US Senate confirms Indian-American Amit Mehta as a federal judge

Indian-American Amit Priyavadan Mehta has been confirmed by the US Senate as a federal judge in the District of Columbia, becoming the first Asian Pacific American to occupy this important......

CIA to release 'graphic' Osama death photos?

Though there has been a clamour for the Central Intelligence Agency to release secret images and videos of Al Qaeda's Osama bin Laden's death, the agency wants to keep them classified and......

'Block weapons sale to Pakistan'

Citing Islamabad's dismal proliferation record for conventional and nuclear weapons, Indian-Americans have asked their Senators to block the Bush administration's move to push through the sale of a......

The energy underworld

Semion Mogilevich, a top Russian crime boss, was arrested in Moscow in January for his alleged connection to a tax evasion scheme involving a Russian cosmetics company. He is wanted in the US for......

Yang Yuanqing: China's first global capitalist

On a bright September afternoon, a black Mercedes S320 pulls up to a curb in the middle of Beijing's bustling Zhongguancun, the consumer-electronics shopping district. Out steps a man in a......

Air Deccan stake sale in 10 days

Air Deccan, India's first low cost airlines, is going to conclude its first phase of equity divestment within 8-10 days, its managing director, Captain G R Gopinath, said in Kolkata on Friday.The......

Reliance's gigabit gamble

It's a move that has left competitors divided. Is it a masterstroke that will catapult the Reliance Group into the glamorous, fast-moving world of international telephony? Or is it an overpriced......

Football Briefs: Spain players don't rule out strike over plans for US games

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field  IMAGE: Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images The union of Spanish footballers......