Krittika Biswas lawsuit will not be dismissed: US court
New York: A US federal judge here has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed against New York City and police officials by an Indian diplomat's daughter, who is seeking USD 1.5 million in damages for being jailed for a day on suspicion of sending obscene emails to her teacher. US District Court Judge John Koeltl of the Southern District of New York ruled in a 78-page order that the case filed by Krittika Biswas will not be dismissed in its entirety a
Indian extradited to US may face 25 years in jail on charges of raping teenage girl
New York: A 32-year-old Indian has been extradited to the US to face charges in the 2009 rape of a teenage girl as she walked to her school. Amit Singh was extradited to the US from India last week and has been arraigned on a grand jury indictment ch
US shutdown starts, 1 million workers on unpaid leave
Washington: The US government began a partial shutdown on Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, potentially putting up to 1 million workers on unpaid leave, closing national parks, museums, government buildings and stalling medical research project
US shutdown looms as Congress squabbles over budget
Washington: The US government is staring at the possibility of a partial shutdown that may disrupt all but essential services as a deeply polarised Congress has failed to strike a deal on a new federal budget, media reported on Monday. If the Democra
Plan to get 100 Indian firms under 'Healthy Workplaces'
New York: An effort to get 100 Indian companies under the category of "Healthy Workplaces" by 2016 was announced by a global health non-profit organisation to prevent the spread of non communicable diseases. Committed towards changing
Srinivasan sworn in as judge of top US court
Washington: Trailblazer Sri Srinivasan was on Friday sworn in as judge of the second most powerful court of the United States, making him the first Indian-American to be on the bench of the US Courts of Appeal for the District of Columbia Circuit. Ch
Manmohan flags India's concerns over US immigration law changes
New York: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has told US President Barack Obama that certain aspects of the proposed changes in the American immigration laws will hit Indian IT professionals, eliciting a promise from the US that concerns will be loo
Obama extends 'rarest of rare gesture' for Manmohan
Washington: In a rarest of the rare gesture, US President Barack Obama personally walked down to the White House portico to see off Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after a meeting with him at the Oval Office. Those familiar with the strict White H
SFJ lawsuit welcomes Manmohan in US, court issues summons against Singh
Washington: As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives here on a four-day visit, a Sikh rights group has secured summons against him from a US court in connection with the alleged human rights violations in the counter-insurgency operations in Punjab i
