California

New Indian Consular Centre Opens in Los Angeles! Faster passport renewals, OCI cards, visas & more for NRIs in California. VFS Global-operated ICAC slashes wait times—extended hours, weekends available. Part of 8 new US centres (total 17) - decentralised services for 5M+ Indian diaspora. End to long queues & distant travel!

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs historic No Secret Police Act banning masks for ICE and law enforcement, effective January 1, 2026! In a bold strike against Trump's immigration crackdown, the law prohibits face coverings like balaclavas during operations, citing raids in Los Angeles where masked agents sparked protests and violence. Exceptions for medical masks and undercover work, but Trump officials call it despicable.

US President Donald Trump threatened to fine California for allowing a ‘biological male' to compete in girls' athletics finals after 16-year-old transgender student-athlete AB Hernandez won gold in both the girls' high jump and triple jump at the state championships.

California Software Company Q1 Results Live: Revenue increased by 9.28% YoY & profit decreased by 16.84% YoY

Union budget 2024: With just a few days to go for FM Nirmala Sitharaman's budget announcement, stakeholders in the real estate sector have some key demands. They want an increase in tax rebates on housing loan interest, industry status for the sector, and that the definition of affordable housing be redefined. Listen in to what they have to say

Rajat Parashar or Raj Parr is among the world's best sommeliers and the man behind some of America's best domestic wines. This Punjabi raised in Kolkata has become an American wine industry icon. Parr co-owns wine labels such as Sandhi, Domaine de la Cote and Evening Land. The wineries he is associated with make over 100,000 bottles of wine annually. BUT - it's not just him. Here's the story of 3 winemakers originally from India, who're making their mark in the global wine industry. Watch!

Much of California has exhausted its usual ability to staff intensive care beds, and the nation's most populated state is desperately searching for 3,000 temporary medical workers to meet demand

The 11-person panel specializing in topics such as epidemiology, biostatistics, and infectious disease will review any vaccine approved by the FDA before it is distributedThe state will prioritize healthcare workers and other first responders initially in distribution

In California alone, wildfires so far have scorched more than 3.7 million acres, far exceeding any single year in state historyThe National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning through to the end of Monday, forecasting low humidity and gusts of wind up to 55 miles per hour

More than 2.6 million acres have been burned across the whole state of California so farWhile half a million people have been evacuated in neighboring Oregon