Liz Truss beats Rishi Sunak in Tory leadership race to be new UK PM

United Kingdom foreign secretary Liz Truss on Monday won the hard-fought Conservative Party leadership race, beating Rishi Sunak to go on to replace outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson -- loyalty......

8,375 km away from Chennai, another deluge is making headlines

In sights similar to what Chennai saw last week, thousands of people have been affected by severe deluge in northwestern England. Storm Desmond dumped record levels of rain on northern England and......

US uses 'moronic' selfie to bomb ISIS headquarters

A selfie, bragging about the command and control capabilities of the Islamic State, posted on social media by a terrorist helped the US forces track and destroy its headquarters in Syria in less......

Mark Tully's birth certificate located by KMC

Mark Tully, the BBC correspondent in India for nearly half a century, must be happy that at 78 his birth certificate has been located from Raj era archives by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.......

Corus fined 3 million pounds for fatal blast

Anglo-Dutch steel company Corus, currently in the midst of a takeover bid by India's Tata Steel and Brazil's CSN, has been fined more than three million pounds for breaching health and safety laws......

US firm sourcing fabric from India

Global retail majors are not just shopping for ready-mades in India. US chain store and catalogue merchant JC Penney Inc has initiated talks with at least seven Indian companies for sourcing......

Review: Awesome chemistry saves Twilight

I wish I hadn't read Stephanie Meyer's international best-selling book Twilight before watching it unfold on screen. It practically ruined the image of the characters in my head. Not that Robert......

Thorpe gets his due 110 years after double gold at Stockholm Games

Jim Thorpe, a Native American and one of the 20th century's greatest athletes having also played professional baseball and American football, was stripped of his medals in 1913 after reports of the......

Newcastle's match at Aston Villa postponed due to COVID-19

IMAGE: Newcastle lodged a request to have the game postponed and that was approved by the Premier League Board on Tuesday. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Newcastle United's game at......

Henderson aiming to oust De Gea as United's keeper

IMAGE: Manchester United's Dean Henderson. Photograph: Catherine Ivill/Reuters Dean Henderson's bid to replace David de Gea as Manchester United’s first-choice goalkeeper got off to a solid......

Soccer PIX: Mata sends Man United through; PSG crush Monaco

IMAGE: Manchester United's Juan Mata scores. Photograph: Andrew Yates/Reuters Juan Mata sent Manchester United into the FA Cup fourth round with a neat dinked finish in the 67th minute to......

Football focus: Rudiger's racism investigation closed

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Chelsea's German defender Antonio Rudiger had claimed he was racially abused by individuals during the Premier League match......