Historic day in US as Supreme Court legalises gay marriage

In a historic ruling, the US Supreme Court on Friday legalised same sex marriage, holding that gay people can get married in all 50 states of the country. Casey Kend of New York holds a sign in......

Survivors gather at Pearl Harbour, 75 years later

Thousands observed a moment of silence and watched jets streak across the clear blue sky at a ceremony at Pearl Harbor marking the 75th anniversary of the attack that plunged the United States into......

The American who caught Gandhiji's killer

In the shock after Nathuram Godse murdered Mahatma Gandhi that January evening 72 years ago today, a young American diplomat rushed to capture the assassin.Vaihayasi Pande Daniel traces the......

12 things you may not know about Apollo 11 mission

It has been a half-century since Neil Armstrong stepped out of a lunar module and onto the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969 and declared, “That's one small step for [a] man, one giant......

Big question from the Greece crisis: Do history and geography trump economics?

How did Greece, the country of Archimedes and Socrates and Plato and Pythagoras, come to such dire straits, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Like any Indian schoolboy, or should I say any schoolboy......

Want An OTT Date With Tamannaah?

Scams, stuntswomen, pirates, freelancers, Sukanya Verma shows you everything you can catch on OTT this week. Polite SocietyWhere to watch? Jio CinemaLanguage: English Set in London, a teenage......

Are You Ready For Avatar 2?

The next 12 months will see many world cinema heavyweights unveiling exciting new films. IMAGE: A scene from Avatar. In 2021, ending a year-and-a-half of pandemic-induced delays and disruptions,......

The Revenant, Mad Max, Star Wars sweep Oscar nominations

The nominations for the 88th Annual Academy awards were announced by Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, directors Guillermo del Toro and Ang Lee, and actor John Krasinski at the Academy's......

Bridge Of Spies, Carol dominate BAFTA 2016 nominations

The nominations for the 69th British Academy Film Awards -- or the BAFTAs -- have been announced, and it seems to be a Tom Hanks and Cate Blanchett show all the way! Their films -- Bridge Of......

US Open PIX: Rusty Djokovic eases to victory; Thiem out

Images from the US Open men's singles first round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Monday. Rusty Djokovic kicks off record bid with Albot thrashing IMAGE: Novak Djokovic lacked his......

Record-breaker Djokovic 'living his childhood dream'

IMAGE: As he continues to live his dream, Novak Djokovic is also staking his claim to the mantle of greatest tennis player of all time. Photograph: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Novak......

PICS: Djokovic douses Medvedev fire to win US Open

36-year-old Serb is the oldest US Open men’s winner in the Open Era and first to win three Grand Slam events in a season for the fourth time. IMAGE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates with......

US Open PIX: Djokovic whips Fritz; Shelton blasts way past Tiafoe

IMAGES from Day 9 of the US Open, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York. IMAGE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates victory over Taylor Fritz of the United......

US Open PIX: Djokovic eases into quarters; Swiatek knocked out

IMAGES from all the action on Day 7 of the US Open played at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows in New York on Sunday. IMAGE: Novak Djokovic committed just 12......