Desi among 12 NASA astronauts chosen from 18,300

Lt Col Raja "Grinder" Chari, 39, is in the batch of 2017. IMAGE: Lt Col Raja "Grinder" Chari, 39, front row, far right, is part of NASA’s brand new batch of 2017 astronauts. The 12......

'Dr Death' Jayant Patel extradited to Australia

India-born surgeon Jayant Patel, who returned to Australia from the US to face manslaughter and other charges in the deaths of over a dozen patients, was granted a conditional bail on Monday by a......

Indian wins top US award

Chirag Patel, a Houston medical student of Indian origin, will be one of the ten national recipients of the 2005 Lewis Hine Award.Patel, an MD/PhD student at the University of Texas-Houston Health......

Colonel Raja Chari Is Ready for Space

On Sunday morning Eastern US time, four astronauts will zoom into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.Commanding the spaceflight is Raja Chari, a United......

US whisky maker probes India staff for irregularities

US-based liquor-maker Beam Inc is investigating "actions of certain individuals" in its Indian operations following an internal audit."Based on a routine internal audit of operations in India, we......

DLF plans another 'Connaught Place'

DLF, the country's largest realty firm, is planning a new "Connaught Place" (now known as Rajiv Chowk) in Gurgaon in partnership with top American realty firm Hines with which it signed a......

Realty firms hope for revival in housing sales after rate cut

Realty sector is facing a huge slowdown for last 3-4 years, leading to a significant delays in possession of flats to customers.     Interest on home loans is expected to come down......

Will 2015 bring good news for realtors?

Like 2013, cash-starved developers faced the problems of huge unsold housing stocks and buyers' protest against delay of up to 6-7 years in delivering projects, forcing them to focus on completion......

Too much Jessica in this Bachchan book

He's been there, done that, bought (and auctioned off) the T-shirt, and there's scarcely an emotional arc the lead character hasn't traversed. Sure. Nobody denies that The Amitabh Bachchan Story......

SEE: When Chris Martin met the Tendulkars

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar, Anjali Tendulkar and Sara Tendulkar with Coldplay's Chris Martin at the Sachin Tendulkar Foundation event in Mumbai on Wednesday. Photograph: Sachin Tendulkar Foundation......

Remembering Spin Legend Sonny Ramadhin

From Rohan Kanhai the swashbuckler to Alvin Kallicharan to Shivnarine Chanderpaul to Ramnaresh Sarwan to Sunil Narine, Indian origin cricketers from the Caribbean have often been the toast of the......

Swansea reach League Cup semifinals

Swansea City booked their place in the semi-finals of the League Cup after an own goal by Seb Hines secured the Premier League club a 1-0 victory over second-tier Middlesbrough on Wednesday.......

West Ham win amid crowd violence

Premier League West Ham United beat London rivals Millwall 3-1 after extra time in the League Cup second round on Tuesday in a match marred by crowd disturbances before and during the game. Third......

Evolution of the men's 100 meters world record

Evolution of the men's 100 meters world record after Jamaica's Usain Bolt ran 9.69 seconds in the2008 Olympics final in Beijing on Saturday. WR time Athlete Country Date 10.6 seconds Donald......