Kerala Boatrace

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate the 57th edition of Nehru Trophy boat race, the country's biggest and popular water sporting event at Alappuzha in Kerala on August...

Iran revisits revolutionary days

Azadi Square in central Iran witnessed the country's biggest protest in over three decades when thousands turned up before the historic monument to condemn the alleged rigging of the recent......

The IAF and its magnificent flying machines

The Indian Air Force is the fourth largest in the world. Having proved its mettle in every conflict scenario, the IAF is set to enter an era of modernisation.  Even as it inducted one of......

Education budgets of world's top economies

In 1919, three decades before Independence, Rabindranath Tagore declared, "All over India, there is a vague feeling of discontent in the air about our prevalent system of education. Signs have been......

Will Hrithik's magic work for Reliance?

Reliance Communications has rolled out a 360-degree Hrithik Roshan campaign to mark its entry into the GSM space. Is the message reaching out? The advertisement opens with a shot of Hrithik Roshan......

The Mahindra Xylo strategy

Mahindra Xylo targets one bird too many with its sedan-killer strategy. On a cloudy day, some time during August last year, a car was zipping down the rain-soaked Mumbai-Pune expressway. It was......

Obama's tax proposals to hit US firms more than India

Indian IT services providers do not appear perturbed over the proposal of US President Obama to eliminate a loophole that allows US firms to avoid paying tax on profits earned overseas. They say......

Pix: Jessica Simpson arrives in Mumbai

With henna on her hands and a traditional bindi on forehead, Jessica Simpson looked like a conventional Indian woman as she arrived in the sub-continent to film her new reality TV show, days after......

Jessica Simpson is ready for Bollywood!

Hollywood diva Jessica Simpson has confirmed on Twitter her impending visit to India. On Twitter Simpson wrote: "@kenpaves and I are going to India!!!!" Ken Paves is a celebrity hairstylist out of......

Jessica Simpson: Indians are comfortably beautiful

VH1 aired the India episode of Jessica Simpson's new reality show, The Price of Beauty on Monday in the US. In the episode, the pop princess from Texas flies to Mumbai to hang out with former Miss......

Most Dangerous Celebs In Cyberspace

Searching for Jessica Biel on the Internet could prove to be extremely risky for your computer. She has been named America's Most Dangerous Celebrity In Cyberspace by Internet researchers.......

Mothers of sporting comebacks

When Kim Clijsters beat Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 7-5, 6-3 to win the 2009 women's singles title at the US Open, she not only added a second Grand Slam triumph to her 2005 US Open victory but......

Celebs keep coming to the Flushing Meadows

Maria Francisca Perello, girlfriend of Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal, is seen at US Open VIP gallery in New York. Xisca, as she better known as, comes from Nadal's home town of Palma, in......

Paes stays on course for title

India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner, Lukas Dlouhy, advance into the next round of the US Open. Seeded No 4, the Indo-Czech pairing got the better of the Austrian combine of Julian......

Brazil seal WC berth, Argentina dice with death

Brazil secured their place at the 2010 World Cup with an impressive 3-1 win over arch-rivals Argentina while South America's other candidates jockeyed for the region's other three automatic berths.......

Fisichella gives Force India first pole

Giancarlo Fisichella gave Force India an astonishing first pole position while Formula One championship leader Jenson Button qualified only 14th for the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday. The Force......