NYC has great plans for I-Day with khadi tricolour, giant flag over Hudson

A fly-past by a 220-ft-long majestic Indian tricolour, made of khadi, over the iconic Hudson river and the display of a giant billboard at Times Square are among the highlights of the grand......

20 Years On: America REMEMBERS 9/11

Saturday marks 20 years of the 9/11 terror attacks in America. The image of two passenger planes flying into the twin towers of the World Trade Center is permanently etched in public memory.  ......

NYC's Times Square sees unfurling of biggest Indian tricolour

The iconic Times Square in New York City, reverberating with the chants of ‘Vande Mataram' and ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai', was on Sunday drenched in hues of saffron, white and green as the......

How Modi can thwart Xi

'The world does not care about the tension on our border.''India has to emerge as a strong economic power.''Respect comes when the world sees a country with a direction and leadership that has a......

The Peter Principle lives

The Peter Principle, about to be reissued in a 40th anniversary edition, was a best seller when it was first published. A satiric treatise on workplace incompetence, it touched a nerve with readers......

The world's most powerful billionaires

The authority and influence Michael Bloomberg wields is staggering. As mayor of New York City--America's largest and most complex metropolis--he lords over more than 8 million people speaking 40......

Who is the official time keeper of Beijing Olympic

Watches Who is the official time keeper of Beijing Olympics?Take the Rediff Business Quiz and find out how much you know about the world's time keepers. Biz Quiz is best viewed in Internet Explorer......

Review: Looper is one of the year's best films

The brilliant Looper is one for the ages, writes Raja Sen.I love the word blunderbuss. Born out of the Dutch for thunder-box, it describes an antiquated shotgun making up for limited range with......

Why Preity Zinta loves New York

A month ago walking in Times Square late in the evening, I saw an unusual number of desis hanging outside the Air Force Recruitment Center, between Broadway and Seventh Avenue. A closer look......

F1: Doubts over New Jersey race, Austin on track

Formula One CEO Bernie Ecclestone has raised doubts over whether the inaugural Grand Prix of America, to be held in New Jersey next year will go ahead. British newspaper The Guardian quoted......

Ecclestone casts doubt on New Jersey race in 2013

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has cast doubt on New Jersey hosting a Grand Prix in June 2013 despite a 10-year agreement announced last year. "Maybe the New York race will be 2013," he......