US assures action against cops responsible for Indian student's death

The Biden administration has assured the Indian government of a quick investigation into the horrific death of Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula in Seattle after being struck by a speeding police......

Rahul Gandhi gets new passport, to travel to US on Monday

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi received a new ordinary passport on Sunday, two days after a local court granted its no objection to the issuance of the same, sources said. IMAGE: Congress leader......

Court grants NOC for passport to Rahul for 3 years

A Delhi court on Friday granted a no-objection certificate (NOC) to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for issuance of an 'ordinary passport' for three years instead of 10, the period for which it is......

Accession Remains the Live-Wire of Kashmir Politics

The festering dispute over the accession of Jammu and Kashmir stands out as one of the world's most volatile fault lines that divides regions, countries, societies, communities and ethnic groups,......

10 things that can wreck the finances of a company

Image: Workers install the chassis along a production line at a truck factory in Hefei, Anhui. Photograph: Reuters A new report by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty examines global......

Google's mystery barge in San Francisco Bay under investigation

The agency that oversees development in the San FranciscoBay in California has begun a formal investigation into the construction of a secretive Google Inc barge on an island in the bay. The probe,......

Financial crisis could send suicide, homicide rate

The current global financial crisis may turn out to be a major killer, and could send suicide and homicide rates soaring, says a new Lancet study. Researchers at London School of Hygiene and......

Wall Street's top earners: Your pain, their gain

Problems paying the mortgage, filling the gas tank and feeding the family have eroded living standards for millions of Americans during the past several months. Not so for people who manage big......

'Daughters are as valuable as sons'

'Not only the poor in India want sons, but even in the Indian community in the US and Canada.' 'The more educated they are, the more access they have to money and use of technology in gender......

Nagesh Kukunoor's Dhanak makes waves in Berlin

Hollywood stars had a strong presence at this year's Berlinale, but the results were mixed.The biggest disappointment at the Berlinale is the very small representation of Indian films. Aseem......

A doctor who rocks the music charts

Even before the band Rupa & the April Fishes began a tour that would take them to over two dozen cities in America, Canada and Europe, bandleader Rupa Marya was being sought out for interviews......

What goes on in a terrorist's mind

Armed with mostly positive reviews, the disturbing, thought-provoking film The War Within, about a Pakistani suicide bomber who sets out to blow up Grand Central station in New York, is expanding......

Kaka has knee surgery, out for up to four months

Real Madrid midfielder Kaka has undergone an operation on his left knee and could be ruled out for three to four months, the clinic which carried out the surgery said on Thursday. The Spanish club......

Jones wants lie detector test on Conte

The lawyer for triple Olympic champion Marion Jones has challenged the indicted hea9d of the BALCO laboratory to take a lie detector test after he alleged he had seen her taking......

BALCO head helped Jones use steroids

The head of the BALCO lab at the centre of a global steroid scandal said in an interview to be aired on Friday that he witnessed track star Marion Jones using steroids in a drug program he......

Marion Jones used steroids: BALCO head

The head of the BALCO lab at the centre of a global steroid scandal said in an interview to be aired on Friday that he witnessed track star Marion Jones using steroids in a drug program he......

Jones seeks charges against ex-husband

Lawyers for Olympic track champion Marion Jones said on Friday that her ex-husband C.J. Hunter should be prosecuted for lying to federal officials following reports he told them Jones had used......