December 2025

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Ventura County, CA, December 19, 2025: A Bakersfield man who worked as a rideshare driver has been charged with raping an

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT San Carlos, CA, December 19, 2025:Pranita Venkatesh, an Indian-origin city councilmember, has been elected mayor of San Carlos, California, following a unanimous vote by the San

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Washington D.C., December 18, 2025: Indian American–owned businesses were placed at the center of a heated debate over federal minority contracting

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Columbia, SC, December 18, 2025: South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has issued an official proclamation recognising World Meditation Day, to be

BY MAHADEV DESAI UNESCO has officially inscribed Deepavali, the Festival of Lights, on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This recognition

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Schaumburg, Ill., December 15, 2025: A 28-year-old Schaumburg man has been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of his father, who was found beaten