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US Comes Under Terror Attack

The death toll has risen to at least 15 people in the New Orleans 'act of terrorism' after a car rammed into a crowd on Bourbon Street in the early hours of Wednesday (US local time). The New......

4 firefighters killed in blaze at Indian restaurant in Texas

Four firefighters were killed and 13 injured while trying to douse a massive fire that broke out at an Indian restaurant and spread to an adjacent motel near a busy highway on Houston. Three bodies......

Four American flights hit by lightning

Passengers on board four American aircraft had a narrow escape as their planes were struck by lightning in Houston airspace. According to the Houston Airport System officials, lightning hit United......

Hurricane Harvey's death toll rises to 47

Rescue work has intensified in Texas with officials launching search operations and saving people stuck in the receding floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, one of the most destructive......

Furious techie crashes plane into Texas tax building

Furious with the United States tax agency Internal Revenue Service, a software engineer crashed his small plane into a seven-storey building in Texas housing nearly 200 federal tax employees,......

Indian workers in US demand CBI probe

After marching for hundreds of miles to protest against 'slave-like treatment' at a Mississippi shipyard, nearly 100 Indians, who claim they were tricked into coming to the US, met Indian envoy......

Now companies outsource sacking of staff

Several months ago, Rebecca Heyman oversaw the firing of 20 software engineers whose jobs were being moved to China. She met with the erstwhile employees, described their severance, helped them......

Green energy boom in bailout bill

Renewable energy providers will reap an immediate benefit from the raft of new incentives in Washington's financial rescue package. Better late than never. John Berger, chief executive of Standard......

Larry Ellison's bossy life at Oracle

For 30 years all of Oracle Corp., maker of the database software that drives thousands of big businesses around the world, has revolved around its founder. Larry Ellison owns a 23% stake worth $18......

Do BPO jobs hold a future?

The recent US federal law against outsourcing American support services to foreign shores has invited a series of protests from sources in the Indian government and the Indian corporate sector.......

Are tickets for Rahman's world tour too steep?

The A RRahman multi city tour across North America was postponed half way through its schedule following the collapse of a part of the Pontiac Silverdome in Detoriot damaging the stunningly......

Sports Shorts: Guess which is the 'dirtiest' Premier League team

Study reveals overall number of fouls have fallen in the English Premier League. Last season saw the fewest dismissals since 1993-94. IMAGE: Everton's Ashley Williams (centre) clashes with......

Readers speak out!

Click here for moreSourav NiyogiWithout the Bengal tiger India seemed like headless chickens on the Kotla.....Ex cricketers and irresponsible media contributed to India's downfall.. once again it......

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