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Do the right thing: Obama on gun control laws

United President Barack Obama on Tuesday made one more push to introduce strict gun control laws, with background checks, through the US Congress where lawmakers are resisting his move. Reminding......

Indian jailed for threatening to bomb US company

A 56-year-old Indian man, who had called himself a "terrorist", has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for threatening to bomb a Connecticut-based company. Shaneel Jain of Rhode Island was......

US school shooting: Several people reported dead

Several people, including children, were killed after an unidentified person opened fire in an elementary school in Connecticut today with the shooter now believed to be dead. The Hartford Courant......

Prasad Srinivasan elected to Connecticut assembly

Dr Prasad Srinivasan, the first Indian-American and the only physician among 151 members of the Connecticut General Assembly, said he was sworn into office "in a ceremony that was even more......

NYC bomber 'drank and partied all the time'

A Pakistani man arrested in Boston during investigations into the failed Times Square bombing on Wednesday sought to distance himself from terrorism and failed bomber Faisal Shahzad, whom he knew......

Hartford CEO Ayer to retire by 2009-end

The India-origin chief of The Hartford Financial Services, Ramani Ayer, will retire as chairman and chief executive officer of the Connecticut-based insurer by the end of this year.Ayer, 62, who......

Trader admits fraud in $1 billion Apple stock scheme

A former Rochdale Securities trader whose unauthorised purchase of about $1 billion of Apple Inc stock caused the demise of the financial services company pleaded guilty on Monday to wire fraud and......

Indian IT cos shut down in hurricane-affected areas

Indian information technology companies have issued advisories to their employees in the US, apart from shutting their offices located in the areas affected by Hurricane Sandy.Leading Indian IT......

World's 10 most productive cities

A study by the Brooking Institution compared per-capita gross domestic product and employment data from 2010 to 2011 in 200 of the world's largest metropolitan areas. These cities accounted for......

IAF's deal will create 22,000 jobs in US

A powerful American Senator has welcomed the C-17 aircraft deal announced by the Indian Air Force (IAF), a development which is expected to create more than 22,000 jobs in the United States. "The......

Shalini's in Spielberg's race

She describes herself as 'a techhead, a tree-hugger and a humanist', but right now it's her work behind the lens that's getting Shalini Kantayya noticed.The 30-year-old freelance director from......

Namesake gets rave reviews in US

Indian Stunner,' the headline in the New York Post reads, followed by a glowing review for Mira Nair's adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri's bestseller The Namesake. Giving the film three and half stars......

Lynch to raise $7 bn for taking TM to US schools

David Lynch, the Oscar-nominated, director of Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead, Dune, Wild at Heart and Lost Highway -- movies that have a cult following worldwide -- plans to raise $7 billion over the......

First woman to play in a men's PGA Tour event

Suzy Whaley will become the first woman to qualify and play in a men's PGA Tour event when she features in the Greater Hartford Open next July, the USPGA said on its website on Tuesday.Whaley......

McBride strike gives US victory

An early Brian McBride goal was enough to give the United States a 1-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago in a scrappy World Cup qualifier in East Hartford, Connecticut, on Wednesday that ended with......

Mickelson storms to victory

U.S. Masters champion Phil Mickelson tapped in a birdie on the final hole to become the fifth player in history to shoot 59 as he charged to victory in the PGA Grand Slam of Golf event in Kauai,......

Bayern edge Man Utd in shoot-out

Manchester United striker Alan Smith missed a spot kick in the shoot-out as Bayern Munich beat the English premier league side 4-2 on penalties in the second match of the Champions World Series in......

6 European clubs join Man U in U.S. tour

Manchester United will be joined on their pre-season tour of the United States by six other European clubs, organisers say. Premier league rivals Chelsea and Liverpool, Scottish premier league......

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