New Jersey is home to a vibrant Indian community. Classical and Bollywood music events, temple functions like Makara Sankranti, Ugadi, Sri Rama Navami, Holi, Holika Dahan, Ganesh Chaturthi, Dasara, Mandala Puja and Diwali, New Year other Indian festival celebrations and a host of cultural events are organized frequently by various community groups or Hindu temples […]
New Jersey desis are finding it tough to land a job. The state’s economy is still in the doldrums and small businesses like restaurants, liquor stores, catering services, check cashing businesses and coffee shops are feeling the squeeze. Small businesses in New Jersey are also closing at an alarming rate. But if New Jersey Indians […]
New Jersey 2020 Dasara Navratri Utsav is celebrated in the month of October on Newark Avenue in Jersey City, New Jersey. Also known as Devi Navratri and Dushahra, the nine day festival is celebrated by performing puja to Goddess Durga and is concluded with Ayudha Puja and Vijaya Dasami or celebration of victory. Newark Avenue […]
Rao Desu (53), owner of several retail pharmacies including Heights Pharmacy in Piscataway, New Jersey was sentenced to 30 months in prison on September 23, 2020 for conspiracy to defraud IRS. Desu, a resident of Warren, NJ was charged and convicted on October 18, 2018 and October 21, 2019 respectively with two counts of conspiracy […]
Tenafly, New Jersey Indian Rajendra Kankariya (61) pleaded guilty September 15, 20 to orchestrating and participating in a fraud scheme against a bank in connection with a $17 million secured line of credit. Rajendra Kankariya was President of a now defunct New Jersey-based marble and granite wholesale company Lotus Exim International Inc. According to the […]
Swedesboro, New Jersey Indian Amish Jayant Patel (47) was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison June 22, 2020 for traveling to Rhode Island to allegedly engage in sexual activity with a person he believed to be a 9th grade girl. The 46-months prison term of Amish Jayant Patel is to be followed by a […]
Manish Patel (33), an Indian Attorney licensed in New Jersey and New York, is indicted in Granite Bay, CA by a federal grand jury on June 18, 2020 with conspiracy to transport marijuana and concentrated cannabis oil in his Learjet. Manish Patel was charged with Marijuana offenses on August 15, 2019 in Granite Bay, CA […]
Closter, New Jersey Indian Pritkumar Tarunkumar Patel (23) pleaded guilty to cyberstalking and receipt of child pornography on April 30, 2020. Pritkumar Tarunkumar Patel was arrested on November 6, 2019 and charged with possession of cyber-harassment among others. During the April 30, 2020 guilty plea proceedings in U.S. District Court in Providence, RI, Pritkumar Tarunkumar […]
Nukkad, Jersey City, NJ Indian restaurant owner Garima Kothari (35) and her husband Man Mohan Mall (37) were found dead by Jersey City Police on April 26, 2020. The body of Garima Kotari was found with multiple upper body injuries by Jersey City Police at her residence on Christopher Columbus Drive in Jersey City around […]
Paramus, New Jersey Indian Paresh Patel (59) pleaded guilty on March 11, 2020 to obstructing a federal investigation into bid rigging and fraud in connection with contracts awarded by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), NY for Superstorm Sandy-related subway repairs. Paresh Patel MTA Bid Rigging Case Background Paresh Patel was a manager at MTA, NY […]