Police see Wisconsin Gurdwara Shooting as Domestic Terrorist Incident

Anna, Ramdev, VK Singh: The Million Mutinies in India

It’s the new battle between the have and the have-nots with a twist. India is getting ready for a revolution.

Goodbye Hotmail, Hello Outlook

Microsoft is renaming its vintage Hotmail email service as Outlook.com. Hotmail was still the world's largest email service with 324 million users (about 36 per cent of the market) but had been losing its market to Google's fast-growing Gmail.

Why India Sucks for the Elderly

The elderly in India, as it has been extensively reported in mainstream media, live far from a peachy life. From depression to truant children, the aged in India are a lot, whose reality is nothing like what they show you in insurance and health drink ads.

Modi as India’s Ambassador, and the Future of Diplomacy

Analysts in India have tended to view the recent visit to Japan of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi through a narrow political prism. They see it as an image-building exercise conjured up by Modi’s slick PR machinery to project him on the international stage and appear, well, Prime Ministerial.

Jobless Generation Puts Brakes on US

Youth unemployment has reached crisis levels around the world, with almost 13 per cent of the global youth labour force out of work this year, according to the International Labour Organisation.

Foreign Media on India's Two Blackouts

About 600 million people lost power in India on Tuesday when the country's northern and eastern electricity grids failed, crippling the country for a second consecutive day.

World's Biggest-ever Blackouts.

The collapse has left more than half of the country or 600 million people without power.

A Hideaway for India's Rebel Couples

Indian couples that have angered their families by pursuing "forbidden" relationships are increasingly seeking refuge in special shelters run by the police.

Titanic Menu Sold for 46,000 Pounds

The menu of the first dinner served to the first-class passengers of the ill-fated liner Titanic on April 10, 1912 has been sold for 46,000 pounds at an auction.

India's Shopping Malls Lose Bustle as Economy Cools

Asia's third-largest economy is growing at its slowest pace in nine years and sluggish consumer spending is forcing mall developers to scale back plans.

For Indian Women in America, a Sea of Broken Dreams

To truly come to grips with the intensity of the problem faced by individuals trapped in the H-4 visa quagmire, a glimpse into the corrosive nature of the visa’s work restrictions is useful.

On the H-4, a Trail of Misery and Lonely Battles

Deprived of work and education opportunities, spouses of U.S. work visa holders often find themselves descending into ill health and low self-esteem

Tulsi Gabbard: First Hindu in Race for US House

Tulsi Gabbard, who trailed behind her nearest rival by over 40 points a few months ago in the race for the Congressional seat from Honolulu, has now taken a narrow but crucial lead of five points in the latest polls, brightening prospects for the first Hindu to be elected to the US House of Representatives.

Worst Blackout in Decade Leaves 300m wWthout Power

A massive grid failure in Delhi and much of northern India left more than 300 million people without electricity on Monday in one of the worst blackouts to hit the country in more than a decade.

Apple vs Samsung: What the Big Fight is all About

Apple-Samsung are set for a showing in one of the most watched patent trials today in San Jose, California. The trial could decide the future of the smartphone and tablet industry as Apple has accused Samsung of slavishly copying the design of its prized iPad and iPhone.

As Tensions in India Turn Deadly, Some Say Officials Ignored Warning Signs

There is a numbing familiarity to the riots that struck the eastern Indian state of Assam this month, leaving 48 dead and 400,000 people homeless. The violence had been building for months and even years — thousands of years.

Bowel to Bowl

Fancy eating out at a toilet restaurant? Bizarre and unappetising as it may sound The Modern Toilet Restaurant in Taiwan has become a rage with locals as well as tourists.

US Varsity Launches Undergraduate Certificate in India Studies

One of America's top research institutions, the University of South Florida's World Centre for India Studies, is introducing an undergraduate certificate in India studies beginning end-August.

Indian IT Companies Step up Hiring in US

The pace at which Indian IT will expand its direct presence in the US with local hires looks certain to accelerate rapidly.

Night Shifts can Raise Risk of Heart Attack by 40 PC

Night shift workers are at the highest risk of heart attacks and strokes because of their unhealthy eating and sleeping habits, a new research has claimed.

Infosys May Freeze New Campus Hiring

Infosys may not visit campuses to hire engineering graduates in the second half of this year according to a report by global brokerage firm Morgan Stanley.

Indian IT Firms Supported 280000 Jobs in US Last Year

Indian IT companies supported as many as 2.8 lakh jobs in America last year amid a gloomy employment scenario in the US and have invested a whopping over five billion dollars in FDI through acquisitions and green-field projects, according to India's top envoy in Washington

With MBA from US, Indians Return to do Business at Home

More and more Indians graduating from top global business schools, including Wharton, Harvard and Stanford, are spurning traditional job offers in favour of starting up new business ventures back home.

The Poor Anna Genie Doesn’t Work any More

In less than a year, the same old Anna with an attempted Gandhi visage, is a lonely man again. This time, for a change, it’s not stage-managed.

Investigators Seize Antiquities Thought Stolen from India

The Manhattan District Attorney’s office issued an arrest warrant for the dealer, Subhash Kapoor, on charges of possessing stolen property. Mr. Kapoor owns a gallery on the Upper East Side known as Art of the Past that advertises its role in providing antiquities to several of the world’s major museums.

Amitabh Bachchan Carries Olympic Torch in London

Amid loud cheers from hundreds of his fans, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Thusday carried the Olympic torch at Southwark here, a day before the opening ceremony of the sporting spectacle.

Australia Issues Travel Advisory for Northeastern States

Australia has issued a travel advisory asking its citizens to reconsider their travel plans to India's Northeastern states of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura.

Chennai's Victorian Rules for the Young

Chennai does not need khap panchayats or Shri Ram Sene to keep boys and girls apart. It has a well-oiled suffocating Victorian prudishness that works quite well even in an institution like the IIT.

The Invisible Assam Riots: When Cameras Looked Away

The mainstream media’s slow response to the Assam riots created an information vacuum that the social media networks, with all their faults, filled to capacity.

Olympics: Apology for N Korea in Wrong Flag Row

Olympic organisers have apologised to North Korean athletes whose images were shown next to the South Korean flag.

Nalanda - World's Oldest University Recreated

Nalanda in Bihar, a renowned seat of learning and excellence 800 years ago, will soon stand tall again - this time as a truly international university.

Time Stops on Kolkata's Sudder Street

It's not just another bylane of Kolkata. Sudder Street is known to break down barriers betweeen foreigners and locals making it one of the most-loved hangouts for tourists in Kolkata.

Oprah Winfrey Attacked for Ignorant India Special

Oprah Winfrey has been criticised after the broadcast of a two-part TV special about her trip to India in January.

Sex Comedy in B-town: Audiences Ready, Censors Alert

Sex and comedy sells well in Bollywood. And together, they can make for a hit recipe. But while audiences are ready to sample and savour the genre, sex comedies are few and far in India, given the censors' wariness of them

Four Young Indian-American Scientists Honoured by Obama

Four Indian-American researchers figure among 96 named by President Barack Obama as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest US honour for young professionals.

Close-Up: Mumbai's Street Ear Cleaners

The country's streets are home to a thriving economy, hard to measure because it is informal, but unquestionably large.

The Myth of the Physically Unfit Indian

Is it any surprise that Indians appear to be more physically fit than their counterparts in more prosperous parts of the world?

India US Raises Arms Sales Pitch to India to Contain China

After describing India as "a linchpin" in its new strategic policy to "re-balance" military forces towards Asia-Pacific, in what is seen by many to be an unfolding grand design to "contain" China, the US is now cranking up its arms sales pitch to New Delhi.

Americans Don’t Understand Cricket, but Like if India, Pak Play

We’re for cricket. We don’t understand it, but we like it,”