A full moon will rise in the eastern twilight sky for the second time this month on August 31, which has come to be called as 'Blue Moon'. The first full moon occurred on August 1 in the Americas,......
Tony D'Souza, who is consolidating his reputation with The Konkans, his second novel and Ashutosh Varshney, a distinguished professor of political science are among five India-origin Guggenheim......
Controversial India-born novelist Salman Rushdie has been knocked out of the race for the 25,000Whitbread Book award this year as five relatively unknown writers were pushed into the ring for the......
Cutting across party-lines, over 50 British members of Parliament have formed the first-ever 'All Parliamentarian Tiffin Club' in London to select the best South Asian restaurant in the United......
A Chinese diplomat's attempt to defect to Australia and explosive claims about Beijing's espionage activities has cast a shadow over Canberra's attempts to negotiate a free trade deal with China.......
In a historic first, Abdul Arain, an Indian-origin local grocer whose customers include Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, is among four individuals nominated to contest the election to become the 108th......
Money and power being "natural bedfellows" is not necessarily true in the British business world, except for steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal who figures right on the top of a new 'Richest Power List',......
In February, when Sirius Satellite Radio Chief Executive Mel Karmazin announced plans to merge his company with rival XM Satellite Radio, he pegged the chances of winning deal approval from......
Come September and the StartUp Club at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore gears up to host one of India's largest management festivals. This year too, it was no different and Vista 2004......
Hughes Software Systems Limited, a subsidiary of the US based Hughes Network Systems, announcedon Tuesdaythat Flextronics, a Singapore-based electronic manufacturing services provider, will acquire......
In Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg returns to an arena he predominantly parented with the optimism of a kid who hasn't forgotten what it's like to be an audience, notes Sukanya Verma. Steven......
The 85th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: Best Picture Amour Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Django Unchained Les......
The 70th Annual Golden Globe awards have been announced. There were quite a few surprises and some expected nods. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN......
Can an award-worthy film direct itself, some people may wonder looking at the 'snubs' the Oscar nominations dealt Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty), Ben Affleck (Argo), Quentin Tarantino (Django......
The nominations for the 85th Academy Awards are out, and it has its fair share of surprises and expected nods. The nominations were announced by Emma Stone and Seth MacFarlene in Los Angeles. The......
IMAGE: Philip Hughes was 25 when he was hit on the neck by a bouncer during a Sheffield Shield match in Sydney and died without regaining consciousness exactly five years ago. Photograph: Morne de......
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday IMAGE: Tottenham's Juan Foyth celebrates after the match as as Crystal Palace's Jordan Ayew looks dejected at Selhurst Park in......
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday. IMAGE: Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring Liverpool's only goal in Saturday's Premier League against Huddersfield Town.......
‘Batters got hit a hell of a lot of times. If there was a period to call it off, it was sooner’ ‘We are not just going to take blows and accept putting our bodies on the......
Australia's Michael Clarke leaves the field after being dismissed against England in Nottingham. Photograph: Philip Brown Livepic/Reuters Timing is everything in the cut-throat world of......