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Time to help Ukraine, say US Senators meeting Modi

A group of top American Senators who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week said they made a case to him that this is a battle between autocracy and democracy, and emphasised that democracies......

Trump again blames 'both sides' for Virginia violence

Amid a political storm over his position that ‘both sides’ were at fault for the violence in Charlottesville, a combative United States President Donald Trump said that he has “no......

Trump's Obamacare repeal efforts foiled in US Senate

In a major setback to President Donald Trump, the United States Senate on Friday failed to repeal and replace the landmark Obamacare bill as three key Republican lawmakers, including Senator John......

Republican Congressman, others shot during baseball practice

A top Republican lawmaker and two police officers were among five people injured when a rifle-wielding man sprayed bullets on them during a practice session for an annual baseball......

Trump sacked FBI chief to end probe against Flynn: NYT

United States President Donald Trump has been embroiled in a controversy following a pair of media reports accusing him of trying to quash a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe against his......

Fix age and wage issues before raising H-1B cap, argues visa's critic

Norman Matloff, professor of computer science at the University of California, Davis, believes that the US has enough highly skilled engineers and raising the cap on H-1B would hamper the wages of......

H-1B visas: Why does the US blame Indian firms?

Indian and Indian-American IT businesses are being scapegoated for abuse of the visa programme – using it for cheap, immobile labour – that actually pervades the entire industry,......

240,000 illegal Indian immigrants may get US citizenship

Over 240,000 illegal Indian immigrants in the US could be soon on their path to obtaining citizenship under a "big deal" reached by a bi-partisan group of influential Senators but uncertainty......

Senators hopeful of immigration reform by summer

Influential US Senators hope to have a comprehensive immigration reform in place by this summer, which would legalise 11 million undocumented workers and address the issue of long wait for......

9 Indian Americans feature in top 50 Asians list

Nine Indian Americans, including Deven Sharma, president, Standard & Poor's, made it to the 2011 list of Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business. At a gala dinner at the Waldorf Astoria hotel......

Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr Win Golden Globes

Here's a quick look at the winners of the 81st Annual Golden Globe awards. Best Motion Picture – Drama IMAGE: Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr pose with their awards for......

Barbie, Oppenheimer Lead Golden Globe Nominations

The nominations for the 81st Golden Globes are out, and Barbie and Succession lead the list. Barbie and Succession get nine noms, followed by Oppenheimer at eight. Killers of the Flower Moon and......

Golden Globes 2016: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence win!

The 73rd Golden Globe awards have been announced. A quick look at the winners: The winner's names are in bold. Best motion picture, drama Mad Max: Fury Road Carol The Revenant Room......

Rapinoe to Trump: 'Your message is excluding people'

IMAGE: Megan Rapinoe gestures the number 4 with her fingers as she holds the trophy for the FIFA Women's World Cup while the United States team arrives at the Newark International Airport, in......

Kashmiri sportsman held in US for sexually abusing minor

IMAGE: (Picture for representational purpose only) Participants during World Snowshoe championship. Photograph: Twitter A 24-year-old Indian sportsman has been arrested here on charges of......

'Don't boycott Sochi Olympics, wave gay flags instead'

A Democrat senator has reportedly suggested that countries should wave rainbow flags during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia to show support for gay rights, instead of......

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