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Gopal Krishna to represent Iowa at National GOP convention

Gopal T K Krishna, 65, is undeniably the most influential and powerful Indian American Republican in the important caucus state of Iowa, which for centuries has traditionally held the first......

Bhopal verdict is against public health and democracy

The quest of Bhopal victims for justice must continue and till the truth prevails because it is not their struggle victims of Bhopal alone. It is a litmus test that will determine that what......

Hurricane Ike pounds Texas, thousands flee

Giant Hurricane Ike began lashing the Texas gulf coast on Saturday with its fierce category 3 winds threatening to shut down United States' oil industry and flood the big water front area which is......

US: Professor gets $575,000 grant for research

A North Dakota State University professor who is seeking to develop environmentally benign ways to synthesise chirals, molecules that cannot be superimposed in their mirror images, has received a......

Jindal faces challenges ahead as Louisiana guv

Bobby Jindal, the Oxford-educated son of Punjabi immigrants who scripted history by winning the Louisiana governor race, faces daunting challenges ahead when he takes over one of the poorest and......

NRI firm among US's fastest-growing companies

Ram Guru came to the United States from Chennai to earn a masters in computer science but failed to make a mark in his preferred profession. However, it did not stop him from establishing one of......

Four-legged cure for recession blues

William Behnke bought a black male English Labrador retriever named Ghillie from Wildrose Kennels in Oxford, Miss. three years ago. A business developer at GCI, an Alaskan telecom company, Behnke......

Al Gore's amazing $100 million makeover!

Al Gore is a funny guy. And, for his $175,000 speaking fee, he tells this story: after leaving the White House and heading back to Tennessee sans motorcade -- "in a rented Ford Taurus," he sniffs......

The world of Chaitanya Tamhane's Disciple

'Tamhane's densely composed shots achieve what a vacuously whizzing camera seldom does.''Like those Renaissance Paintings in which a bewitching lady is shown posing for a portrait, and daily life......

Is Slumdog Millionaire worth the praise?

Sitting inside a crowded movie theatre in Nariman Point, South Mumbai, surrounded by other pasty-skinned foreigners and a few overtly wealthy Indians, I was forced to stifle an audible groan."What......

Star power fails at USBO

With a hat-trick of flops that lost about $200 million inone single year, Eddie Murphy, who gets $15million to $20 million per movie, became the costliest loser in Hollywood last year.Among the......

Srikanth, Rajawat in quarters of Swiss Open; Sindhu, Sen bow out

IMAGE: Kidambi Srikanth secured a place in the quarterfinals by defeating top seed Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia. Photograph: Claus Fisker/Reuters Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu's run at the Swiss......

Syed Modi: Ashwini-Tanisha pair in final, Priyanshu loses

Photograph: BAI Media/X India's Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto moved to the women's doubles final while Priyanshu Rajawat squandered a one-game advantage to bow out in the last four stage of......

Syed Modi: Srikanth out; Hooda, Priyanshi advance

IMAGE: Kidambi Srikanth continuing his dismal run in international circuit this season. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters India's Kidambi Srikanth bowed out with a straight-game loss in the......

Why Prannoy, Lakshya withdrew from Syed Modi International

IMAGE: With the Oly,mpic qualifiers coming up, players like HS Prannoy have decided to take a break. Photograph: Kind Courtesy BWF Media/Twitter Indian shuttlers HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen have......

Japan Masters: Prannoy advances, Lakshya exits

IMAGE: H S Prannoy got the better of Hong Kong's Cheuk Yiu in the opening round of the Super 500 event. Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters Returning to action after recovering from a back injury,......

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