India's secret project in Karnataka to build H-bomb: Report

India has built two top-secret facilities in Karnataka to enrich uranium in pursuit of its hydrogen bomb dream, journalist Adrian Levy reports in Foreign Policy magazine. In early 2012, India......

The security implications of Al Qaeda's call to Indian Muslims

If viewed as a part of the Al Qaeda's radicalisation effort to produce jihadists out of discontented Muslim youth in India, the call could well have a much larger dimension, both in the near as......

Fun and golf on Obama's holiday

United States President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and his daughters Sasha and Malia are enjoying their first vacation after occupying the White House in January this year. Far from the......

Mumbai's over-aged lifeline

Nearly 500 coaches of Mumbai's local trains are on the tracks despite crossing their operational life of 25 years. In a reply to an RTI application filed by Mumbai resident Chetan Kothari, it was......

Infosys incurs capital expenditure of Rs 63 crore

IT major Infosys Technologies has incurred a capital expenditure of Rs 63 crore (Rs 630 million) in its three loss-making subsidiaries in China, Mexico and the US. The company......

The Toyota, Merc and Lexus of Bengali sweets

The American intellectual with a left inclination who was exploring Kolkata in the late sixties impressed me no end. Impressionable I was in my late teens, still taking in with wonder the confusion......

Images: Celebrities' Day Out

Shilpa Shetty and her fiance Raj Kundra pose for photographers after attending a news conference in London, where they announced their involvement in the V8 Gourmet Group, on Monday. One of......

Great TV shows coming up!

Here's some good news for all you couch potatoes. If you're wondering what will keep you entertained on television post the Indian Premier League, Sony Entertainment Television has got quite......

Sculptor creates Formula One cars with meaning

Pintor Sirait loathes Formula One racing, so it's fitting the renowned Indonesian sculptor chose the superfast cars to highlight what he believes is wrong with mankind. Sirait's stainless steel......

Spotted: Team India in Jamaica

Reader Lloyd sent us these photographs from Jamaica. 'Hi all. Here are a few photographs of the Indian cricket team players, who were spotted in Jamaica on the eve of the recent one-day......

Readers speak out!

Dipankar:PremWhat was the point in playing Kumble, and not Nehra? With Mongia replacing Ganguly (a good choice), we have four slow bowlers in Kumble, Bhajji, Sachin and Mongia, and only two......