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'New York Is Not For Sale', Zohran Mamdani Tells Trump

On Sunday, October 26, 2025, New York mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani and two of his most prominent backers, United States Senator Bernie Sanders and US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,......

'Zohran Mamdani Has A Very Complicated Identity'

'He knew the world's eyes were on him and he had to speak directly to the fears that immigrants in New York feel right now.' IMAGE: New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani holds a press......

'100% communist lunatic, looks terrible': Trump slams Zohran Mamdani

United States President Donald Trump has called Indian-origin lawmaker Zohran Kwame Mamdani a "100 per cent communist lunatic" after he won the Democratic primary race for New York City mayor.......

'Dravidian South Was Cradle Of Early Urban Modernity'

'At Keeladi, we have not come across any evidence for organised religion.' IMAGE: A beautifully crafted earthen pot unearthed at the Keeladi excavation site. All photographs: Kind courtesy Tamil......

Alexandria Mills is Miss World 2010

Alexandria Mills, an 18-year-old from the United States had her "dream come true" as she emerged the surprise winner of the coveted Miss World 2010 crown, beating off competition from 115 beauties......

Internet services hit as cable cut off Egypt's coast

Many of us who use the internet services of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Tata Communications and state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) have witnessed disruption or slower speed in recent......

Swanky trams across the world

The first tram came into service on the Swansea and Mumbles Railway in south Wales, United Kingdom. It was horse-drawn at the beginning, and later moved by steam and electric power. Trams are......

Internet services badly affected in India

Extensive damage to two undersea cables has thrown Internet activity across large parts of India, Asia and the Middle East, out of gear. According to reports, a ship anchoring off Egypt's......

Alcatel-Lucent to build undersea cable

Global telecom major Alcatel-Lucent has bagged the contract to build the new submarine cable -- India-Middle East-Western Europe (I-ME-WE) -- linking Mumbai to France from a consortium of nine......

Electrifying cars of the future!

With fuel prices escalating every other day, demand for green cars has been increasing over the years. Pollution-free and easy to operate, a wide range of green cars is available in the market and......

Laxmi Raai Loves To...

Bollywood is in globe-trot mode. And the stars are making sure they capture every fun moment so that they can share it with their fans on social media. Photograph: Kind courtesy Laxmi......

Legendary singer David Bowie dies at 69

British singer-songwriter David Bowie has died at the age of 69 after battling cancer for 18 months. 'David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous......

Hollywood icon Omar Sharif dies at 83

Cinema icon Omar Sharif, best known for his legendary roles in classic films "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago", died of a heart attack in Cairo on Friday. He was 83. The Egypt-born actor's......

'A film is like a one-night stand'

'I'm a rascal, I'm going to play a paramahansa?!' IMAGE: Victor Banerjee was in Mumbai to promote the film, The Answer. On the second half of a day of back-to-back interviews, the actor changed......

Chennai's Velammal Vidyalaya Wins Chess World Schools Gold

IMAGE: Velammal Vidyalaya, which has won the FIDE World School Teams Championship for five consecutive years in the past, follows the '7 to 17 programme' which was introduced in schools by former......

Sift Kaur wins India's first gold at Shooting World Cup

IMAGE: Sift Kaur Samra staged a dream comeback in the second Prone and final Standing positions to win the gold medal in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions at the ISSF World Cup. Photograph: NRAI/X......

Shooter Sift Kaur's stunning comeback wins her World Cup gold

Indian shooter Sift Kaur Samra produced a sensational come-from-behind performance to win her first individual ISSF World Cup gold in the women's 50m rifle 3-positions final, while Esha Singh......

Nicol David's reign extends to 9th year...

Malaysia's Nicol David competes against India's Dipika Palllikal. Photograph: Stanley Chou/Getty Images Malaysia's Nicol David celebrates her ninth year as world squash No 1 this week but her......

US women's soccer team's equal pay case dismissed

IMAGE: Alex Morgan, left, celebrates scoring a goal with US team-mate Megan Rapinoe . Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters The US women's soccer team's claims for equal pay were dismissed by a......