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These 10 stunning images will make you go WILD

The Natural History Museum has unveiled the first entries for this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Wrestling komodo dragons, ethereal egrets and thirsty......

Eleanor Catton wins Man Booker Prize for The Luminaries

New Zealand author Eleanor Catton has become the youngest Man Booker winner in the prize's history for her novel The Luminaries. The 28-year-old Catton is just the second New Zealander to win the......

Will Jhumpa Lahiri bag the Booker?

The £50,000 Man Booker Prize will be announced on Tuesday. The Indian-American author is in the fray for her new book ‘The Lowland’, but what are her chances? A mere......

Jhumpa Lahiri's 'The Lowland' in Man Booker shortlist

Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri has made it to this year's Man Booker Prize shortlist for her new book The Lowland, an intimate portrayal of two brothers set in Kolkata of the 1960s. Her tale,......

Amitav Ghosh among 12 longlisted for UK prize

Indian author Amitav Ghosh is among a group of award-winning writers and poets to make the longlist of Warwick Prize for Writing in London on Wednesday. The biennial prize run by Britain's......

Adani stops work at Aus coal mine, rejigs budget

Adani has signed up buyers for about 70 per cent of the 40 million tonnes coal the Carmichael project is due to produce in its first phase. India's Adani Mining said on Wednesday it was rejigging......

Adani finds buyers for coal from Australian mine

Adani Mining has signed up buyers for around 70 percent of the coal it plans to produce from a huge mine in Australia, putting it a step closer to being able to seal funding for the A$10 billion......

Australia seeks Indian investments

Australia on Tuesday invited Indian companies to take part in exploration of natural gas but expressed inability to supply LNG to India in the short term.Australian Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane......

Mittal loses long-running dispute with neighbour

NRI steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has lost a long-running dispute with his neighbour, a member of the Saudi Arabian royal family over construction of a new block of flats, which Mittal contended......

Brokerage claim bogus: Mittal

NRI steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal and his family on Thursday dismissed as "baseless" the claim made by Adina Kohn, a property consultant for a 350,000-pounds commission for the 70-million pounds......

Why we should celebrate this year's Oscars

Let the grandeur do the talking instead of the gags, says Raja Sen. The good guys won. Actually, it was bigger than that. I have annually whinged about and berated the Academy of Motion Picture......

Review: A Million Ways to Die in the West is a Vanity Project

A Million Ways To Die In The West could have done better with more editing and less Seth McFarlane, says Paloma Sharma.'From the guy who brought you Ted,' reads the top of the poster.That's just......

Hollywood stars pay tribute to Harold Ramis

Hollywood's comedy greats took to Twitter to remember Harold Ramis, who passed away earlier today.Acclaimed actor, writer and director Harold Ramis, who was often credited with bringing intelligent......

Oscar host Seth MacFarlane boosts TV ratings

Get your lowdown on what's going on in the world of Hollywood, right here!Seth MacFarlane, who hosted this year's Academy Awards, helped the Oscars attract a US television audience of 40.3 million,......

Deconstructing Oscar 2013: Chat with Raja Sen!

The 85th annual Academy Awards may have ended on an unprecendented note with Ben Affleck picking up the biggest award of the night (Best Picture) for his espionage drama Argo. But all didn't go......

Soccer: Romeo Beckham joins Brentford's junior team

IMAGE: Beckham, son of former England captain and Inter Miami president and co-owner David Beckham, featured 15 times for Brentford B and scored one goal during his loan spell. Photograph:......

Thamake wins India's third gold at Asian Youth Games

Anjana Dhavalu Thamake clinched the third gold for India by winning the girl's 800 metres race on the concluding day of the track and field events at the second Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, on......

Bolt fires another Olympic warning

Jamaica's Usain Bolt laid down another marker for the Beijing Olympics when he ran the fastest 200 meters of the year so far at the Athens Grand Prix on Sunday. The 21-year-old, who broke the 100......

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