Sikh man gets USD 50,000 in religious discrimination case

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 20:48

A Sikh man in the US has received USD 50,000 as compensation in an out-of-court settlement of a religious discrimination lawsuit against a car dealership in New Jersey for denying him a job for sporting a beard.

US teen jailed for 15 years in Indian American`s murder

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 14:22

A teenager in Old Bridge, New Jersey, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the beating to death an Indian American computer scientist in 2010.

Five Indian-Americans score victories in US polls

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 12:02

At least five Indian-American candidates scored victories in Tuesday`s US polls with three of them becoming legislators in two states and two others winning elections to local bodies.

Young Indian American wins New Jersey State Assembly election

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 13:29

Following the September 11 attacks in the city, Mukherji joined the US Marines at age 17, where he served in military intelligence for the Marine Corps Reserve.

Chris Christie wins big in New Jersey, Democrat takes Virginia in governors` races

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 12:49

Moderate Republican Chris Christie easily won re-election as New Jersey governor, while a conservative Republican popular with the Tea Party movement narrowly lost his bid for the Virginia governorship.

New York ends Bloomberg era, elects liberal de Blasio as mayor

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 10:43

Voters in New York picked Bill de Blasio to be the city`s first Democratic mayor in a generation, in one of a handful of elections seen as having considerable national importance.

New Jersey shopping mall gunman shot himself dead: Police

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 12:08

A gunman fired over half a dozen shots inside a shopping mall in New Jersey`s Paramus, before killing himself on Monday night, triggering a massive manhunt by police.

New Jersey mall gunfire: As it happened

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 09:07

The television visuals showed a thick police presence outside the mall.

Three US men charged with murdering Indian-origin man

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 22:30

Three men have been arrested and charged with the murder of an Indian-origin gas station attendant in the US in a failed robbery bid.

US towns rebuilt from superstorm ripped by fire

Last Updated: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 09:17

Two New Jersey seaside towns, ripped apart last year by a superstorm and newly rebuilt, woke up to the aftermath of a new nightmare a raging fire that destroyed it all again.

Confusion surrounds F1`s 2014 calendar

Last Updated: Saturday, September 7, 2013, 10:12

Confusion surrounded Formula One`s 2014 calendar on Friday after commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone denied issuing a draft version to teams while officials in North America said New Jersey`s bid for a race was still alive.