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Indian-American attorney to prosecute Boston bomber

The high profile case of prosecuting Boston Marathon bombing suspect -- Dzhokhar Tsarnaev -- has been entrusted to two noted American attorneys one of whom is an Indian-American. A graduate of the......

80 per cent Indian-Americans likely to vote for Obama: poll

Indian-Americans would overwhelmingly vote for United States President Barack Obama in the November presidential elections, while Mitt Romney has been named as favourite among the Republican......

Dr Omar Khalidi's voice will be sorely missed

Dr Omar Khalidi, the Muslim scholar who passed away on Monday, worked tirelessly to lift a mirror for the Indian polity to reflect on its secular credentials and to the Muslim community about the......

American media gears up to charge for online news

As the double whammy of a financial crisis and a shrinking print readership is making journalism less lucrative in US, a growing number of publications in the country are mulling to charge their......

Bangalore is the best Indian city

There were twenty of us. A majority were Americans, three Chinese, three English, and a sprinkling of other nationalities including some with hyphenated identities. Besides me, there was another......

Can Jeff Bezos invent a new future for newspapers?

By buying The Washington Post in his personal capacity, the Amazon founder and internet pioneer may just be looking to save an American institution. Two sudden actions in the past few days have......

Remembering Amar Bose: The label 'Great Man' fits him to a T

Sree Sreenivasan recalls his encounters with the pioneer of sound who passed away on Friday and gives a sense of how many lives he touched -- in big and small ways. There are two......

US immigration bill to raise H-1B visa

The sweeping US immigration bill, likely to be unveiled on Tuesday, may propose a substantial increase in the much sought after H-1B visa, but the conditions imposed therein, if approved by the......

Mumbai's Ponda on US revenue service council

Mumbai-born, Tampa Bay, Florida-raised Ameek Ashok Ponda, a tax partner of the Boston-based Sullivan & Worcester LLP law firm and a member of its management committee, has been appointed to the......

Citigroup plans to scale back US operations

Citigroup plans to scale back its US branch network to six major metropolitan cities, including New York and Washington, and also limit its lending to affluent customers, says a media report.......

'Judi Dench is obsessed with India'

'He cooked chicken curry and so because of him, curries entered the British royal kitchens.''Eventually, he became a political advisor to the queen.''This guy was disrupting the royal household. It......

Review: Spotlight is an essential film about truth

Spotlight is a powerful film, with a terrific ensemble cast, raves Raja Sen. Journalism rarely looks as good as it does in American movies. This, I assure you, is not because journalism isn’t......

Kingdom rules, but not heavenly enough

The mega budget saga Kingdom Of Heaven, expected to start the summer movie season with a big bang, opened with very earthly numbers across North America. With an estimated $20 million gross, the......

Families love Vin Diesel!

Director Adam Shankman scored his fourth hit in a row, with family comedy The Pacifier, starring tough guy Vin Diesel. His film rattled the John Travolta starrer Be Cool and pushed the sequel to......

How the US box office was won

For a long time, the June 18-20 weekend will be remembered for how Dodgeball: A True UnderdogStory, a raw and crude comedy blocked the sentimental comedy The Terminal from becominga runaway hit.......

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