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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
TopicUS Department of State

Topic: US Department of State

Houston horror: Employee beheads Indian-origin motel manager in front of wife & kids; murder on CCTV

Killer went on to kick around man's severed head in a parking lot. Victim identified as Chandra Nagamallaiah. Accused Yordanis Cobos-Martinez in custody of Dallas police.

US dials Jaishankar & Shehbaz Sharif, calls for de-escalation. ISI chief named Pakistan NSA

EAM Jaishankar says he discussed the Pahalgam attack with US Secretary of State Rubio, and ‘its perpetrators, backers and planners must be brought to justice’.

Indian scholar self-deports after US revokes visa alleging support for Hamas

Ranjani Srinivasan, Indian national & a doctoral student at Columbia University, was involved in activities supporting Haas, a terrorist organisation, said the US Department of State press release.

US says won’t be satisfied without ‘meaningful accountability’ from India’s ‘Pannun plot’ probe

State Dept says ‘valuable engagement’ took place between US authorities & Indian high-level inquiry committee looking into alleged murder-for-hire plot, and expects to see further steps.

Two India-registered firms face US sanctions for ‘using deceptive practices’ to ship LNG from Russia

US Department of State issued statement saying it was imposing additional sanction measures to 'degrade' Russia’s attempts to operationalise its Arctic LNG 2 project.

Days before Trump goes, US releases report pointing finger at Wuhan lab for Covid origin

In a statement, US Department of State says researchers from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology fell sick much before first Covid case was officially recorded in December in the city.

American national allegedly killed by protected tribe in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

A case of culpable homicide has been registered, and the fishermen who took John Allen Chau, 27, to the island have been arrested. 

On Camera

Why the US Congress put its foot down on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files

The US House has effectively drawn a line in the sand and approved the release of the Epstein files despite President Trump's efforts to stop it from happening.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.