Trump administration reveals USAID's ‘ridiculous’ funding of overseas projects
Feb 06, 2025, at 08:11 pm
Washington DC: The Trump administration revealed details of controversial projects funded by USAID, emphasising what it termed "ridiculous" allocations.
Trump signs executive order banning transgender athletes from women's sports
Feb 06, 2025, at 05:12 pm
Washington DC: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday aimed at prohibiting transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports, media reports said.
China counters Donald Trump with tariff on US goods and probe into Google
Feb 04, 2025, at 12:22 pm
Beijing/Washington DC/IBNS: China has hit back at US president Donald Trump's 10 percent tariff on goods from Beijing with a counter tax and a probe into tech giant Google, media reports said.
US deports 205 Indians on a military aircraft in line with Trump's crackdown on illegal immigrants
Feb 04, 2025, at 10:31 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The United States has deported 205 Indians, who had illegally entered the country, on a US military aircraft in line with Donald Trump's crackdown on the illegal immigrants, media reports said.
No survivors in Washington DC plane crash, confirms Donald Trump
Jan 31, 2025, at 10:55 am
Washington/IBNS: US president Donald Trump has confirmed that "there are no survivors" in the midair collision which took place between a passenger jet and a military chopper near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington DC on Wednesday.
US plane-helicopter collision: 28 bodies recovered from Potomac River, no survivors, say officials
Jan 30, 2025, at 08:15 pm
Washington DC: A total of 28 bodies have been recovered from the Potomac River following a midair collision between a US Army Blackhawk helicopter and a passenger jet near Washington DC, media reports said.
Jan 30, 2025, at 02:55 pm
Washington/IBNS: Nineteen bodies with no survivors have been recovered from the Potomac River of Washington DC after a passenger jet and US Army chopper crashed into the waterbody following a midair collision on Wednesday, media reports said.
'Should have been prevented': Donald Trump on American jet-Army chopper collision
Jan 30, 2025, at 01:50 pm
Washington DC/IBNS: US president Donald Trump has said the midair collision between American jet and Army chopper "should have been prevented" amid the ongoing efforts to rescue the people who were onboard.
Jan 30, 2025, at 01:06 pm
Washington D.C./IBNS: An American Airlines Flight carrying 64 people collided with an Army chopper with three soldiers onboard midair near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and both crashed into the Potomac River of Washington D.C. on Wednesday, media reports said.
Trump's tariff and sanction threats prompt Columbia to accept deportation of migrants unrestricted
Jan 27, 2025, at 01:57 pm
Washington/IBNS: Columbia has agreed to accept the deportation of its nationals who had migrated to the United States soon after the White House threatened to impose tariffs and sanctions on Bogota, media reports said.
'We'll get it permanently fixed': Donald Trump tours California to inspect LA fire destruction
Jan 25, 2025, at 11:34 am
Los Angeles/IBNS: US president Donald Trump on Friday toured California to inspect the damage caused by the wildfire in Los Angeles setting aside his differences with Democratic governor Gavin Newsom, media reports said.
Jan 24, 2025, at 03:02 pm
Washington/IBNS: The Donald Trump administration has arrested 500 illegal immigrants and deported hundreds using military aircraft days after the US president promised a crackdown on the illegal immigrants, media reports said.
New fire erupts in Los Angeles, forces evacuation of tens of thousands
Jan 23, 2025, at 11:05 am
Los Angeles/IBNS: A new fire in Los Angeles county has forced tens of thousands to be evacuated barely days after the most populous city of California in the United States suffered a massive wildfire.
Donald Trump pulls US out of Paris agreement in a repeat of his 2017 move
Jan 21, 2025, at 12:04 pm
Washington/D.C./IBNS: In a repeat of his 2017 stance, US president Donald Trump pulled out the nation from the climate agreement - dubbed as Paris Accord - in one of the major executive orders he took after swearing in at the Capitol One Arena in Washington on Monday.
Jan 20, 2025, at 01:04 pm
Washington D.C./IBNS: US president-elect Donald Trump has promised strict steps to curb immigration in the country on the eve of his inauguration in the White House, media reports said.
Mukesh and Nita Ambani meet US president-elect Donald Trump before inauguration
Jan 20, 2025, at 11:09 am
Washington/D.C/IBNS: India's top industrialist Mukesh Ambani and his wife Nita Ambani have met US president-elect Donald Trump whose inauguration is scheduled to be held Monday.
TikTok goes offline in the US following ban; app removed from stores
Jan 19, 2025, at 03:26 pm
TikTok ceased operations in the United States on Sunday after a new law banning the app took effect, media reports said.
Tesla Cybertruck with fuel and fireworks explodes near Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel, 1 killed
Jan 02, 2025, at 01:41 pm
Las Vegas/IBNS: A Tesla Cybertruck with fuel canisters and fireworks mortars exploded outside the Trump Hotel in the Las Vegas city of the United States, media reports said.
US: Mass shooting at a New York nightclub, 11 people shot
Jan 02, 2025, at 12:24 pm
New York/IBNS: At least 11 people have been shot in a mass shooting which took place at a nightclub in the New York city of the United States, media reports said.
Dec 28, 2024, at 10:30 pm
Canadian musician and Elon Musk’s former partner, Grimes, has spoken out about the growing anti-India sentiment on American social media, revealing that she was raised in a half-Indian household.
Who is Sriram Krishnan, an Indian-American picked by Donald Trump as US AI policy advisor?
Dec 23, 2024, at 10:51 am
Washington/IBNS: US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Indian-American internet-entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster and author, Sriram Krishnan, as the senior policy advisor on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the White House.
Donald Trump intends to end 'inconvenient' and 'very costly' Daylight Saving Time
Dec 14, 2024, at 01:33 pm
Washington D.C./IBNS: US President-elect Donald Trump has intended to put an end to the Daylight Saving Time, a biannual practice of changing clock time seasonally in the country.
Donald Trump picks anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as US health secretary
Nov 15, 2024, at 04:56 pm
Washington D.C./IBNS: Roiling public health experts, US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is widely known for his anti-vaccine conspiracy theories, as the US secretary of health and human services, media reports said.
Donald Trump picks former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard as US intelligence chief
Nov 14, 2024, at 04:45 pm
Washington/IBNS: US President-elect Donald Trump has picked former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard as the intelligence chief of his administration, media reports said.
Who is Kashyap 'Kash' Patel, an Indian-origin Trump-loyalist likely to be picked as CIA chief?
Nov 07, 2024, at 09:06 pm
Indian-origin American Attorney and former US government official Kashyap 'Kash' Patel, who is known as a loyalist of President-elect Donald Trump, is likely to be picked as the new chief of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as the Republican-era returns in the White House.
Nov 07, 2024, at 04:39 pm
Washington D.C./IBNS: "The light of America's promise will always burn bright," said Democrat candidate Kamala Harris accepting her defeat in the US Presidential elections that defied the exit polls in handing over a stormy comeback to former US President Donald Trump into the White House.
Donald Trump set for a comeback as US President, wins key swing states
Nov 06, 2024, at 07:04 pm
Washington D.C./IBNS: Republican candidate Donald Trump is set to return as the US President as he is marching towards the majority mark of 270 electoral votes, dashing Vice President Kamala Harris' hope to become the first woman, Black, and Asian-American to lead the nation.
Wanted to see India cooperating with Canada: US on New Delhi-Ottawa tussle over Nijjar killing
Oct 16, 2024, at 04:53 pm
Washington/IBNS: The United States has expressed its wish to see "India cooperating with Canada" in the investigation into New Delhi agents' alleged involvement in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Iran warns oil-rich US allies in Gulf against helping Israel: Report
Oct 13, 2024, at 04:31 am
Iran has issued a stern warning to its Arab neighbours and U.S. allies in the Gulf, threatening severe retaliation if their territories or airspace are used to assist Israel in any potential strikes against Iran, according to The Wall Street Journal.
US issues fresh guidelines for H-1B visa holders who have been laid off
May 16, 2024, at 05:56 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced fresh guidelines for H-1B visa holders who got terminated from their jobs after major corporations like Google, Tesla, and Walmart announced extensive layoffs, affecting the lives of many immigrant workers.