What's Time Zone Politics?

In a world without politics, time zones would change by an hour for a shift of 15 degrees of longitude.But, of course, political considerations apply, explains Devangshu Datta. IMAGE: Kindly note......

Brazilian man charged with murder of Indian student in London

A 23-year-old man was on Thursday charged with the murder of Indian student Tejaswini Kontham and the attempted murder of her friend at a residential address in Wembley, north London. IMAGE:......

AWESOME Images Of The Heavens!

The Royal Observatory Greenwich shortlisted 34 images for its Astronomy Photographer Of The Year 2023 competition from thousands of entries received from all over the world. These shortlisted......

Indian student stabbed multiple times in Australia

A 28-year-old Indian student has been stabbed multiple times in the face, chest and abdomen in Australia by a man who allegedly demanded cash, authorities said. Image only for representation.......

Covid impact: Govt not to print Budget documents this year

The voluminous Budget documents will not be printed this year following the COVID-19 protocol and will instead be distributed electronically to the Members of Parliament (MPs).   This will be......

Lifestyles of Wall Street's top earners

It's no secret they make piles of cash. What's not as well known? The idiosyncrasies of Wall Street's elite. Take SAC Capital Partners top dog Steven A. Cohen. He buys the rights to photos of......

Deutsche Bank's grip on Asia FX market may slip on Jain's exit

The exit of Deutsche Bank co-chief executive Anshu Jain may see the lender surrender its strong position in Asia's fast growing foreign exchange and fixed income markets, with incoming CEO John......

Standard Chartered to axe 4,000 retail bank jobs globally

Standard Chartered is closing the bulk of its global equities business and axing 4,000 retail banking jobs as Peter Sands moves to aggressively cut costs to reverse the Asia-focused bank's......

The Hours Review

Stephen Daldry's The Hours makes a shocking premise-- that suicide is an acceptable response to a faulty world. The three main characters in the movie are the writer Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman),......

Sonu Sood attends Shanghai film festival

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Sonu Sood recently attended the screening of Stanley Tong’s action adventure film Kung Fu Yoga at the 19th Shanghai......

Can a man and a woman be 'friends' without having sex?

As Imtiaz Ali's Jab Harry Met Sejal releases, Aseem Chhabra feels it's the best time to revisit the Hollywood classic When Harry Met Sally, which tries to answer the question in the title of this......

Par Ek Din: Flight of the Bumblebees

'The bumblebees in Par Ek Din may not be flying yet, but even as they dangle in mid-air, their stings hurt.''Effortlessly graceful, this is a work of passion that conveys what being passionate......

Mayor hopes London torch tour to lift Olympic mood

Crowds of thousands cheered the Olympic torch relay through London on Saturday on the final leg of its tour around Britain, generating excitement that organisers hope will dispel lingering fears......

Royal Zara Phillips set to make Olympic equestrian debut

Zara Phillips is making her Olympic debut in equestrian eventing, and the gold-medal question is whether her grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, will head out to Greenwich Park on Sunday to watch her......

PIX: American women storm to team gymnastics gold

Jordyn Wieber sparkled and Gabby Douglas dazzled as the United States stormed to the Olympic women's gymnastics team gold on Tuesday.-London Olympics 2012 - Complete coverage Two days after......

Chinappa in qualifying final

India's highest ranked squash player Joshna Chinappa made it to the final qualifying of the main draw in the US $25,9000 Harrow Greenwich Open. She came from behind to get the better of a fighting......