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Uber driverless car heads out for a test drive in San Francisco.(File Photo: AP)

To boost his fare, Indian uber driver in US pleaded guilty to kidnap...

Harbir Parmar, 25, of New York pled guilty in White Plains federal court to kidnapping and wire fraud.

15 March 2019 12:49 PM IST

Gaya MP Hari Manjhis son Rahul Manjhi, along with his friend, was arrested by the police in a drunken state on Sunday and was sent to Gaya central jail for violating prohibition law. (Representational image)

Indian man gets 10 years in jail for smuggling foreign nationals into...

An Indian national has pleaded guilty to the charges of smuggling Indians as illegal immigrants into the United States.

15 March 2019 10:29 AM IST

The latest action completes the first round of USD 50 billion in products that President Donald Trump targeted after USD 34 billion in goods were hit with punitive duties on July 6. (Photo: File)

Xi afraid Trump might walk away from deal: Trump Aid

President Donald Trump's chief economic adviser says China's president is 'afraid' to sit down with Trump.

15 March 2019 10:00 AM IST

Most countries have stopped the 737 MAX 8 and 9 planes from flying after an Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday. (Photo:AP)

Boeing stops deliveries of their MAX 737 model in wake of crash

Boeing Co confirmed suspension of deliveries of 737 MAX aircraft on Thursday but continues to produce its single-aisle...

15 March 2019 8:56 AM IST

Congressman Mike Pompeo. (Photo: AP)

China 'in league of its own,' says US on human rights violations

A report said China had significantly intensified its campaign of mass detention of members of Muslim minority groups in...

14 March 2019 11:51 AM IST

Officials in El Paso County, Colorado, said some 1,100 motorists were stranded on Interstate 25 near Colorado Springs. (Photo: TrevDon | Twitter)

'Bomb cyclone' brings snow, high winds to US; 1,339 flights cancelled

Meteorologists call it 'bomb cyclone,' a winter hurricane that forms when barometric pressure drops 24 millibars in 24...

14 March 2019 11:37 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping

May take 'other actions': US diplomat after China blocks move on JeM...

China for the fourth time blocked a UN move to designate Masood Azhar as 'global terrorist'.

14 March 2019 10:11 AM IST

A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Donald Trump in Manila, Philippines, in November 2017.

US to build 6 nuclear power plant in India

US has been looking to sell more energy products to India, the world's third-biggest buyer of oil.

14 March 2019 9:08 AM IST

A Kentucky teenager sued CNN on Tuesday for defamation. (Photo:Twitter)

US teen, who had face-off with native american, sues CNN for 275...

Sandmann and other Covington Catholic students had been in Washington to attend a March for Life anti-abortion rally.

13 March 2019 2:25 PM IST

US President Donald Trump

Trump speaks to Boeing CEO after Ethiopian plane crash

Donald Trump, concerned about the deadly crash of a Boeing 737 MAX passenger plane, spoke to Boeing Chief Executive...

13 March 2019 12:37 PM IST

Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar. (Photo: AP)

Not designating Masood Azhar as global terrorist against peace: US

Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar meets the criteria to be designated as a global terrorist by the UN.

13 March 2019 11:23 AM IST

President Barack Obama presents Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Joe Biden to run for 2020 US Presidential elections: Report

Former Vice President Joe Biden will run for the White House in the upcoming presidential elections.

13 March 2019 10:14 AM IST