A businessman turned-swami has gone on a fast unto death in upstate New York to prevent a local bank from foreclosing his ashram.
In a rare move that might end the chronic impasse between arch-enemies the United States and Iran, President Barack Obama could meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
American carrier Delta Air Lines has launched a non-stop flight connecting New York and Mumbai with officials expressing confidence that it would prove popular with tourists and business people alike.
The woman, who has not been identified, was walking on the city's Fifth avenue when an unidentified person set her blouse on fire using a lighter.
Victoria Azarenka's love affair with New York's hardcourts is starting to get serious. The Belarusian is so smitten with Flushing Meadows that she now thinks of them as an old lover.
With more and more films being set/shot in the world's greatest city, Bollywood's leading ladies have taken to New York fashion with much aplomb.
SS Rajamouli's magnum opus gets an explosive start at the box office.
Fundraisers held in New York, San Francisco and Atlanta for India-based non-government organisation Akshaya Patra that strives for wholesome school kitchens is expected to raise a whopping Rs 5 crore in charities this year. Arthur J Pais reports
Delegates are expected from India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the Middle East.
A Sikh man, critically injured after being hit by a truck, was called a "terrorist" by the attacker, victim's wife said, demanding justice for him and terming the assault as an attack on her community.
An Indian couple has been arrested in New York and charged with subjecting their 12-year-old daughter to "unspeakable physical abuse" for months by starving her and beating her with a metal handle and baseball bat, leaving her severely bruised and hospitalised for surgery.
Food photography is becoming a very provocative, glamorous art -- share yours with us!
Impressive or not? We get attendees at the LFW to spill the beans on their opinions regarding one of India's largest fashion events.
Just before emplaning the special aircraft, the prime minister detailed his week-long visit and the programmes he attended in the US, including his address to the 74th UN General Assembly in New York and the mega "Howdy Modi!" event in Houston, Texas.
Foreign Ministers of G-4\ncountries, including External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh,\nare here for crucial talks with their African counterparts
Varsha Thapa opens up about her modelling career, racism abroad, fitness and style tips and her ideal Valentine.
Is the worst over for Indian banks? The past two years saw them ride on treasury trades as deposits soared and credit growth dipped sharply. Gross and net non-performing assets (NPAs) moved south, and the provision coverage ratio (PCR), capital buffers, and profitability indicators are back at pre-pandemic levels. So, what's the plot ahead?
The actress's third husband is the nephew of billionaire businessman Richard Branson.
We are looking to be a big part of the start-up ecosystem in India, says Nihal Mehta in an interview.
The port authority owns the World Trade Centre site and lost 84 of its employees in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Congress party president Sonia Gandhi will not depose in New York in a human rights violation lawsuit filed against her by a Sikh rights group, her attorney has said.
A traumatic medical emergency drove physician Dr Devi, of General Hospital soap fame, to run for public office in New York.
Deepika Padukone, who made her Bollywood debut with Om Shanti Om last year, will lead the annual India Day parade in New York on August 17.
The letters were sent to ten Democratic Congressman soon after the low-intensity bomb went off outside a military recruitment centre in Times Square in New York City, Analysts think the blast may be linked to the bombings of the British Consulate in 2005 and the Mexican Consulate in 2007.
While we may not even have heard of some of her flops (Miley Na Miley Hum, Waada Raha... I Promise, Rajjo), Joginder Tuteja looks at Kangana's biggest flops.
Indian American Reshma Saujani hopes to become the next United States Congresswoman from New York. It is a difficult race to win the New York primary slated to be held on Tuesday, but she is counting on immigrant power and her Wall Street connections. Aseem Chhabra speaks to the candidate.
There will be no chessboard and no pieces when world No. 1 Garry Kasparov plays the latest man vs machine contest.
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
Top US security officials briefed Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday, on the probe into the botched car bombing in New York by a Pakistani-American and discussed measures to prevent "potential attacks."
The Federal Bureau of Investigation team, which had arrived in Pakistan earlier this week to probe the bungled Times Square bombing plot, visited several areas like Pabbi, Nowshera and Hassanabdal seeking access to Faisal Shahzad's father, former Pakistan Air Force Air Vice Marshal Baharul Haq.
The United States said it expected full cooperation from Pakistan in its investigations related to the Times Square bomb case, in which prime suspect Faisal Shahzad has told federal authorities that he received bomb-making training in Waziristan.
Two women survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy will go on an indefinite hunger strike here from May 1 to press Dow Chemicals, the present owner of Union Carbide, to own up responsibility for the tragedy and assume the liabilities.
It was not expected of a young boy growing up in a small town in America to pick up an instrument like the Mridangam to play but then that was what Rohan Krishnamurthy did when he was an 8 year old. Here he discusses his journey as a musician with Shobha Warrier.
The judge dismissed their claim saying Union Carbide had sold all its shares in the plant and used the money to build a hospital in Bhopal.
New York City says the governments of India and Mongolia owe it over $18 million in property taxes on buildings these countries use to house staff of their United Nations missions.
New York has been recording a decline in daily hospitalisations, ICU admissions and fatalities but the mayor said such progress must continue further before officials consider reopening the city.
At least three police officers are feared dead and several others wounded near a shopping centre after a shooting in Baton Rouge, in the United States. The victims may include police officers and sheriff's deputies.
The Booker prize winner and Hollywood stars mingled at a coffee table book launch.
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