Indian national dies in fire at Manhattan building

A 27-year-old Indian national, who worked as a journalist here, tragically lost his life in a 'devastating' fire caused by a lithium-ion battery in an apartment building in Manhattan. Image only......

'No matter who you are...': DA Bragg after Trump's arraignment

New York state will "not normalise" serious criminal conduct, "no matter who you are," Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, has asserted, hours after former US President Donald Trump was......

Trump or Biden? America votes to elect 46th President

Americans were voting in large numbers on Tuesday in one of the most divisive bitter presidential elections in decades in which incumbent Republican Donald Trump is challenged by Democrat Joe......

These are the weirdest records this year

A woman with 18-feet-long fingernails, another with 4.88-inch-long eyelashes and a stroller with the enclosure length of 4 ft 6.3 inches are just some of the Guinness World Record holders this......

Defence outlines Rajaratnam's research

Sri Lanka-born billionaire Raj Rajaratnam's defence teamon Wednesdaytold a US jury that his trading in Goldman Sachs was not based on insider information, but a great deal of research and......

No 'double track' on Climate Change: UN

Underlining that the UN will lead the climate change negotiations, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has rejected the possibility of a "double track" approach being adopted on Climate Change where......

Columbia moves away from traditional MBA models

America's top business schools may boast the history and the branding but none of them are resting on their laurels, not least Columbia Business School. Though the school was founded more than 90......

Why professional athletes can be good CEOs

Earvin Magic Johnson projects the same sort of easy confidence when he talks about his business leadership role as he showed when he held court as a Los Angeles Laker. "I'm still runnin' point," he......

Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman dies of colon cancer

American actor Cadwick Boseman, best known for his titular superhero role in Black Panther and as baseball icon Jackie Robinson in 42, has died after a four-year-long secret battle with colon......

'Shakespeare would have been a rapper today'

'His plays were like Bollywood cinema.' IMAGE: Laurie Davidson as William Shakespeare in Shekhar Kapur's Will. Did you know that Shekhar Kapur made Will, a 10-part television series on William......

The BEST FOREIGN Films of 2017

Aseem Chhabra gives us the top films that enriched his year. There was a lot of love in different shades in the films of 2017 that I liked -- from a mute woman falling in love with an alien, to a......

10 movie gems from Berlin

Here are Aseem Chhabra's picks -- 'films that mattered to me, entertained me and will stay with me through the year.' With nearly 400 films in several different sections, this year's Berlinale was......

Griezmann apologises for blackface photo

After receiving backlash on Twitter, Atletico Madrid and France forward Antoine Griezmann has apologised for posting a picture of himself dressed as a black basketball player. Earlier, Griezmann......

Barca's night of miracle will prompt lots of love making: Pique

IMAGE: The ecstatic bunch of FC Barcelona players celebrate in the dressing room after their miraculous win on Wednesday. Photograph: FC Barcelona/Twitter Barcelona's amazing 6-1 victory over......

James Blake to retire after U.S. Open

James Blake announced on Monday he was retiring from tennis after the U.S. Open. The 33-year-old American told a news conference at Flushing Meadows he could have played on but decided it was time......

US boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies

Former US boxing champ Hector 'Macho' Camacho, who was shot in the face this week, died on Saturday after being removed from life support, Rio Piedras Medical Director Ernesto Torres told......

I was a victim of sabotage: Ben Johnson

Disgraced former sprinter Ben Johnson, who had his 100m gold and world record at the 1988 Olympics stripped after testing positive for steroids, has claimed a book due in September will provide new......