Reader Naveen Kumar sent us a picture of Andy Roddick from Austin, Texas.
The goal-scorers at the men's hockey World Cup being played in Delhi.
Although the broad contours of the proposed agreement with Ashok Leyland to build a range of small cars is yet to be outlined, Nissan's intention is clear counter Volkwagen's plans with Suzuki to target the compact car segment.
Shivendra Singh saved the day for India with a timely equaliser as the home team played out a 3-3 draw against South Africa in a controversial match to finish fourth in Pool B of the hockey World Cup on Monday.
With nearly two decades as a professor in several American cities and now the owner of two biotech companies, one in San Antonio and the other in the Bay Area, Masarrat Ali could have started his political career with some style. But he chose last year to be a foot soldier, running a precinct for Barack Obama in San Antonio.
Google Vice-President, People Operations, Laszlo Bock said, 'Given the state of the economy, we... needed fewer people focused on hiring,' following which it decided to 'wind down almost all our contracts with external contractors and vendors providing recruiting services... After much consideration, we have with great regret decided that we need to go further and reduce the overall size of our recruiting organisation by approximately 100 positions.'
Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA), a premiere communications management institute, will be presenting a historic international conference on Hinglish.
People are also spending more on travels and education. Compared to $160 million spent on travel and education last year, $207 million has already flown out of the country from April to August, 2008.
Unfaithful women better watch out, for according to a new research, men are better at detecting a cheating partner than females, and they're more likely to suspect infidelities that don't exist.
Publishing giant Random House has scrapped plans to publish a book on Aisha, the wife of Prophet Mohammed, fearing that it could be the new Satanic Verses and may draw the wrath of the Muslim community. "I'm devastated," said author Sherry Jones, whose novel The Jewel of Medina was bought by the publisher last year in a $100,000 two-book deal that was abruptly called off in May.
The successful opening of Julie & Julia proves what a wonderful box-office draw the 60-year-old actress has become in recent years.
Bangladesh were 35 for one in the first innings after dismissing the West Indies for 237 on Day 1 of the second Test.
Writer Saurav Mohapatra channels his inner Manmohan Desai, tosses in a dash of Mad Magazine, and emerges with a comic that is likely to have Farah Khan chuckling awhile.
Andy Murray's much-vaunted returning skills will be tested to breaking point at Wimbledon on Friday while Roger Federer faces a more subtle examination from a man in too much of a hurry to be blinded by reputation.
With more and more players seeking early retirement, the packed tennis schedules have once again come under the scanner.
Andy Murray became the first British champion at Queen's Club for 71 years on Sunday when he beat American James Blake 7-5, 6-4 in the final of the grasscourt event. With just over a week to go before Wimbledon begins on June 22, the victory will provide the world number three with a much-needed boost as he aims to end the stranglehold of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal at the All England Club.
Andy Roddick's hopes of a fifth Queen's Club title ended painfully on Saturday when the American limped out midway through the first set of his all-American semi-final against James Blake with a right ankle injury.
A police investigation into suspected 'match irregularities' at Essex county cricket club has stirred unwelcome memories of the match-fixing scandal which rocked the sport a decade ago. The investigation follows rumours of match-fixing in the second Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament staged in South Africa last year and was announced shortly before the third Twenty20 World Cup opens in the Caribbean on Friday.
Democratic US Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has joined party rival Barak Obama in promising an end to tax breaks to companies that ship jobs overseas, playing to the gallery on the hot-button issue of outsourcing as she tries to resuscitate her White House bid.
Disapproving of US' reliance on President Pervez Musharraf in the war against terror, presidential hopeful Barack Obama, who raised a storm by suggesting unilateral action against Al Qaeda in Pakistan, has vowed to go after the terror network there.
You say the era of private business travel is over? Here's one alternative.
Where the super-rich, like Gates, Buffett and Jobs, rest their heads.
Astronomers claim to have discovered two ingredients that build life-forming amino acids -- the molecules methanimine and the hydrogen cyanide -- in a galaxy nearly 250 million light years away from Earth.
The leading scorers in the 12th Men's Hockey World Cup at the conclusion of the semi-finals.
Rupesh Roy and his Venezuelan partner Roberto Maytin crashed out of the boys' doubles at the US Open, losing 7-6 (8/6), 4-6, 6-7 (5/7) to the American duo of Jarmere Jenkins and Austin Krajicek in the quarter-finals.
Besides, being employed also leads to better health, regardless of the amount of creativity involved in the work, the Science Daily reported.
A new study has suggested that employees who have more control over their daily activities and can take up challenging tasks they enjoy, are likely to be in better health.
In a bid to focus on testing, software and documentation, Dell India is integrating its hardware research and development (R&D) activities with its R&D units in Austin and Taiwan.
Albert, a 13-acre historic town in the state of Texas, has been sold for almost 1.5 million ($2.06 million) on auction Web site eBay, The Daily Telegraph reported on Saturday.
The average age of the new batch will be 33 years and the candidates gaining entry into the course will have work experience of about 10 years.
One-Year postgraduate programme in Public Management and Policy from IIM Ahmedabad.
Owen Wilson, a close friend of director Wes Anderson, won't be doing the publicity for The Darjeeling Limited.
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad has decided to hike the fees for the second batch of the one year Post Graduate Programme in Public Management and Policy from Rs 9 lakh to Rs 12 lakh.
Stratfor claims that in the case of the Prophet cartoons, Pakistani religious leaders admitted that they intentionally stirred up emotions connected with the publication of the images after the initial furore died down. It is thus quite possible that The Jewel of Medina will be used in the same way, but this timeframe could span decades
These elite up-and-coming companies have more than just great financials.
Paceman Corey Collymore and Daren Ganga were suprise omissions on Friday when the West Indies announced a preliminary 30-man squad for September's Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa.
Three-time Olympic champion Marion Jones is heavily in debt, fighting off court judgments and down to a bank balance of about $2,000.
The left-hander will captain West Indies in three one-day internationals and two Twenty20 matches against England.
Organisers of the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games should show urgency, including in the preparation of home athletes, the Commonwealth Games Federation said on Wednesday.
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