New York, March 9: Defence lawyers have asked a New Jersey court to dismiss nine out of 15 criminal counts against Dharun Ravi, a former Indian American student charged with invading the privacy of his gay roommate. New Brunswick New Jersey Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman outright declined to throw out five ...

New York, March 8: Indian American student Dharun Ravi apparently tried to make amends with his estranged roommate after spying his sexual encounter with another man with a webcam, according to text messages revealed in court. Former Rutgers New Jersey State University student Tyler Clementi committed suicide soon after the texts were ...

New York, March 8: An Indian-origin student on trial for spying on his roommate's homosexual tryst, had admitted to investigators that he violated the privacy of his college-mate but did not do so deliberately and later apologised for his actions. The jurors at the trial of Dharun Ravi, 20, were shown a ...

New York, March 8: A US judge's recommendation that an Indian diplomat and her husband, accused of "slavery" by their Indian maid should pay nearly $1.5 million as damages is likely to become the final ruling of the court as no objection has been filed in the case till now. US ...

New York, March 7: A Sikh family in America has received an anonymous letter that threatens to kill its members for being "associates of the Taliban", prompting authorities to launch a probe into it. The letter, addressed to the 'Turban Family', said the family is being closely watched and it should ...

Washington, March 10: President Barack Obama, who with over two dozen appointments has more Indian Americans serving in White House jobs than in any previous administration, has named two more to key posts. While Indore educated Paula Gangopadhyay was named member, National Museum and Library Services Board, Bangalore educated Sonny Ramaswamy was ...

Washington, March 7: Keen to expand trade contacts with India, South Carolina's Indian American governor Nikki Haley has assured Indian companies the required infrastructural assistance to establish themselves in the state. Born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa to Sikh immigrant parents, the first Indian American governor of a US State held out the assurance ...

Washington, March 7: Two days before his death, Indian American student Dharun Ravi's roommate suspecting Ravi had spied on him began closely monitoring Ravi's Twitter account, visiting it 38 times, according to court testimony. Just after 1 a.m. on Sep 21, 2010 Tyler Clementi opened his Sony Vaio laptop to find the ...

New York, March 6: Indian American student Dharun Ravi touted in text messages that "people are having a viewing party" to watch the webcam footage of his roommate being intimate with another man, according to court testimony. Testifying Monday at Ravi's trial in a New Brunswick, New Jersey, one of his high ...

San Francisco, March 6: An Indian- origin scientist is reportedly set to quit Yahoo as the company has embarked on a major restructuring exercise that could result in significant layoffs. Yahoo confirmed that a prominent scientist, Prabhakar Raghavan, who served as the company's head of Labs and head of strategy, would quit ...