By NIMMI RAGHUNATHAN
LOS ANGELES, CA - Just days after Gannett Newspapers and rival Gatehouse Media (the two largest print media empires in the U.S.) announced plans to merge their operations together, the top executives of India-West and India Journal met and also decided that it was time to...

WASHINGTON,D.C. - Amidst a huge gathering, Dr. Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji of Mysore, India performed ‘Raga Maya Raga Sagara,’ a meditation and healing concert at the John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts here on July 6. At the concert, Swami Chidatmananda of Chinmaya Mission offered a garland to Swamiji.  Special invitees, Ambassador P K Kapur, 

WASHINGTON - Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook are set to face two US House hearings on anti-trust issues and Facebook's planned cryptocurrency Libra. On Tuesday, the House Committee on Judiciary will discuss anti-trust issues while the Senate Banking Committee will discuss Facebook's digital currency 'Libra' that is slated to arrive in 2020, 

NEW YORK - The heart of New York has been hit by a massive blackout that darkened Times Square, disrupted Broadway shows, stranded underground metro trains and paralysed traffic. The Saturday evening disaster cut power to several hundred thousand people in the capital of the nation's media that often mocks India and other developing countries for their...

MEXICO CITY - A Mexican airline has launched a promotion that offers Central American migrants $1 fares, including taxes, to return home. The programme, called "Reuniting Families", is for those who "want to voluntarily return to their country of origin", the airline said on Thursday. Till June 30, Central Americans looking to return can show up at airports in Tijuana, 

WASHINGTON - A 33-year-old man, identified as an Indian, died after setting himself on fire near the White House, the US Park Police said on Thursday. Arnav Gupta of Bethesda, Maryland, set himself on fire on Wednesday afternoon at the Ellipse Park, not far from the Washington Monument, in full view of passersby, CNBC reported. He was taken to a hospital in a critical condition and he later died of his injuries, the police said.

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday announced that she would quit as the leader of the ruling Conservative Party on June 7, paving the way for a leadership battle for the next Prime Minister's post. "I believe it was right to persevere even when the odds against success were high. But it's now clear to me that it's in the best interest of the country for a new Prime Minister to lead that effort. I am today (Friday)...

By Ramesh Lohia
It is the world’s biggest democratic exercise, with more than 900 million people eligible to cast their vote in seven stages over 39 days (April 11 to May 19), voters will decide whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party should continue running the country for another five years. In the last Phase 7 (May 19), 

WASHINGTON - Speaking about his plans of getting to the moon by 2024, Amazon and US-based aerospace company Blue Origin Founder, Jeff Bezos unveiled a new Moon-lander called "Blue Moon" along with a smaller rover at the Walter E. Washington Convention Centre here. "Today, our founder shared our vision to go to space to benefit Earth. We must return to the Moon-this time to stay. 

LONDON - UK Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday expressed regret over the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre, describing it as a "shameful scar" on British Indian history. Her comments came just ahead of the 100th anniversary of the bloodbath committed by the British Army during the colonial period. "The United Kingdom deeply regrets what happened and the suffering caused in Jallianwala Bagh tragedy," said the British leader while...