The 'American Idol' finale brought in the lowest TV audience of its 11-year history with just 21.5 million Americans tuning in to watch indie singer Phillip Phillips clinch the title, according to ratings data on Thursday. The singing contest, once a TV industry juggernaut for Fox which attracted more than 30 million viewers for its finale in its 2006 and 2007 heyday, was the most-watched program on U.S. television on...
01:56 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Washington: A growing number of Americans are travelling to India to seek treatment for rare diseases through India's experimental embryonic stem cell therapy, according to an investigative report. Among them Cash Burnaman, a 6-year-old South Carolina boy, who travelled with his parents to India seeking treatment for a rare genetic condition that has left him developmentally disabled, CNN reported. "Cash is mute. He walks with the aid of braces. To...
09:41 AM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: An American national has been arrested at the IGI airport allegedly with 23 live cartridges, which police on Sunday claimed was brought from the United States without any valid documents. Police said no firearms were recovered from Jeffrey Jinnin Worn, who was about to board a Turkish Airlines flight on Saturday. "During security check at the time of boarding, some suspicious items were found in Worn's baggage. It...
03:01 PM, May 27, 2012
Washington: Indian-American students have swept the prestigious National Geographic Bee, bagging the top four positions of this year's tough national competition, where US President Barack Obama played a quizmaster. Rahul Nagvekar (14) from Texas bagged the first position, by beating 13-year-old Vansh Jain from Wisconsin at the finals of the annual competition held on Friday. Both are class eighth students. The third and fourth positions went to Varun Mahadevan from...
05:37 PM, May 26, 2012
London: Wigan Athletic's Roberto Martinez has flown to Miami to talk to the American owners of Liverpool about the vacant manager's job at Anfield, Wigan chairman Dave Whelan said on Thursday. Martinez is meeting with John W Henry after being granted permission to speak with the Reds' hierarchy. "Roberto is in Miami today [Thursday] and you can only assume what he's gone there for," Whelan told the BBC. "He is...
09:01 AM, May 25, 2012
Los Angeles: Indie artist Phillip Phillips won 'American Idol' on Wednesday, becoming the fifth male singer in a row to take the title and a guaranteed recording contract. The 21-year-old guitar player from Georgia, who brought an indie vibe to the top-rated TV contest, beat ballad singer Jessica Sanchez, 16, of California in the public vote. 'American Idol' host Ryan Seacrest said a world record 132 million votes were cast...
11:55 AM, May 24, 2012
Los Angeles: Time was when TV talent shows set out to turn wannabes into stars. These days? Not so much. It's the celebrity judges who are raking in the cash and using TV contests not only as a way to re-launch a fading career, but to further boost a thriving one. For music stars in an era of weak record sales, the trend spells victory for their bank account, but...
03:23 PM, May 18, 2012
Washington: Sikh police officers in the American capital will be allowed to wear turbans and other religious items while on the job. The new uniform policy announced by Washington DC police Chief Cathy Lanier Wednesday makes it the first major metropolitan police department in the US to permit Sikhs to maintain their articles of faith. Developed with the Sikh American Legal Defence and Education Fund (SALDEF), the new police policy...
09:43 AM, May 17, 2012
Washington: A record number of Indian Americans - at least 12 - are in the fray for the November 2012 polls vying for a place in the House of Representative, reflecting the serious effort of the fastest growing ethnic community in the US to politically empower itself. Cutting across party lines, these Indian-American candidates are spread all over the country with two each from California and Michigan. Congressman Hansen Clare,...
03:24 AM, May 07, 2012
Washington: The Indian-American community has come out in strong support of US President Barack Obama, who kicked off his re-election campaign with two rallies in Ohio and Virginia, with an overwhelming 85 per cent of them favouring a second term for him. About 85 per cent of the Indian-Americans support Obama for a second term, according to a latest survey conducted by Lake Research Partners, a DC-based political consultancy firm,...
06:51 PM, May 06, 2012
Exxon Mobil's vast size and massive profits have often put the oil giant in the crosshairs of critics, and its strict adherence to company protocols and philosophy has created an image of the company as impervious to outside pressure. Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Steve Coll's new book "Private Empire: Exxon Mobil and American Power" sought to delve inside the Irving, Texas-based company to see how it thinks and what drives...
12:03 AM, May 04, 2012
Mumbai: The Centre is planning to draft a legislation to regulate online media and is already holding consultations with the opposition over the matter, BJP president Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. "The government is planning to impose restrictions on online media and has sought our views on how to go about it. Serious discussions are going on. We want freedom of speech to exist, but we also don't want anybody's...
11:09 PM, May 03, 2012
Washington: Indian-American Vikram Singh has been appointed to a key Pentagon position to look after entire South and Southeast Asia. "Vikram J Singh has been appointed to the Senior Executive Service and is assigned as deputy assistant secretary of defence for south and Southeast Asia, Office of the Under Secretary of Defence (Policy)," a Pentagon announcement said. Singh previously served as special assistant, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense...
03:57 PM, May 02, 2012
New York: A 28-year old Indian, identified as a native of Visakhapatnam, was found dead in his apartment in Dallas by police authorities, according to information with an Indian-American organisation. Nikhil Karanam was found dead in his apartment on April 21 in Trophy Club City, a suburb of Dallas, according to Telugu Association of North America. Local police authorities say they believe Karanam had died almost 10 days ago but...
11:04 PM, Apr 24, 2012
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