United States President Barack Obama faced stiff resistance from the opposition Republican senators and skepticism from his own Democrats, forcing the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to postpone the vote on military intervention in Syria.

India could not achieve its full potential owing to "misgovernance", while BRIC countries progressed rapidly in the last decade, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday.

He also feels that central banks have injected too much liquidity, which is not sustainable and will end badly for investors.

James F Dobbins, a veteran United States diplomat, has been named as the new special American envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, at a time when both countries are going through "a pivotal moment". Announcing his appointment, US Secretary of State John Kerry said, "He has a deep and longstanding relationships in the region and I couldn't be more grateful that Jim has agreed to take on this assignment."

Boeing sticks with lithium-ion battery despite issues.

The problem lies in computer routers and other networking equipment that use a commonly employed standard known as Universal Plug and Play or UPnP.

Life Of Pi's Suraj Sharma lands a nomination as well.

Harnoor Channi-Tiwary travelled to Madhya Pradesh and returned with these memories.

Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown has been fired after a 1-4 start to the season, the 16-time National Basketball Association (NBA) champions said on Friday.

Obama was unforgiving, even though Romney agreed with him again and again, says Aziz Haniffa

Neither Obama nor Romney realise that government intervention as it is practiced in the US is not the answer to deliver people out of poverty, writes M R Venkatesh.

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were set to miss the cut as US Open champion Webb Simpson moved one stroke clear in Friday's second round of the weather-delayed Greenbrier Classic at White Sulphur Springs in West Virginia.

Here's looking at the winners of the 84th Annual Academy Awards

As Research in Motion goes through a major shake-up, Fairfax Financial founder Prem Watsa has taken a seat on its board, expanding it to 11 members.

The contrast in the fates of Arthur Conan Doyle's and Satyajit Ray's super sleuths is a study in despair, says Sumit Bhattacharya.

The film tries to pose as an insight into an artiste's anguish, when it's just a candyfloss romance that even takes the drugs out of a film about a dark star.

The US Open will slide into a third week after organisers of the last Grand Slam of the year bowed to player pressure on Thursday and agreed to change the finals schedule.

A R Rahman has us hooked with Sadda Haq and Tum Ho.

Serena Williams was seeded a lowly 28th for the August 29-September 11 US Open as tournament organisers opted to rigidly follow the current rankings rather than reward her for outstanding past performances.

The Nifty may cross the 6,000 mark if we see a further fall in crude prices, and positive guidance from Infosys.

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday delivered his State of the Union speech in the US Congress. Here's the transcript:

The Obama administration's point man for South Asia, Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake has assured that there will be deliverables from the first US-India Strategic Dialogue that will be held in Washington, DC, on June 2-3.

Tiger Woods sprang a surprise at Augusta National on Sunday when he turned up without notice to play the back nine at the US Masters venue with his good friend and long-time mentor Mark O'Meara.

When the South Asian Journalists Association was formed in 1994, there were only a few Indian-American bylines in the mainstream press, mostly in the business pages. There were some folks in the editing ranks, but they were even fewer in number than the reporters.

Rajeev Srinivasan samples the fare at the 14th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala 2009 underway in Thiruvanathapuram.

The two actors' films are doing pretty well at the US box office.

Scores of Indian American politicians, administration officials, media personalities and activists were among the 320 guests at the first state dinner of the Barack Obama presidency in honour of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Mrs Gurcharan Kaur

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The Reserve Bank of India has admitted that security features introduced in the higher denomination notes in 2005 as an anti-counterfeiting measure have been breached!

United States President Barack Obama has sparked a row with his assertion that the US is one of the world's biggest Muslim countries."If you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we would be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world," Obama told French television station Canal Plus on Monday. Michael Rubin, a scholar at the US think tank American Enterprise Institute, said the statement is incorrect and using such language is a 'dangerous gambit'.

Team Manmohan's first day in office

R Shiva Kumar from Career Launcher hosted a chat with Get Ahead readers on May 18. The transcript.

Health minister Nicola Roxon said on Monday that although no cases had yet surfaced in Australia, a case was likely to arise in coming days. However, president of the Pharmacy Guild Kos Sclavos said overseas travellers with prescriptions were driving demand because doctors appeared to be telling patients to travel with the drugs in case they fall ill with flu symptoms.

Despite a gloomy macroeconomic environment, 2009 is unlikely to be as bad as the previous year.

Snow falling from the Martian clouds have been detected by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, with possibilities of it even reaching the planet's surface. Laser instruments on the lander have detected the snow clouds about 2.5 miles above the spacecraft's landing site and also followed its precipitation.

The rich haven't gotten richer--or poorer--this year.

If one has the risk appetite and is willing to stay invested for 3-5 years, this is a good time to start investing in a staggered manner (via SIPs), says financial planning expert Irfan Rupani.

Growth is slipping, stocks are down 40%, and foreign stock market investors are fleeing. Business blames the ruling coalition for failing to make reforms

Mahesh Bhupathi and doubles partner Mark Knowles in a combined interview for ATP's DEUCE magazine.

Gold fell to, and held near-term support at $914.00 in overnight trading in Asia before turning higher in the morning hours, ahead of the New York opening. New York spot trading opened with gold at $ 926, up $ 1.20 as players watched the dollar dropping under 71.60 on the index, and crude oil rise to just above $ 111 per barrel. Silver was down 6 cents on the open, quoted at $17.68 but the noble metals took a harder fall. Platinum lost $48 at $1960.00 & palladium dropped $13.