Virginia to observe Jan 26 as Indian-American Day

Virginia will celebrate January 26 as Indian-American Day in recognition of the community's contribution to the state. A legislation to this effect was recently passed by its Legislature. "Over the......

Nation mourns Mumbai bloodbath

Tens of thousands of people across the country poured into the streets and held candle-light vigils and peace marches this evening in a spontaneous show of solidarity with residents of......

Bt cotton turns out to be a disaster for Indian farmers

The whitefly outbreak has intensified a debate over GM crops just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office reviews a proposal to allow farmers to grow GM mustard. Image: Bhinder Kaur, widow of......

The 10 best career books

Everyone can use some career advice, regardless of age or professional title. And there's no shortage of career- and job-related books available to help you do everything from finding a new job to......

Siddiqui is Obama's chief agricultural negotiator

Islam A 'Isi' Siddiqui has been nominated by US President Barack Obama to be the Chief Agricultural Negotiator at the Office of the US Trade Representative Siddiqui, in his new role, will now......

Obama names Indian American to senior trade post

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......

Melanie Griffith, Antonio Banderas to be divorced

A lowdown on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here. Photograph: Jemal Countess/Getty Images It seems like the season for breaking marriages as Antonio Banderas and Melanie......

10 Stars who need a Roast!

A hit-list, if you will. What's next for All India Bakchod? We applauded the Roast, celebrated the celebration of Bollywood profanity, but what have you done for us lately? (Which is to say, boys,......

Why Salman hates the name Bollywood

The Twitter world is quite a busy one, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day.Be it remakes, music or even the name itself, Bollywood is......

Kingsley to play vampire

Oscar-winner (Gandhi) and last year's Oscar nominee (House Of Sand And Fog) Ben Kingsley will now playthe evil King of vampires in Uwe Boll's BloodRayne.The $47 million film is a video......

PIX: China's Ma Long hits 6; makes Olympics Table Tennis history

IMAGE: Ma Long reacts after he and Chuqin Wang win the Olympics men's doubles Table Tennis gold medal match against Sweden's Anton Kallberg and Kristian Karlsson at South Paris Arena 4 on Friday.......

World Tour Finals: Bopanna-Mergea lose to Fognini-Bolleli

Indo-Romanian pair place second in group after first defeat IMAGE: Florin Mergea of Romania (rear) and India’s Rohan Bopanna during in their men's doubles match against Italy’s Fabio......

Sports Shorts: Sathiyan bows out of ITTF World Cup

IMAGE: India's Sathiyan Gnanasekaran. Photograph: Jono Searle/Getty Images G Sathiyan's dream run at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Men's World Cup came to an end after the......

Sports Shorts: Sathiyan enters last-16 in ITTF World Cup

IMAGE: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran of India celebrates. Photograph: Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images India's Sathiyan Gnanasekaran won both his group matches against higher-ranked opponents to......

Ramkumar, Prajnesh, Nagal out of Wimbledon qualifiers

IMAGE: India's Ramkumar Ramanathan. Photograph: PTI Indian Davis Cupper Ramkumar Ramanathan, in-form Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Sumit Nagal -- all crashed out of the Wimbledon Qualifiers, losing......