Death toll from Tuesday's plane crash in Ohio has risen to nine, authorities confirmed on Wednesday, as they scrambled to recover victims' bodies and sift through the plane wreckage....
Indian-American Republican presidential hopeful Bobby Jindal seized the offensive to attack two of his rivals relegated to the undercard debate as "big government conservatives" and suggest that he alone had cut government spending....
Prominent NRIs based in Britain have welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-day visit to that country beginning Thursday, a statement issued here said on Wednesday....

Ten US lawmakers including the lone Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera and the only Hindu-American lawmaker Tulsi Gabbard joined "Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and Buddhists across the world" in celebrating Diwali....
A White House readout of the call on Tuesday said Obama spoke to Modi by phone "to review joint efforts on key areas of bilateral cooperation and to preview global issues ahead of the upcoming G-20 summit, East Asia Summit, and Paris Climate Conference."...

The Indian American Kerala Cultural and Civic Center honored six Indian American Malayalees for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the larger society during the Kerala Center's 23rd Annual Awards Banquet on Saturday, November 7th, 2015 at World’s Fair Marina in Flushing, Queens, New York. ...
The Indian-American diaspora among the top ten percent earners in the US has the capacity to give to India at levels that could dwarf official US development aid there, according to a new report....
Post the BJP's debacle in the Bihar assembly elections, the overseas unit of the Congress has said the interaction between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the British Indian diaspora scheduled at the Wembley Stadium in London on Friday would be an interference in the internal affairs of India....
Singer Miley Cyrus licked a piano, which was then put up for auction and went on to sell for $50,000...
The US dollar fell against other major currencies as investors took profit on the greenback's rally in the previous session on strong job gains....