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A creepy US website is stalking 'Indian crowd'
Rediff.com7 Mar 2017Amid attacks on Indian-origin people in the United States, an anti-immigration website has caused alarm among the community after featuring a video showing a man secretly filming Indian families at an Ohio park and commenting that the "Indian crowd" has "ravished the Mid-west".
Kansas killing an individual act, says foreign secretary Jaishankar
Rediff.com4 Mar 2017Jaishankar, who along with the Commerce Secretary Rita Teotia, held a series of meetings with top officials of the Trump's administration and Congressional leaders, said the tragic incident in Kansas featured in many of their discussions.
US Attorney General Sessions recuses himself from Russia probe
Rediff.com3 Mar 2017"I have decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of any matters related in any way to the campaigns for President of the US," Sessions said in a statement.
In photos: When 25 American Governors visited India's Ambassador
Rediff.com27 Feb 2017Inside the governors' reception hosted by Indian Ambassador to the US Navtej Sarna -- a first in more than 15 years.
Freedom from H-1B: Can Indian IT firms do it?
Rediff.com15 Feb 2017Amid Trump's expected action against employment visas, India's bellwether IT firms reveal they have been preparing for this eventuality for years.
Seattle judge halts Trump's immigration order
Rediff.com4 Feb 2017Striking a major blow to Donald Trump, a federal judge in Seattle brought his administration's executive order on immigration to a halt nationwide Friday, issuing a temporary restraining order in US District Court until further hearings can be held.
You're fired! Trump sacks acting attorney general for defying his travel ban
Rediff.com31 Jan 2017Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, a Democratic appointee, was accused of 'betraying' America after she directed Justice Department attorneys not to defend Trump's so-called 'Muslim ban' on Monday. She said she was not convinced the order was lawful.
Trump meets May in 1st summit with foreign leader
Rediff.com27 Jan 2017May said Britain and the US must "lead together" again and play their role in safeguarding global security even as she welcomed the rise of democratic allies like India.
Dear Barack, thank you for the memories
Rediff.com20 Jan 2017Barack Obama will still be in the Oval Office till the morning of January 20, but gosh, we are already beginning to miss him.
Millions voted 'illegally' for Hillary, claims Trump
Rediff.com28 Nov 2016The Republican billionaire's allegations came as steps are being taken towards recounting of votes in the swing state of Wisconsin, which Trump won.
Obama pardons his last turkey... and has a pun-fest
Rediff.com24 Nov 2016Puns flew high as President Obama cracked what he referred to as his "corny-copia of dad jokes about turkeys."
US cop fired for 'Michelle fluent in ghetto' meme
Rediff.com21 Nov 2016Joel Husk, a Trump supporter, was terminated for the controversial post saying Michelle Obama is 'fluent in ghetto'.
US: Mayor resigns after 'ape in heels' Facebook post on Michelle
Rediff.com16 Nov 2016Mayor Beverly Whaling of Clay in West Virginia has resigned after she came under fire for approvingly commenting on a racist Facebook post calling United States First Lady Michelle Obama 'an ape in heels'.
Donald trumps Clinton in US presidential polls
Rediff.com9 Nov 2016The billionaire businessman beat his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the United States.
PHOTOS: America votes to elect new President
Rediff.com8 Nov 2016Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton registers her first 'win' by four votes to two against Trump.
America readies for D-Day
Rediff.com8 Nov 2016Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump scrambled to make their final pitch to voters in the high-stakes United States presidential polls.
Clinton, Trump in dead heat, scramble to swing states
Rediff.com6 Nov 2016Locked in a neck-and-neck battle, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have made a last minute dash to key swing states to woo undecided voters as major polls on the final weekend before the election day showed the race for the White House was too close to call.
Trump, feeling good about Florida, tells backers: 'Do not blow it up, go vote'
Rediff.com3 Nov 2016Sensing victory six days ahead of the elections, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has urged his supporters to go out and vote and "not blow up" the new momentum his campaign has gained after the FBI's decision to re-open investigation in the alleged email scandal of his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
Week before elections, Trump leads Clinton by a point: Poll
Rediff.com1 Nov 2016A week before the US presidential elections, Republican nominee Donald Trump has taken a slender lead of one percentage point against his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for the first time since May in a major national tracking poll.
Everything you need to know about the Clinton-Trump debate
Rediff.com26 Sep 2016Here are 7 things you need to know, including some you probably didn't know, about this historic debate.
'Trump is unfit to be president': American dailies slam Republican nominee
Rediff.com26 Sep 2016Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump should not be elected as the next United States president as he is "unfit" for the post and makes "crude generalisations" about nations and religions, Washington Post and New York Times said in their editorials.
US postal service to issue 'forever' stamp for Diwali
Rediff.com24 Aug 2016The Diwali stamp is being issued as a "Forever" stamp, the US Postal Service said in a statement.
Trump says 'I want to debate very badly.' But he has conditions
Rediff.com10 Aug 2016The three presidential debates scheduled this time are September 26 (Hempstead, New York), October 9 (St Louis) and October 19 in Las Vegas.
US: Muslim woman fired from new job for wearing hijab
Rediff.com7 Aug 2016A young Muslim woman was fired from her job at a dental clinic for wearing a hijab
Trump hits back: Obama worst president in American history
Rediff.com3 Aug 2016Trump also reiterated his stand and said he does not regret having criticised the parents of a slain American Muslim soldier Humayun Khan.
What Democrat vice president pick thinks of India and Modi
Rediff.com25 Jul 2016Rediff.com reproduces this 2014 interview with Tim Kaine where in he discusses the new opportunities to foster Indo-US trade and the improvement in ties.
World's 10 biggest tech acquisitions
Rediff.com13 Jun 2016Take a look at the 10 biggest IT deals ever.
'This was a week I will not soon forget'
Rediff.com10 Jun 2016'We use the word "historic" perhaps too much, but the prime minister's visit certainly was historic in so many ways.'
US senators critical of India days before Modi's visit
Rediff.com25 May 2016India comes under attack over religious intolerance, human trafficking and slavery at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing.
New bill in US Congress to ease arms sales to India
Rediff.com11 May 2016In a powerful signal to New Delhi that the United States is a reliable defense partner, Senators Mark Warner and John Cornyn introduced US-India Defense Technology and Partnership Act in Senate
How the 'outsider' factor led US to the Trump conundrum
Rediff.com11 May 2016Trump is the first nominee of a major party in over a century to have no experience whatsoever of any political, administrative or military office.
Now, US may sell F-16s to India
Rediff.com6 May 2016'One of the great assets that India has is its enormous intellectual content, enormous intellectual developmental content, and some of the things we need to be working on are unmanned systems, for example, the enormous opportunities for us to jointly partner and develop -- not simply sell our equipment to India -- but actually partner and develop in areas like drones, areas like advanced aircraft and even areas around certain missile systems, where we can have a win-win.'
'We have much more to do with India today than Pakistan'
Rediff.com9 Apr 2016'The days are gone when we only deal with India as the other side of the Pakistan coin or Pakistan as the other side of the India coin.'
10 Indian-Americans among 21 arrested for visa fraud in US
Rediff.com6 Apr 2016While the US government did not reveal the nationality of the arrested people, names released by authorities indicate that 10 of them are either Indians or of Indian-origin.
6 Indian-Americans among Intel Science Talent Search winners
Rediff.com16 Mar 2016Six Indian-American students have grabbed top positions in a competition of young innovators.
Despite anger against Pakistan, US Senate delivers blow to India
Rediff.com11 Mar 2016'The Senators were playing safe, not angering either the pro-India lobby or the pro-Pakistan lobby, but perhaps more importantly, the military-industrial complex -- the most powerful lobby of all -- which the majority of Senators are beholden to in terms of largesse to their campaign coffers.'
Is he Obama's nominee for the US Supreme Court?
Rediff.com16 Feb 2016Judge Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan is the front-runner to replace the late Justice Anthony Scalia on the US Supreme Court.
US struggles to recover after storm dumps 40 inches of snow
Rediff.com25 Jan 2016States across America are beginning the process of digging their way out of record-breaking snowfall on Monday after Winter Storm Jonas battered the nation's East Coast, wreaking havoc on millions and turning major cities into ghost towns.
'Snowzilla' buries US from Washington to New York; kills 18
Rediff.com24 Jan 2016Deadly blizzard hits US east coast, 9 killed
Rediff.com23 Jan 2016A life-threatening blizzard which is expected to pound a record 30 inches of snow has hit most part of the US' east coast.