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Canadian police department appoints Hindu chaplain

Pandit Damodar Sharma recently became the first ever Hindu chaplain to work for the Durham Regional Police (Ontario, Canada), or for any police department in Ontario. He was sworn in on March 25 in......

Trump nominates Mark Esper to be new defence secretary

United States President Donald Trump has nominated Mark Esper, an army veteran, to be the next defence secretary, as the Pentagon faces a leadership vacuum amid a mounting confrontation with Iran.......

CNN sues Trump, his White House aides over barring of reporter

IMAGE: A White House staff member reaches for the microphone held by CNN's Jim Acosta as he questions US President Donald Trump during a news conference following last week's midterm US......

All civilised nations must unite to end Syrian civil war: Mattis

A series of air strikes in Syria by the United States and its allies were designed to send a 'clear message' to President Bashar al-Assad to stop his chemical weapons programme, US Defence......

US midterm polls: The desis who disappointed

Democrat Amerish 'Ami' Bera In the battle for the Silicon Valley, incumbent Democrat Ami Bera, only the third Indian-American in the House, was trailing to Republican businessman Doug Ose. Bera......

Tech glitch shuts down Nasdaq market for 3 hours

Trading in thousands of US stocks ground to a halt for much of Thursday after an unexplained technological problem shut down trading in Nasdaq securities, the latest prominent disruption to the......

Reese Witherspoon pregnant with third child

Actress Reese Witherspoon, who got married for the second time to talent agent beau Jim Toth last year, is pregnant with her third child.The This Means War actress has two kids with former husband......

Review: 32aam Adhyayam 23aam Vaakyam is disappointing

32aam Adhyayam 23aam Vaakyam is a disappointing affair because of the careless handling of the subject, says Paresh C Palicha. Twenty-three is an ominous number because blood takes 23......

Oscars 2017: Emma Stone, Viola Davis win!

The 89th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. A quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: BEST PICTURE Arrival Fences Hacksaw Ridge Hell or High Water Hidden Figures La La Land Lion......

Hollywood's 10 Most Iconic Modern Heroines

Actresses come and go, but these ladies will always dazzle. A recent list of Hollywood's highest paid-actresses, topped by Sandra Bullock, made us think about heroines in the movie business, who......

Oscars 2017: The 10 Most Memorable Moments

Raja Sen lists the highlights from the 89th Annual Academy Awards. 1. The sitting ovation. IMAGE: Host Jimmy Kimmel speaks onstage. Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images. The Oscars......

EPL: United survive Chelsea thriller, Liverpool win

IMAGE: Bruno Fernandes scored his 100th goal for the club in all competitions. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters Bruno Fernandes milestone and late drama lift Manchester United past Chelsea with......

EPL: Liverpool edge closer to title, send Leicester down

IMAGE: Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold celebrates scoring their first goal with Liverpool's Kostas Tsimikas and Liverpool's Luis Diaz. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters Liverpool moved one......

Here's a complete list of French Open men's singles champions

Rafael Nadal put up a dominant show against Casper Ruud of Norway to win the men's singles final match 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 on Sunday to clinch his record 14th French Open crown and his 22nd grand slam......

Throwback: 13 years ago Kumble scored his only ton

IMAGE: Anil Kumble celebrates scoring his only century. Photograph: Stephen Hird/Reuters Exactly 13 years ago, former India spinner Anil Kumble smashed a maiden and only century in his......

Sports shorts: Women's hockey team wins Malaysia series opener

IMAGE: India’s players celebrate a goal in the opening game of the five-match women’s hockey series against Malaysia, in Kuala Lumpur, on Thursday. Photograph: Hockey India/Twitter......