'I have faced more attacks and threats than I have ever before'

'Disagreements between reporters and the White House has always been there, but this is the most tense I have seen it since I have been there.' IMAGE Then United States President Barack Obama and......

4 PIOs elected to Congress; Bera's result goes for recounting

An unprecedented ‘desi’ wave hit the United States general elections as a record number of four Indian-Americans were on Wednesday elected to the US Congress, while the fifth......

'He came, he spoke, he won'

For almost 60-minutes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke extempore at the SAP Center in San Jose and he left a crowd of 18,500 in awe. But there were a few hiccups with the subtitles disappearing......

California: New bill will bolster religious freedom at workplace

About 50 people from various religious group attended a press conference on April 11, in West Sacramento, where California Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada, D-Davis, announced the introduction of......

NBA: Pascal Siakam nets 40 in Raptors' OT win over Celtics

IMAGE: Cleveland Cavaliers' guard Darius Garland (10) celebrates his three-point basket in the fourth quarter against the Orlando Magic during their NBA match at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in......

NBA roundup: Durant returns to lift Nets past Cavs

IMAGE: Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker (1) dribbles the ball in the first half during the match against the San Antonio Spurs at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas on Monday. Photograph: Daniel......

Sim Bhullar, a man of superlatives

Simanta Roy looks beyond Sim Bhullar’s 7’5” tall, 360-pound frame to the first player of Indian descent to play in the high-profile NBA. FIRST PUBLISHED IN INDIA ABROAD......

Clijsters, Henin storm into third round

On a day when fans at Wimbledon hope Roger Federer does not clown around again when he plays a challenger nicknamed 'Bozo', Belgians Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin wiped the smiles off their......

2006 a mixed bag for Indian sports

Below-par shows in most of the crowd-puller team games notwithstanding, a slew of heroic individual performances and fairy tale successes of the shooters made 2006 a year to cherish in Indian......