Seema Hakhu Kachru In Houston

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Fake work visas: US court indicts 5

Fake work visas: US court indicts 5

Rediff.com   4 Apr 2009

A federal jury has found five people guilty of conspiring to obtain fraudulent work visas for nearly 90 Indian nationals in exchange for at least $20,000 per visa, the US Attorney's Office said.

Dinesh Keskar to head Boeing India

Dinesh Keskar to head Boeing India

Rediff.com   10 Feb 2009

Indian American Dinesh Keskar has been appointed by the world's leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft, Boeing Company, to lead Boeing India from March.

Indian Americans galore in Obama-Biden team

Indian Americans galore in Obama-Biden team

Rediff.com   25 Nov 2008

The presence of more Indian Americans in the team has made the whole community proud.

India sends maximum students to the US to study

India sends maximum students to the US to study

Rediff.com   17 Nov 2008

India has retained the first slot for the seventh year in succession with the number of Indian students in the US increasing by 13 per cent in 2007-08 to reach 94,563, according to the Open Doors report published by the Institute of International Education with support from the US Department of State's Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs.

Want to lose weight? Use cell phones

Want to lose weight? Use cell phones

Rediff.com   31 Oct 2008

Your secret wish of shedding the flabs may still be fulfilled. All you need is a cell phone.

Hurricane Ike smashes Houston

Hurricane Ike smashes Houston

Rediff.com   15 Sep 2008

Giant hurricane Ike has left Houston without Internet, phone lines, drinking water and severed power to millions after ripping through the fourth-largest city on Sunday. Ike, the first hurricane to hit a major US metropolitan area since Katrina in 2005, has affected 2.3 million people in two states before making landfall at 2.10 am on Saturday.

Hurricane Ike pounds Texas, thousands flee

Hurricane Ike pounds Texas, thousands flee

Rediff.com   13 Sep 2008

Giant Hurricane Ike began lashing the Texas gulf coast on Saturday with its fierce category 3 winds threatening to shut down United States' oil industry and flood the big water front area which is already under waist deep water. Ike, which has already churned through the Gulf of Mexico, is now on a collision course with Texas, where already over a million people in coastal areas have been evacuated but thousand others have ignored calls to leave, deciding to brave it out.

Scrabulous pulled off Facebook in US and Canada

Scrabulous pulled off Facebook in US and Canada

Rediff.com   30 Jul 2008

A popular online wordgame, Srabulous, created by two Kolkata-based brothers has been yanked off the social networking website, Facebook, from its US and Canadian versions,a week after a lawsuit was filed against the siblings by an American toymaker that owns the rights to Scrabble.

Indian jailed for exporting banned goods

Indian jailed for exporting banned goods

Rediff.com   17 Jun 2008

An Indian American businessman was sentenced to 35 months in jail and slapped a US$ 60,000 fine by a US court for shipping restricted military technology to Indian government entities engaged in missile and fighter jet production.Parthasarathy Sudarshan was convicted of acquiring electrical components with applications in missile guidance and firing systems in the US and supplying them to the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and Bharat Dynamics Ltd between 2002 and 2006.

Music eases blood pressure, say researchers

Music eases blood pressure, say researchers

Rediff.com   15 May 2008

If your blood pressure is high, do not fret. Just breathe slowly, turn on some quiet, slow rhythmic music and watch your blood pressure tumble drastically. According to researchers at the American Society of Hypertension's 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition, patients with mild hypertension who listened to just half an hour of classical, Celtic or raga music a day for four weeks experienced significant reductions in 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure.

Indian workers sue US shipyard employer

Indian workers sue US shipyard employer

Rediff.com   11 Mar 2008

Over 100 Indians who quit work in a Mississippi shipyard have sued their employer demanding 'tens of millions of dollars' in damages. The Indian consulate has deployed two senior diplomats to New Orleans to get in touch with the Indian workers, the NGOs representing them and their employer. They have filed a suit against Signal for human trafficking and civil rights' violation. They are demanding the $20,000 each of them paid for their jobs as well as monetary compensation.

Atlantis mission back on track

Atlantis mission back on track

Rediff.com   11 Feb 2008

Atlantis astronauts are gearing up to check the tail section of their spacecraft for a minor tear in the heat shield while they prepare for a spacewalk that was postponed by 24 hours because of a German crew member's illness.

Are you a gizmo addict?

Are you a gizmo addict?

Rediff.com   25 Jan 2008

Though the question whether one can become addicted to technology is itself debatable, John O'Neill, director of addictions services for The Menninger Clinic in Houston, says he sees parallels with the overuse of technology to dependency on substances such as alcohol or drugs.

Triglycerides linked to stroke risk: study

Triglycerides linked to stroke risk: study

Rediff.com   27 Dec 2007

People with high triglycerides and another type of cholesterol tested but not usually evaluated as part of an individual's risk assessment have an increased risk of a certain type of stroke, according to a research published in the December 26 online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

reward for information on Indian students' murder

reward for information on Indian students' murder

Rediff.com   20 Dec 2007

A private donor, who wished to remain anonymous, has donated US$ 4,000 to add to the US$ 1,000 reward that was already being offered for information leading to the arrest of the killers of doctoral students, Chandrasekhar Reddy Komma of Hyderabad, and Kiran Kumar Allam of Kurnool.

US: Task force to probe killing of 2 Indians

US: Task force to probe killing of 2 Indians

Rediff.com   15 Dec 2007

A special taskforce formed on Saturday to probe the gruesome killing of two Indian doctoral students at their Louisiana State University apartment has launched a massive manhunt for three suspects described as "black men".

Job with flexible hours is healthier for you

Job with flexible hours is healthier for you

Rediff.com   12 Dec 2007

The data was analysed to determine if lifestyle behaviours differ between employees with different levels of perceived flexibility and to identify if changes in flexibility over a one-year time period predicted changes in health behavior.

Rat trap brings prosperity in rural India

Rat trap brings prosperity in rural India

Rediff.com   29 Nov 2007

A researcher from Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University found that the main income of Irula tribe of southeast India comes from catching rats.

Planet Hollywood lands in Mumbai

Planet Hollywood lands in Mumbai

Rediff.com   20 Nov 2007

With a long list of shining celebrities and a two-day unique Hollywood-style bash to grab attention, London entrepreneur Robert Earl re-launched Las Vegas Strip mega resort Planet Hollywood and announced going international by starting five such hotels in India on a planned investment of $15 million.

The story of Houston university's NRI head

The story of Houston university's NRI head

Rediff.com   6 Nov 2007

How a teenager from Uttar Pradesh with no formal education rose to become the University of Houston's head.