Modi to bet $1.5 billion on palm oil plan as imports surge

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 13:03

India plans to spend $1.5 billion in the next three years to help farmers grow oil palm trees in an area the size of New Jersey, government sources said, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushing to make the nation self-sufficient in edible oils this decade.

Mercedes moving headquarters from New Jersey to Atlanta

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 07:50

German luxury automobile maker Mercedes-Benz has said that it's moving its US headquarters from New Jersey to Atlanta, in part to be closer to its manufacturing facility in Alabama.

Teams cope with calm before Super Bowl storm

Last Updated: Monday, February 3, 2014, 00:26

Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos players and coaches counted on routines to get them through the final hours before Super Bowl 48 kickoff on Sunday night.

New York, New Jersey ready for Super Bowl close-up with Broncos-Seahawks matchup

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 21:18

Some 80,000 football fans from around the world are set to pack into New Jersey`s Met Life Stadium on Sunday for the first NFL Super Bowl championship played in the New York area, an event that has shone a fresh spotlight on the region.

Evidence contradicts Chris Christie on closures: Lawyer

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 06:37

A former loyalist of Republican presidential prospect Chris Christie said there is evidence that contradicts what the New Jersey governor has said about a traffic jam scandal that rocked his administration.

Cruise ship docks in NJ after illness fells more than 600 peopl

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 12:11

Cheers erupted on board a Royal Caribbean cruise ship as it arrived back in home port on Wednesday, its voyage cut short by an outbreak of vomiting and diarrhea that felled more than 600 people.

New Jersey braces for new disclosures in Christie bridge scandal

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 21:16

New Jersey legislators on Friday planned to release nearly 1,000 pages of documents that may shed new light on a probe of four days of traffic jams at the George Washington Bridge apparently orchestrated by Republican Governor Chris Christie`s top aides to settle a political score.

New Jersey Governor Christie fires aide in bridge scandal

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 09:49

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Thursday fired a top aide who apparently helped orchestrate massive traffic jams at a busy commuter bridge to settle a score, saying he had been blindsided in the scandal that threatened to tarnish his political image.

US playwright, poet and activist Amiri Baraka dead at age 79

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 05:04

US playwright, poet and activist Amiri Baraka died on Thursday at age 79 at a hospital in his native New Jersey.

Shooting at US strip club; 3 killed, 2 wounded

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 23:54

Authorities say three men are dead following a Christmas morning fight at a US strip club that began when a man apparently tried to enter with a gun but was stopped.

Man pleads guilty for role in selling stolen Indian artworks

Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 12:21

A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty for his role in coordinating a large-scale conspiracy to sell stolen Indian antiquities worth tens of millions of dollars and assisting a disgraced Indian-origin art dealer in the sale of stolen artwork to museums across the world.

New Jersey shore likely to face unprecedented flooding by mid-century

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 16:40

The New Jersey shore will likely experience a sea-level rise of about 1.5 feet by 2050 and of about 3.5 feet by 2100 leading to unprecedented flooding in the areas.