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India-Canada Rift: US Is The Only Winner

'Are we to believe that coordinated moves by the Canadian and US authorities are no longer taking place?', asks Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi welcomes Canadian......

New York Labor Day Parade Was A Spectacle!

Thousands of workers of every description -- from journalists to steel workers, from painters to New York cops, from auto to engineering workers -- marched for four hours down 5th Avenue one of......

'If I Was Trump, I'd Be Scared Of Kamala'

'I hope that Macho Man agrees to debate her, because I think she will do spectacularly well in the debate.' IMAGE: Umited States Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at a campaign event......

Numbers with Kamala Harris to become Democratic prez nominee

Kamala Harris has attracted the support of enough delegates to become the Democratic Party's nominee for president, US media outlets reported on Tuesday, as the vice president received a wave of......

'Make caste discrimination in schools and colleges a crime'

'The government should immediately enact an Act to make caste discrimination a criminal offence and lay down a procedure similar to that of the Anti-Ragging Act.' 'Ragging has nearly been......

We are products of the makers of designer food

Now we need to fight back to reclaim our food and our habits. The only way to do so is to rediscover food as pleasure and be thrilled, not just by its smells and tastes, but also by the knowledge......

Top US CEOs reaped billions from stock gains in recent years

CEOs may be benefiting greatly from a rising tide even when their performance might be weak. Image: US dollars; Photograph: Reuters Chief executive officers at large US companies collectively......

Facebook has 7.5 million underage users: Study

Facebook has 7.5 million users who are underage and are "not supposed" to be using the social networking site, according to a new report.Of the 20 million minors who actively used Facebook in the......

Mumbai's Ponda on US revenue service council

Mumbai-born, Tampa Bay, Florida-raised Ameek Ashok Ponda, a tax partner of the Boston-based Sullivan & Worcester LLP law firm and a member of its management committee, has been appointed to the......

How Obama plans to salvage world economy

"We could not separate what was happening in the corridors of our financial institutions from what was happening on factory floors and around kitchen tables," said US President Barack Obama while......

'How much more Indian can my film get?'

'These accusations of my film being a copy only makes our chances at the Academy harder.' Even as a raging debate eddies around him about whether his film, Chhello Show (Last Film Show), is a......

Mrinal Sen: 'I wish I could start from scratch'

'How do you expect me to tone down my anger when the most prominent culture in India today is the culture of corruption, in every sphere of life?'Mrinal Sen, who passed into the ages on December 30......

'It's very difficult directing a daughter'

'I was a very late child of my father. I was suddenly a little toy, who appeared from nowhere. Everybody experimented.' 'I don't know why I took up dancing. I think I wanted to find one more excuse......

Interpreter lets Sean, Nicole down!

Admirers of director Sydney Pollack might want to watch his thrillers Absence Of Malice and Three Days Of The Condor rather than watch the convoluted, overwritten (by five writers!) and needlessly......

The tragedy of the Friedmans

Andrew Jarecki is the very young, very rich founder of Moviefone.When he set out to make his first film, he chose as his subject New York's number one birthday clown, Silly Billy. Also known as......

How Kamalpreet battled depression to shine at Tokyo Olympics

'She has a bright chance to win a medal.' IMAGE: Kamalpreet Kaur stands within striking distance of fetching India a historic athletics medal at the Olympic Games after qualifying for the finals......

Backed by women, locals vote for cricket ground in Barcelona!

The plan now is to convert the Julia de Capmany dirt field on Montjuic, a shallow hill with a flat top, into an Astroturf cricket pitch, and it was this Euro 1.2m proposal "that hit the council for......

Sports Shorts: NBA star Curry to meet with NASA over Moon landing doubts

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday IMAGE: Three-time NBA champion Stephen Curry. Photograph: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports/via Reuters Three-time NBA champion Stephen......

Sports Shorts: Djokovic continues to dominate ATP rankings

Serbia's Novak Djokovic. Photograph: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images The ATP issued the latest men's tennis rankings on Monday and the top 10 list remains unchanged with Serbian tennis ace Novak......

Bolt eases through 200m heat in morning chill

Triple Olympic champion Jamaican Usain Bolt cruised into the second round of the 200 metres at the world championships on Tuesday, 36 hours after shattering the 100m world record to win gold. On......

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