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Indian-American wins Democratic Congressional primary for Illinois

Indian-American Raja Krishnamoorthi, who was an adviser in President Barack Obama's 2008 poll campaign, has registered a big win in the Democratic Congressional primary in the US state of Illinois......

Indian Americans students to intern at Capitol Hill

A Chicago-based Indian American organisation has announced a Capitol Hill internship programme for two students of Indian origin, which will give them an opportunity to work with the United States......

Indian-American docs pitch for Murthy's confirmation as surgeon general

An influential group of Indian American doctors has campaigned at the Capitol Hill for Dr Vivek Murthy, who has been nominated by President Barack Obama for the post of surgeon general of the......

New Zealand mosque shooter sentenced to life without parole

New Zealand mosque shooter Brenton Tarrant on Thursday was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the massacre of 51 Muslim worshippers. IMAGE: Brenton Tarrant, the gunman who shot and......

Release Pak girl charged with blasphemy, Zardari urged

A bipartisan group of six American Senators has written a letter to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, asking him to address the growing religious intolerance in his country and release the minor......

US-India trade policy forum postponed till later this year

US Trade Representative Ron Kirk has postponed his scheduled trip to India this week for the crucial eighth round of the US-India Trade Policy Forum in New Delhi."While considerable progress on......

Visa fee hike: US keen to calm India's nerves

The US is in touch with India to address its concerns over the hike in H1-B and L1 visa fee, which would adversely affect Indian IT companies, a senior administration official has said. "We are in......

Reliance stops gasoline supply to Iran

Reliance Industries, the largest private company in the country, has decided to stop gasoline supplies to Iran after fulfilling all contractual obligations. This follows a letter written by eight......

Films, books that inspire corporate head honchos

What do A-listers like to read, watch or listen to? And who are the people they admire? Here is a list -- IMAGE: The poster of the film Taare Zameen Par. The film is one of the favourites of Amit......

Riches-to-rags billionaires

Billionaires fall from golden perches for many reasons, from an inability to recognize underlying weaknesses in their industries to failing to diversify their holdings once they reached the top.......

How the Oscars bamboozled us

For a while there, we almost believed it. With dozens of first-time nominees-- several not old enough to drink-- and truly edgy films competing for the top prizes, not to mention two very pretty......

Brad Pitt shifts next to Jolie

Brad Pitt has bought apad in an Englishvillage next to Angelina Jolie's mansion.Jolieandher adoptedson Maddox haveamansioninFulmer, Buckinghamshire, where she and Brad have been spotted......

Satriani coming to India?

Guitar lovers, hold your breath. It's not confirmed yet as to where and when, but the buzz points quite strongly in the direction of yet another riffing legend hitting Indian shores.After John......

Zeta-Jones confronts stalker

Actor Michael Douglas told a California court on Wednesday how 'very graphic' letters and telephone death threats received by his wife, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, left her 'hysterical and......

Oscars Winners at a Glance: The Artist wins 5 awards

The 84th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold:Best Picture The ArtistThe DescendantsExtremely Loud & Incredibly CloseThe HelpHugoMidnight......

PIX: West Indies have England reeling in final Test

PHOTOS from Day 1 of the third and final Test between England and the West Indies at Edgbaston on Friday. SCORECARD IMAGE: West Indies pacer Alzarri Joseph celebrates with teammates after......

PIX: England grab lead; on course for clean sweep

IMAGE: West Indies opener Mikyle Louis loses his balance as he keeps out the yorker from England's Mark Wood during Day 2 of the third and final Test in Birmingham, on Saturday. Photograph: Andrew......

2nd Test PIX: England win series as Windies collapse

PHOTOS from the second Test between England and West Indies at Trent Bridge on Sunday IMAGE: Shoaib Bashir was on fire, weaving his magic spell and taking 3 wickets for just 8 runs in a miserly......

2nd Test PHOTOS: Hodge, Athanaze lead Windies revival

Images from Day 2 of the second Test between England and the West Indies, at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on Friday. SCORECARD IMAGE: Jason Holder applauds as his West Indies teammate Kavem Hodge......

PICS: India wrest control after quick strikes from WI bowlers

Images from Day 1 of the second Test between India and the West Indies, at Queen’s Park Oval, in Port of Spain, on Thursday. SCORECARD IMAGE: Virat Kohli was unbeaten on a solid 87 at......

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