Thanks to the world-wide media attention as well as the involvement of Democratic Congressman from Ohio, Dennis Kucinich, six-year old Alyssa Thomas's name was removed from the no fly-list by the......
President Obama has asked his Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair to step down. As director of National intelligence, Blair was responsible for collationof intelligence among the 16......
The US administration had informed the Indian government before it finalized a deal with David Coleman Headley to change his plea to guilty, sources said. Headley, born Daood Gilani, an American......
In this fifth part (see part one, two, three and four) of a series, rediff India Abroad discusses a different side of its analysis of the growing gun culture among Indian Americans.Is shooting a......
An Indian on the run after allegedly gunning down his estranged wife and another person in a New Jersey church has been arrested after a nationwide alert.Joseph 'Sanish' Pallipurath was arrested......
Shaikh Ayaz reviews Alpha and Omega. Post YOUR reviews here!There's a rich wolf, there's a poor wolf. There's a refined wolf and there's the not-so-sophisticated one. If you've been mistakenly......
An often heard comment at the Toronto International Film Festival where The Road was shown in September: It is bleak and numbing, and yet I could not get myself give up on it. Of course, many of......
Superman Returns has been in the making, and making, and making, for a little over ten years, during which time directors came and went; scriptwriters came, wrote, and were junked. When finally it......
He may be best known for the stoner comedy, Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle, but Kal Penn's concern for immigrants' rights and issues involving Asian-Americans is no schtick.On his website, he......
What happens when a sitcom star decides to direct? When Zach Braff, star of the refreshingly zinger-based hospital dramedy Scrubs showed up with his own film at the Sundance Film Festival, most......
The late Herbert Sutcliffe, who opened the batting for Yorkshire and England, was formally inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket Hall of Fame, at Lord's on Saturday.Herbert......
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton won a thrilling German Grand Prix on Sunday to forge four points clear of Ferrari's Felipe Massa at the top of the Formula One championship. Brazilian rookie Nelson Piquet,......
-Ramesh Tendulkar, a Marathi novelist, named his son after his favourite music director, Sachin Dev Burman.- When he was a schoolboy. Tendulkar was given a pair of pads by his childhood hero, Sunil......
Trinidad & Tobago's squad for the World Cup finals in Germany comprises the following 23 players: (Statistics up to and including May 23 2006) GOALKEEPERS 1-Shaka Hislop (West Ham United, England)......
Ten Sports will telecast sports-based feature films of recent times during the months of April and May as part of its philosophy to bring wholesome sports entertainment to its viewers.The new......
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