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  US courts halt deportation of Indian-origin man wrongfully jailed for 43 years

  World | November 04, 2025 10:58 IST

  Two US courts have stopped the deportation of Subramanyam Vedam, a 64-year-old Indian-origin man who spent over 40 years in prison for a murder conviction that was recently overturned.

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  New Orleans attack: 15 killed as vehicle rams into crowd, FBI finds explosive device, suspect dead

  World | January 02, 2025 6:07 IST

  The incident is said to have happened at around 3.15am local time, at the intersection of Bourbon Street and Iberville.

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  US SHOCKER: Three-year-old boy in Louisiana fatally shoots himself in the face with father's gun

  World | July 20, 2024 16:49 IST

  The toddler found the gun between the mattress and the box spring of the bedroom and shot himself dead. The father attempted to revive him through some life-saving techniques, but the child died on the spot.

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  US: 'Miracle baby' survives two days of stormy weather after brother found dead, mother arrested

  World | July 11, 2024 8:30 IST

  The baby was spotted along a roadside by a truck a day after his four-year-old brother was found dead on Monday. Their mother, identified as Aaliyah Jack, was arrested 563 km away in Mississippi and will be extradited to Louisiana.

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  US: Massive brawl involving 200 people at Louisiana alternative school; 10 teenagers arrested

  World | March 09, 2023 9:30 IST

  Louisiana alternative school brawl: Police launched an inquiry to ascertain what triggered the melee at the school.

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  Elderly woman killed, 2 injured in shooting at university campus in Louisiana

  World | June 01, 2022 7:53 IST

  The gunfire occurred about 11:45 a.m. (local time) near the Xavier University of Louisiana Convocation Center.

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  Powerful hurricane Delta to hit Louisiana

  World | October 09, 2020 11:27 IST

  Hurricane Delta, which has now strengthened into a Category 3 storm, was growing more powerful and threatening to hit the US state of Louisiana on Friday, prompting mass evacuations, according to officials. 

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  Tropical storm Barry makes landfall in Louisiana

  World | July 14, 2019 8:53 IST

  Tropical storm Barry made landfall in the US state of Louisiana and has weakened to a storm from a hurricane.

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  Tropical storm Barry to make landfall in Louisiana today, likely to strengthen to Category 1 hurricane

  World | July 13, 2019 14:23 IST

  People boarded up buildings, stocked up on water and braced for torrents of rain and punishing wind from a strengthening Tropical Storm Barry that threatened millions as it churned a path ashore and tested efforts to guard against flooding since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans 14 years ago. 

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  Three US police officials dead in Baton Rouge shooting: Reports

  World | July 17, 2016 22:10 IST

  Washington: Two US police officers were today shot dead in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, said media reports. At least seven officers were shot and have been rushed to a hospital. “Several officers were struck by

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  Sanders wins in Kansas, Nebraska; Hillary wins in Louisiana

  World | March 06, 2016 15:55 IST

  Washington: Bernie Sanders has defeated Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in a caucus elections in the heartland states of Kansas and Nebraska, US news reports said.The Vermont senator had lost significant momentum to the former US secretary

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  US saw 204 mass shootings in 2015: Report

  World | July 25, 2015 11:21 IST

  Washington: As yet another mass shooting in the US put the spotlight back on the contentious issue of gun control, media reports said that there have been 204 mass shootings in as many days in 2015 so

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  3 dead, 7 injured in shooting at Louisiana movie theater

  World | July 24, 2015 9:34 IST

  Louisiana (AP):   An official with an ambulance service in the city of Lafayette, Louisiana, says that a shooting at a movie theater has left three people dead, including the gunman.Clay Henry is vice president

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  Jindal aims at ending income tax in Louisiana

  World | January 12, 2013 12:00 IST

  Washington, Jan 12:  Indian-American Governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal today proposed to end individual and corporate income tax, which he argued would be able to attract more investment and people to his State."My goal is