Kerry is expected to announce this at a rally in Pennsylvania later today, but will have to formally nominate Edwards---who fought against him for the presidential nomination--at the Democratic National Convention at the end of July.
Many fantastically rich people slip under the general public's radar. Including the world's second-wealthiest man
Rajeev Srinivasan on how EVM problems are much bigger than technology or politics.
He has won all but two of the 12 Democratic primaries so far.
Senator John Kerry continued his unexpected triumph in the Democratic race to challenge US President George W Bush by pulling off yet another victory in the New Hampshire primary on Monday.
'We have not come all this way -- through tragedy and trial and war -- only to falter and leave our work unfinished,' the US president said in the State of the Union address.
Meet the nine jury members who chose the India Abroad Person of the Year 2003
Meetings with nuclear scientists likely.
The controversy over visas for high-skilled workers from abroad is about to get hotter. H-1B visa program was set up to allow firms in US to import the best in technology, engineering, and other fields when such workers are in short supply in America. But data released by the federal government show that offshore outsourcing firms, particularly from India, dominate the list of companies awarded H-1B visas in 2007.
A look at former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani's failed campaign for the US presidency.
Mohanbir Sawhney, Raghuram G Rajan, Raju G C Thomas and Darsh Wasan will receive the award for academic leadership.
Kerry spoke to Bush over telephone to concede the election.
With visas set to max out quickly again, tech companies want more. Amid rising joblessness, does America need more skilled foreign workers?
Theresa Thanjan, the New York Coordinator of South Asians for Obama, says she joined the campaign out of conviction and support for all that Obama stands for. She plans to return to the media world once the elections are over, and says she did not join the campaign expecting to springboard into political office later.
Aparna Patel, who was brought up in Bombay and Dubai, is off to Grinnell college in the United States. Here are her pre-departure thoughts.
Nimrata 'Nikki' Randhawa Haley, who in 2010 conquered the odds to be elected South Carolina's first woman and first Indian-American governor, was on Friday conferred the India Abroad Person of the Year Award 2010, at a glittering presentation ceremony in New York City.
Instituted by the US Center for Citizen Diplomacy, the awards recognize the honorees 'for inspiring others through their exemplary work as citizen diplomats and for promoting cultural understanding around the world.'
The three attorneys who chose to step down were John Marti, first assistant US attorney, Erika Mozangue, who heads attorney's office's civil division, and James Lackner, chief of the office's criminal division.
The BJP should have, by rights, won a thumping majority. The fact that it did not is food for thought.
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday delivered his State of the Union speech in the US Congress. Here's the transcript:
Grammar comes first if you want to improve your English -- correct English takes you forward.
The Parliamentarians of Indian-origin claim the way India has put the nuclear deal on hold has increased respect for India.
A federal lawsuit in Iowa alleges that two men orchestrated a scheme to underpay workers who came into the country on H-1B visas
Two influential US Senators have renewed the campaign against the biggest users of H-1B visa workers in the US, including Indian heavyweights Infosys, Wipro, Satyam and Tata Consultancy Services. They fired off a missive to these companies asking how they employed professional and skilled workers, majority of whom hail from India.
We finished buying our groceries as she continued to sob away. On our way home, she suddenly became her usual cheerful self. Surprised, I asked her, "What happened to your tears?"
Scores of Indian American politicians, administration officials, media personalities and activists were among the 320 guests at the first state dinner of the Barack Obama presidency in honour of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Mrs Gurcharan Kaur
Good English doesn't need a fake accent. Just pronounce every word correctly and clearly.
The identity of the winner, Sonal Shah, founder of the non-profit organisation Indicorps, had been kept a closely guarded secret until the last minute, and most of the 300 guests were pleasantly surprised.
Given his tremendous achievement -- only seven Indians and people of Indian-origin have been honoured with a Nobel Prize -- it was no surprise that, even during a year of exceptional achievement by members of the Indian-American community, Dr Ramakrishnan would be named India Abroad Person of the Year 2009.
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