Hungarian author edges out India's Amitav Ghosh to bag Man Booker prize

Hungarian author Laszlo Krasznahorkai has won Britain’s prestigious Man Booker International prize for his achievement in fiction as he edged out India’s Amitav Ghosh and eight others......

US search mission in Arunachal: How will China react?

The Obama administration has overcome its reservations of the last two years because of the Chinese sensitivities in this matter and decided to send US search teams back into Arunachal Pradesh,......

'Like every human being, I have many identities'

My first exposure to murder occurred when I was eleven,' Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen reminisces in his latest book Identity and Violence, where he recalls how he found an unknown person stumbling......

Review: Indru Netru Naalai is a total entertainer

Debutant director Ravi Kumar deserves all the credit for Indru Netru Naalai, writes S Saraswathi. Science fiction and comedy sounds like an unusual combination, but it seems to have worked......

Review: Nayana is disappointing

Nayana has some interesting performances but it is only in the second half that we come to the real story, says Paresh C Palicha. K N Sasidharan made two movies in the mid-1980s that were......

Review: Mr Fraud does not entertain

Only the hardcore Mohanlal fans will like Mr Fraud which is otherwise an uninteresting film, says Paresh C Palicha. Once upon a time, Malayalam cinema prided itself on its content and actors became......

Demi Moore, George Clooney, Oprah: Hollywood's humanitarian side

Amidst all the glitz, glamour and vacations on luxury yachts, Hollywood stars make time to do their bit for charity. While Oscar winning actress Sandra Bullock has given away a significant chunk of......

F1: Leclerc delivers home win for Ferrari at Monza

IMAGE: Charles Leclerc takes a selfie with fans after winning the Italian F1 Grand Prix at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy, on Sunday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Scuderia Ferrari HP/X......

Madrid Masters: Sindhu, Srikanth enter quarterfinals

IMAGE: Kidambi Srikanth won in straight games. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth moved to the singles quarterfinals of the Madrid Spain......

Satwik-Chirag, Saina pull out of Thailand Open

IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, right, and Chirag Shetty. Satwik has not yet recovered from the injury he sustained during the India Open. Photograph: Toru Hanai/Getty Images Commonwealth Games......

FIFA's top 100 list

Following is the list of the "FIFA 100" greatest living footballers as nominated by Pele. The list was compiled to mark the 100th anniversary of the foundation of FIFA and actually contains 125......

Athens: India's best and worst

India disappointed yet again at the Olympics. The contingent from the world's second most populous nation returned home with a solitary silver medal and was shamed by two doping expulsions.But......