President Donald Trump said he believes that owners of National Football League teams are afraid of their players, his latest criticism of NFL players kneeling during the US national anthem at games to protest racial disparities in the country.
Over half of the American Whites consider presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as a "risky" choice for the White House, whereas two-thirds believe McCain as a "safe" pick, a new survey has revealed.
India can positively engage Obama by seeking his cooperation in an initiative for a reform of the global governance system.This means moving away from parochial, short-term preoccupations and thinking big. Can our policymakers muster the will to do this?
The election of Obama as President is bound to be a matter of rejoicing for the downtrodden sections of society everywhere in the world. Most of all, the immediate effect will naturally be on the black population of the US itself. There will be a surge in their self-esteem and sense of integration with the mainstream and this will be all to the good, says B S Raghavan
US Democrat Senator on Saturday night formally bowed out of the race for the US presidential elections.
Barack Obama indicated on Thursday that he was in no hurry to choose his deputy, a ticket coveted by vanquished rival Hillary Clinton, saying he would look at a whole range of options.
Striving to salvage her claim of more "popular vote" than rival Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton was on course to win the Democratic primary in Puerto Rico by a wide margin, US media projected.
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi's efforts to promote equality of women in business goes way beyond designing a maternity deal, but when it comes to choosing the American President she says only the best will do regardless of gender or race.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators from across the United States converged on the nation's capital and New York on Saturday for a massive protest against the deaths of unarmed black men by law enforcement.
American Bryan Clay outclassed the opposition to win gold in the Olympic decathlon on Friday, leading from start to finish in the two-day competition. His winning margin of 240 points was the most convincing in the multi-disciplined event since 1972.
People in Mississippi joined 'millions of Americans from every corner of the country who have chosen to turn the page on the failed politics of the past and embrace our movement for change', said Obama, who has 1,596 delegates, including separately chosen party officials known as 'superdelegates'. It is the second straight defeat for Clinton, who scored stunning victories in Ohio and Texas last week to salvage a dying campaign. She now has 1,484 delegates.
Riding on a massive African-American support, Obama routed New York Senator Clinton by 55 to 27 per cent in the state, where more than 50 per cent of the voters were black and four out of five supported him. Among white voters, Obama took only about a quarter of the vote, with Clinton and former Senator John Edwards roughly splitting the remainder
Hillary has the odds stacked against her in the African-American dominated state, and Obama is in a must-win situation.
Chiman Rai, 69, faces the death penalty for allegedly paying two men $10,000 to kill Sparkle Michelle Rai, an African American, in April 2000 after her marriage to his son Rajeev Rai alias Ricky, with whom she had a infant daughter. The 22-year-old was found strangled and stabbed more than a dozen times at the couple's apartment.
An Indian professor-turned-hotelier, charged with ordering the contract killing of his African-American daughter-in-law because she was not an Indian, faces the death penalty as his trial opens on Monday.Chiman Rai, 69, allegedly hired two hit men for US$ 10,000 to kill 22-year-old Sparkle Michelle Rai in April 2000 as he did not approve of her marriage to his son Rajeev Rai alias Ricky.Sparkle, also a former employee of Chiman, was found strangled and stabbed to death.
The class act which Obama has put up signifies a new 21st century America. In the past, most Democratic Party nominees hailed from a chic, upper class, White liberal background. Franklin Roosevelt and John F Kennedy had family wealth written over them. Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton were professionals who had made a lot of money before they got the ticket. That is why Obama's defeat at the hands of Hillary Clinton was considered natural by political pundits.
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But his nature, temperament, his skill to listen to others, and empathise with their pain and hardships will make him a far better president, a leader America has been longing for four years, notes Aseem Chhabra.
Third time lucky is an apt phrase to describe the remarkable rise of Joe Biden, a veteran in US politics for around five decades, from being one of the youngest senators in history to the oldest American president-to-be.
The documentary Divided We Fall looks into the violence the Sikh community faced after 9/11.
In a statement posted on his official Twitter handle, the actor's family said he was diagnosed with the disease in 2016.
Dozens of children were released from the facility as a result of the litigation and as a result of the deal.
Description of an Indian-American political volunteer as a 'macaca', a genus of monkey, by a Republican Senator has cost the lawmaker an award following protests.
Considered to be the worst ever civil unrest in the US in decades, the violent protests have engulfed at least 140 cities across America in the days following the death of Floyd, a 46-year-old man who was pinned to the ground in Minneapolis on Monday by a white police officer who kneeled on his neck as he gasped for breath.
Raj Natarajan, president of United India Association, an organisation formed by NRIs living in Australia, has come out strongly in support of Harbhajan Singh.
Richardson's entry in the race for the Democratic Party nomination makes the 2008 race one of the most ever diverse group assembled.
'He grew up poor and faced racism as he worked to become one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Hank never let the hatred he faced consume him.'
The story line of Baywatch is like a Hindi movie!
While there were no surprises on policy issues from either side, there were far less interruptions and tense moments between Pence, 61, who comes from Indiana and his Democrat challenger Harris, 55, who is from California.
Sukanya Verma looks at the handful of occasions when Bollywood believed sky was the limit.
'He is a third-generation Ugandan and he had amazingly positive things to say about Idi Amin. He said Amin helped the country immensely. That was confusing for me, because Amin did kick the Asians out of Uganda. He gave them 90 days.'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at the statue of the Father of the Nation here in the US capital.
African-American George Floyd's death on May 25 has sparked civil unrest that has since spread nationwide.
'Of the people here in Europe who have watched The Story of Film: A New Generation, the most talked-about clip is the one from Ram Leela.'
When rejected for a role in the school play, she took to costume designing by chance.
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People were seen breaking into high end stores around Manhattan's Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue, home to almost all luxury and high-end brands from around the world, and running way with merchandise from the shops. Groups of people also looted pharmacies, electronic stores and other businesses across the city.
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