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More Hindus migrating to the US than ever: study

The number of Hindus migrating to the US every year has more than doubled in the last one decade, with an overwhelming majority of them coming from India, a new study released today said. An average o......read more

Indian sentenced to three years for human trafficking

An Indian has been sentenced to three years of imprisonment on charges of trafficking immigrants from India into the United States, the Department of Justice said. Kaushik Jayantibhai Thakkar, 33, alo......read more

Sexual assault in US army shameful and disgraceful: Barack Obama

Terming incidents of sexual assault inside the military as not only a crime, but also shameful and disgraceful, US President Barack Obama has said that such events would weaken the army. The issue of ......read more

Shooting at Mother's Day parade in US, 19 injured

Nineteen people including two young children were shot on Sunday when gunfire erupted at a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans, police said. Shots rang out at 1.45 p.m. local time as the second line o......read more

Cars made in Brazil are deadly: report

The cars roll endlessly off the local assembly lines of the industry's biggest automakers, more than 10,000 a day, into the eager hands of Brazil's new middle class. The shiny new Fords, Fiats, and ......read more

US/Mexico

Sewage, strippers and Mariachis as Malcolm X's grandson lay dying

Left crumpled in the gutter after an ill-fated visit to a seedy club in a rough part of Mexico City, the grandson of murdered US civil rights leader Malcolm X lay dying engulfed in the stench of sewag......read more

Indo-Pak Ties

Change in Pak approach towards India unlikely: Hussain Haqqani

Even as there is a sense of positivity over Indo-Pak ties after the outcome of Pakistan polls, a former Pakistani diplomat believes a regime change is unlikely to bring any substantial shift in Islama......read more

Pakistan Elections

Barack Obama congratulates Nawaz Sharif on election victory

US President Barack Obama has congratulated PML-N chief and Prime Minister-elect Nawaz Sharif and welcomed the historic, peaceful and transparent transfer of civilian power in Pakistan. "Today, the Pr......read more

Once a beacon, Barack Obama under fire over civil liberties

He may have been the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago. He may have written a book extolling constitutional values i......read more

Senate approves Sri Srinivasan's nomination to top US court

A key Senate committee has confirmed the nomination of a Indian-American Srikanth Srinivasan as a judge to the DC Circuit Court, which is considered to be the second top court of the US after the Supr......read more

Education Visa

US working with India to streamline education visa process

The United States is working with the Indian Government to streamline the latter's education visa, which is being considered as a major hindrance for American students wanting to go to the country fo......read more

India a source of immense frustration for American parents: US lawmaker

Expressing concern over increasing "abduction" of American children to India, an influential lawmaker has said that the country has been a source of immense frustration and grief for parents in the US......read more

Crimes Against Women

Ariel Castro punched girl in belly to force 5 miscarriages, faces death penalty

Prosecutors may seek the death penalty against Ariel Castro, the man accused of imprisoning three girls at his home for a decade, as police charged that he impregnated one of his captives at least fiv......read more

Indian-origin soldier says she faced racial slur

An Indian-origin woman soldier in the US has complained that she is facing constant anti-Muslim slurs and jokes beacuse her name sounded Islamic. Sgt 1st Class Naida Hosan is not a Muslim, she's a Ca......read more