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 2019 Dasara Navratri Utsav is celebrated in the month of October on Newark Avenue in Jersey City as well as in Edison, 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 […]
Manish Patel (33), an Indian Attorney licensed in New Jersey and New York, was charged with Marijuana offenses Thursday, August 15, 2019 in Granite Bay, CA by U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of California. Charges Against Manish Patel Indian Attorney Manish Patel faces dual charges of: Conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute marijuana plants […]
Former Jersey City resident and fugitive Rajendra Patel (62) pleaded guilty today to defrauding five freight brokers out of $2.6 million in an elaborate shipping scam. Rajendra Patel (Photo Courtesy – New Jersey Attorney General’s Office) Rajendra Patel fled USA and evaded authorities for eight years after he and his co-conspirators were indicted in 2011 […]
Parlin, New Jersey Indian Vikas Patel (36) was arrested in Lyndhurst Township Sunday, August 4, 2019 after cocaine was allegedly found in his silver two-door BMW with tinted windows during a traffic stop. Vikas Patel (Photo Courtesy – Lyndhurst Township Police) Vikas Patel was pulled over by Lyndhurst Township Police while driving on East Rutherford […]
Suresh Rawal (65), an Indian Math Tutor and resident of East Windsor, NJ was arrested yesterday and charged with inappropriately touching a 15-year old student. According to Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, Suresh Rawal inappropriately touched a 15-year-old student during a tutoring session on July 28, 2019. Suresh Rawal (Photo Courtesy – Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office) […]
Indian IT Consultant Shivanand Maharaj (39) of Cresskill, NJ was found guilty of honest services wire fraud, paying kickbacks in connection with an employee benefit plan by a jury today in Manhattan federal court. The federal jury after a two week trial convicted Shivanand Maharaj on: One count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud One […]
Come September 2, 2019, Newark Avenue/Journal Square in Jersey City would become the center of attraction for Indians in Northern New Jersey. Like their fellow Desis, New Jersey Indians believe that once you surrender to Lord Ganesh and prostrate at his feet, good things start raining and all obstacles including H1-B Visa approval and renewal, […]
The state of New Jersey has filed a three count lawsuit against Pocketinns and its president Sarvajnya G. Mada today. Pocketinns is a blockchain-driven online rental marketplace based in Princeton, NJ. It is alleged by the lawsuit that Pocketinns and its president Sarvajnya Mada offered and sold more than $400,000 of unregistered securities from New […]