shreeji Dwar Haveli draws hundreds in Chicago

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Prachi Jaitly, Special to Desi Talk, News India Times

Above and below- all photos show scenes from the 17th Patotsav celebrations held June 22, 2025, in Chicagoland, which attracted hundreds of Vaishnav devotees. ALL PHOTOS: Courtesy Prachi Jaitly. The Shreeji Dwar…

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Spiritual wisdom meets community spirit at ‘Gita Anand Maha Marg’ discourse

17th Patotsav celebration at Shreeji Dwar Haveli draws hundreds in Chicago

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