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......

Ami Bera appoints Mini Timmaraju as chief of staff

Soon-to-be Indian American United States Congressman Dr Amerish 'Ami' Bera has appointed long-time Democratic and community activist and erstwhile Congressional staffer Mini Timmaraju as his chief......

Let's talk about Baluchistan!

Since Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his infinite wisdom put Baluchistan on the Indo-Pak agenda along with Kashmir, let's now not shy away from talking about it. The Pakistani case for Kashmir no......

US Congress honours music legend Balamuralikrishna

The United States Congress has released a Certificate of Recognition honouring legendary Carnatic vocalist Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna.The proclamation by Congressman Nick Lampson from Texas......

The world's next tax haven?

When Slobodan Milosevic died in his jail cell in March, he left behind an $800 million mystery. Between 1992 and 2000 the Serbian strongman spirited at least that amount, much of it in cash, out of......

Designing a chip? Come to India!

Big gates, small gates. Fort gates, logic gates. Open gates, fuzzy gates. While Chinese youth are busy reading Bill at the speed of thought, Indian youth are busy pooling diverse inputs to give......

The age of Chinese MNCs is here

The age of the Chinese multinational is upon us. Companies few Westerners had heard of two years ago now make the headlines almost every day. TCL Corp., a Chinese consumer-electronics manufacturer,......

Review: Don't miss True Grit

Shaikh Ayaz reviews True Grit. Post YOUR reviews here!Upon receiving his only Oscar -- and that, too, for sentimental reasons -- John Wayne, world's most beloved cowboy, bellowed, "Whhhhow, if I......

When Rekha ate raw octopus

Govind Menon is a man to watch out for.He convinced Mallika Sherawat to kiss 17 times in her launch film, Khwahish.And inBachke Rehna Re Baba, which will hit theatres on June 17,the directoreven......

Renee to play rock legend Janis Joplin

Long before she died on October 4, 1970 at the age of 27, Janis Joplin had been recognised as the original wild child of rock. If her astonishing voice --part wail, part foghorn, all magic --didn't......

To be hugged by Steven Spielberg

Kumar Pallana cannot think of a good reason why he did it, but there he was, slowly getting up from his seat and hugging Steven Spielberg, who had just walked into the vast room at his DreamWorks......

E-sports pull in more viewers as coronavirus halts live sports

IMAGE: Esports drivers compete in the F1 New Balance Esports Series. Photograph:  Miles Willis/Getty Images Sports fans and players across the world frustrated by cancelled matches......

India's first NBA draft pick Satnam fails dope test

'Mr. Bhamara would like to state that he was and remains a clean competitor and has always played basketball fairly' IMAGE: Satnam Singh Bhamara became the first India-born player to be selected......

Warne reveals of conflict of opinion with Tendulkar over All Stars exhibition matches

'There were a lot of jealous people out there, happy to turn us against each other' IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne had collaborated in 2015 to bring the All Stars Exhibition T20 series to......

Sports Shorts: Sameer, Gurusaidutt to meet in Hyderabad Open semis

A summary of sports events and persons in the news on Friday. IMAGE: RMV Gurusaidutt staged a grand recovery to make it to the semi-finals. Photograph: Lars Roenboeg/Scanpix Denmark/Reuters......

Despite Mavs horror, Satnam still harbours the NBA dream

Satnam Singh -- who has just signed up for the United Basketball Alliance in India -- endured a tough time with the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA, but the lad from Punjab isn't ready to give up just......