Vanita Gupta becomes 1st Indian-American to be US associate attorney general

Prominent Indian-American civil rights lawyer Vanita Gupta has been confirmed by the United States Senate as associate attorney general, making her the first person of colour to occupy the third......

Biden picks Vanita Gupta as associate attorney general

US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday nominated Indian-American Vanita Gupta to be the associate attorney general and roped in Judge Merrick Garland for the position of attorney general. IMAGE:......

In Vanita, US trusts: Desi picked as acting attorney general

'Vanita Gupta is the greatest civil rights lawyer of her generation.' Praise came flying in from all corners after Vanita Gupta is appointed as the acting US Assistant Attorney General for Civil......

FBI thwarts Iranian plot to assassinate Trump; 2 held, 3 charged

The Federal Bureau of Investigations thwarted an Iranian plot to assassinate Donald Trump, the Department of Justice said on Friday as it charged an Iranian national and arrested two American......

Indian IT industry sees red as H-1B visa window gets smaller

The move by Trump is expected to hurt outsourcing companies majors here, such as TCS, Infosys and Wipro, which traditionally have used the H-1B visa programme to send engineers to work on projects......

To skirt liquor ban, Rajasthan renaming state highways to 'urban roads'

SC had ruled liquor shops licenses along national & state highways won't be renewed after March 31 Rajasthan Public Works Department, (PWD) is mulling de-notification of state highways to urban......

US tech industry appeals to Obama to keep hands off encryption

Top US tech companies are warning the Obama administration against imposing new policies that the companies say would weaken increasingly sophisticated encryption systems designed to protect......

Calls to boycott rape-accused cricketer rise in Nepal

IMAGE: Nepal cricket team's former skipper Sandeep Lamichhane has been accused of a sexual assault by a minor. Photograph: BCCI Calls to boycott the events to be organised by the Cricket......

UEFA calls for a quick decision for Platini

‘We strongly call on all instances in the current process...to work very rapidly to ensure that there is a final decision on the merits of the case by, at the latest, mid-November 2015’......

Warner's "football tsunami" warning finally comes true for FIFA

A combination photo shows eight of the nine football officials indicted for corruption charges in these file photos. Photograph: Reuters Almost exactly four years to the day since former FIFA......

Can't micro-manage BCCI functioning: Apex court

The Solicitor General said, "Leadership develops at the grassroots level and it remains in the state association. By the time, his time comes for being elevated to the BCCI; he has to go for a......

FIFA bans Thailand's Makudi for three months

Former FIFA executive committee member Worawi Makudi was banned again on Monday for failing to respect an earlier suspension imposed during an investigation over alleged misconduct, soccer's......