Washington: Indian-American Srikanth Srinivasan inched closer to scripting history as the first South Asian judge after a key Senate committee confirmed his nomination to the DC Circuit Court, America's second highest. Described as "trailblazer" by US President Barack Obama, Chandigarh-born Srinivasan's nomination to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit was unanimously approved by the 18-member Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.
He was first nominated to the post by Obama nearly one year ago, and if confirmed, he would fill one of the four vacancies on the DC Circuit. "I am glad we are moving forward with this fine nominee in a bipartisan way," said Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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03:16 PM, May 17, 2013
Boston: The lone-surviving Boston bombings suspect has claimed responsibility for the deadly terror attack in a note written on the wall of the boat he hid in, saying it was retribution for US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Boston bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, left a note in the boat he hid during a massive manhunt for the April 15 attack on the Boston Marathon that killed three people and...
10:50 PM, May 16, 2013
Moscow: Russia expelled a US diplomat on Tuesday after saying he had been caught red-handed with disguises, special equipment and wads of cash as he tried to recruit a Russian intelligence agent to work for the CIA. Apparently detained in an incongruous-looking blond wig, with props reminiscent of a schoolboy's spy kit, US Embassy Third Secretary Ryan Fogle hardly looked like a Cold War secret agent. But the announcement still...
09:46 AM, May 15, 2013
Washington: Kolkata-born Ritankar Das, a bioengineering and chemical biology double major at the University of California at Berkeley, has become the youngest student to receive the University Medal in more than a century. The medal is given to the year's top graduating senior. Das, who began his freshman term when he was 15, will be graduating with more than 200 credits and a GPA of 3.99, which includes eight A+...
11:20 AM, May 11, 2013
A bride-to-be and four of her friends died after their Limousine caught fire in California. According to the Highway Patrol, the white stretch Lincoln was carrying members of a bachelorette party. The driver and 4 others got out uninjured. They are being treated for smoke inhalation. The cause of the fire is under investigation. ...
10:10 AM, May 06, 2013
Washington: US President Barack Obama has poked fun on himself about his young "Muslim Socialist" background and even copied his popular wife Michelle's new hairstyle to boost his image in his second innings at the White House. Obama stepped to the podium at the 2013 White House Correspondents' Dinner as DJ Khaled's "All I Do Is Win" played as an introduction and told the audience, "Rush Limbaugh warned you about...
04:40 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Watertown: Lifting days of anxiety for a city and a nation on edge, police captured the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, found bloodied in a backyard boat on Friday night less than 24 hours after a wild car chase and gunbattle that left his older brother dead and Boston and its suburbs sealed in an extraordinary dragnet. "We got him," Boston Mayor Tom Menino tweeted. A cheer erupted from a...
06:42 AM, Apr 20, 2013
Boston: One of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings was captured after a firefight with police, a US official said on Friday after the FBI released pictures and videos of two men in connection with the incident. According to the official with knowledge of the investigation, one suspect has been captured and another remains on the loose in Watertown after the firefight, the Boston Globe reported. Authorities have established...
01:21 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Watertown: There were reports of gunfire and explosions as a manhunt was on for the killer of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer in the Watertown area near Boston in the United States early on Friday morning. A massive police operation was on in the area following the reports of shooting at MIT campus. The chaos in Watertown, about 10 miles west of Boston, occurred just hours after a...
11:34 AM, Apr 19, 2013
Los Angeles: A Los Angeles college campus was evacuated on Thursday after the university received a telephoned bomb threat, but no explosives were found during a search of the campus, police said. Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Commander Andrew Smith said the college made the decision to close the campus of California State University, Los Angeles, and evacuate staff and students. "The CSULA campus is closed as of noon, April...
09:04 AM, Apr 19, 2013
Boston: US President Barack Obama on Thursday condoled the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in Boston in an emotional inter-faith service, vowing to find those responsible for this "senseless" act as he stressed that a "bomb cannot beat us" and the nation will "finish the race." "Yes, we will find you and yes you will face the justice. We will hold you accountable," said Obama, who arrived here to...
05:13 AM, Apr 19, 2013
Boston: Investigators released pictures of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing on Thursday, seeking the public's help in finding two unidentified men photographed on the crowded sidewalk before Monday's bombs exploded near the finish line. The bombings that killed three people and wounded 176 began a week of security scares that rattled the United States and evoked memories of the September 11, 2001 hijacked plane attacks. "Today we are...
04:34 AM, Apr 19, 2013
Boston: A day after twin blasts rocked Boston killing three and injuring over 180 people, the FBI is working hard to look for those responsible. CNN has reported that a Taliban or al Qaeda hand has been ruled out and the FBI made a public announcement seeking help into any clues. Law enforcement officials have reportedly said that they have recovered forensic evidence that suggests the two explosive devices may...
08:46 AM, Apr 17, 2013
78-year-old Bill Iffrig, running his third Boston Marathon, was near the finish line when he was knocked down on to the ground by one of two bomb blasts. ...
11:50 PM, Apr 16, 2013
In the biggest attacks on the US soil since 9/11, two explosions ripped through the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing three people and injuring 150 others. See which are the groups under suspicion after the bombings. ...
09:50 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Boston Marathon, which is one of the biggest marathon in world, drew around 27,000 runners this year. On Monday, a deadly terror strike hit the marathon after two bombs exploded near the Boston Marathon finish line, killing three and injuring more than 144. ...
03:40 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Boston: The bombs that blew up seconds apart at the finish line of one of the world's most storied races left the streets spattered with blood and glass, three dead, more than 140 wounded and maimed and gaping questions of who chose to attack at the Boston Marathon and why. Federal investigators said no one had claimed responsibility for the devastating attack on one of the city's most famous civic...
02:40 PM, Apr 16, 2013
The first explosion occurred on the north side of Boylston Street, just before the finish line, and some people initially thought it was a celebratory cannon blast. When the second bomb went off, spectators' cheers turned to screams. ...
12:52 PM, Apr 16, 2013
New Delhi: Strongly condemning the Boston bomb blasts, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday wrote to US President Barack Obama expressing solidarity with the American people in the wake of the "senseless and cowardly act". He said it was a "tragic reminder" that the evil of terrorism that still threatened the US and India and "lurks in our cities". "The people of India join me in condemning the attack in...
12:37 PM, Apr 16, 2013
