The lawsuit accuses Trump of "an unconstitutional and unlawful scheme".
Thapar currently holds the position of US District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
Here's how she is linked to the most talked about Oscars speech of the year.
Moments that show it's an odd, odd world we live in.
Trump blamed the influx of illegal immigrants in the US on the country's "dumbest laws".
To win the 2014 election against Congressman Honda, Khanna seems to have adopted Obama's campaign strategy and has hired a series of people who worked for the President's campaign.
Thenmozhi Soundararajan works to break the shackles of caste for Dalits.
Her appointment as World Health Organisation's deputy director offers an opportunity to push for improving the medical research environment in India.
'We'll certainly have Hollywood productions, so why wouldn't we have Bollywood?'
Czech defending champion Katerina Siniakova fended off Maria Sharapova in a fiercely contested match at the Shenzhen Open on Friday to set up a final with world number one Simona Halep.
The debris from China's disintegrating Long March rocket entered the Earth's atmosphere on Sunday and reportedly fell into the Indian Ocean area close to the Maldives, the country's space agency said, ending an anxious week as people and the governments wondered where and when the space junk would fall.
"This is a humanitarian crisis. A crisis of the heart, and a crisis of the soul," Trump said in his maiden prime-time address from his Oval Office.
Curtains will fall on the Rim of the Pacific 2016, the world's largest international maritime exercise, on August 4.
With fresh enrollments crossing 100,000 mark, the total number of Indian students studying in the US reported a sharp increase this year.
Indians all over the US are going beyond being human and are learning to be humanitarian and expand their philanthropy activities finds Ajailiu Niumai.
The American golfer was voted the "ultimate sports star" in a survey conducted last month by ESPN TV.
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These detainees, a significant number of whom are from Punjab, are seeking asylum, claiming that they 'experienced violence or persecution' in India.
Pssst, India's Royal Rajasthan on Wheels is listed among these great rail journeys.
Here's a collection of some of the best photos, taken last week, from around the globe.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics torch lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia will be the first in more 35 years to be held without spectators after organisers introduced tighter measures to protect against the coronavirus. Here is a list of international sports events hit by the coronavirus outbreak.
These photographs are sure to take your breath away!
Spread over two days -- Friday and Saturday -- at a picturesque desert resort in Southern California, Obama, 51, and Xi, 59, had several rounds of meetings and a candle-lit dinner spread over nearly eight hours on a range of bilateral, regional and global issues.
Already ranked ninth in Forbes' list of top tennis earners, Japan's Kei Nishikori is due for a bigger share of the off-court largesse despite losing Monday's final at the US Open, US marketing experts say.
The world endured bushfires, drought, tsunamis and earthquakes in 2018.
It's hard not to get skin tingles when you see these stunning images. They are winning pictures and shortlisted entries from the sixth annual International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. More than 3,400 photos were entered into the contest from both amateur and professional photographers from around the globe. The shots feature everything from remote beaches to moody mountain ranges.
They have inherited their parents' good genes.
Here are some of the best photos from around the world in the month gone by.
'I swayed my arms in the air with strangers when George Michael sang Careless Whispers' 'I was in heaven.'
Details of the Trump's executive order were not immediately known.
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Temperatures are dropping across the United States, which is bracing for one of the coldest Januarys it has seen in quite some time.
Australian Olympic officials say they will oppose plans to stage the 2016 Rio Olympics swimming finals late at night.
"No other relationship of India has as many layers as our relations with China. We are the world's two most populous countries and among the fastest growing major economies. Our cooperation is expanding," he said.
The good times are back, in a measured way, in fun spots across the globe.
Simanta Roy Buck finds out why Indian-American singer-songwriter Zoya Mohan bought a one-way ticket to Mumbai.
But the Democrats appeared to be unconvinced by Trump's argument of national emergency.
Facebook is appealing the class certifications, which the Menlo Park, California-based company said are "without merit" and conflict with "well-settled" precedent
An anonymous handwritten letter, which so far has been received by three mosques in California and one in Georgia, warned Muslims to "pack your bags and get out of dodge as Trump is going to cleanse America and make it shine again".
Here are some of the best images clicked across the globe in the month of August.
