WTF NEWS: It's Weird, True and Funny!

Here's your weekly digest of the craziest and funniest stories from around the world.25-yr-old daredevil walks tightrope in stilettosA daredevil from Austin, Texas recently walked tightrope......

Trouble over Mittal's Romanian plant

The United Kingdom's richest Indian faces an uneasy Diwali weekend following a looming challenge to his two-year-old purchase of a steel plant in Romania, which helped to position his LN Mittal......

Why the Bhatinda refinery project will succeed

I read with interest that steel king Mittal has decided to buy 49 per cent stake in Guru Gobind Singh Refineries as an equal partner with state-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd to revive......

Why the Tatas 'bought a piece of the future'

All it took was four weeks and a blind date to shape a $677 million deal - the largest overseas spend by an Indian company.Neither Glaceau's J Darius Bikoff, nor R K Krishna Kumar, vice chairman of......

Tatas' shopping spree: 27 in 6 years!

The Tatas are out shopping again. Since February 2000, the group has acquired as many as 27 companies, both in India and overseas, at a total cost of over Rs 16,000 crore ($3.5 billion)!In the......

How India Inc is going global

In July 2005, pharma giant Ranbaxy Laboratories entered into a licensing agreement that allows it to market herbal cough and cold remedies under the Doktor Mom brand in Romania.Six months later,......

Indian long jumper's heartbreaking World C'ship exit

Sreeshankar 'gutted' at 'unexpected' result at World Championships, promises to bounce back IMAGE: Murali Sreeshankar was expected to at least qualify for the final round but form deserted......

French Open PIX: Swiatek, Ruud, Rybakina advance into 3rd Round

IMAGES from Day 5 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Thursday. IMAGE: Poland's Iga Swiatek in action during her second round match against Claire Liu of the US. Photograph: Kai......

Magnus Carlsen's Last Gambit

A title match requires months of preparation and pulling out of other events, putting together a team of seconds, etc. Carlsen just says he lacks the motivation to do this again. IMAGE: World......

Will Neeraj breach 90m barrier in Kuortane Games?

IMAGE: Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra's spear landed 70cm short of the 90m mark to claim the silver medal at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland, on Tuesday in his first competition after......

CAS upholds FIFA ban on Russian teams while court deliberates

IMAGE: CAS said in a statement on Friday that the suspension of all Russian teams and clubs from FIFA's competitions would remain in force. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters Russia's......