Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met a group of people complaining about what they said were atrocities by police in Gujarat during the anti-reservation agitation and asking for a changeover to a system of reservations based on economic status....
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President Barack Obama is naming three Indian Americans to an advisory council on faith-based and neighbourhood partnerships that brings together religious and secular leaders as well as scholars and experts in their fields. ...
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Reality TV star Kim Kardashian said that Pope Francis is 'dope' causing outrage in Argentina....
An associate of India-born Punjabi singer K.S. Makhan was sentenced to six years in jail for attempting to smuggle heroin into Canada from India, a media report said....
An Indian businessman in the US has been charged with planning a robbery of his own establishment by soliciting help from another man in exchange for $1,500, a media report said....
The first Indian prime minister to visit the West Coast of the United States in over 30 years, Modi will also use the two-day visit here to get support for two other pet initiatives - "Startup India", under which he wants to promote entrepreneurship, and renewable energy....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi capped off a day of economic diplomacy with a dinner for 42 business leaders of the "$4.5 trillion club", showing off the achievements of his 15 months in office as he made pitches for investments in India....
Climate change will be a key focus of President Barack Obama's summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officials said as US looks at India as critical to a successful global effort to combat climate change....
