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17 arrested with AK-47s, machine gun over US gurdwara shootings

A multi-agency investigation has led to the arrest of 17 people, mostly members of the local Sikh community, in connection with 11 shootings, including one at a Gurdwara in Sacramento, and have......

Couples refuse to be cowed down, celebrate Valentine's Day with gaiety

Couples -- young and old -- celebrated Valentine's Day on Tuesday with flowers and gifts even as a few right-wing outfits played spoilsport in some parts of the country. IMAGE: A man dressed as a......

Race to replace UK PM Johnson gains pace after Sunak's announcement

The race to elect a new Conservative Party leader to succeed Boris Johnson as British Prime Minister gathered momentum on Friday, with British Indian former finance minister Rishi Sunak formally......

Raj strikes back! Suella Braverman leads Indian-origin contenders for UK PM post

Even before Boris Johnson stepped out of 10 Downing Street on Thursday to deliver his resignation speech as Conservative Party leader and triggering a leadership race for a new British prime......

UK set for tougher measures when lockdown ends on Dec 2

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out a "COVID Winter Plan" to control the spread of coronavirus in a speech on Monday, when he is expected to set out some tougher tiered measures to......

Mallya's extradition expected within 28 days

However, the coronavirus pandemic might cause a temporary delay, due to the UK's Article 3 obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, relating to inhuman and degrading treatment or......

Deal Street remained almost deserted in 2019

The domestic deal-making activities were hit by weak corporate governance and a huge liquidity crunch in 2019, while the global deals were also hard to come by due to various factors including......

Nobel Laureate Raghuram Rajan? We will know on Monday

Though Nobel Prize nominations have been a secret for 50 years, speculation abounds over the contenders for this year’s prize in economics. A look at the possible winners. Colin......

Nothing can kill Mallya's appetite for fun

The last few years may have been turbulent for Vijay Mallya but that didn’t stop him from having fun, says Raghu Krishnan. Image: For his 60th birthday in December, Mallya flew in Enrique......

Vijay Mallya is at his country home near London

Vijay Mallya had indicated last month that he wanted to move to the UK to be closer to his children and later denied he had plans to abscond. Image: Vijay Mallya with son Siddharth. Photograph:......

Spotted! A Mermaid Called Riya

Nargis Fakhri holidays in Italy... Ananya gets into a bikini... Sunny promotes his movie... Photograph: Kind courtesy Riya Sen/Instagram Riya Sen takes a dip in the ocean off Kanawa island in......

'It's also a love story about two brothers who fall in love with a bird species'

After winning awards at Sundance and Cannes, Director Shaunak Sen's All That Breathes has now been nominated for an Oscar in the Documentary Feature Film category. IMAGE: Director Shaunak Sen at......

Four More Shots Please Season 3 Review: Ridiculous!

When banal problems, drunken rants, liberally sprinkled swear words and WhatApp forwards kind of pretend profound lines run out, there is a lot of action between the sheets, observes Deepa Gahlot.......

The BEST FOREIGN Films of 2017

Aseem Chhabra gives us the top films that enriched his year. There was a lot of love in different shades in the films of 2017 that I liked -- from a mute woman falling in love with an alien, to a......

Sharing Salman Khan!

PINK, Penaz Masani and a precious picture of Nirupa Roy in and as Superman, a low-down of Sukanya Verma's fully filmi week! Monday Oh look, a picture of Bhagyashree and Sheeba celebrating Ganesh......

How 'Guru Gary' is using cricket to keep slum kids away from drugs

Photograph: Andrew Couldridge Livepic via Reuters Notorious for drugs and crime and afflicted by large-scale poverty, the Khayelitsha township in Cape Town is better known for being one of the......

Tokyo Games: MIND-BOGGLING Pix!

Please click on the images for a better look at the action. IMAGE: Team United States's Cory Juneau warms up prior to the Men's Street Skateboard event. Photograph: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images......

The inside story of Mourinho's failed tenure at Man United

United are bigger than any one man and the decision to send Mourinho packing drives home that philosophy to players, fans and opponents IMAGE: Jose Mourinho reacts. Photograph: Pete Norton/Getty......

Trump Bullies NFL; fine for players on anthem protests

Bowing to Trump, NFL will require players to stand for anthem IMAGE: Houston Texans inside linebacker Benardrick McKinney (55), linebacker Ben Heeney (50), strong safety Marcus Gilchrist (21) and......

Sharapova back in business on and off court

'Sharapova’s doping transgression was not terribly egregious, neither performance-enhancing nor intentional, and her ban seemed unduly harsh' IMAGE: Maria Sharapova. Photograph:......

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