Will Ferrell plays a US Congressman in 'The Campaign' who is running for the fifth term. This political comedy by Warner Brothers will hit the theatres this August. ...
06:12 PM, May 16, 2012
Washington: A Congressional resolution urging Gujarat government to restore religious freedom in the state has been introduced in the US House of Representatives on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of communal riots. The non-binding resolution (H Res 569) "recognising the 10th anniversary of the tragic communal violence in Gujarat" was introduced in the House of Representatives by Congressman Keith Ellison, early this week. Unlike most of such resolutions, it...
07:56 AM, Mar 03, 2012
Washington: Former Senator Rick Santorum rejuvenated his presidential hopes on Tuesday with overwhelming victories over front-runner Mitt Romney in Republican nominating contests in Missouri and Minnesota. Santorum, who until Tuesday had won only one of the first five Republican contests, crushed his rivals in a non-binding primary in Missouri and in the Minnesota caucuses. His previous victory had been by a slim margin over Romney in Iowa. Results were still...
10:18 AM, Feb 08, 2012
Chicago: Raja Krishamoorthi, a Democratic Congressional candidate of Indian-origin for Illinois' newly created district, has come under apparent racist attacks from Tea Party bloggers for protesting against an event organized by them. Krishamoorthi,(38), one-time advisor to President Barack Obama, encountered unexpected attacks after his appearance at the TeaCon 2011 Convention last autumn. Tea Party groups from around the country gathered for the TEACON 2011 convention in Schaumburg, Illinois, an event...
04:47 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Washington: The US authorities are investigating allegations that an Indian government spy unit hacked into emails of an official US commission that monitors economic and security relations between the United States and China, including cyber-security issues. The request for an investigation came after hackers posted on the Internet what purports to be an Indian military intelligence document on cyber-spying, which discusses plans to target the commission - apparently using technical...
03:24 AM, Jan 11, 2012
Washington: US millionaires would be hit with a new 5 per cent surtax to pay for US President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs program under a new funding plan unveiled on Wednesday by his fellow Democrats in the Senate. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said he aims to hold votes within days on Obama's proposal, which Republicans have denounced as a political gimmick that they likely will block. The anticipated...
01:48 AM, Oct 06, 2011
Washington: Asserting that China's economic espionage has reached an 'intolerable level' a top American lawmaker said it's time that the US and its allies in Europe and Asia confronted Beijing and demanded to put an end to this piracy. "China's economic espionage has reached an intolerable level, and I believe the US and our allies in Europe and Asia have an obligation to confront Beijing and demand they put a...
09:56 AM, Oct 05, 2011
New Delhi: Congress was on Monday dismissive of a US Congressional report suggesting the 2014 Lok Sabha polls could turn out to be a direct contest for Prime Ministership between Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi. "I have not perused any such report and even if any such report exists, I do not wish to dignify it with a response," party spokesman Manish Tewari told reporters. His remarks came close on...
10:21 PM, Sep 14, 2011
Washington: There is a dangerous growth of indigenous Islamist terrorism in India despite New Delhi's reluctance to openly acknowledge it, a Congressional report has said, adding leading such group is Indian Mujahideen. "Despite New Delhi's reluctance to openly acknowledge the fact, India also has its own indigenous Islamist terrorism threat," the report said. "The newly emergent 'Indian Mujahideen'(IM) group, widely believed to be an offshoot or pseudonym of the Students...
10:29 AM, Sep 14, 2011
Washington: The recent developments have shown that militant Hindu nationalist groups are intent on launching domestic terrorist attacks, a US Congressional report has said. "Even more recent are overt signs that India is home to militant Hindu nationalist groups' intent on launching domestic terrorist attacks. In September 2008, seven people were killed by two bomb blasts in Maharashtra's Malegaon, a hotbed of Hindu-Muslim communal strife," said Congressional Research Service (CRS)...
10:16 AM, Sep 14, 2011
Washington: Pushing back against congressional criticism, the White House said on Wednesday that President Barack Obama has the authority to continue US military action in Libya even without authorization from lawmakers on Capitol Hill. In a detailed, 30-page report being sent to Congress, the administration argues that the US has a limited, supporting role in the NATO-led bombing campaign in Libya. Because US forces are not engaged in sustained fighting...
03:23 AM, Jun 16, 2011
Washington: The United States on Wednesday acknowledged that there are bumps in its relationship with Pakistan and it is working with leaders in Islamabad to address such challenges. "Are there bumps in the road? Certainly. Are there challenges? Of course," State Department spokesman, Mark Toner, told reporters at his daily news briefing responding to volley of questions about commitment of Pakistan in the war against terrorism. "We need to work...
02:28 AM, Jun 16, 2011
Islamabad: On the outskirts of the Pakistani capital lives a militant considered so powerful that Osama bin Laden consulted with him before issuing a fatwa to attack American interests. Fazle-ur-Rahman Khalil heads Harakat-ul-Mujahedeen, a terrorist group closely aligned with al-Qaida and a signatory to bin Laden's anti-US fatwa in 1998. Khalil has also dispatched fighters to India, Afghanistan, Somalia, Chechnya and Bosnia, was a confidante of bin Laden and hung...
12:36 AM, Jun 16, 2011
New York: A tearful US Congressman Anthony Weiner on Monday admitted sending a lewd photo of his underwear-clad crotch to a young woman over Twitter and then lying repeatedly to protect himself. In a flash of defiance, Weiner refused to resign even as Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi called for a House ethics investigation into whether he broke the rules. The extraordinary confession at a packed Manhattan news conference was a...
12:44 PM, Jun 07, 2011
Washington: A top US lawmakers on Wednesday opposed the release of the pictures of Osama bin Laden, who was killed by the US in a special operation in Pakistan, as the White House mulled over risks with making the "gruesome photograph" of last moments of the Al Qaeda leader public. "I don't want to make the job of our troops serving in places like Iraq and Afghanistan any harder than...
10:04 PM, May 04, 2011
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