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US: Jay Chaudhuri to head $3 trillion pension funds group

Jyoti ‘Jay’ Chaudhuri, general counsel and senior adviser to the state treasurer of the US state of North Carolina, was elected chairman of the board of the Council of Institutional......

Why Bihar's private schools will be shut on Wednesday

Nearly 50,000 private schools in Bihar are up in arms against the state government's order of compulsory registration of schools under the Right ToEducation (RTE) Act.Private school associations......

3 cr cases pending in courts! Moily decides to act

Struggling to bring down the whopping over 3 crore pending court cases in the country, the Law Ministry proposes to soon place before the Union Cabinet a comprehensive National Litigation Policy......

Ratings show Obama is least popular in India

Ahead of United States President Barack Obama's visit to India, his approval rating has fallen to its lowest since 2008 in the country where the decisions of his administration to hike visa fee......

Kayani, the man who calls all the shots in Pak

General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who has acknowledged his force is "India-centric" due to unresolved issues between the two countries, will continue playing a key role in shaping foreign policy after......

How earthquake, tsunami have hit Japan's economy

Japan's worst nightmare has become a reality. As it faces the biggest crisis since World War II, initial estimates peg the country's economic loss at a whopping $170 billion. Experts say the actual......

How Ramadorai groomed his successor at TCS

Eighteen months ago, some time in the early part of 2008, speculation began to do the rounds on who would succeed S Ramadorai as the chief executive of Tata Consultancy Services, India's largest......

Lessons to learn from the Jet pilots' strike

Now that the Jet Airways pilots' strike is over and the airline's services are back to normal, it is tempting to forget about the episode as yet another example of an industrial dispute getting......

Recession getting over, India to boom: IMF

The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday raised India's growth forecast to 5.4 per cent for 2009 and said that the global economy is beginning to pull out of a recession. The multilateral......

Mamata's rail: What's in it for you

In a thanksgiving budget, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday proposed no increase in passenger fares or freight tariff while announcing a slew of measures including launch of 12 non-stop......

Will India's Akshat Singh win Simon Cowell's heart?

'I want to tell everyone that whether you are fat, slim, tall, short, black or white, it does not matter. What you are doing from the bottom of your heart is what matters.' India’s young......

Review: Rock On 2 is staggeringly dull!

Rock On 2 does more for Meghalaya tourism than it does for rock music, feels Sukanya Verma. I enjoyed Abhishek Kapoor's Rock On, its 'Let's do this, guys' zeal enriched by an untried combination of......

Zayn Malik leaves One Direction

Zayn Malik has left popular boy band One Direction. The British group, which is now four, will continue their musical journey without him. Malik, 22, has been in the headlines......

Stars we should get on Bigg Boss 8 instead of Kim K!

No Kim? No sweat. These Hollywood stars would do just fine too. So Kim Kardashian will not be part of Bigg Boss 8. To help those folks at Colors, we came up with a few suggestions:Hit us up......

Shah Rukh Khan returns to television

Get your lowdown on what's going on in the world of Bollywood, right here!While Amitabh Bachchan has diversified with an acting gig in Anurag Kashyap's TV show Yudh, Shah Rukh Khan is slated to......

Mercedes expect McLaren, Ferrari to put a tough fight this season

IMAGE: Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton. Photograph: Hoch Zwei Livepic/Action Images Formula One champions Mercedes expect to be beaten by Ferrari this season and also see McLaren catching up fast after a......

Tip Gear: Some advice for Jeremy Clarkson and the boys

After being booted out of BBC's Top Gear -- the world's most watched factual television programme, with an estimated 350 million viewers! -- for bad behaviour, Jeremy Clarkson is back. This time on......

Spotted: Mahesh Bhupathi and Sitaram Sudarwa at the US Open

Reader Radhakrishna Gowrishankara spotted Mahesh Bhupathi and Sitaram Sudarwa at the US Open. 'I am Radhakrishna and work in Boston. Had gone to see the US Open with my wife Ramya Gopalakrishnan.......

Spotted: Bhajji and Dhoni at Mumbai airport

Reader Puranmal Agarwal sent us this photograph from the Mumbai airport. 'I met Dhoni and Bhajji at the Mumbai airport an hour ago today,' writes Puran. Thank you, Puran, for sharing this......

Spotted: IPL chairman Lalit Modi in the Andaman Islands

Reader Billy Graham Kanukolanu sent us this picture. Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi was spotted taking some time off in the Andaman Islands. Thank you, Billy, for sharing this picture!......

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