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NY Pakistanis poorer, less literate

New York City's Pakistani Americans tended to experience greater poverty, earn less, speak less English and live in larger households than city residents as a whole,according toa 2000 census......

New York, New Jersey see drop in COVID-19 deaths

A total of 337 people died of the coronavirus in New York on Monday, state Governor Andrew Cuomo has said, the lowest number of fatalities in almost a month in America's COVID-19 epicentre. IMAGE:......

'Toll on Mumbai trans-harbour bridge should be Rs 500, not Rs 250'

'You need to have enough funds to maintain the primacy of public transport and it should not suffer because of lack of funds.' IMAGE: The Atal Setu. Photographs: Sahil Salvi Prime Minister......

Antony thanks Indian Americans for help in N-deal

Defence Minister A K Antony, on his maiden visit to the United States, lauded the Indian American community for their sustained activism and lobbying on behalf of the India-US civilian nuclear......

'She peed herself': Air India 'urination' accused makes U-turn

In a surprise U-turn, Shankar Mishra, the man accused of urinating on an elderly woman co-passenger on an Air India flight, told a Delhi court on Friday he did not commit the offensive act and that......

Amazing images reveal old charm of New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the centre of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. The city is referred to as New......

New York has the highest demand of H1-B visas

The New York metropolitan area has the highest demand of H1-B visas, followed by Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and Washington, a new report on geographical distribution of this most sought......

Citigroup plans to scale back US operations

Citigroup plans to scale back its US branch network to six major metropolitan cities, including New York and Washington, and also limit its lending to affluent customers, says a media report.......

Inside New York's stunning subway station

Image: People walk through the newly opened Fulton Center train station in lower Manhattan, New York. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters New York raised the curtain on its new $1.4 billion......

'H-1B visa system is broken, needs to be fixed'

With the announcement that both the 65,000 and 20,000 H-1B visa caps for fiscal year 2016 have been reached, a top business body in the US has made a renewed call for Congress to fix the......

How a desi is making waves at MoMA

'We'll certainly have Hollywood productions, so why wouldn't we have Bollywood?'Indira Kannan reports. IMAGE: Members of the 69th Berlin film festival's international jury arrive for the awards......

'It's very difficult directing a daughter'

'I was a very late child of my father. I was suddenly a little toy, who appeared from nowhere. Everybody experimented.' 'I don't know why I took up dancing. I think I wanted to find one more excuse......

Patrick McEnroe feeling fine after mild case of coronavirus

'I'm an example of someone that has been able to fight through it and I'm doing absolutely fine.' IMAGE: Patrick McEnroe, younger brother of seven-times Grand Slam champion John, said he had been......