25 Indian students asked to leave US varsity: Report

At least 25 of a total 60 Indian graduate students at Western Kentucky University have been asked to leave their computer science programme after the first semester as they do not meet its......

Firms formed to siphon off 'unlawful resources' of Jaya: Court

As many as 18 firms were formed in the 1991-96 period only with a view to siphoning off the "unlawful resources" accumulated by then chief minister Jayalalithaa, the special court in the......

US: Missing 22-year-old Indian origin girl found dead

The body of Jasmine Joseph, 22, who went missing from her Syosset, Long Island, New York home since February 24, was found in her car at a busy parking lot not far from her home. The family later......

No court relief for Indian held in synagogue bombing case in US

On Tuesday, the trial of Aakash Dalal commenced in a US court for allegedly masterminding a synagogue bombing plot in New Jersey. Arthur J Pais reports on the proceedings. With his teary parents......

Yahoo's Mayer gets flak for more rigorous hiring

Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer was asked at an all-staff meeting several weeks ago whether her rigorous hiring practices had caused the company to miss out on top engineering talent in......

India not yet ready to take US to WTO: Sharma

Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has said India will not "rush to" the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the "regressive" steps taken by the US recently, which include an increase in......

Visa fee hike: US senators seek 6-year extension

Two United States senators have sought modifications in a 9/11 compensation-related bill, seeking to extend the increase in hike on H-1B and L1 visa fees for another six years and impose excise on......

Assembling US product = new jobs in India

USon Saturdaysaid several new jobs could be generated in India by the proposed assembling of American products in the country, while contending that New Delhi was not singled out in its decision to......

Athletics's best-known couple looking for double gold in Rio

‘We are so focussed on what we are doing that we don't now pay that much attention to it really’ IMAGE: Brianne Theisen Eaton celebrates with her husband US Olympian Ashton Eaton.......

Indian origin model in Sports Ilustrated

Sonia Dara, a Harvard University student, has become the first Indian-American model to be featured in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue. Dara is not only the first model of Indian-origin but......