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......

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......

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......

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......

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......

Of child labour and shattered dreams

Jyothi Ramulla Naga is 4 feet tall. From sunup to sundown she is hunched over in the fields of a cottonseed farm in southern India, earning 20 cents an hour. Farmers in the Uyyalawada region......

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......

We want cricket, not cellphone commercials

It's a scary world in there,' Colin Hanks says in Untraceable, an undeniably interesting thriller I watched last night. An FBI sidekick to Diane Lane, he's talking about the Internet, equal parts......

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.......

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......

Sports Shorts: Pliskova sets up Brisbane semi-final showdown with Vekic

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday IMAGE: Karolina Pliskova interacts with fans. Photograph: Brisbane Open/Twitter Former world number one Karolina Pliskova lost her......

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......