How luxury hotels are surviving the downturn

Next time you go to a star hotel, look closely at the number of flowers -- or even the kind -- in the arrangement on the restaurant table. Or count the number of towels in the bathroom and the......

US job cuts fall in May

Job cuts announced by US employers fell for the fourth consecutive month in May to over 1,10,000, recording a 16 per cent dip from layoffs announced in April, but the decline could be shortlived as......

Delhi, Mumbai among world's cheapest cities

India's capital city New Delhi and financial hub Mumbai have been ranked among the least expensive cities around the world by a survey, even as cost for food and housing in the country continues to...

'Choose The Country You Want! Go Vote!'

As Mumbai went to the polls, Bollywood divas did their primary duty for the country and cast their votes. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar Janhvi Kapoor heads to the polling station early in the......

Bipasha Basu gets pierced!

Bipasha Basu has taken accessorising to the next level. She recently got herself a piercing. The actress revealed through her Twitter account that she'd wanted to do it ever since she was 16.......

PIX: Dance, drama and dazzle at IIFA

The International Indian Film Awards (IIFA) saw some great performances, some expected awards and lots of beautiful people on the green carpet. Here's a quick recap of the thrilling weekend in......

PIX: Bollywood heroines smoulder in red hot gowns

Karisma Kapoor is returning to films with Vikram Bhatt's Dangerous Ishq this year. In the film's first look that was released recently, the yummy mum-of-two flaunts her toned body in a flaming red......

Something old, something new in women's semis

Something old and something new distinguish the women's semi-finals at the US Open on Friday when young and seasoned rivalries will determine combatants for the singles crown. Champion Serena......

Cricket eases tension in Australia

After Steve Waugh, Brett Lee and Adam Gilchrist, it was the turn of Brad Hodge to express solidarity with Indian students following racist attacks. Hodge on Friday took part in a street cricket......

ICC T20 WC: The first impressions...

First impression is the last impression, they say. The second edition of the ICC T20 World Cup started with a couple of upsets, and there are still a few more possible are on the cards.......

Button celebrates sixth win in seven races

Formula One drivers leave the grid at the start of the Turkish F1 Grand Prix in Istanbul on Sunday. Jenson Button ran away with the title to stretch his overall Formula One lead to 26 points with......

Spotted: Nico Rosberg in Malaysia

Reader Narasimhan S L sent us these pictures from Sepang, Malaysia. 'Gokul and I were in Malaysia to watch the 2009 Sepang F1 race. We spotted Nico Rosberg of AT & T Williams at the airport the......