No Muslim parking signs causes outrage in US
Houston: Signs banning Muslims from using a shopping centre's parking lot mysteriously appeared this week in a city of the southern US state of Texas, generating massive outrage.
The posters, which read "No Muslim parking in the Westview Shopping Center," were seen in recent days outside the mall, which sits across the street from a mosque, a local television station reported. Some speculated that the signs were put up to avoid l
US to sell 145 state-of-the-art Howitzers to India
Washington: The United States has decided to sell 145 state-of-the-art 155mm towed Howitzers to India worth about $885 million to improve the security of "an important partner" for political stability, peace, and economic progress in South
Obamas spice up cuisine front with Indian dining on his birthday
Washington: President Barack Obama and wife Michelle chose Rasika, an Indian restaurant owned by a New Delhi born restaurateur that's a favourite haunt of power diners, to celebrate his birthday. Obama, who turned 52 on Sunday, had spent his birthday
US pulls out diplomats from Lahore
Washington: The US has evacuated most of its diplomats from Lahore in response to a terrorist threat against the US consulate, said senior State Department and other senior US officials. The officials were not authorised to discuss the order by name
Snowden was following the path of Mahatma Gandhi: US lawmaker
Washington: A senior US Congressman and prominent civil rights leader has compared National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden to Mahatma Gandhi, saying civil disobedience was the common link between the two men.
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Sun's magnetic field on the brink of 180-degree flip
Washington: The Sun's magnetic field is expected to flip by 180-degrees in the next three to four months which could lead to changes in climate, storms and even disrupt satellites, scientists have warned. The Sun's magnetic field changes polarit
A $5mn boost for India studies in US
Washington: A $5 million gift to the India studies centre at a New York University is set to make it one of the pre-eminent resource centres for the study of Indian culture and civilisation in the US. The donations make the Centre for India Studies i
Indian-origin ex-Microsoft manager charged with rape
Washington: An Indian-origin former programming manager at Microsoft's corporate headquarters has been charged with raping a female janitor at his office. Vineet Kumar Srivastava (36), allegedly called the woman into his Redmond, Washington, office l
Sikhs in US remember Oak Creek shooting victims with candlelight vigil
Oak Creek: Sikhs in America observed the first anniversary of the Oak Creek shooting rampage with a candlelight vigil in a field next to the parking lot where two of the six victims died. The vigil brings to a close a weekend of events honouring the
