Indian-American Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri has been appointed as a member of US President Barack Obama's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, along with five others.'I am proud......
1965 was a very eventful year in Algeria. Jammu and Kashmir leader Sheikh Abdullah, who had been released from prison in India, under the pretext of seeing Algerian Revolutionary leader and......
How did 9/11 change the India-US equation? Are the two nations now really on the way to become strategic partners? Do they really see eye-to-eye on the war on terror? As the world marks five years......
Readers tell us how they coped on Terrible Tuesday. Reproduced almost verbatim:27th July 05 would always remain in my mind, as a memorable day for the many lessons it gave us. That day I was in......
Fans ofKal Ho Naa Ho director Nikhil Advani have a reason to rejoice.The directoris casting for his next Akshay Kumar-starrer Patiala House. And you could have a role in it too!Advani is looking......
She is tall, lissome with an hour-glass figure and only 18. She is Parvati Melton, the new 'girl' of Telugu cinema. Her debut film Vennela , mostly shot in the United States where she grew up was......
Madonna is in the news yet again! This time it's not for her lip-locking session with pop sensations Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. The Material girl is hogging the headlines for her second......
When New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg formally inaugurated the Sports Museum of America May 7, Sameer Ahuja saw a dream transform into vibrant reality.The nation's first and only interactive,......
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