An Indian-born barrister in the UK is claiming 33 million pounds damages for racial discrimination, accusing her head of chambers and his "overtly racist" legal clerks of conspiring to stop her receiving a string of high profile and lucrative assignments.

Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Sharon Stone and a host of other celebs turned out for the premiere of Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.

A galaxy of stars were spotted at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute's 'Model as Muse' gala.

The surprise was Conde Nast Portfolio's topper for the world's best-ever CEO. It was Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motors. There is no doubt that Ford was a great entrepreneur and business visionary. But, with the hindsight of almost a century, it is worth questioning whether he was a good CEO. Ford could easily have won the accolade in his lifetime for revolutionising the personal transportation industry with the Model T.

Too much symbolism and emotion is invested in making cars for the masses.

Zimbabwe's Olympic champion Kirsty Coventry broke her second world record in three days, claiming her third title in the 200 metres backstroke as the world record tally soared to nine. World marks were also set by Australian Felicity Galvez in the women's 50 butterfly, Croatia's Duje Draganja in the men's 50 freestyle, American Ryan Lochte in the 200 individual medley and the US in the women's 4x100 medley relay.

He added that Suzuki could not build a car for the same price as the Nano without sacrificing quality and standards.

The Kerala government on Sunday ended months of speculation by signing the agreement with Dubai-based Technology and Media Free Zone Authority to set up the proposed Smart City on around 100 hectares of land in Kochi.

Inspector General Vijayanand would be the new IG (Security) and DIG Padmakumar had been made the city police commissioner.

Opposition leader Oommen Chandy has said the incident must not be taken lightly.

'Sex and drugs are part of the world. I do not see why desi people should pretend they do not exist, or are 'Western' issues,' says Neeraja Viswanathan.

The Life Guards troopers, members of the British Army's most senior regiment, staged the late night orgy less then two kms from Buckingham palace. They then distributed copies of the video among colleagues.