Global non-profit organisation Asia Society's India-born head Vishakha Desai, who has advised President Barack Obama on India related issues, is stepping down as President and CEO after 22 years at......
'But where were the majority of my cousins from South Asia, the multitudes from Pakistan and Bangladesh and my own compatriots,' wonders B S Prakash.'They were the service class: Cleaning,......
Srikanth Kondapalli says that while China had scuttled popular outpouring a number of times before, a prairie fire is raging across the country.The Mandarins in China are warily watching the......
Environmental activist Gopal Krishna lists the five things the US should do to quell the global outrage after the recent verdict in the Bhopal gas leak case and provide some justice to the......
Passengers on-board a Kingfisher Airlines Mumbai-bound flight had tense moments on Monday after the pilot pressed a hijack alarm by mistake. The incident took place immediately after the Kingfisher......
A week after Ra.One released, we take a look at the box office figures in India and abroad.Shah Rukh Khan's much-anticipated Ra.One failed to break the opening day box office collection of......
With an investment of Rs 100 crore, Shah Rukh Khan is not sparing any effort in making his home production Ra.One as slick as any Hollywood sci-fi film. In his attempt to get 'an international......
Cameron Bailey, Film Programmer of the Toronto Film Festival for South Asia and Africa, was recently in Chennai to select films for one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world. He is......
The return of former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi for next month's One-day series against Sri Lanka appears imminent after the flamboyant cricketer decided to come out of a self-imposed exile......
Ashish Kumar creates history in gymnasticsGymnast Ashish Kumar on Tuesday opened a new chapter for India in the little followed sport by clinching the country's first ever medal, a bronze, in the......
A game of rugby and some fielding and batting drills comprised the strenuous three-hour workout that the Indian team went through ahead of the series against New Zealand that kicks off with a......
India's recent success against top sides like Australia notwithstanding, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Friday said his team does not start favourites against New Zealand, although it is......
When Laurie Lever turned 60 last October, the last thing on his mind was retirement with the Australian show jumper focused on riding in his first Olympics. Lever is one of a growing number of......
HONG KONG: Oil prices closed in on the $100 a barrel mark on Monday as traders grew increasingly worried about unrest in Egypt, while stock markets... ...