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Freedom of expression under threats worldwide, including India, warns Rushdie

Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie has warned against the “alarming” threats to freedom of expression around the world, including in India, as he accepted the Freedom to Publish......

US court reserves order in anti-Sikh riots case

A United States judge has reserved his orders on submissions by the Congress party that the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case filed against it by a rights group in New York be dismissed as the Manhattan......

FTC dismisses bail plea of French diplomat Pascal

A fast track court on Thursday dismissed the bail plea of French Consulate official Pascal Mazurier, arrested on charge of raping his four-year-old daughter, on the ground that there was 'direct......

Biswanath Halder sane to face trial

In a case the prosecutors say took an extraordinary time to take a man to trial, an Ohio judge has ruled that 64-year-old Biswanath Halder is sane enough to be tried. Halder faces death sentence......

Trump nominates Indian-American to top judicial post

An Indian-American legal luminary has been nominated by United States President Donald Trump to a key judicial position on the powerful US court of appeals. Amul Thapar, 47, who in 2007 became the......

Ex-directors of Satyam win ruling in US class-action suit

A US federal judge dismissed claims against seven former directors of Satyam Computer Services Ltd in shareholder lawsuits stemming from the massive fraud at the heart of India's largest corporate......

Nirav Modi remanded to custody in UK till July 25

Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, wanted in India in connection with the nearly USD 2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering case, was on Thursday further remanded to......

Nirav Modi further remanded to custody in UK prison until August 22

He has been lodged at Wandsworth prison in south-west London since his arrest in March in connection with the nearly $2 billion Punjab National Bank fraud and money laundering case. Illustration:......

Jail term for former WorldCom CEO

Former WorldCom chief executive Bernard Ebbers has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for orchestrating a record $11 billion fraud that toppled the telecommunications company he founded.Judge......

Ramalinga Raju declared a pauper in US court

Ramalinga Raju, former chairman of Satyam Computers, who last year confessed to have inflated his company's assets by over $1 billion, was declared a pauper by a New York court exempting him from......

Do You Wanna Partner Review: Charming

Do You Wanna Partner is frothy and funny without being loud or crude, which is something so many Indian comedies cannot manage, observes Deepa Gahlot. Two attractive women go on pub crawls in......

Meet the judges of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 8

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Image: Karan Johar, Lauren Gottlieb, Shahid Kapoor and Ganesh Hedge. His wedding day may be......

De De Pyaar De review: Modern family mockery!

'You'll find more wisdom on such matters in a Sara Ali Khan interview,' says Sukanya Verma. Did I just hear 'misogynist' in a Hindi film? The irony is not lost when its co-producer and writer......

Game Of Thrones, Handmaid's Tale lead Emmy noms

The Emmy nominations for 2018. Game Of Thrones led the 70th Emmy awards with the highest nominations at 22. It was followed by Saturday Night Live and Westworld at 21, and The......

Golden Globes 2015: Julianne Moore, Michael Keaton win

The 72th Annual Golden Globe awards have been announced. There have been quite a few surprises and some expected nods. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: BEST MOTION......

PIX: After 19 years, Devine bows out with a heavy heart

'Disappointing. Not to make it about myself, I wanted to go out on a high and today's performance wasn't that.' IMAGE: New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine, who retired from WODIS after the match......

Asiad champ Bahadur Sagoo is AFI president

IMAGE: Bahadur Singh Sagoo. Photograph: X Asian Games gold-winning former shot putter Bahadur Singh Sagoo was on Tuesday elected unopposed as the Athletics Federation of India's president,......

Indians draw blank at Olympic qualifiers after Nishant loses

IMAGE: Nishant Dev lost 1-4 to USA's Omari Jones. Photograph: BFI/X Nishant Dev missed out on a Paris Olympic quota by a whisker, suffering a heartbreaking loss in the 71kg quarterfinals as all......

PIX: Tyson fights to draw with Jones Jr. in exhibition

IMAGE: Mike Tyson, right, throws a punch at Roy Jones Jr. during the heavyweight exhibition boxing bout for the WBC Frontline Belt at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, on Saturday. Photographs:......

Jones gets six months in prison

Disgraced US sprinter Marion Jones was sentenced to six months in prison on Friday for lying to federal prosecutors about her steroid use, a stunning downfall for the five-time Olympic medallist.......