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Ashutosh Varshney

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Sikh group to challenge dismissal of rights violations case against Punjab CM Badal in US

Badals.jpg A US-based Sikh group today said that it will challenge the decision of an American district court last week to dismiss alleged human rights violations case against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh......read more

Tornadoes level homes in Oklahoma, hit elsewhere

Tornadoes.jpg One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents scurrying for shelter. The tornadoes that touc......read more

Trace volcano ash reaches small Alaska city

Alaska volcano.jpg Alaska's Pavlof Volcano sent ash and steam skyward but not enough to raise the aviation threat for international air carriers. A satellite at 12:40 am yesterday measured an ash cloud at 19,500 feet (......read more
US Airways

Tragedy averted as US Airways plane's landing gear glitch leads to belly landing

An airline official says a US Airways flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries were reported......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

More Hindus migrating to the US than ever: study

More Hindus.jpg 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

Sexual assault in US army shameful and disgraceful: Barack Obama

Barack Obama.jpg 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

Senate approves Sri Srinivasan's nomination to top US court

Srikanth Srinivasan.jpg 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

Once a beacon, Barack Obama under fire over civil liberties

Barack Obama.jpg 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
Pakistan Elections

Barack Obama congratulates Nawaz Sharif on election victory

Obama.jpg 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
Indo-Pak Ties

Change in Pak approach towards India unlikely: Hussain Haqqani

Hussain Haqani.jpg 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
US/Mexico

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

Malcolm X grandson.jpg 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

Cars made in Brazil are deadly: report

Car crash.jpg 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

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

New Orleans shooting.jpg 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