Indian-American Kamala Harris could be in race for Senate seat

Saturday, 10/01/2015

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Washington: Indian-American Kamala Harris, the Attorney General of California, could be in race for a Senate seat from the state after Barbara Boxer announced her retirement from the US Senate on Friday.

While there was no word from Harris, mainstream American media reported that the California Attorney General was most likely to take the plunge for the Senate race.

Born of an Indian mother — Shyamala Gopalan — who emigrated from Chennai in the 60s, and Jamaican-American father, Stanford University economics professor Donald Harris, she is the first ever Asian-American and African-American to be elected to this top position in California.

A close confidant of the US President Barack Obama, Harris is considered to be a rising star in the Democratic Party.

If Harris decides to run for the California Senate seat vacated by Boxer, she would be the first ever Indian-American elected to the US Senate.

Earlier on Friday, Boxer, 74, announced that she will not run for re-election in 2016.

So far, only three Indian-Americans have been elected to the US House of Representatives: Dalip Singh Saund, Bobby Jindal and Ami Bera, who was re-elected for his second term last November.

“Attorney General Kamala Harris is widely seen — for now — as the one most likely to take the plunge,” the Los Angeles Weekly reported.

“I think Kamala will have a head start,” The Washington Post said quoting an unnamed Democratic source. “Democrats are buzzing about both California Attorney General Kamala Harris and California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, their two rising stars, as early front-runners should they jump in,” The Hill reported.

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RANA GURJIT SINGH INAUGURATES MARKFED SALES BOOTH AT LOHIAN

Thursday, 01/08/2019

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Jalandhar : In a major step to boost the rural economy besides providing employment to youth in villages, MARKFED has launched a sale booth in Lohian, which would, provides more than 100 eatable items.

 

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Indian-Americans urge Trump to ‘fully support’ India on Kashmir

Sunday, 04/08/2019

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-americans-urge-trump-to-fully-support-india-on-kashmir/813832.html

Washington : The Indian-American community in the US has urged the Trump administration to “fully support” India’s decision to revoke the constitutional provision that accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir and to continue to exert pressure on Pakistan to end its support to cross-border terrorism.