Coronavirus: Indians on board ship quarantined in Japan seek help

An unspecified number of Indians were among the nearly 3,000 passengers and crew members on board a cruise ship quarantined off Japan due to diagnosis of coronavirus cases, the Indian Embassy......

Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas

Tropical storm Harvey, the most powerful hurricane to hit the United States mainland in 12 years, on Saturday made landfall in central Texas coast with winds of 195 kmph, taking aim at the......

'We are like a firewall; we make things happen'

Whether Premendra Chouhan was anywhere near the fabled Eloise Suite at the Plaza Hotel in New York over three months ago when Charlie Sheen trashed it is anybody's guess. For Chouhan, a butler at......

Jobs you wish you had?

At a dinner party, you've got to go around the table and ask the obligatory questions: What's your name? What do you do? Accountant--boring. Broker--typical. Professional videogame player--this guy......

QE2 sold as $100m floating Dubai hotel

Queen Elizabeth 2, the world's most famous cruise ship, will soon be turned into a floating hotel in Dubai. The Dubai World Company has bought the 70,000-tonne ship for $100 million through its......

Check out the all-new C-class

Valencia, the third largest city in Spain, was slowly getting into "fallas" mode. Fallas, pronounced "fayas", is the carnival season that heralds spring. So the squares were being decorated, huge......

Hot honeymoon spots this season

If the shubh mahurat on December 13 saw 36,000 marriages getting solemnised in Delhi, it also had tour operators working overtime to book honeymoon packages for the newly weds. Working overtime......

Pix: Broken hearts in Senegal after harsh World Cup exit

  IMAGE: A Senegal fan wears a shocked reaction after the match against Colombia on Thursday. Photograph: Mikal McAllister/Reuters Senegal's dramatic exit from the World Cup was met with......

10 beautiful moments from Pat Farmer's Spirit of India Run

He ran past beautiful villages, stunning deserts, verdant fields... running 4,400 km in 64 days on the Spirit of India run. Australian Ultra-marathon legend Pat Farmer completed his Spirit of India......