Mainak a good boy, busy with his studies: Friends, teachers on UCLA shooter

School teachers and friends of Mainak Sarkar, the Indian-American gunman, who shot dead his wife and his former professor at the University of California, Los Angeles before turning the gun on......

UCLA shooter Mainak Sarkar an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur

'William Klug, UCLA professor is not the kind of person when you think of a professor. He is a very sick person. I urge every new student coming to UCLA to stay away from this guy,' Mainak Sarkar......

India on edge before PM delivers 'important message'

Yet another surgical strike? India's Osama bin Laden moment? A fresh demonetisation exercise? What could it possibly be? India was on edge for a nerve-racking 32 minutes on Wednesday, waiting......

Indian-origin teen held for plotting murder of New York cops

An Indian-origin teen has been charged with illegally purchasing a gun with a fake ID and allegedly plotting the murder of New York police officers, authorities have said. Ranbir Singh Shergill,......

Jan Dhan phase II: LIC, gen insurers asked to finalise products

Government has asked all state-owned general insurers and country's largest life insurer Life Insurance Corporation of India to finalise the micro-insurance products to be sold to account holders......

LIC gets first woman managing director

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Friday got its first female managing director and another new MD.  The government has appointed Usha Sangwan, executive director of corporate......

S K Roy is new LIC chief

The government is understood to have appointed S K Roy as the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).Roy, who is presently a managing director in the organisation, would be......

Satyam has 10,000 excess staff: TechM

Concerned over rising cost hitting the revenue, Satyam Computer on Friday said it is looking at cutting down costs. "The customer front is good, stable. But costs are high...the revenues would be......

Aditi Sings Ang Laga De, Noodle Sa Dil

'There must have been some wonderful genetic disorder due to which I was attracted towards filmi songs.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Aditi Paul/Instagram One of the things that was appreciated in......

Stories On The Next Page Review

If the television remote clicks on Stories On The Next Page, it's perhaps worth a look. But it does not merit active seeking in the hunt for watchable content, observes Deepa Gahlot. The short......

Review: Sulemani Keeda is slacker comedy at its best

Sulemani Keeda is a delightful, unpretentious indie film, says Paloma Sharma. There are two kinds of people in Mumbai -- there are the filmi ones and the rest. Within this dubious section of the......

Raima Sen: My grandma Suchitra Sen is much better

Legendary actress Suchitra Sen was in a serious condition after she was admitted to Belle Vue hospital in Kolkata on December 29, following a respiratory tract infection. Her grand-daughter Raima......

Sports Shorts: Advani retains Asian Billiards title

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday IMAGE: Pankaj Advani with the Asian Billiards Championships on Saturday. Photograph: Pankaj Advani/Twitter Pankaj Advani......