Naked man vandalises Gurdwara in Washington

In an apparent hate crime, a gurdwara in the US state of Washington was vandalised by a "naked" man who desecrated sacred items of the Sikh worship place, drawing condemnation from the community......

Indian American actor gets 7 years for extortion

Indian-American actor Vivek Shah, 26, of West Hollywood, California, was sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison for orchestrating a multi-million-dollar extortion scheme, US......

Gurdwara gunman ex-US army psychological ops specialist

The suspected gunman, identified as Wade Michael Page, who killed six people in a shooting rampage at a Gurdwara in Wisconsin, was a "psychological operations specialists" at in the US Army before......

Will Bill Gates step down as Microsoft chief?

It was almost anyear ago that Microsoft boss Bill Gates announced that he would step down from the company's day-to-day operations from 2008 to devote all his time to his $33-billion philanthropic......

Sarin, Ballmer own billions; But who cares?

Arun Sarin and Steve Ballmer might be heading the world's largest mobile operator Vodafone and the biggest software maker Microsoft respectively, but that does not guarantee them a place in the......

Bill Gates plans new role at Microsoft

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says he will be giving up his day-to-day role in the company by 2008 though he will continue to be chairman of the information technology giant. The 50-year-old......

Matters reach a head for IT majors

Martin Taylor is no longer with Microsoft. Surprisingly, he even did a questions and answers session on Monday about the launch of Windows Live Messenger, but today he is not a Microsoft......

Ozzy Osbourne's house burgled!

What kind of a world are we living in, where even the Iron Man's home is not sacred anymore? It's a peculiarly dismal day when The Guardian reports that 55-year-old rock legend Ozzy Osbourne's......

Robert Downey Jr paid $50 million for The Avengers

Get your lowdown on what's going on in the world of Hollywood, right here!Actor Robert Downey Jr recently confirmed that he was paid $50 million for The Avengers. There were reports after the......

Ozzy Osbourne's tremors and rumours

Ozzy Osbourne says it has been fixed, but fans grew concerned when the former Black Sabbath frontman cancelled some dates on his European tour last week due to nervous tremors.Osbourne told MTV......

A movie starring Oprah, Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep

Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here! Oprah Winfrey is set to return to the big screen with Oscar-winners Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep in a new comedy......

'Good people make mistakes'

'Haven't Australia made enough of a spectacle of Steve Smith? I'm blown by what he is being put through' 'Hope everybody has had their pound of flesh now' Reaction after deposed Australian captain......

Athens flame ignites central London

The Olympic flame was rapturously received by a crowd of 80,000 as it arrived at a special pop concert in central London on Saturday after an absence of half a century."The flame is a visible......

Sports quotes of 2005

The 2005 sporting year in quotes:SOCCER:"I am in the news every day. I think they really like my overcoat, they really like my haircut, they really like my face, they really like my behaviour, they......

Sports Quotes of 2005

The 2005 sporting year in quotes:SOCCER:"I am in the news every day. I think they really like my overcoat, they really like my haircut, they really like my face, they really like my behaviour, they......

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......