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Indian workers win $20 mn settlement against US company

Last Updated: Thursday, July 16, 2015, 14:11

The Alabama-based company will also issue an apology to the Indian workers, who brought to the US to be employed as welders, pipefitters and in other positions.

Indian workers win $14 million in US labor trafficking case

Last Updated: Thursday, February 19, 2015, 08:58

A New Orleans jury on Wednesday awarded $14 million to five Indian men who were lured to the United States and forced to work under inhumane conditions after Hurricane Katrina by a U.S. ship repair firm and its codefendants.

Brad Pitt`s charity houses begin to rot

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 15:21

Over two dozen houses which were built by Hollywood star Brad Pitt`s charity for the victims of 2005 Hurricane Katrina have started to rot from the inside out.

US: Jindal defends Romney visit to Louisiana

Last Updated: Saturday, September 1, 2012, 10:08

Mitt Romney has visited an emergency centre in hurricane-damaged Louisiana, a day after accepting the Republican nomination for US president.

Hurricane Isaac: Jindal seeks more aid from Obama

Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 14:35

Louisiana`s Indian-American Governor Bobby Jindal has shot off a second letter to US President Barack Obama within days.

US: Isaac floods homes in Louisiana

Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 09:45

The office of Louisiana`s Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal said 1,500 people had been evacuated with 1,500 more needing rescue.

Hurricane Isaac makes landfall in Lousiana

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 09:12

Hurricane Isaac made landfall in Louisiana, bringing high winds and rains after Hurricane Katrina devastation that killed over 18,000 people in 2005.

US: 9/11 terrorist attacks most watched TV event

Last Updated: Thursday, July 12, 2012, 13:47

At No 2 was the 2005 coverage of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast, while the acquittal of OJ Simpson was ranked third.

Prison time for ex-cops in post-Katrina killings

Last Updated: Thursday, April 5, 2012, 09:25

Four former New Orleans policemen convicted of shootings in 2005 that killed two unarmed people and wounded four others following Hurricane Katrina were given sentences in prison.

Police officers on trial for post-Katrina killings

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 28, 2011, 11:30

The police officers are charged over a fatal shooting in aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Obama hails New Orleans `resilience` five years post-Katrina

Last Updated: Monday, August 30, 2010, 09:16

US President acknowledges that the storm was "also a man-made catastrophe".

Plea coming in Katrina shooting probe: Sources

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 15:44

An ex-New Orleans cop is preparing to enter a guilty plea in connection with a federal probe of a deadly police shooting in Hurricane Katrina`s aftermath.