China's top film actress reappears after 3 month vanishing act

Fan Bingbing, who has been ordered to pay $130 million (Rs 952 crore) for tax evasion, was reportedly kept at a “holiday resort” used by investigators in a suburb in the coastal......

India's defence diplomacy: Many forces at work

As India contemplates the dawn of a new decade, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh must watch with satisfaction the glints in the eyes of foreign nations as they salivate over the $100 billion defence......

The story of an accidental chef

Chennai is now home for Willi Wilson, for whom everything in life has been accidental, finds Shobha Warrier. Everything in Willi Wilson's life has been accidental; from becoming a chef after......

Bangalore is the best Indian city

There were twenty of us. A majority were Americans, three Chinese, three English, and a sprinkling of other nationalities including some with hyphenated identities. Besides me, there was another......

Check out Asia's hot growth companies

Just a few years ago, Asia was a tough place for small companies. Venture capitalists worldwide were licking their wounds from the dot-com bust and had little appetite for prospecting in Asia.The......

A big budget check-in

This could be the budget traveller's dream: a cool, air-conditioned room with a refrigerator and a 17 flat-screen television. Tea- and coffee-makers at the bedside and an in-house gym to ensure......

Day 7: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Relentless Niskanen takes gold for Finland in men's 15 km classic IMAGE: Niskanen of Finland celebrates after winning gold. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters Iivo Niskanen put on a brilliant......

Sports Shorts: Sharan, Sitak out of Atlanta Open

IMAGE: Divij Sharan in action. Photograph: Jaimi Chisholm/Getty Images The top seeded pair of Divij Sharan and Artem Sitak bowed out of the ATP Atlanta Open after losing their first round in......