A student from Hyderabad studying in North Carolina University in the US committed suicide after scoring low marks in exams, according to information reaching his family here....
Upset Hindus have urged for the immediate withdrawal of yoga pants carrying image of Lord Ganesha sold by a New York City headquartered designer yoga and activewear firm Nóli Yoga Clothing, calling it inappropriate. ...

Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) will be merged with her ministry....
An Indian-origin man has been appointed as the top law enforcement officer of Bergen county in the US state of New Jersey, a media report said....
The death of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed has left a huge void in the nation and in Jammu and Kashmir, President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed's contribution as a humanist will forever be remembered and his death is a great loss to the...
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said he will attend the last rites of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed in Srinagar....

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, who died in a Delhi hospital on Thursday morning just four days shy of his 80th birthday, was a shrewd negotiator and undoubtedly one of the last mainstream leaders in Kashmir. ...
The 69-year-old has not enjoyed achieving senior citizen status and would rather have his youth than the wisdom that comes with age, even though he accepts he is more wise these days, reports deadline.com....

The new year saw a local American-Indian from the township of Franklin, in Somerset County, Central New Jersey, make it to the political table for the third time. Rajiv Prasad was sworn in as Councilman-at-large for a third election term by Senator Cory Booker....
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will be delivering the rebuttal to President Obama’s last State of the Union address Jan. 12, the Republican Party announced Jan. 5....