Sri Srinivasan could become the first Indian-American to be on the bench of the US Supreme Court after conservative icon Justice Antonin Scalia's sudden death.
Diplomatic and Congressional sources tell Rediff.com that for all intents and purposes, the F-16 sale is dead.
A bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the US House of Representatives to eliminate the per country cap on employment-based Green Card, a move which is likely to benefit Indian IT professionals languishing over decades of waiting for the Permanent Resident Card. The legislation was introduced by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren and Congressman John Curtis. The Equal Access to green cards for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act, 2021 needs to be passed by the Senate before it can be sent to the White House for the president to sign it into a law. A Green Card, known officially as a Permanent Resident Card, is a document issued to immigrants to the US as evidence that the bearer has been granted the privilege of residing permanently.
Rejecting criticism that United States President Barack Obama missed a golden opportunity to bring in diversity in the Supreme Court bench and could have chosen someone younger, the White House asserted that he nominated "the best" to serve on the apex court.
Indian-American filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza, who had made a documentary on US President Barack Obama, has been indicted on charges of violating federal campaign finance laws.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz handed a shock defeat to controversial presidential contender Donald Trump in the Iowa Republican caucuses while in the Democratic camp both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders claimed victories as the race for the White House began on Tuesday.
"Judge Gorsuch has a superb intellect, an unparalleled legal education, and a commitment to interpreting the Constitution according to its text. He will make an incredible Justice as soon as the Senate confirms him," said the US president.
Analysts believe the main reason for Trump's popularity surge is that he now enjoys wider support from Republican voters after his decisive win in Indiana earlier this month.
US presidential aspirants Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on Friday tried to woo minority Latino and African American voters as they sparred over issues like race and their records on immigration during a Democratic debate.
General Soleimani headed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's Quds Force and also served as Iran's pointman on Iraq.
The poll, conducted by Washington Post-ABC News, suggested that 54 per cent of the voters were unfamiliar with the Massachusetts senator's positions against only 25 per cent who felt the same about Republican President George W Bush.
Indian-Americans are taking over the country, United States President Joe Biden said on Thursday, referring to the high number of people from the community getting a place in his administration.
The president's remarks follow Trump calling for a "total and complete shutdown" of Muslims entering the US.
Biden has described Trumps' remarks about Harris as "despicable" and "beneath the office of the presidency".
Donald Trump has backed out of a televised debate against Democrat Bernie Sanders just two days after agreeing.
IT industry body Nasscom said it is quite hopeful the final contour of the bill would be much more balanced than it is at present.
Bharara's presence at Trump Tower provoked much curiosity.
In a major shift, US President Barack Obama has signalled a potential compromise on the contentious issue of immigration reform that could provide a path to citizenship to 11 million people, including some 2,40,000 Indians, already in America illegally.
President-elect Donald Trump has shaken up his White House transition team, appointing Vice President-elect Mike Pence as its head and three of his children as part of the group that would shape the direction of Trump's administration beginning January 2017
Markets are assuming that by the second half of 2021, the world will be approaching some type of normalcy, points out Akash Prakash.
US President Barack Obama hailed the budget deal, which if approved by the Congress, would avoid government shutdown for at least two years.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
The 77-year-old former US vice president on Friday night took his tally of pledged delegates over the halfway mark of 1,991 from a total of 3,979, thus becoming eligible to earn the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
Clinton's defeat in Michigan is an indication of the challenges she might face in the rest of her presidential campaign.
A decision on this could be taken before Christmas, which might not necessarily result in a formal announcement as that could be delayed till the next year, people familiar with her thinking process said.
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton registers her first 'win' by four votes to two against Trump.
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