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Before going to jail, Dharun Ravi apologises

Indian-American student Dharun Ravi turns himself in Thursday to begin serving a 30-day jail term fo...

American arrested with cartridges at IGI airport

An American national has been arrested at the IGI airport allegedly with 23 live cartridges, which p...

`Kali was always worshipped with liquor`

An American brewery faced widespread criticism and protests from the Hindu community after it named ...

Indian-American orphan woman caught in legal tangle

State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland was also not aware whether the Indian Embassy or India...

US House passes $643 bn defence bill; defies veto threat

US House of Representatives has passed the USD 643 billion defence authorisation bill for 2013 that ...

US warplanes to hold drills ahead of NATO summit

Temporary flight restriction will be introduced over Chicago during the NATO summit on May 20-21.

Indian American scientist quits top energy post

Arunava Majumdar has resigned after the US Senate did not confirm President Barack Obama`s proposal ...

Indian-American scientist to leave top energy job

Arunava Majumdar is leaving his job at the US Energy Department as the Senate has not confirmed his ...

US: Dharun Ravi supporters hold protest rally

Hundreds of Dharun Ravi supporters rallied to protest against state`s bias intimidation law used to ...

May 21 fateful day for Rajat Gupta, Dharun Ravi

May 21 promises to be a crucial day for the Indian-American community.

Indian American named Chancellor of California varsity

Pradeep Khosla, 55, is currently working as the Dean of College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon Un...

Japanese American to get highest US civilian award

US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he will award Gordon Hirabayashi a posthumous Presidential...

China expels Al Jazeera correspondent

Al Jazeera closed its bureau in Beijing after Chinese authorities refused to renew Melissa Chan`s pr...

Hillary Clinton lauds Indian Americans

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be in the Indian capital Monday after meeting West Benga...

12 Indian Americans in race for US Congress

A record number of Indian Americans -- at least 12 -- are in the fray for the November 2012 polls vy...

Early Americans `lived alongside extinct giant beasts`

Early Americans lived alongside giant beasts, including mammoths, mastodons and giant ground sloths,...

Google doodle celebrates Keith Haring’s birthday

Google doodle is celebrating Keith Haring’s 54th birthday on Friday.

Indian-Americans caught in $450 mn Medicare fraud

Several Indian-Americans are among 107 people charged in Medicare fraud schemes involving $450 milli...

Indian American appointed to key Pentagon post

Indian American Vikram J Singh has been appointed to a key Pentagon position to take care of South a...

American lawmakers mull tough immigration laws

Legislators and activists across the country say they are gearing up to push for similar measures in...

Six Indian-Americans win fellowships

Six Indian Americans are among 30 immigrants and children of immigrants from 20 countries who won 20...

Ansari pleads guilty in 2001 Guj arms haul case

Aftab Ansari, the mastermind of the 2002 American Center attack in Kolkata on Wednesday appeared bef...

US opens `American Corner` in Uttar Pradesh

With an aim to promote American studies in India, an American Corner and American Studies Curriculum...

Indian American wins school board election primaries

A young Indian American has created history of sorts after winning the primaries in a school board e...

20-yr-old Indian-American shot dead in US

A 20-year-old Indian-American has been shot dead in Fremont, California, sending shock waves in the ...

Anti-Americanism in Pakistan snarls US war efforts

US diplomatic efforts to persuade Pakistan to reopen NATO supply lines to the Afghan war are provin...

-American Upendra Chivukula to run for US Congress

Chivukula, 61, has been the member of New Jersey State Assembly since 2002.

80% Indian-Americans to vote for Obama: Poll

Indian-Americans would overwhelmingly vote for US President Barack Obama in the November president...

Majority of Americans against war in Afghan: Poll

Support for the war in Afghanistan has dropped sharply in the US following a series of violent inci...

Body of brutally beaten woman to be flown to Iraq

Alawadi`s father is a Shiite cleric in Iraq and the Iraqi government will pay for have her body sent...

Battle over Obama health law reaches high court

The monumental fight over a health care law that touches all Americans and divides them sharply co...

Al Qaeda says it killed American teacher in Yemen

Joel Shrum, a 29-year-old native of Mount Joy, was gunned down in the central city of Taiz, where he...

Indian origin Americans roped in Obama campaign team

3 well-known Indian-origin Americans were on Wednesday appointed to the 35-member national co-chair...

Good news for American visa-seekers

In good news to American visa applicants, the US on Wednesday announced those Indians who are renewi...

Monitoring of Muslim students sparks outrage

Yale University is objecting to the monitoring of Muslim student association websites by the New Y...

Charges in Afghan shootings expected within a week

Charges against an American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians are expected to be filed...

Radio`s `This American Life` retracts Apple story

The public radio program "This American Life" on Friday retracted a story about the harrowing tale o...

‘China must provide level playing field’

United States has no problem with China if it provides level playing field to American companies.

Indian American mother accused of drowning baby

A 30-year-old Indian American pharmacist, suffering from postpartum depression, allegedly killed he...

Indian-Americans increase political clout in US

Having doubled its population in the last decade, Indian-Americans have emerged as a powerful poli...

Top Indians in the Obama administration

President Barack Obama, whose administration has by far the largest number of Indian Americans, has ...

Webcam spying: Lawyers want 9 charges dropped

Defence lawyers have asked a New Jersey court to dismiss nine out of 15 criminal counts against Dhar...

US Army recommends trial for Afghanistan suicide

US military investigators have recommended a court martial for four American troops over the suici...

Indian-Americans celebrate Holi with fervour

Once again hundreds of Indian-Americans in and around Houston joined to celebrate the festival of co...

Three Americans briefly detained in Pakistan

Three Americans and their two Pakistani companions were briefly detained for visiting Punjab provi...

Indian-Americans hold demonstrations against Modi

Marking the 10th anniversary of the Gujarat riots, a coalition of over 40 Indian-American bodies he...

American activists fly out of Egypt, defusing row

Though the Americans were safely on their way home, Washington indicated that its anger over the aff...

American held for abusing illegal Indian immigrant

A wealthy US woman has been arrested for keeping an illegal immigrant from India in a "forced labour...

Student kills American teacher in northern Iraq

An Iraqi student shot dead his American teacher and then shot himself in northern Iraq`s autonomous ...

Egypt lifts travel ban on US pro-democracy workers

Egypt lifted a travel ban on 7 Americans employed by pro-democracy US groups, signalling that the wo...

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