White House officials meet Sikhs ahead of Modi's visit and assure...

White House officials have met a group of Sikh activists to assure them that the US government is committed to protecting Americans from any acts of transnational aggression on its soil, a......

Indian accused of Pannun murder plot facing rights violations: Lawyer

Indian national Nikhil Gupta, charged by federal prosecutors in a murder-for-hire plot to kill a Khalistani separatist on American soil, is being subjected to human rights violations, including......

Plot to kill Pannun: US objects to providing 'proof' to Nikhil Gupta

The United States government has objected to providing defence materials to Indian national Nikhil Gupta, detained in a Czech prison on murder-for-hire charges in a foiled assassination attempt on......

Trump picks anti-vaccine activist as health secretary

United States President-elect Donald Trump announced his decision to nominate former Democratic presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr. as his Secretary of Health and Human Services. The......

Infosys again faces legal action for age and gender discrimination in US

Infosys Technologies is being sued again by a former senior employee for discrimination on the basis of age, gender and ethnicity while hiring in the US. Photograph: Vivek Prakash/Reuters The......

Rajaratnam to pay $ 92 million as penalty in insider trading

A US judge has ordered disgraced billionaire Raj Rajaratnam to pay over USD 92 million as penalty in the insider trading case filed against him by the US financial regulator, saying the "huge and......

Cairn arbitration: Govt confirms French court order against Indian assets

The government on Tuesday confirmed that a French court has ordered the freezing of certain Indian assets in Paris on a petition by Britain's Cairn Energy, which is seeking to recover $1.72 billion......

Saudi co files bribery case against Lucent

US telecom-equipment maker Lucent Technologies faces bribery allegations in a giant Saudi telecom project, according to a lawsuit filed in a district court in the southern district of New York by......

This video game featuring tattoos of NBA stars sparks lawsuit

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over its depiction of tattoos belonging to National Basketball Association stars LeBron James and Kobe Bryant in......

US charges Honduran football club chief with laundering drug money

Players of Club Deportivo Marathon during training session. Photograph: Facebook The president of a top Honduras football club and two family members were charged by US authorities on Wednesday......

NBA sues players' union over labour dispute

The National Basketball Association filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the players' union seeking a ruling that the lockout of players does not violate antitrust laws. The NBA said the lawsuit,......

Sports Shorts: Singer Underwood, NFL sued

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Carrie Underwood has performed theme songs for "Sunday Night Football" since 2013. Photograph: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty......