Trump's visit to India to feature many firsts

Donald Trump's visit next week is the first ever stand-alone trip by a US president to India. IMAGE: US President Donald Trump with US First Lady Melania Trump and his daughter Ivanka and......

Artist shows beaten faces of famous women for campaign against violence

An Italian artist has created a campaign featuring doctored images showing battered faces of high-profile women to highlight the issue of violence against women. The "Just Because I am a Woman"......

Why did Trump attack India?

Trump's diatribe against India in his speech on the Paris Agreement is hard to explain, especially when a Modi-Trump meeting is supposedly on the cards, says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan. The hue......

What Modi can learn from Akhilesh

Narendra Modi can pick up a tip from the Samajwadi Party ramlila.If he doesn't want L K Advani as President, he might anoint him Bharatiya Bhishma Pitamah, suggests Sunanda K......

'Don't let political dysfunction affect eco progress'

Arguing that the country's economy is poised for progress in 2013, US President Barack Obama has asked the Congress not to let "political dysfunction" affect this."Our economy right now is headed......

US Congress resolves 'fiscal cliff' drama

The United States averted economic calamity when lawmakers approved a deal preventing huge tax hikes and spending cuts that would have pushed the world's largest economy off the "fiscal cliff" into......

More turbulence likely in global markets

The turbulence in global markets over the past few years feels like it's been more intense than ever before. Confirming this visceral sense, medium-term market volatility (measured by the five-year......

PM asks foreign investors to invest in India

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on Saturday asked foreign investors to invest in the country. Singh was in Barmer district of Rajasthan to inaugurate a terminal for supply of......

'Uncle Neil brought North East closer to India'

'There was a certain difference that separated him from the rest. That's why his life is so celebrated, his loss is felt globally.' IMAGE: William Richmond Basaiawmoit with Neil Nongkynrih.......

'I want the big a** Indian wedding'

Photograph: Kind courtesy Kal Penn/Instagram Actor-comedian Kal Penn has come out as gay and has revealed that he is engaged to Josh, his partner of 11 years, with whom he is planning a wedding.......

Navrasa, Mr Corman, Vivo: BEST of OTT

Blood sucking locusts on the loose, a honeymoon gone awry, a disenchanted school teacher and a singing tropical rainforest mammal, Sukanya Verma lets you take your pick from the OTT spread this......

Love your music? Read this about Spotify

About 18 months after its entry in India, a Spotify listener spent an average of 97 minutes on the app, almost ten times more than any other streaming music brand, reports Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.......

Images: India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI, Tri-series

Sanath Jayasuriya hammered a quickfire 98 from 79 deliveries, including 13 boundaries, to give Sri Lanka a flying start in the third match of the tri-series, in Colombo, on Saturday. Jayasuriya......

'I'm sure I will have sleepless nights'

Ana Ivanovic discovered there was no where to hide at Flushing Meadows as she slumped out of the US Open in the first round with a 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 defeat by Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko on Tuesday.......

Bolt eases through 200m heat in morning chill

Triple Olympic champion Jamaican Usain Bolt cruised into the second round of the 200 metres at the world championships on Tuesday, 36 hours after shattering the 100m world record to win gold. On......

The 100m runs from 9.9s to 9.58!

From the moment that Usain Bolt danced across the line in the Olympic 100 metres final exactly one year ago and still clocked a massive world record of 9.69 seconds people began asking just how......

Afridi guides Pakistan to World T20 title

Pakistan once again rose to the occasion in style when they outplayed Sri Lanka by eight wickets to win the ICC World Twenty20 at Lord's in London, on Sunday. Runners-up to India in the last......