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The legend who built India's first radio telescope

Even after five decades of use, the telescope at Ooty that Dr Govind Swarup designed and built continues to be the largest single frequency radio telescope in the world, notes Hari Pulakkat.......

Swiss skier killed, 2 injured in Gulmarg avalanche

A Swiss skier was killed and two others wounded by an avalanche in the north Kashmir’s ski resort Gulmarg on Friday afternoon. The avalanche was triggered after days of heavy snowfall in the......

'Oak Creek gurdwara shooting is an American tragedy'

Prayers in gurdwaras across America and Canada were held to pay homage to the six Sikh worshippers who were gunned down inside a gurdwara in Wisconsin by a white supremacist. Arthur J Pais reports......

A soldier remembers

A veteran of the Second World War, Major General Eustace D'Souza (retired) PVSM was sent to the Italian front when he was just 21. He stayed on till the end of the war in Europe. On the 70th......

Raja Rammohun Roy's tomb restored in Bristol

A major restoration and repair work has been carried out on the tomb of renowned Indian social reformer Raja Rammohun Roy in UK's Bristol city, where he died of meningitis. The tomb is located in......

LSE, Deutsche Borse set to create world's biggest exchange

If it goes ahead, the combination would create the world's biggest exchange by revenue, forecast at 4.7 billion euros this year from stock, bond and derivatives trading, indices, market data, and......

The rise and fall of Anshu Jain

The Indian-born Anshu Jain had pushed Deutsche to remain Europe's ‘last man standing’ in investment banking. Image: After 2 decades, Anshu Jain quits Deutsche Bank.......

Tata Sons, arm win legal battle over domain name

Tata Sons Ltd and its subsidiary Tata Infotech Ltd have won a legal battle over domain name www.tatainfotech.in in the Delhi high court which restrained Arno Palmen from using it in any of its......

A revelation in Florence

Florence can overwhelm a visitor. Very few cities in Europe or even the world match it for its atmosphere. The buildings are striking, the churches are historic, its galleries stuffed with......

Hillary Clinton to keynote Pan-IIT conference

United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt and Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin will keynote the Indian Institute of Technology 2007 Global Alumni Conference titled......

'Life Is Beautiful,' says Kareena

Life, at the moment, is a holiday for Kareena Kapoor. After making romantic pictures with Saif Ali Khan on the beach, we saw the actress enjoy the English summer with her family. But their vacation......

PIX: Kiara Advani's Italian holiday

Despite being a busy girl, Kiara Advani recently squeezed in a lovely holiday to Italy. The actress has been shooting films like Good News, Laxmmi Bomb and Shershaah back to back,......

PIX: Sanjay Dutt, Maanayata holiday in France

Stars go for the loveliest holidays -- exotic locations with a lot of adventure thrown in. We bring you their travels in a special series. Priyanka Chopra had a lovely Prague holiday. Kunal......

Mahedi powers Bangladesh to thrilling victory

IMAGE: West Indies never really recovered from the damage caused by Mahedi Hasan in the powerplay. Photograph: Kind Courtesy BCB/X After three consecutive ODI defeats, Bangladesh finally returned......

Coetzee's angry outburst costs him

IMAGE: Gerald Coetzee made an inappropriate comment to the umpire after a delivery was called 'wide'. Photograph: Cricket South Africa/X South African pacer Gerald Coetzee has been reprimanded for......

Every save I made in Olympics was for team and country: Sreejesh

IMAGE: Former India hockey goalkeeper P R Sreejesh. Photograph: Hockey India Retired hockey legend PR Sreejesh manned the Indian goal like a wall and made some crucial saves during the country's......

Another record for incredible Rashid

IMAGE: Rashid Khan took 4 for 23 against Bangladesh on Tuesday. Photograph: ICC/X Afghanistan spinner and skipper Rashid Khan became the player with the most four-wicket hauls in Men's T20Is.......

How Afghanistan reigned in Kingstown to make WC semis

IMAGE: Rashid Khan leads Afghanistan players in celebration after their win over Bangladesh helped them book a spot in the T20 WC semis. Photograph: ICC/X Afghanistan reached the semi-finals of......

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