Trump to meet 'communist' Mamdani at White House on Friday

United States President Donald Trump has said that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will meet him at the White House on Friday.  IMAGE: Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump have been critical......

Shashi Tharoor's son Ishaan joins Washington Post

Ishaan Tharoor, the journalist son of Union minister and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, has joined the Washington Post, the major US daily said on Tuesday. "We're happy to announce that Ishaan......

36 South Asians on the ballot as US goes to polls

As the US goes to polls on Tuesday, several India-American and South Asian candidates are running for some key positions nationwide, in the first fight at the ballots in the second term of Donald......

New York Times tops Trump's 'Fake News' awards

United States President Donald Trump has declared The New York Times as the winner of the ‘Fake News Award’. Among other recipient of Trump’s unique award were ABC News, CNN,......

NYT, Post plan pay cuts, lay offs

The story of gloom and doom continues to haunt the US economy. With advertising revenue going downhill, two of US newspaper majors -- The New York Times and The Washington Post -- plan another......

Obama considers new fee on banks

With Wall Street firms expected to announce bonuses running into billions for top executives, the Obama Administration is contemplating levying new fees on financial companies and banks as part of......

NRI entrepreneur flays NYT over 'smear campaign'

Vinod 'Vin' Gupta, 60, the multi-millionaire chairman and CEO of infoUSA and focus of a major article in the New York Times in the Washington Post on May 26 regarding a lawsuit that brandshis using......

Amazon's Bezos beats Bill Gates to become world's richest

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Thursday took away the mantle of world’s richest person from Bill Gates. Bezos achieved the feat after a 1 per cent pop in the shares of Amazon.com, which......

Vanity Fair gets mixed reviews

Major American critics disagreeover Mira Nair's Vanity Fair. While some of the large circulated newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle......

Cate Blanchett excels in A Streetcar Named Desire

Australian actress Cate Blanchett's role of Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire, has gotten rave reviews from critics. 'What Ms. Blanchett brings to the character is......

Q & A makes it to bestseller list

In its original version, Vikas Swarup's novel Q & A, did not create a stir in America. The reviews for the book, which this week jumped into the top 15 paperback bestsellers list in The New York......

Medvedev needs professional help, says Becker

'Unfortunately the brain is getting the better of him after losing these close matches the last few months.' IMAGE: 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev launched a tirade against the umpire and whipped......

How the world's press rated Paris's Olympics Opening Ceremony

IMAGE: The Olympic flag is raised at the the Trocadero with the Eiffel Tower in the background during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photograph: Francois-Xavier......