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In a significant move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in New York on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly session as India sought to take part in Tehran, Capital of Iran, with an eye on energy interests and connectivity corridor. Amid fast changing geo-politics and...

President Donald Trump after sharing the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at ‘Howdy Modi!’ event traveled to western Ohio to highlight the United States' investment partnership with Australia ahead of 74th session of United Nations General Assembly. President Trump and Australian prime Minister Scott Morrison visited a recycled paper...

A 19-year-old Pakistani-American man allegedly planned to execute deadly attacks in New York City on behalf of the Islamic State terrorist organization and wanted to motivate others to launch similar offensives, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers said on Friday. Awais Chudhary was charged with attempting to...

Despite tensions prevailing between India and Pakistan over Indian government revoking special status to Jammu and Kashmir, both neighbors have decided to take part in the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Council of Ministers meeting at Foreign Minister level scheduled to be held on the sidelines of...

The first Hindu lawmaker in the United States Congress, Tulsi Gabbard said she will not contest in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election as an independent candidate if she fails to win the Democratic presidential nomination, according to a media report. The 38-year-old Gabbard, an Iraq war veteran who has been...

Just a week after being brutally attacked by a man on the street of Queens in New York, Hindu priest Swami Harish Chander Puri has chosen to resume his temple duties. As the Shravana festivities are around the corner, Swami Harish Chander is carefully examining the preparations at the Shiv...

The top Indian diplomats in the United States expressed their gratitude to authorities for their prompt action following the brutal attacks on Hindu priest in New York City. On Thursday, Swami Harish Chander Puri, priest of the Shiv Shakti Peeth temple in Glen Oaks neighborhood in the easternmost portion of...

Wesley Mathews, the IndianAmerican foster father of three-year-old Sherin Mathews was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for the girl’s death. The girl was found dead in the United States city of Dallas in October 2017, two weeks after her adoptive father Wesley Mathews reported her missing. Wesley Mathews, who...

An autopsy performed on late three-year-Indian toddler Sherin Mathews revealed that maggots had eaten her internal organs when the body reached the morgue, the doctor has told jurors in Dallas, Texas. Wesley Mathews, the IndianAmerican foster father of Sherin, was sentenced to life in prison by a judge in Dallas...

Ahead of International Day of Yoga, India’s Ambassador to the United States Harsh Vardhan Shringla said there has been a significant increase in the popularity of yoga in the United States after the United Nations in 2014 declared June 21 as the International Yoga Day. Addressing hundreds of yoga enthusiasts...