August 2026

City News

Green Card Holder Detained by ICE Months After Immigration Case Dismissed

VeenaAugust 13, 2026August 13, 2026

by VeenaAugust 13, 2026August 13, 202616323

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Cary/Atlanta, August 13, 2026 — A longtime green-card holder, Wake County teacher and grandmother has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, nearly

City News

Prevention Meets Prescription: Atlanta Workshop Brings Modern Medicine, Ayurveda and Yoga Together

VeenaAugust 13, 2026

by VeenaAugust 13, 202601137

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Norcross, GA, August 13, 2026 — A cardiologist, an Ayurvedic physician, a psychiatrist, an oncology researcher, an ophthalmologist and yoga experts

NRI News

US Says India-Born Man Hid Deportation History to Gain Citizenship

VeenaAugust 13, 2026August 13, 2026

by VeenaAugust 13, 2026August 13, 20260956

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Wichita, KS, August 13, 2026 — The U.S. government has filed a civil lawsuit seeking to revoke the citizenship of an

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17-Year-Old Taken Into Custody After Woman, Teen Found Dead Inside Home

VeenaAugust 12, 2026August 12, 2026

by VeenaAugust 12, 2026August 12, 202604134

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT UPDATE: Victims Identified as Mother and 14-Year-Old Son; Arjun Aravind Faces Two Murder Counts ACTON, MA, August 12, 2026: Authorities have

What's Cooking?

From Cream Buns to Palusami: Jeet Thakker’s Culinary Love Letter to Fiji

VeenaAugust 12, 2026August 12, 2026

by VeenaAugust 12, 2026August 12, 20260704

For Atlanta-based Jeet Thakker, food is more than something placed on the table. It is memory, migration, and belonging — a link between the India

NRI News

Woman Stabbed to Death in Apartment; Suspect Caught at Airport Security Hours Later

VeenaAugust 12, 2026August 12, 2026

by VeenaAugust 12, 2026August 12, 20260824

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Chicago, IL, August 12, 2026— A 31-year-old Chicago man has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a

NRI News

Disavow Your Indian Heritage: Hanu Karlapalem Calls Out Racist Attack In Alabama House Race

VeenaAugust 12, 2026August 12, 2026

by VeenaAugust 12, 2026August 12, 20260929

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT MADISON, AL, August 12, 2026 — Indian American Democratic candidate Hanu Karlapalem has condemned what he described as an explicitly racist social media attack

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$1 Million Gone in Seconds: Smash-and-Grab Hits Another Indian Jewelry Store

VeenaAugust 12, 2026August 12, 2026

by VeenaAugust 12, 2026August 12, 202601096

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT WOODBRIDGE, NJ, August 12, 2026 — A group of masked thieves armed with sledgehammers stormed an Indian-owned jewelry store on New

NRI News

9-Year-Old Boy’s E-Scooter Death Highlights Growing Safety Risks for Children

VeenaAugust 11, 2026August 11, 2026

by VeenaAugust 11, 2026August 11, 20260628

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT The death of a nine-year-old boy riding an electric scooter in Northern Virginia is putting a spotlight on the safety risks

NRI News

India-Born Jazz Guitarist Pritesh Walia Detained by ICE

VeenaAugust 10, 2026August 10, 2026

by VeenaAugust 10, 2026August 10, 202604646

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Los Angeles, CA, August 10, 2026: Indian-born jazz guitarist, composer and educator Pritesh Walia has been detained by U.S. Immigration and