NEW JERSEY: An 18-year-old Indian-origin college student from a Telugu family in New Jersey has been indicted on a first-degree aggravated manslaughter charge following a fatal traffic collision that killed Deepa Sripathy Reddy, a 44-year-old Bridgewater resident and mother of two, from another Telugu family from Hyderabad, in July. Siddartha P. Surapanani, a Belle Mead resident studying at Seton Hall University, was indicted by a Somerset County grand jury on October 22, acc

Akshath Sai Motkuri RICHLAND, Washington: Akshath Sai Motkuri, a junior at Richland High School and a former intern at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), has been selected as a 2026–27 Washington Junior Academy of Science (WAJAS) fellow in recognition of his original research into artificial intelligence and global healthcare accessibility. Motkuri is among 11 high school students selected statewide by the Washington State Academy of Sciences for research addre

For benefits received before Sept. 18, USCIS said it would consider only public cash assistance for income maintenance and long-term institutionalization at government expense under the previous framework.

New infrastructure at Moosarambagh and Chanchalguda-Santosh Nagar is beginning to remove long-standing choke points, while construction around KBR Park, Gachibowli, Khajaguda and Uppal is simultaneously making some other commutes more difficult.

An independent Q1 assessment from Colliers points to accelerating activity in both Hyderabad and Bengaluru. Visakhapatnam is also drawing attention as a potential secondary industrial and logistics market.

NPCI’s live-member information lists Credit Line enablement at banks including Indian Bank, Canara Bank, Karnataka Bank, Tamilnad Mercantile Bank, South Indian Bank and Suryoday Small Finance Bank.

The National Highways Authority of India is moving toward Multi-Lane Free Flow, or MLFF, tolling, which allows vehicles to travel through toll points without stopping. FASTag RFID readers, Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras and AI-based systems identify vehicles and process payments while traffic continues moving.

Education-loan disbursements by Indian non-banking finance companies for students headed to the United States plunged 57% in fiscal 2025-26, according to Crisil Ratings.