Imran Khan arrested in Toshakhana case, sentenced to 3 years in jail

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Saturday after he was found guilty in a corruption trial and sentenced to three years in prison, a verdict that disqualified him for five......

The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments,......

'Vedas do not refer to anything called Hinduism'

'They were certainly not practising Hinduism in the Harappan culture (which includes Mohenjo Daro and other sites).''There was no notion of Hinduism then.' If you want to understand Indian history......

Pilot in custody after threatening to crash into Walmart store in US city

A pilot, who threatened to intentionally crash into a Walmart store in Tupelo, a city in the state of Mississippi in the United States, crash landed his plane and has been taken into custody, say......

How Padmini helped Premier drive around hurdles

Despite government controls, Walchand Hirachand Group cracked the market Image: Premier Padmini; Photograph: Mr Choppers/Wikimedia Commons Long before the iPad got invented in Cupertino,......

Delhi, Mumbai among world's 7 worst cities for business travel

If you are on a business trip to any of these cities, travelling can be a nightmare and here’s why.   Image: An aerial view of Gateway of India, Mumbai. Photograph: Reuters Each one of......

Small stores go out of business as consumers flock online

Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon, one of the biggest online retailers in world. Photograph: Reuters It is a breezy evening and the Delhi weather is perfect for......

Dialling 'home': What your mobile phone may be giving away

When popular Chinese handset maker Xiaomi Inc admitted that its devices were sending users' personal information back to a server in China, it prompted howls of protest and an investigation by......

Will Mudbound get Netflix an Oscar nomination?

Even as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decide if a film backed by a streaming service qualifies for a 'regular' feature nomination, both critics and audiences hope Mudbound makes......

Review: Desi Boyz and bad, bad girlz

Raja Sen writes Desi Boyz is a disaster.Selling your body-- and, by extension, perhaps your soul-- is never easy. No matter how well you actually perform at any variant of the world's oldest......

Harry Potter magic hits bookstores

The wait is finally over for the fans of Harry Potter as the final instalment in the seven-book series of the tales of the boy wizard hit bookstores on Saturday and curiosity-stricken admirers......

Spotted: Jeetendra in London

Reader A Pangariya met Jeetendra at Oxford Street, London, when the yesteryears star was stepping out of the Marks & Spencers store. Jeetendra was in a hurry to leave buthe obliged Pangariya and......

F1 magician Alonso is youngest champion

Fernando Alonso has a magic touch.The 24-year-old Renault driver, crowned on Sunday as Formula One's youngest world champion and Spain's first, loves to entertain friends and family with card......