Washington/London, Nov 13 (IANS) US forces have carried out an air strike targeting the Islamic State (IS) group militant “Jihadi John”, with a “high degree of certainty” he was hit, the Pentagon said on Friday….
Washington (PTI): Two US Senators have introduced a bipartisan legislation in the Senate seeking reform of H-1B visa programme and modification of wage requirements. They also called for a sense of urgency against the “abuse…
Washington, Nov 11 (IANS) Indian-American Republican presidential hopeful Bobby Jindal seized the offensive to attack two of his rivals relegated to the undercard debate as “big government conservatives” and suggest that he alone had cut…
Washington, Nov 11 (IANS) Ten US lawmakers including the lone Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera and the only Hindu-American lawmaker Tulsi Gabbard joined “Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and Buddhists across the world” in celebrating Diwali. Bera, Democratic…
Washington, Nov 11 (IANS) Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump accused China and India of taking advantage of the US as the eight top-tier candidates clashed over issues ranging from trade to foreign policy to immigration….
Washington, Nov 11 (IANS) Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi to wish him a happy Diwali, US President Barack Obama has reaffirmed the importance of the US-India partnership in addressing both regional and global issues. (Photo…
Washington, Nov 11 (IANS) US Justice Department said on Tuesday it would ask the Supreme Court to review Monday’s ruling by a federal appeals court against US President Barack Obama’s immigration executive action. A ruling…
Washington, Nov 10 (IANS) US President Barack Obama is to attend the upcoming UN conference in Paris aimed at sealing a global climate agreement, the White House has said. Obama will only be attending on…
Washington, Nov 10 (IANS) Bihar’s electorate has sent Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a message: “Put an end to hatemongering”, said the influential New York Times on Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS)…
New York, Nov 7 (IANS) A “large scale” sexting scandal involving hundreds of students and their explicit photos – some of as young as eighth-graders – at a US high school has left parents outraged…
Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) The US introduced new airport security measures as a result of the ongoing investigation into the last week’s Russian airliner tragedy on Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, the country’s Homeland Security Secretary Jeh…
Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) US President Barack Obama denied Canadian energy infrastructure company a cross-border permit for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, a proposed project harshly criticised by environmental groups. Obama on Friday said…
Washington, Nov 6 (IANS) Indian-American comedian, actor and best-selling author Aziz Ansari mocked long shot Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.Assuming the Louisiana Governor’s hair and speech patterns,…
Washington, Nov 5 (IANS) More than 30 members of US Congress joined about 1,000 people at the annual Diwali event on Capitol Hill, the seat of US legislature, to celebrate the accomplishments of the Indian…
Washington, Nov 4 (IANS) Undeterred by new polls that saw neurosurgeon Ben Carson overtaking him, real estate mogul Donald Trump asked some of his low polling rivals for the Republican presidential nomination to drop out….
Washington, Nov 3 (IANS) Retired US neurosurgeon Ben Carson has surged ahead of billionaire businessman Donald Trump to become the leader among Republican presidential candidates, according to a latest national poll released on Tuesday. Carson…
Washington, Nov 3 (IANS) Suggesting that India has a sizeable nuclear weapons effort, a US think tank estimated India’s nuclear arsenal at around 75-125 weapons made from weapon-grade plutonium and perhaps some thermonuclear weapons. “India…
Washington, Nov 3 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has signed into law a two-year budget bill that averts a default on the government’s debt and a potential government shutdown. “By locking in two years of…
Washington, Nov 1 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry has extended the “deepest condolences” to Russia over the crash of a Russian passenger plane in Egypt, which killed 224 people onboard. Kerry spoke to…