'The Lankan government gave the LTTE arms'

S C Chandrahasan is a Sri Lankan Tamil leader and founder of the Organisation for Eelam Refugees Rehabilitation. He is the son of the late Sri Lankan Tamil political leader Samuel Selvanayagam. He......

Rare French privilege for Dr Singh

In a rare honour for India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was on Tuesday the Chief Guest of Honour at the French National Day celebrations, witnessing an impressive parade, in which a contingent of......

Indian American girl wins Spelling Bee

In her fourth appearance at the annual spelling marathon, a supremely-confident Kavya Shivashankar, 13, of Olathe, Kansas, breezed through to win the 82nd Scripps National Spelling Bee competition,......

Exclusive Interview/US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake

President Barack Obama's administration has categorically denied that it had pushed India to engage with Pakistan at Sharm-el-Sheikh in Egypt, or that Washington had anything to do with the......

Satyam's Raju & the 108 business plan!

No less aggressively than he had built Satyam, Ramalinga Raju built an emergency healthcare provider called EMRI, starting in his home state of Andhra Pradesh. Ramalinga Raju liked exploring the......

Indian consumers 2nd most optimistic

Consumers who had deferred purchases or preferred to stretch their money at discount retailers look all set to splurge again. The latest round of the Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence Survey......

America's 10 most famous fraudsters

In a scene from the much-acclaimed 2002 gun violence documentary Bowling for Columbine, the film's maker and host Michael Moore peacefully strolls through the much maligned South Central......

Arrival of monsoon brings respite to farmers

After a long dry spell, farmers in various parts of India finally heaved a sigh of relief as the monsoons arrived. The onset of monsoons in Jalpaiguri in West Bengal raised hopes for......

PIX: Pregnant Lara Dutta steps out

Lara Dutta, who's due to give birth to her and husband Mahesh Bhupathi's first child in February, attended the staging of Rohan Sippy's musical -- All That Jazz & Love -- for Chivas Studio at......

Birthday Special: Lara Dutta's fabulous life!

The actress and former beauty queen turns 37 today.Lara Dutta, who won the Miss Universe title in 2000 and made her Bollywood debut in Suneel Darshan's Andaaz, has come a long way.After starring in......

Welcome aboard! Abhishek congratulates Lara

After Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Lara Dutta recently announced that she is expecting her first child. Papa-to-be Abhishek Bachchan wished her on Twitter. 'paaji! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! welcome on......

Abhishek Bachchan looks into the future

Abhishek Bachchan may not have a single hit to his credit, but he is still one of the most sought-after actors in Bollywood. According to trade pundits, his next film, Apoorva Lakhia's Mumbai Se......

Sania-Nestor off to a flier

Sania Mirza teamed up with Canadian Daniel Nestor to outplay Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan and Ashley Fisher of Australia 6-3, 6-1 in the first round of the mixed doubles. Sania, who couldn't......

Best laid to rest on French clay

What is the first name that comes to your mind when you are asked 'who is the best player never to have never won Wimbledon'? Ivan Lendl, to most. Maybe, Ken Rosewall and Ilie Nastase, for......

Federer wants to thank fans with sixth US slam

Roger Federer would like to repay New York fans for their support by treating them to a sixth successive US Open triumph at the year's last Grand Slam beginning on Monday. Federer is one step away......