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These Beasts Are Coming To India Soon!

Glimpses from Lujan Zoo in Lujan, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The tigers and lions at Lujan Zoo will be transferred to a wildlife sanctuary in India. IMAGE: A lion at Lujan......

Cops gear up for mega farmers' meet at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan

Due to a 'Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat' convened by farmers at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on Thursday, the Delhi Police has beefed up security and deployed heavy force for checking vehicles,......

5,000 farmers allowed to gather at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan

Delhi Police has given permission to the farmers to hold their 'Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat' with the condition of gathering not exceeding to 5,000, no tractor trolleys, no march at the Ramlila......

After Ram Navami violence, Hanuman Jayanti passes off peacefully in Bengal

The Hanuman Jayanti celebrations passed off peacefully in West Bengal as security forces maintained a strict vigil across the state to avoid a rerun of the violence that marked the Ram Navami......

Central forces in Bengal; TMC asks BJP to be 'good boys'

Security forces were maintaining a strict vigil across West Bengal in view of Hanuman Jayanti celebrations on Thursday, officials said. IMAGE: RAF and police personnel conduct a flag march at......

Flyovers: Big money guzzlers that fail to solve traffic problems

It should be clear to all that flyovers don't solve urban traffic problems. They make them worse by taking away scarce funding from solutions that could, notes Subir Roy. Image: Flyovers fail to......

Smart city challenge: Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, are you ready?

At a time when the world is talking about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of developing ‘100 smart cities’ to accommodate the burgeoning population of India, we take a......

Twitter roadshow: Less exuberance, more 'nuts and bolts'

During the roadshow leading up to Facebook Inc's initial public offering a year-and-a-half ago, New York's institutional investors were greeted by snaking queues, beefed up police presence, and a......

Airtel follows up Kolkata 4G launch with a bang

Two days after Bharti Airtel announced the launch of its fourth-generation (4G) wireless broadband services in Kolkata, it is tough to miss the mark of the campaign in the city's key locations.A......

Just 8 years old and earning her bread already

Ask her age and she mumbles some inaudible number. Ask her if she has ever been to school, she shakes her head vehemently and blurts out, "School? I don't even know how to hold a pencil." All of 8......

Priyanka stars in Valentine's Day movie

Isn't It Romantic is about a New York woman hit on the head during a mugging.The impact leaves her feeling that she is in a rom-com.Saibal Chatterjee reports. IMAGE: Priyanka Chopra and Adam......

Bollywood bids farewell to Kundan Shah

Director Kundan Shah, who made cult cinema like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro and Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, succumbed to a heart attack on October 7. He would have turned 70 this month. His funeral was held......

'Thank you, Sir Richard, for focusing world attention on India'

'That night -- when Gandhi won Best Picture at the 1983 Oscars belonged to India and it meant a lot to a young student like me who was trying to establish his Indian identity among the Americans......

Review: Madagascar 3 is a must watch

Preeti Arora says Madagascar 3 is a film that you want to hurry up and watch with the kids before their school-bus begins To call any of the 'Madagascar' productions a 'movie' is like saying it......

Old friends break the silence

Like old friends who once 'sat on the park bench like bookends', Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel put the sounds of silence of the last two decades behind them. The 1960s folk-rock duo seemed to forget......

'You are our champion': deported Djokovic gets warm welcome home

'I am uncomfortable that the focus of the past weeks has been on me and I hope that we can all now focus on the game and the tournament I love' IMAGE: A building in Belgrade, Serbia, is lit up in......

Djokovic boards plane bound for Dubai after court upholds visa cancellation

IMAGE: Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic walks in Melbourne Airport before boarding a flight, after the Federal Court upheld a government decision to cancel his visa to play in the Australian......

Djokovic free but Australia deportation threat still looms

IMAGE: A week after his arrival in Australia, Novak Djokovic finally reached the tennis court, hitting practice shots at Melbourne Park on Tuesday. Photograph: Kelly Defina/Getty Images Novak......

Djokovic wins court battle to stay in Australia

IMAGE: A Novak Djokovic fan outside the Park Hotel in Melbourne on Monday as police stand guard. Djokovic is in a detention hotel in Melbourne after his visa was cancelled on arrival to Australia......

PIX: Ganguly inaugurates cricket-themed restaurant in Kolkata

'It's a must-visit place for ardent fans of cricket and food.' A cricket-themed restaurant displaying more than 100 memorabilia was inaugurated by former India captain Sourav Ganguly, in Kolkata,......

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