Harris, the 49th US Vice President, will serve as the deputy of President Joe Biden, 78, who also took the oath of office, becoming the 46th US President.
The actress, who starred in the blockbuster Sivaji: The Boss opposite Rajnikanth, has bagged her first English film, The Other End of the Line opposite Jesse Metcalfe (of Desperate Housewives fame), Sara Foster and Anupam Kher.
Indian Consulate General in San Francisco has been in touch with members of the Indian community, many of whom had to evacuate their properties. India has expressed regret over the loss of life and damage to property in the fire in southern California that began on Sunday and has destroyed over 384 square miles of area.
Shriya and Tara Sharma get ready for their new film, starring Jesse Metcalfe.
There's a murmur in the American market that the much-awaited 3G iPhone from Apple might be launched on Monday, June 9.
United States President Donald Trump's new executive order banning immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries -- Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Yemen, Syria and Somalia - has upended the lives of many families across the world.
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Nandini Chattopadhyay is among 15 immigrant students chosen as the first Merage American Dream Fellow. The $20,000 scholarship is restricted to mostly elite universities in America, including Harvard, Princeton, MIT and Stanford.
Nagapattinam District Collector J Radhakrishnan, whose handling of the post-tsunami situation in the worst-hit region of Tamil Nadu earned him international acclaim, has been invited by the United States Department of Education for a three-week visit
Next year, the company would come out with an optimised Penryn microprocessor which would be fitted with Wi-Fi and Wi-Max.
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.
Mirza Tatlic fatally shot Naren Prabhu, a Silicon Valley tech executive, and his wife at their home in San Jose.
U.S. prosecutors indicted a former professional American cyclist on Thursday for lying about past use of steroids before the BALCO grand jury investigating doping in professional sports.
Jae'Sean Tate finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds for the Rockets, who fell for the second time in two days and have lost eight straight games.
Businesses have donated nearly $14 billion to cure society's many ills.
Indian Americans in Boston are preparing to throw a red-carpet welcome to anti-corruption crusader Annn Hazare, during his two-week visit to the United States, a kind of welcome, which has not been seen for a non-politician from India in recent times.
The online messaging company is ramping up hiring to expand its business ahead of the initial public offering.
Zodiac is violent, but artistic, detailed but not deviating and solid performances make it a edge of the seat thriller.
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Reader Parag Desai and his family met the singer in the US.
Battling to grab market share on international routes, Jet Airways has drawn up plans to make China a hub for flying to popular destinations like San Francisco and Los Angeles on the US west coast and to Vancouver in Canada in the near future. "It is much shorter to fly from China to the US west coast than from Singapore. This way, the yields on the routes will also be higher," said Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal.
The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and MacWorld in San Francisco, both this January, promise to mark an exciting beginning for all those who can't get enough of gadgets.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes rises above all its predecessors, says Paloma Sharma.
An Indian engineer, who was fired by her company after she complained of her senior's racist conduct, has been awarded $5.5 million (about Rs 22 crore) by a San Francisco federal jury. The jury found Kiran Pande's former employer Chevron liable for wrongful termination and retaliation and ruled that she be given roughly $3 million (about Rs 12 crore) for past and future economic losses, and $2.5 million (about Rs 10 crore) in punitive damages.
The study also found that a woman's work area has more germs than that of a man.
Writer Sonia Singh on writing, Bollywood and all things fantasy.
The stars had just finished a stage show.
The best-costumed attendees at the annual Comic-Con gathering in San Diego.
The National Transportation Safety Board has sent a team to Alaska to investigate the crash of a de Havilland DHC-3 Otter.
Announcing its ambitious plans to expand overseas operations, private carrier Jet Airways said on Monday it will fly to three North American destinations by next year and almost double the number of pilots to 1,400 by FY'09.
The bottled water industry is global in nature. But it is designed to sell the same product to two completely different markets: one water-rich and the other water-scarce.
The city of London is the "unchallenged magnet" for the world's billionaires and home to 23 richest people, including NRI steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal.
Business leaders have always flocked to self-help books and gurus that focus on getting the most out of your career and your life, but since Oprah plugged Rhonda Byrne's The Secret the business of positive thinking is booming.
Xiaomi, which sells its phones exclusively through e-commerce website Flipkart.com in India, is looking to find a foothold in a market that has at least 80 different phone companies fighting it out for market share.
Levi Strauss (India) Pvt Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of jeans manufacturer Levi Strauss & Co, San Francisco, is planning to have 200 exclusive outlets throughout the country for its newly launched 'Signature' brand of jeans.
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