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Immigration

Trump Administration Launches ‘Project Firewall’; Slaps $100,000 Fee on H-1B Entries

VeenaSeptember 20, 2025September 20, 2025

by VeenaSeptember 20, 2025September 20, 202502032

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT UPDATE: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt clarified in a post on X that the new $100,000 fee is not an

NRI News

New Sightings Give Family Hope in Search for Nihar Mehta, Missing Since 2023

VeenaSeptember 19, 2025September 19, 2025

by VeenaSeptember 19, 2025September 19, 202501035

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Orange County, CA, September 19, 2025: The family of 22-year-old Nihar “Mars” Mehta has renewed its urgent appeal for help after

City News

Sewa International – Atlanta Chapter Hosts 9/11 Commemoration and Day of Service

VeenaSeptember 18, 2025September 18, 2025

by VeenaSeptember 18, 2025September 18, 202503303

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Johns Creek, GA, September 18, 2025: The Atlanta Chapter of Sewa International brought together close to 100 volunteers on Sunday, September

NRI News

ICE Detains Businessman with Brain Tumor After 30 Years in US

VeenaSeptember 16, 2025September 16, 2025

by VeenaSeptember 16, 2025September 16, 202502619

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Fort Wayne, IN, September 16, 2025: A Fort Wayne businessman and lawful permanent resident has been detained by immigration authorities at

City News

Sankara Nethralaya USA MESU Sponsors Adopt-a-Village Health Camp Meet and Greet

VeenaSeptember 16, 2025September 16, 2025

by VeenaSeptember 16, 2025September 16, 202502750

Atlanta, GA, September 16, 2025: In a heartfelt tribute to compassion and community care, Sankara Nethralaya USA convened a distinguished gathering to commemorate the resounding

City News Features

22 Years in Prison For a Crime He Did Not Commit: The Nightmare of Sonny Bharadia

VeenaSeptember 15, 2025October 7, 2025

by VeenaSeptember 15, 2025October 7, 202505965

BY VEENA RAO Atlanta, GA, September 15, 2025: It began like any other day in late November 2001. Sonny Bharadia was 27, working steady hours

NRI News

Hands Off Our Grandma: Protests Erupt After 73-Year-Old Woman is Detained by ICE

VeenaSeptember 15, 2025September 15, 2025

by VeenaSeptember 15, 2025September 15, 202502290

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Hercules, CA, September 15, 2025: The detention of a 73-year-old Punjabi grandmother by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has sparked

Books

Mystery Solved: Agatha Christie’s Lost Indian Trail

VeenaSeptember 14, 2025September 14, 2025

by VeenaSeptember 14, 2025September 14, 202503916

BY DR. MANJIRI PRABHU* Some mysteries need to be actively cracked but some solve themselves….with time. And I would like to share one such long-pending

Movie Review

Netflix’s Wednesday: America’s Girl Version of Harry Potter

VeenaSeptember 14, 2025September 14, 2025

by VeenaSeptember 14, 2025September 14, 202501663

BY NAMITA DOGRA SUDAN* If Harry Potter’s Hogwarts was your childhood and Stranger Things’ Hawkins feels like home, then Nevermore Academy is about to be

Features

Be Political: The Grounded Voice of B. Suresha

VeenaSeptember 12, 2025September 13, 2025

by VeenaSeptember 12, 2025September 13, 202506310

BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE When you sit across from B. Suresha, you quickly realize that his presence is not dominated by loud declarations or flamboyant anecdotes.