Curbs on religious freedom among rights problems in India: US
Washington (PTI): Restrictions on foreign-funded NGOs and religious freedom along with corruption and police and security force abuses are among the most significant human rights problems in India,...
View ArticleIndian-origin businessman shot dead in US
New York (PTI): A 43-year-old Indian-origin store owner in the US has been shot dead outside his home, just days after an Indian engineer was killed in Kansas in a hate crime shooting that had sent...
View ArticleBipartisan H1B, L1 visa reform bill introduced in US Congress
Washington (PTI): A bipartisan group of four US lawmakers, including Indian-American Ro Khanna, today introduced a legislation in the Congress to reform the current H-1B and L1 work visas and end its...
View ArticleTrump administration has very positive view of Indo-US ties: Jaishankar
Washington (PTI): The Trump Administration has a “very positive view” of the Indo-US relationship and a lot of interest in taking the ties forward, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said today after his...
View ArticleSikh shot in Washington state by man yelling ‘go back to your own country’
New York (PTI): A 39-year-old Sikh man in the US has been shot outside his home by a partially-masked gunman who shouted “go back to your own country”, in a suspected hate crime that comes just days...
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Attacks on Indian-Americans ‘very sensitive issue’: Pradhan
Boston (PTI): Terming a series of recent attacks on the Indian-Americans as “very sensitive issue”, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan has said that the whole world is...
View ArticleIndian-American man found dead in US
New York (PTI): A 29-year-old Indian-American man was found dead in the US state of New Jersey, an incident which the family has described as a “personal issue”. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj...
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FBI joins Washington state shooting probe, Congressman Bera says hate crimes...
Ami Bera Washington (PTI): Indian American Congressman Ami Bera has condemned the shooting of an Indian-origin Sikh man in Kent, Washington state, saying crime motivated by hate are on the rise even...
View ArticleNo wiretapping activity against Trump, says ex-intel chief
Washington (PTI): A former top American spymaster has denied allegations that there was any kind of wiretapping activities against Donald Trump at the Trump Towers when he was in the run-up to US...
View ArticleUS issues travel advisory to citizens for Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan
Washington (PTI): The US on Monday issued a travel warning for its citizens visiting Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, and said extremist elements are also “active” in India. “The US government...
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