Washington, May 6: Reshma Saujani, the first Indian-American woman to run for the US Congress, now as a change agent wants to create opportunities for immigrants who have made New York City their home. Although Saujani, a lawyer, politician and entrepreneur, lost her 2010 ambitious run against Democrat Carolyn Mahoney, a nine ...

Washington: A record number of Indian Americans - at least 12 - are in the fray for the November 2012 polls vying for a place in the House of Representative, reflecting the serious effort of the fastest growing ethnic community in the US to politically empower itself. Cutting across party lines, ...

Washington, May 6: The Indian-American community has come out in strong support of US President Barack Obama, who kicked off his re-election campaign with two rallies in Ohio and Virginia, with an overwhelming 85 per cent of them favouring a second term for him. About 85 per cent of the Indian-Americans support ...

Kolkata, May 7: Stressing that all those involved in the 2008 Mumbai attack be brought to justice, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday accused Pakistan of not taking "steps which India and US have been repeatedly" requesting in this regard. "You have to go after those who are trying to kill ...

Kolkata, May 7: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday said countries like India were being pressurised to reduce their oil imports from Iran to make Tehran change its nuclear policy. "We knew that Iran's continuing development of nuclear programme would be very destabilising for the region because there would be an ...

Kolkata, May 7: Calling nuclear-armed Iran a principal threat to the world, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday said proliferation of nuclear weapons is one of the biggest problems in the world. "The proliferation of nuclear weapons is one of the biggest problems the world is facing. It's not only one ...

Kolkata, May 5: As US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets West Bengal's first woman Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday, discussions on foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail and India-Bangladesh ties are expected to be high on the agenda. Clinton arrives for her second ever visit to Kolkata Sunday. She will meet ...

Indian American journalist MANU RAJU was named the winner of the Merriman Smith Award for Excellence in Presidential Coverage along with three of his colleagues. In this interview to AMIT GUIN, he shares his experience being a Congressional reporter and many other things How important is the Merriman Smith Award for Excellence ...

Washington, May 5: As the guessing game begins about presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's running mate, two Indian-American governors, Nikki Haley and Bobby Jindal, figure among the many names being tossed around. Like every other potential candidate, South Carolina governor Haley and Louisiana governor Jindal have said "they don't want the ...

New York, May 5: An Indian-origin student, who was found guilty of bias intimidation for spying on his gay roommate's sexual encounter, has asked a judge to grant him probation instead of a prison sentence, even as letters of support from his friends and family were submitted in court. Dharun Ravi, 20, ...