Category: World

The Seattle police said on Wednesday night that they were investigating a report of a shooting with “multiple victims” not far from the scene of protests over the surprise victory of Republican Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election. The Seattle Fire Department said on Twitter shortly after 7 p.m. local time that some crew were treating five patients with […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Congratulates Donald Trump on Twitter. We look forward to working with you closely to take India-US bilateral ties to a new height. @realDonaldTrump — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 9, 2016 We appreciate the friendship you have articulated towards India during your campaign, @realDonaldTrump. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 9, 2016 Congratulations @realDonaldTrump on being elected as […]

Donald Trump has been elected 45th President of the United States. The Republican nominee won on Wednesday. 5 quotes from his victory speech: I want to tell the world, while we will always put America’s interests first, we will deal fairly with other countries and all people. We will get along well with all nations willing to get along with us. […]

Pramila Jayapal on Wednesday became the First Indian-American woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representative, winning the Washington State Senate seat. 51-year-old Ms. Jayapal got 57 per cent of the votes from Washington State, leaving behind her rival Brady Walkinshaw who secured 43 per cent votes. India-born Ms. Jayapal made a mark with her progressive agenda in […]

Canada immigration site crashes, shows internal server error. Some users in the United States, Canada and Asia saw an internal server error message when trying to access the Canada Immigration and Visa Information website. Canada's immigration website has crashed. I'm sure that's a coincidence. — Jay Snyder (@JayViscant) November 9, 2016 A friend just called to say that Canada's immigration […]

Kamala Harris, California’s Attorney General, was on Monday elected to the United States Senate. She was elected from California, her home state, and is the first ever Indian-American to be elected to the Senate, the US legislature’s upper house. Harris, 51, defeated fellow Democrat Loretta Sanchez by a 34.8 percentage point margin, winning 1,904,714 votes. She was backed by both […]