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US judge blocks Indian student's deportation over Hamas ties

A United States federal judge has blocked the deportation of an Indian student at Georgetown University who was arrested after federal authorities accused him of “actively spreading Hamas......

Indian student in US arrested by masked agents from near home

An Indian student enrolled as a postdoctoral fellow in the US faces deportation after federal authorities said he was "spreading Hamas propaganda" and has "close connections to a "suspected......

Police name person of interest in Sudiksha Konanki case

US authorities have identified a 24-year-old man as person of interest in the case of a 20-year-old Indian student who went missing during a spring break visit to the Dominican Republic.......

Missing Indian-origin student was seen with man on the beach

A 20-year old Indian student has gone missing while on vacation in the Dominican Republic and United States federal law enforcement agencies are working with authorities in the Caribbean country on......

Trump nominates another Desi to DoJ

United States President-elect Donald Trump on Monday nominated Indian-American Harmeet K Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice. IMAGE: Harmeet K......

India-born US judge will decide antitrust case against Google

India-born US district judge Amit Mehta, an Obama appointee, has been assigned the justice department's crucial lawsuit against internet search giant Google. IMAGE: US district judge Amit P Mehta.......

Difference between the super-rich and rest of the world

A recent incident has underscored one more way in which the lives of the super-rich are diverging from the lives of everyone else: The middle class is becoming a matriarchy, while the plutocracy......

Sanjay Gandhi's sugar mill hopes Maneka will revive its fortunes

Sugar is a bitter pill this election season in the country's largest state as mills are bleeding. They owe crores to cane farmers, many of whom haven't been paid for months, reports Arindam......

Twitter's Agrawal latest Indian to head a global giant

With his elevation as the CEO of Twitter, Parag Agrawal, in whom co-founder of the microblogging giant Jack Dorsey has “bone-deep” trust, joins the growing power club of Indian-origin......

The importance of human workers in the smart machine age

'Organisations need to embrace individual human development as a mission critical to organisational competency.' 'There has to be a greater focus on developing people instead of managing people.'......

Still Alice' writer-director Richard Glatzer dies at 63

Richard Glatzer, who co-wrote and directed the Alzheimer's drama Still Alice alongside his husband, Wash Westmoreland, while battling ALS has died in Los Angeles. He was 63. Diagnosed in 2011......

10 AMAZING Stories from Across The World

Aseem Chhabra brings you the Best of the 72nd Berlinale. While the COVID-19 situation in Europe was uncertain, the organisers of Berlinale made the tough decision of physically holding the film......

Waiting for A R Rahman

We asked readers if they had ever met A R Rahman, and we got quite a response. Benedict Princy Peter writes in to say how she and her friends sneaked backstage during a show to meet Rahman. She......

Kapil supports desi Rep nominee for Virginia LG position

IMAGE: Kapil Dev's support is expected to boost Puneet Ahluwalia's campaign in Virginia. Photograph: Puneet Ahluwalia/Twitter Indian cricket legend Kapil Dev has come out in support of Indian......

Australian Open run was no 'fluke', says Collins

IMAGE: Danielle Collins celebrates. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images Danielle Collins's fairytale run at the Australian Open was crushed by the resurgent Petra Kvitova in the semi-finals,......

'Super Sunday' for unseeded Collins and Tiafoe

'Obviously if you guys know anything about me, the story in tennis, I obviously wasn't a normal tennis story' IMAGE: Danielle Collins of the United States plays a forehand. Photograph: Julian......

Defeated Devvarman looks on bright side

Somdev Devvarman was shown the exit door in the second round of the US Open on Thursday but the Indian preferred to look on the bright side of his experience at Flushing Meadows. "It was my fourth......

Somdev qualifies for US Open singles

India's Somdev Devvarman beat Poland's Jerzy Janowicz 6-3, 6-2 in his third and final round of the qualifiers to enter the US Open main draw at Flushing Meadows on Saturday. India's No 1 singles......

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