NEW YORK: Looks like the old Indian habit of getting the palms greased to get jobs done dies really hard.

NEW YORK: A Queens middle-school teacher, Lalsingh Narainsingh, was charged Dec 5, with sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy after school hours.

NEW YORK: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn on Dec 5, announced a new not-for-profit organization, the Center for NYC Neighborhoods (CNYCN), to assist homeowners at risk of mortgage foreclosure throughout the five boroughs.

LONDON: If you think that selective sex abortion is only widespread in India, you are wrong. It is a practice which is prevalent in Britain too, but among the women in the Indian community

NEW YORK: Indian American parents who might be tired of buying American action figure toys for their kids can take heart. Now they can introduce their Superhero-crazed children to Indian epic heroes, thanks to Kridana Toys, which has unveiled the first ever action figures based on the Ramayana

NEW YORK: The India-US joint working group on counterterrorism met in Washington DC Nov 29, to discuss bilateral cooperation in fighting the global menace of terrorism.

WASHINGTON: India is among the top three countries sending people to the US, where one in eight comes from outside America, bringing the total immigrant population to a record 37.9 million — highest since the 1920s.

WASHINGTON: The former Illinois Republican Congressman Henry Hyde, known in India for the "Hyde Act" that paved the way for civilian nuclear cooperation with the United States, died on last Thursday.

NEW YORK: An Indian-American man and his mother were sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ohio court for murdering his wife, allegedly due to domestic tensions over her non-adherence to "Indian customs".

NEW YORK: India and Pakistan lost two places each on the Human Development Index (HDI) prepared by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) compared with last year.