The Taliban is showing its strong discontent as the high hopes given to it by the Pakistani military have been dashed, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: A Talib stands guard at the......
A US Congress-constituted quasi-judicial body on Wednesday asked the Joe Biden Administration to designate four nations, including India, as "countries of particular concern", alleging that......
There is growing alarm at the inexorable rise of China, both of its military prowess and its aggressive bullying of other countries plus its subjugation of whole portions of its own population.......
'It is time India thought big not only about its global clout politically and diplomatically, but also act its size against pin-pricking by anti national elements,' says Group Captain Murli Menon......
Any settlement with Pakistan won't last unless it comes with big power guarantees, feels Shekhar Gupta. There are three words voters the world over love now, and three they detest. The things they......
To cash in on the craze for Bollywood films among the South Asia population, which is estimated to be nearly four million in the US, the Big Cinemas has acquired 188 screens in the country and is......
Out of strength, sometimes, comes sweetness. Nine years ago, when Ikea, the Swedish furniture company, was being challenged over the use of child labour, its executives decided that instead of......
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......
Vijay S Chattha, 28, the San Francisco, California-based VSC Consulting's 'Chief Talker,' is up for the PRWeek magazine's 2005 Young Professional of the Year Award.Nominees for the award, which......
He's built a larger-than-life image as a dream merchant who makes multi-star, megabuck extravaganzas.He set a new Bollywood record by pouring Rs 15 crore (Rs 150 million) into the production of......
Music, they say, transcends all barriers, but when composer A R Rahman performed Tamil songs at his UK show, Hindi-speaking concertgoers reportedly staged a walkout. The show, titled Netru Indru......
Mumbai-raised director Dinesh D'Souza's new film 2016 Obama's America has stepped into the top 10 charts in North America.A fiercely anti-Obama docudrama directed by Mumbai-raised conservative and......
The psycho erotic thriller Black Swan surely angered a few critics but armed with a host of solid reviews from majority of critics and major nominations including 12 Critic's Choice Award (given by......
Al Pacino, 62, has once again proved he can draw significant audiences to his movies. The Recruit, the thriller starring Pacino and rising star Colin Farrell, 26, narrowly beat Final Destination 2......
IMAGE: US gymnast Simone Biles is the most decorated man or woman her sport has ever seen. Photograph: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters The Olympics have captured the world's imagination......
IMAGE: Gabriel Jesus is out for three weeks. Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters Brazil forward Gabriel Jesus will be sidelined for next month's World Cup qualifiers after being injured in Manchester......
IMAGE: Rashford has scored 14 goals in all competitions this season while Martial has seven. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters Manchester United should continue to develop their own young......
IMAGE: P V Sindhu needed just 33 minutes to get the better of Indonesia's Choirunnisa. Photograph: Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images Ace Indian women shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu registered......
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday IMAGE: The North Korea and South Korea Olympic teams enter together under the Korean Unification Flag during the Parade of......