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Suhas Subramanyam becomes first Desi to win US House seat from East Coast

Suhas Subramanyam created history by becoming the first Indian American to be elected from Virginia and the entire East Coast. IMAGE: Virginia State Senator Suhas Subramanyam. Photograph: Kind......

Biggest blizzard in years blankets US east coast

A massive winter storm has pummelled the United States' east coast, grounding flights, shuttering vaccination sites in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York and affecting 60 million people. A......

Hospitals along US East Coast evacuated

Hospitals and nursing homes in the United States East Coast's low-lying areas were evacuated on Friday as the hurricane 'Irene' continued on its way to the region inhabited by about 65 million......

The Day That Turned The Tide of History

The Normandy landings on D-Day -- June 6, 1944 -- began the end to World War II. IMAGE: US troops move onto Utah Beach, Normandy, June 6, 1944. Photographs: Kind courtesy Wikimedia Commons The......

Cyclone Jawad to weaken, spares India's east coast havoc

India's east coast is unlikely to face the fury of cyclonic storm 'Jawad' which has weakened into a deep depression before reaching the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh coast but thousands of people living......

Reliance finds more gas off east coast

Reliance Industries has made two more gas discoveries at its prodigious D6 and NEC-25 blocks off the east coast, the company's junior partner Niko Resources of Canada announced. At the D6 block in......

East coast is now world's hydrocarbon capital

India's east coast is emerging as one of the hydrocarbon hotspots in the world with 100 trillion cubic feet of gas and two billion barrels of oil in place. The two main basins in the area --......

Thoothukudi ahoy! Adani, Vedanta in race for port project

The project is critical as the region expects huge investments in the automotive, renewable energy, and space sectors. IMAGE: The Dakshin Bharat Gateway Terminal of VO Chidambaranar Port in......

'Andhra Pradesh is Gujarat of the East coast'

The truncated state, despite claims of having started at a disadvantageous position, now comes third in ease of doing business and has a host of other achievements under its belt. On June 20,......

RIL strikes more gas off India's east coast

Reliance Industries is on the verge of a 16th gas discovery in deep sea block D6 off the Andhra coast, and has made a sixth consecutive gas find in block NEC-25, off Orissa coast."Gas pay has......

Why Are Chennai Fans Upset With Rahman?

Photograph: Kind courtesy AR Rahman/Instagram Traffic snarls, angry audiences who were denied access despite coughing up huge sums, crying children and jostling people -- these were the scenes at......

East Coast or West Coast? Cricket venue dilemma for LA28

IMAGE: New York, on the East Coast, hosted several preliminary-round matches of the T20 World Cup earlier this year, which it co-hosted with the West Indies. Photograph: Denis......

When 16 people died during a Kolkata derby in 1980

IMAGE: In what was a dark day for Indian football, on August 16, 1980, 16 people were killed in a stampede and riot inside the Eden Gardens during a Mohun Bagan and East Bengal during a Calcutta......

'Team India represents India in more than one way'

IMAGE: India will play three matches in New York -- versus Ireland, Pakistan and the United States. Photograph: BCCI The T20 World Cup in the US is a 'landmark event' and there is huge excitement......

Soccer PIX: Atletico held; Juve off to winning start

Villarreal hold Atletico Madrid to a draw Atletico Madrid fought back twice to earn a point from an entertaining 2-2 draw at Villarreal in their LaLiga season opener on Monday. IMAGE: Atletico......

Lewandowski magic lifts Barca to victory

Lewandowski double as Barcelona fight back to beat Valencia IMAGE: FC Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski scores their second goal from the penalty spot. Photograph: Pablo Morano/Reuters Poland......