80 mn Americans hit by season’s heaviest snowfall

80 mn Americans hit by season’s heaviest snowfall

Some 80 million people in northeast America were Wednesday digging their way out of a thick blanket of snow deposited by the heaviest snowfall of the season, with more than a foot falling in some places. Government offices in Washington were opening two hours late, but schools in most parts were closed, roads shut down […]

‘Diplomatic privileges are not a one way street’

‘Diplomatic privileges are not a one way street’

The bitter India-US diplomatic row over an Indian diplomat may have been defused for now, but Americans in New Delhi are not likely to get their swimming pool, hamburgers, bowling and booze back anytime soon. For reciprocity is the name of the game since the US chose to arrest, strip search and slap a criminal […]