Prominent New Zealand broadcaster Paul Henry has apologised after he triggered a race row involving the country's Indian-origin Governor General Sir Anand Satyanand, a media report said.

Former Fijian Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, who was arrested on Friday for allegedly breaching the military government's emergency regulations, has been released from prison.

The Colombian singer Shakira has been approached by UK based film producer Karan Arora to star in a 3D VFX movie "Kali-the warrior Goddess".

Yuki Bhambri and Arjun won a silver medal each in tennis and discus throw respectively as Indians returned their best medal haul of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games on the seventh day of the competition in Singapore on Saturday.

Tiger Woods has set his sights on a much cleaner start at this week's US PGA Championship, having shaven off the goatee he sported last week while producing the worst PGA Tour performance of his career.

World champions Spain returned to the top of the FIFA rankings on Wednesday while Brazil dropped to third place and Italy slumped to 11th. World Cup finalists the Netherlands also leapfrogged Brazil for second, a rise of two places, while England surprisingly moved up a rung to seventh despite a disappointing tournament in South Africa.

Mumbai-based social activist Shobhna S Kumar has launched queer-ink.com India's first online bookstore 'for everything queer'.

'France and Italy were finalists in 2006, but both left at the end of the first round in 2010. It is only the third time that a champion has said bye before the knockouts.'

The United States is home to about 1.6 million Indian origin people, making them the third-largest immigrant group in the country after Mexicans and Filipino, a Washington-based think tank has said.

People of the Trinidad and Tobago surprised all when they elected 58-year-old Kamla Persad Bissesar as the country's prime minister. The political coalition led by her won 29 of the 41 seats in parliament, the results of which were announced on May 26. She heads the United National Congress party.

Ace golfer Vijay Singh dropped out of top-50 for the first time in nearly 18 years. The Fiji golfer slipped to No 51 after failing to qualify for the final 36 holes at the Texas Open -- first time since 1992.

Nearly six months after he nominated Dr Islam A 'Isi' Siddiqui to be the chief agricultural negotiator at the office of the US Trade Representative, US President Barack Obama -- fed up with what the White House called 'obstructionist' policies by Senate Republicans in not confirming Siddiqui and several others -- appointed Siddiqui and 14 others as soon as the Senate adjourned for the Easter vacation-recess.

Here is a list of the world's best beaches, compiled on the basis of customer experience and popularity as destination getaways.

Jayesh Shah, 73, a retired a medical rehab/pain specialist, has not given up hope for public office. He unsuccessfully ran for Los Angeles County supervisor in 2004 and 2008. He is back in the fray to fight for the Democratic primary June 10 from the 46th Congressional District in California. Nobody else has filed for the Democratic ticket yet.

Friends of former Union minister and senior Janata Dal-United leader George Fernandes on Tuesday made an appeal, endorsed by many eminent personalities like Union ministers Farooq Abdullah, Jaswant Singh, business tycoon Rahul Bajaj, eminent dancer Dr Sonal Mansingh among others.

The US intelligence community has begun to look for linguists and analysts from the Pakistani-American community to meet its national security challenges, especially after Pakistani Americans were in Pakistan trying to join Al Qaeda.Pakistan is often viewed as the epicentre of international terrorism.

The Australian government has handed over to India a police dossier of high-profile attacks on Indians over the past year, which reveals that nearly half of the attackers were juveniles. The dossier, prepared by the Victoria police, was handed over in recent weeks, after Foreign Minister Stephen Smith telephoned his Indian counterpart S M Krishna on January 11 to express his condolences over the murder of Indian student Nitin Garg in Yarraville.

A dispassionate look at the recent attacks on Indian students reveals some distinct patterns that are not exactly racist. First, the attacks have been on students and not on long-term residents working as skilled professionals.

Every year, hundreds of non-resident Indians diligently gather in New Delhi to attend the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas from their different far-off adoptive nations just for three days.

The 'Know India Programme' organised by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs is a three-week orientation trip for Diaspora youth to promote awareness about the different facets of life in India.

Two young students of Indian origin from Chile and the United States of America, who attended the 8th Bharatiya Pravasi Divas as part of Know India Program, reveal how their current tour of India has helped them cleanse themselves of their prejudices spurned by Bollywood movies and how they wish to further strengthen their relationship with India by working with the country's underprivileged.

The second day of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in New Delhi had an interaction with ministers of Indian origin in different countries. The subject was 'interests and concerns of the Diaspora.'

For travellers who are flexible with dates and destinations, luxury accommodation in particular is currently offering first-class value for money.

S K Singh stood tall and made his voice heard as a diplomat and as a politician.

Fiji will lodge an appeal against their exclusion from the 2010 Commonwealth Games with the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Athletes from the Pacific Island nation have been banned from competing at next year's Games in India after Commonwealth leaders, meeting in Trinidad and Tobago, upheld an earlier decision to exlude Fiji. The Commonwealth suspended Fiji in September after the nation failed to meet a deadline for opening talks on a return to democracy.

Fiji's participation in next year's Commonwealth Games received a rude shock after the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) on Monday, suspended the country's membership from the CGF following it's abatement from the Commonwealth last month.

National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) will conduct all tests for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) to be held in October next year.

Dr Siddiqui is currently the vice president, Science and Regulatory Affairs at the Washington, DC-based CropLife America, where he is responsible for regulatory and international trade issues related to crop protection chemicals.

E-selling of idols of Goddess Durga is catching up with a few doing brisk business through the World Wide Web.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has given permission to the Bank of Baroda to begin trading in the country, making it the nation's 19th registered bank.

Is your love life under pressure? Are you troubled by your relationship? Get Ahead's Love Guru hosted a chat with readers on August 20 to help them deal with love problems. For those of you who missed it, here's the transcript.

Shilpa Shetty, who suffered racial discrimination during the British reality television show Celebrity Big Brother, claimed that Shah Rukh Khan's detention by US immigration officers at Newark Airport was a very unfortunate incident.

The ominous figure of four-times winner Tiger Woods seized control of the US PGA Championship on Thursday, firing a flawless five-under-par 67 to charge one stroke clear in the opening round. Fresh from back-to-back wins on the PGA Tour in the last two weeks, the world number one delivered a superb display from tee to green on the monster Hazeltine National course.

Actress Dia Mirza talks about her tough role in Acid Factory.

Tom Watson defied his 59 years to tie the lead in the British Open on Friday while world number one Tiger Woods missed the second-round cut. Veteran Watson regained the putting touch that won eight majors in his prime and danced a jig of delight after rolling in a 50-foot birdie putt for a level-par 70 to join fellow American Steve Marino (68) on 135, five under par.

India's Gaganjeet Bhullar put out a worthy performance in his maiden debut at the world's oldest major by carding a one-over par 71 to finish in the same score as world number one, Tiger Woods in the opening round on Thursday.

More than 150 people are still under treatment in various hospital of the city, police said, adding that more people have been admitted to the hospitals overnight.

Knowing the local rules and customs of a travel destination will not only help you stay out of trouble when travelling, and avoid potential embarrassment or offence, but it can also open doors to unique and rewarding travel experiences.

President Barack Obama has nominated his friend and former room-mate and major campaign fund-raiser Vinai Thummalapally of Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the next US Ambassador to Belize, the only country in Central America where English is the official language.

Journalist turned researcher Ganesh Sahathevan defends his adopted country and argues that Australia is safe for immigrants.