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India summons German envoy; seeks early return of baby Ariha

India summoned German ambassador Philipp Ackermann this week and asked for the early return of an Indian baby girl, who has been living in a foster care in Berlin for over 20 months. IMAGE:......

India should do more to isolate Iran,says Ackerman

Opposing India's continued interest in the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, an influential US lawmaker Gary Ackerman wants New Delhi to do more than "just implement the United Nations approved......

Diplomatic Battles on Capitol Hill

Lobbying on the Hill is time consuming and cumbersome, but very effective to influence US government policies, asserts Ambassador T P Sreenivasan, deputy chief of mission at the Indian embassy in......

US: Ackerman is head of Mideast and S Asia panel

US Representative Gary Ackerman (Democrat-New York) was on Tuesday formally selected as chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia. The subcommittee, a key panel of the House......

Don't let radical view hijack N-deal: Ackerman

Influential US lawmaker Gary Ackerman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, has exhorted the people of India not to be "bullied," by a "radical......

How Tumblr founder became a multi-millionaire at 26

David Karp sold his Tumblr blogging service to Yahoo last week for $1.1 billion. The school dropout had realised as far back as 2000 that video would one day rule gadgets. When David Karp was......

US court denies class action suit by dealers against Mahindra

A US court has denied a motion for 'class certification' in a lawsuit brought by US automobile dealers against Mahindra & Mahindra, the company said on Thursday. "The United States District Court......

B'desh SC adjourns hearing on Yunus plea

Bangladesh Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned for two weeks the hearing on Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus's appeal petition against his removal from the Grameen Bank as 26 US Congressmen asked Prime......

US values India's human resources: Mittal

Recognising New Delhi as a reliable and valuable partner, top American officials have told a group of Indian chief executives that Washington values India's human resources and wants to take the......

Reliance stops gasoline supply to Iran

Reliance Industries, the largest private company in the country, has decided to stop gasoline supplies to Iran after fulfilling all contractual obligations. This follows a letter written by eight......

PIX: Priyanka mingles with Nicole Kidman, Usher

Several Hollywood bigwigs were spotted at the second Annual InStyle Awards, held on October 24 in Los Angeles, California. Priyanka Chopra made her presence felt at the starry event. ......

American Chai is a pleasant concoction

Anurag Mehta's American Chai is a notable addition to the brood of American-Indian films. It isn't flaky like the two desi flicks that came out of the US last year, American Desi and Leela.......

SA 20: Tahir's dive stuns De Kock; JSK trio dominate

IMAGE: Imran Tahir celebrates with skipper Faf du Plessis. Photograph: SAT20/X Joburg Super Kings and Pretoria Capitals claimed crucial victories over Durban's Super Giants and......

Karnataka down World Cup bound-Netherlands

IMAGE: Manish Pandey struck a ton as Karnataka picked up a second consecutive win over Netherlands. Photograph: BCCI A hundred by Manish Pandey helped Karnataka register a narrow one-wicket......

WC PHOTOS: Pakistan see off plucky Netherlands for winning start

IMAGE: Pacer Haris Rauf picked three wickets to rattle the Netherlands batting in their chase of 287. Photograph: World Cup/X Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel hit identical......

World Cup PIX: India remain unbeaten with 160-run win over Netherlands

Images from the ICC World Cup match between India and the Netherlands, at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru, on Sunday. SCORECARD IMAGE: India ended the league stage with nine straight......

BEST Sports Photos of the Week!

We witnessed a lot of drama last week with the ouster of Real Madrid from the Champions League last Tuesday and Manchester United's miraculous comeback win the following day. There was......

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