58-year-old Indian-American woman dragged to death
Boston: In a tragic incident, a 58-year-old Indian-American woman was killed when a youth struck her with a pickup vehicle and dragged her for nearly five kilometres after an altercation at a motel, police said. Kanchanben Patel and her husband, who worked at the motel, were hit by the youth who had an altercation with them about illegal use of a room. Moses Acloque, 22, hit Kanchanben with his pickup truck and dragged her for three miles, killin
Next Google can come from India: Schmidt
New York: India's entrepreneurial innovators have the potential to build the "next Google" if the country "plays its cards right" and ensures Internet access for millions of its citizens, Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt h
India seeks Congressional help over immigration bill
Washington: India has sought Congressional help in addressing its concerns over certain alleged discriminatory provisions of the comprehensive immigration bill, which if passed into law would adversely impact Indian IT companies. “One of the
Sikh man to get US$50,000 compensation in religious discrimination case
New Jersey: A New Jersey car dealership will pay monetary compensation to a Sikh man to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by him which alleged that he was not hired by the dealership because he maintains a beard. Gurpreet Kherha had f
Ronaldo's hat-trick sends Portugal to World Cup
Stockholm: The irrepressible Cristiano Ronaldo scored a dazzling hat trick to send Portugal into the 2014 World Cup finals at the expense of Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s Sweden on Tuesday, while France advanced by conjuring a remarkable turnaround agai
Resolution calls on US govt to continue denying visa to Modi
Washington: A bipartisan Congressional resolution has been introduced in the House of Representatives calling on the US government to continue the policy of denying a visa to BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on the grounds of religious
Nirupama Rao named visiting fellow at Brown University
Washington: Nirupama Rao, the former Indian Ambassador to the US, has been named as the 'Meera and Vikram Gandhi Fellow' with the Brown-India initiative at the Watson Institute for International Studies. Rao, who till early this month was India's top
Indian-origin Kshama Sawant elected to Seattle City Council
Washington: Kshama Sawant, a Pune-born young Indian-American activist-academic, has become the first socialist to be elected to a public office in the US, with a narrow victory in the Seattle city council election over the 16-year Democratic incumben
Indian-origin man dies serving time in Canada jail
Toronto: An Indian origin man, who was serving time in jail for killing his wife and business partner for insurance claims in Canada, has died at a hospital. Sukhwinder Singh Dhillon of Hamilton city in the Canadian province of Ontario, who was servi
