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Indians Star In World's Toughest Race

Race Across America -- which spans a little over 3,000 miles, from the west coast of the US to its east -- is often called the toughest race in the world.Indian cyclists are now returning multiple......

What George Harrison learnt from Ravi Shankar

Pandit Ravi Shankar was George Harrison's link into the Vedic world.A fascinating excerpt from Kavita Das's Poignant Song: The Life And Music Of Lakshmi Shankar to mark Pandit Ravi Shankar's birth......

Can Dushyant Chautala claim Devi Lal's legacy?

In the years to come, Dushyant may need to compete for the leadership of the Jat community with Hooda’s son Deepender, and other Jat leaders, reports Archis Mohan. IMAGE: Dushyant......

Has the Amelia Earhart mystery finally been solved?

The aviation pioneer’s body has never been officially found after she disappeared July 2, 1937. IMAGE: Amelia Earhart, known as the 'queen of the skies', set many flying records and......

Farewell, Rest Well in Eternity

Murali Kamma remembers the notables we lost in 2015. IMAGE: President A P J Abdul Kalam, who India and the world lost this year. As another year winds down and the revelry begins, one naturally......

Why land acquisition issue needs a quick solution

The stalled Land Acquisition Bill should be completely overhauled, says Pranab Bardhan. In both China and India the issue of land acquisition has become politically very sensitive. In China by......

Top-earning dead celebrities

The 13 legends in our seventh annual list of the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities grossed a combined $232 million in the past 12 months. Many are instantly recognizable one-name wonders (Elvis,......

6 US teenagers: Whizkids and entrepreneurs

From Web designers to future fashion moguls, meet high-school students who have already taken the entrepreneurial leap. Meet six students who have already taken the entrepreneurial leap. 1. Laima......

Larry Ellison's bossy life at Oracle

For 30 years all of Oracle Corp., maker of the database software that drives thousands of big businesses around the world, has revolved around its founder. Larry Ellison owns a 23% stake worth $18......

America's most feared corporate raider

Ronald Perelman spent five years rebuilding his $6 billion fortune amid travails at Revlon and Marvel. Suddenly he's back. For much of the 1980s Ronald Perelman was one of America's most feared......

Bollywood Goes On A Summer Holiday!

When the temperatures start soaring, it's the perfect excuse for our celebs to go on a summer holiday. Namrata Thakker looks at film folk enjoying their summer holidays at their favourite......

Golden Globes 2018: Gal Gadot, Sharon Stone on the Red Carpet

The 75th Golden Globes awards saw the stars descend at the Beverly Hilton hotel in California. This year, we saw none of the colours we're so used to seeing on the red carpet. Instead, it was all......

PIX: Beyonce, Adele, Lady Gaga at the Grammys

The 59th Grammy Awards were held at the Staples Center on Sunday, February 12, in Los Angeles, California. Highlights from the event. Grammy Awards: Sandeep Das wins, Anoushka Shankar loses......

Thank you George for the good times!

'I swayed my arms in the air with strangers when George Michael sang Careless Whispers.''I was in heaven.'Aseem Chhabra remembers a night in when he was mesmerised by George Michael. On December 25......

What's Sonu Nigam doing in the US of A?

Sonu Nigam is all set to return to the small screen with the latest season of Indian Idol. The singer has been busy these past weeks, with concerts in three American cities. While Pakistani singer......

Kobe Bryant, daughter 'Mambacita' died pursuing basketball dream

Since he retired from the National Basketball Association in 2016, Kobe Bryant had been coaching his daughter Gianna's middle-school basketball team. IMAGE: Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers......

Football Extras: USA's Morgan scores 100th to down Aus

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: United States forward Alex Morgan (center) celebrates with forward Megan Rapinoe (15) and midfielder Lindsey Horan (9) after......

Army doctor from Maharashtra pedals to history in US

Another Maharashtrian, Dr Amit Samarth of Nagpur, followed him at the finish line at Annapolis on American east coast around midnight on Monday as per the Indian time. IMAGE: Srinivas Gokulnath.......

He runs 147 km non-stop in a day!

Image: Ultra marathoner Arun Bhardwaj. Photograph: Facebook 'After 8 to 10 hours of running, when my body starts paining, I keep thinking about the pain and sacrifice of my mother and it makes my......

Father-in-law of Landis found dead

The father-in-law of disgraced Tour de France winner Floyd Landis has committed suicide, police said on Wednesday.David Witt, 57, the stepfather of Landis' wife, Amber, died on Tuesday of a......

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