Indian-American student put in headlock in Texas school, gets suspended for 3 days

An Indian-American boy was held in a chokehold and allegedly bullied by a white student in a school in the US state of Texas, according to a media report. Image, courtesy video screen grab......

Surat set to get global diamond exchange in 3 years

Contract finally given for Rs 2,400-cr project, with GIFT City-like features The fragmented and largely unorganised diamond polishing and trading industry would shortly organise itself at a single......

Food chains eye the highways

After commercial districts, residential markets and malls, fast-food chains like McDonald's, Barista Coffee and Nirula's have now trained their guns on highways. With the improved road network,......

An office space odyssey

High summer isn't the sticky ordeal it once was for top executives at Apollo Tyres. As they drive to the office they can call in to a central computer and set the air-conditioning in their rooms.......

Jaffer to lead Mumbai in Irani Trophy

Opener Wasim Jaffer has been appointed as captain of the Mumbai Ranji Trophy team for the 2009-2010 season and would lead the 38-time national champions in their season-opening Irani Cup clash......

Tendulkar, Zaheer to play for Mumbai

Mumbai got a major boost with star players Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan joining the squad for the Ranji Trophy semi-final match against West Zone rivals Saurashtra to be played in Chennai from......

PCA ready for IPL

Punjab Cricket Association is ready to host the Indian Premier League opener between Yuvraj Singh-led Kings XI and Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings on Saturday. PCA stadium has been host......

Neil Maxwell is Team Mohali CEO

Neil Maxwell has been named Chief Executive Officer of the Indian Premier League's Team Mohali. The former Australia 'A' player will oversee the team's operations and work towards building a brand......

West Zone take first innings lead

A defiant 160 by Central Zone skipper Mohd Kaif could not help his side to take all important first inning lead over West Zone in Duleep Trophy as the former were bundled out at 384, 27 runs short......