Asian-American News

CHANDIGARH: The Domestic Violence Act, which aims to shield the rights of women, is being misused by some to harass their in-laws and extort money from their husbands, an NGO alleged here Saturday.

New Delhi, Nov 21 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today said that India attaches high priority to its relations with the USA.

Caption: Miley Cyrus performs live in concert at the United Center Chicago, Illinois .... MILEY CYRUS has triumphed in her court battle over a racially insensitive photo she posed for earlier this year - a judge has thrown out a $4 billion lawsuit filed against her by a member of the Asian community in Los Angeles.

After going on a shooting rampage that left a trail of victims on the Pacific resort island of Saipan, the gunman drove to a scenic, rocky cliff where untold numbers of Japanese men, women and children plunged to their deaths to avoid capture during World War II, according to police and witness accounts.

Asian-American filmmaker Krishna Shah is set to make a biopic on Indira Gandhi and has roped in Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit to play the role of India's first and only woman prime minister.

Ethnic Americans say they have a far better image of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , otherwise known as the $751 billion federal stimulus package Congress passed almost nine months ago, than do Whites.

President Obama says he wants to "rebalance" the economic relationship between China and the U.S. as part of his plan to restart the American jobs machine.

When the USS Lassen made its official port call to Da Nang, Vietnam last week, it marked the first time a Vietnamese-American U.S. warship commander had returned to the Vietnamese shore.

There will be no possibility of choosing your own unique identity number, Unique Identification Authority chairman Nandan Nilekani said here Wednesday.

A 70-year-old Vietnamese man has been convicted of dumping a body in a ditch in the hope of keeping the cannabis factory he was running a secret.

Poor care in hospital worsens Alzheimers patients condition Britains Alzheimers Society has found that half of the patients come out of hospital in a worse condition than they were admitted in.

A group of experts is hosting a town hall Wednesday at USC to discuss data showing Vietnamese immigrants and other Asians living in Southern California have high rates of mental illness.

By T.G. Biju, New Delhi, Nov 17 : Protecting the identity and interest of his dwindling community is uppermost in the mind of Charles Dias as he prepares to take oath as a nominated Anglo-Indian member of the Lok Sabha Thursday.

The story of a Chinese Communist Party official who moves to a community of boat people after his revolutionary lineage is refuted has won the Man Asian Literary Prize, organizers said.

Diwali -- or Festival of Lights -- is one of the biggest Indian festivals or holidays.

RALEIGH, N.C. - Until this summer, Loc Tran, 59, was a technician at Nortel, a global communications company that has facilities at Research Triangle Park here.

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama emphasized his Asia-orientated foreign policy in a speech in Singapore on Sunday, saying he will make his East Asian community concept the key pillar of the policy.

As President Barack Obama visits China seeking to balance a seesawing relationship, Chinese-Americans embody the challenges facing the giants of East and West.They have as many different feelings about their ancestral home - hope, indifference, pride, pain - as there are characters in the Chinese language.

The Australian Government has launched a national initiative - Home for Dinner: Australian families offering hospitality to Indian students.

LIVING IN FEAR: Chinese say they are being targeted by gangs in mafia-style attacks and that many in the community are talking about returning to China AFP , LUANDA Sunday, Nov 15, 2009, Page 6 Chinese businesses on Friday said armed Angolan gangs were staging mafia-style attacks on their workers, but police downplayed the concerns, insisting ...