White House officials meet Sikhs ahead of Modi's visit and assure...

White House officials have met a group of Sikh activists to assure them that the US government is committed to protecting Americans from any acts of transnational aggression on its soil, a......

Trump picks anti-vaccine activist as health secretary

United States President-elect Donald Trump announced his decision to nominate former Democratic presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr. as his Secretary of Health and Human Services. The......

Petition in US court to designate RSS as terror group

A Sikh rights group has filed a lawsuit asking a federal court in New York to designate Bharatiya Janata Party’s ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh as a "foreign terrorist......

US court seeks response to objections over Modi's immunity

A US court has asked the State Department to respond by December 10 to the objections raised by a rights group over the immunity granted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with a lawsuit......

SEC imposes huge penalty on Rajat Gupta

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday asked former Goldman and Sachs director Rajat Gupta to pay a $13.9 million penalty for ‘illegally tipping corporate secrets’ to......

SEC drops litigation against Rajat Gupta

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its administrative action against former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta in the hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam-linked insider trading......

About a dozen lawsuits filed against Satyam in US

About a dozen lawsuits have been filed against Satyam Computer in US courts, charging the Indian IT firm with duping thousands of American investors out of billions of dollars. Asked about the......

Another lawsuit filed against Satyam in US

A new class action lawsuit was filed in the US courts on Friday against Satyam Computer, which already has two more such suits against it there filed on behalf of thousands of investors in the......

This video game featuring tattoos of NBA stars sparks lawsuit

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over its depiction of tattoos belonging to National Basketball Association stars LeBron James and Kobe Bryant in......

US charges Honduran football club chief with laundering drug money

Players of Club Deportivo Marathon during training session. Photograph: Facebook The president of a top Honduras football club and two family members were charged by US authorities on Wednesday......

NBA sues players' union over labour dispute

The National Basketball Association filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the players' union seeking a ruling that the lockout of players does not violate antitrust laws. The NBA said the lawsuit,......

Sports Shorts: Singer Underwood, NFL sued

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Carrie Underwood has performed theme songs for "Sunday Night Football" since 2013. Photograph: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty......