4 Indian-Americans win state, local elections in US

Four Indian-Americans, including a Muslim woman and a former White House technology policy advisor, have won state and local elections held in the United States on Tuesday. IMAGE: Ghazala Hashmi.......

Spectacular Shortlist for Best Astronomy Photos of the Year

The spectacular Milky Way over the picturesque Bavarian mountain, Herzogstand, the remarkable Horsehead Nebula and the Flame Nebula, a vast cloud of gas and dust where new stars are being born; the......

129 Indians among 130 students arrested in US immigration fraud

As many as 129 Indians were among the 130 foreign students arrested for enroling at a fake university allegedly to remain in the United States, officials said on Friday, even as immigration......

A maniac with a gun, a life lost in vain

Robbed of prey as people fled, Omar Perez came marching back and shot bullet after bullet into Prudhvi Raj Kandepi's head, thus ensuring that a man he had never met before, known nothing of, would......

Infosys plans campus in Indianapolis; to create thousands of new jobs

The proposed campus will come up on around 125 acres, which the company will acquire from airport authorities, and would house as many as 3,000 employees. Infosys has said it its largest campus......

Infy to hire 2,000 locals in North Carolina

Infosys is planning to hire the first 500 of these within two years. Infosys, India’s second-largest IT services firm, said it would hire 2,000 Americans in North Carolina by 2021. The......

Need to scale up and ramp down H-1B visas: Senator

In less than a week of Donald Trump being sworn in as the 45th US President, the "H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act" was introduced to prioritise American workers and restore fairness in visa programmes......

Soon, T-shirts that turn body heat into electricity!

The new design begins with a layer of thermally conductive material that rests on the skin and spreads out the heat. Scientists have developed a new light weight, conductive material which can......

Kal Penn: I would love to shoot five Bollywood films simultaneously

'...But my strong suit will not be dancing,' Kal Penn tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com, in the concluding part of the interview. Part I of the interview: 'I'm not related to......

Anupam Kher's new role

Anupam Kher tells us about his new role. And no, it's not a filmi one.Anupam Kher, whose career spans nearly 400 films and over 100 plays, has been appointed the goodwill ambassador of the Pratham......

Sports Shorts: Russian boxer Dadashev dies after fight

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday IMAGE: In this video grab, former boxer and trainer Buddy McGirt is seen urging Maxim Dadashev to stop the fight during his fatal......

Sports Shorts: Nike panned after basketball star's shoe splits

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday   IMAGE: Duke Blue Devils forward Zion Williamson (1) reacts after falling during the first half against the North Carolina Tar......

Sports Shorts: Mary Kom to hit your TV screens soon

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Anna Sarkissian, left, and Ameesha Joshi with India's boxing queen M C Mary Kom. Photograph Courtesy: Anna......

Golfing great Arnold Palmer dies at 87

  IMAGE: Arnold Palmer gestures after hitting a drive to begin the 2007 Masters golf tournament on the first tee at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, US on April 5, 2007.......

It's OK to cry: Phelps consoles Held

Held finds broad shoulder to cry on in Phelps IMAGE: Gold medalists Nathan Adrian, Ryan Held, Michael Phelps and Caeleb Dressell of the United States pose on the podium during Day 2 of the Rio......