
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: The United States on Thursday urged US citizens to leave Syria immediately, saying the government's violent crackdown on peaceful protests had led to an uncertain and volatile situation. "The US Department of State urges US citizens in Syria to depart immediately while commercial transportation is available," the department said in a warning notice, adding future plans by US citizens to travel to Syria should be deferred. The State Department...

12:46 AM, Sep 16, 2011

Washington: A last minute deal on budgetary spending between Republicans, Democrats and the White House reached late on Friday night avoided an imminent government shutdown. "In the final hours before our government would have been forced to shut down, leaders in both parties reached an agreement that will allow our small businesses to get the loans they need, our families to get the mortgages they applied for and hundreds of...

12:25 PM, Apr 09, 2011

London: Actor Matt Damon has criticised US President Barack Obama for failing to fulfill his promises. Damon campaigned heavily for Obama to win the presidential elections in 2008, but now feels bad on his failure to fix the US economy and unemployment problem, reports contactmusic.com. "I think he's rolled over to Wall Street completely. The economy has huge problems. We still have all these banks that are too big to...

05:43 PM, Mar 07, 2011

Blackwater officials deceived the US govt by double-billing for travel costs. ...

01:14 PM, Feb 12, 2010

A judge approved GM's plan to sell its best assets into a new company. ...

09:34 AM, Jul 10, 2009

Iranians had to be enabled to communicate rapidly unfolding events. ...

09:04 AM, Jun 17, 2009

General Motors is operating under emergency US government loans. ...

01:43 AM, Apr 15, 2009