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Cyclone Tej brewing in Arabian sea, predicts IMD

A low-pressure area over the southeast and the adjoining southwest Arabian Sea has developed into a depression and is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm by October 21 morning, the India......

2016 breaks record for hottest year ever

The year 2016 was officially the Earth's warmest since record-keeping began in the 1880s, the World Meteorological Organization announced on Wednesday. According to the US National Oceanic and......

What Obama said about Rahul Gandhi in his memoir

Former United States president Barack Obama says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has a 'nervous, unformed quality' about him like a student eager to impress the teacher but lacking aptitude and......

Kanishka kin demand public probe

Angry with the Canadian government's decision not to appeal the acquittal of the two men accused of the Kanishka bombing, friends and families of the 329 people who died aboard the Air-India......

Obama's aide Chopra seeks Lt Gov post in Virginia

Aneesh Chopra, erstwhile Chief Technology Officer to United States President Barack Obama, who quit his White House position nearly six months ago, amidst rumours that he would run for political......

Carbon threshold crossed

While long term solution depends on each one of us altering our consumption patterns, the future depends on next generation technologists and entrepreneurs creating business models that naturally......

Nobel, Dylan and the twilight of authority

The Nobel follows a line of mighty brands that have bent low to kiss the feet of the popular, says Itu Chaudhuri. 'The Nobel Committee has won the Bob Dylan Prize,' announced the Always Contrarian......

Ex-CTO of US may run for governorship

It is widely believed that Aneesh Chopra, who resigned last week as the first White House Chief Technology Officer, is mulling a run for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, and is likely to make an......

Hollywood comedian Bob Hope passes away

Legendary Hollywood comedian Bob Hope died of pneumonia on Monday at his home in Toluca Lake in California, less than two months after turning 100.Known as 'the master of the one-liners', he took......

Baywatch Review: Drowning, drowning, drowned!

Only a miracle can save this ship from sinking unnoticed, unlamented at the Box Office for the film and its lead actors leave no stone unturned to let it sink at Emerald Bay, says Prasanna Zore.......

Bollywood's FABULOUS train journeys!

On the silver screen, the significance of trains can be traced all the way back through its use in innumerable movies. As means of transport or metaphor, the romance of trains is unmistakable in......

Shekhar Kapur, toast of Toronto

After many abortive attempts to make a film in the last six years, Shekhar Kapur has returned with a pulsating, gorgeous looking and solidly acted film that has propelled him into the Hollywood......

Oscars 2014: Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett win top awards

The 86th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: Best Picture American HustleGravityTwelve Years A SlaveCaptain PhillipsDallas Buyers......

Lloyd retires from commentary in backdrop of racism claims

IMAGE: Commentator David Lloyd apologised last month when Rafiq said the 74-year-old was a "closet racist" after he made disparaging comments about Asian cricketers in 2020. Sky had said they......

Davis Cup Roundup: Britain lead Serbia; Croatia still alive

IMAGE: Great Britain's Jamie Murray and Dominic Inglot during their doubles match against Serbia's Filip Krajinovic and Nenad Zimonjic. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters. Davis Cup holders......

Irresistible Chelsea looking to break Arsenal's win record

Another win over Stoke City at Stamford Bridge on December 31 would mean the Blues equal the record for a single season of 13 set by Arsenal in 2001-02 IMAGE: Chelsea's Diego Costa celebrates with......

Young replaces injured Isner for Davis Cup tie vs Britain

Donald Young has replaced the injured John Isner for the United States and will face Wimbledon champion Andy Murray of Britain in Friday's opening match of the first-round Davis Cup tie in San......

Nehru Cup: India hoping beat Nepal and seal final berth

Closing in on a final berth after a couple of convincing victories, the Indian football team will have to guard against complacency when it takes on the tournament's whipping boys Nepal in the......

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