Scared of wife Michelle, Obama kicks the butt!
New York: US President Barack Obama, arguably the world's most powerful man, is scared of his wife Michelle and has stopped smoking out of fear of the First Lady. In an unguarded moment, an open mic caught Obama telling a UN official that he was able to successfully quit smoking "because I'm scared of my wife." Following a Civil Society Roundtable at the opening day of the UN General Assembly meeting yesterday, an open mic caught the Pr
Ranbir celebrates Diwali at Times Square
New York: Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor along with his parents Rishi and Neetu Kapoor celebrated Diwali at Times Square, New York as a part of promotions for their upcoming film 'Besharam'. Diwali is still more than a month away but Indians here got
Columbia varsity Sikh professor beaten, called 'Osama', 'terrorist'
New York: A Sikh professor at Columbia University has been allegedly attacked by a group of men who called him "Osama" and "terrorist" in an assault which the police is investigating as a hate crime. School of International and Pu
Modi's long shadow creates a rift in Chicago; CPWR withdraws support to Vivekananda birth anniversary celebrations
Chicago: The shadow of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, and his alleged complicity in the 2002 communal riots in his state, has created a controversy here with the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions (CPWR) withdrawing its support
Modi asks NRIs to help BJP win power
Washington: Comparing the upcoming 2014 parliamentary poll to the one in 1977 after the 18-month emergency rule, Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi reached out to Indian diaspora seeking its help to win power.
Several injured in Chicago park shooting
Chicago: Chicago authorities said that 11 people, including a 3-year-old child, were injured when a gunman opened fire on people in a park located in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood. Chicago fire department officials reported that the
Indian American creates quilt depicting US flag
Washington: An Indian American physician has created a unique quilt depicting the US national flag which has the signatures of governors of all 50 American states and former President George W Bush, making it the only 'Stars and Stripes' of its
Modi to woo Indian Americans diaspora via satellite video
Washington: Denied a US visa for years, Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata party's newly-anointed prime ministerial candidate, is all set to woo Indian diaspora via satellite video ahead of the 2014 parliamentary poll. The Gujarat chief minister wil
Three Indian-Americans in US 400 richest
Washington: Three Indian-Americans figure among America's 400 richest people with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates retaining the top spot on the Forbes list for the twentieth straight year, at $72 billion. Up $6 billion from 2012, Gates is once again
