The Federation of Indian Associations (FIA), one of the oldest and the largest organisations of the Indian Diaspora celebrated India's 66th Republic Day in grandeur with its annual show "Dance Pe Chance."...

Aditya Tomar, 41, of Danbury, Connecticut, was one of the six people killed in the Metro North train accident in Valhalla on February 3. He was a vice president at JP Morgan Chase & Co in New York....

Veteran journalist Brian Williams, the popular host of NBC's nightly prime time newscast, has apologised after admitting that he made up the story he told about travelling in a helicopter that was attacked during the 2003 Iraq invasion....
An Indian-origin former financial planner has been charged with 32 counts of Securities Act violations in Canada for advising clients to invest in a $110-million fraudulent scheme operated by a former Vancouver notary, a media report said Thursday. ...
US President Barack Obama Thursday invoked India's example to make a plea for religious freedom and how faith leads people to do good and what's right but that faith also can be twisted to be used as a weapon....
A three-and-half-year-old Indian boy has been refused reunion with his parents -- living in Canada as permanent residents for about two years -- because of a human error and apparently inflexible governmental reading of immigration regulations, a media report said Thursday....
An Indo-Canadian soccer coach has been arrested in the US, and has been charged with seeking sex with a 12-year-old girl who turned out to be an undercover agent, media reported Thursday....

Noting that India and US have built a strong strategic partnership over the last decade, President Barack Obama's nominee for defence secretary has said he would prioritise the steady growth of their relationship. ...
A team of researchers from Columbia University has developed a low-cost smartphone accessory or dongle that can perform a test that simultaneously detects three infectious disease markers from a finger prick of blood in just 15 minutes....
US President Barack Obama has met his country's Muslim leaders to discuss a range of national and foreign policy issues....