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Thousands protest across US major cities defying curfew

Americans, defying curfews in several cities including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Washington DC, protested, in some cases violently, against the custodial killing of African-American......

Trump's son-in-law's deals with Chinese financial firm raise concerns

Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner’s business ties with a Chinese financial behemoth are raising concerns over potential conflict of interest as he prepares for a role in White House,......

The wonderfully weird world we live in!

Ten images that prove we live in a odd, odd world! A woman touches a giant face-shaped pillar outside the Dotonbori Hotel in Osaka, Japan. Photograph: Kim Kyung-hoon/Reuters A DJ performs......

My salute to arguably India's greatest military hero

In super-human actions of valour, Havildar Abdul Hamid personally knocked out five tanks over two days, effectively derailing the enemy offensive in the 1965 Indo-Pak War. 'Decades later, I......

Chatwal Hotels to team with Wyndham Group

Indian-American hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal has entered into a global agreement with Wyndham Hotel Groups under which the latter will have exclusive rights to franchise and manage the Chatwal......

Second half of the year may see a turnaround: PM to CEOs

India is committed to getting back to a sustainable growth path of 8 to 9 per cent, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said, adding that such a target is achievable because the fundamentals of the......

GDP can go to 9 pc, says FM

India's Finance Minister P Chidambaram said Wednesday that India can raise its GDP to 9 percent if the country is able to develop its infrastructure and mobilize the investment. "Money is flowing......

Indian hoteliers make it big in America

Sant Singh Chatwal did not exactly bootstrap his way up America's lodging industry by starting at a modest roadside motel, as have so many immigrants. His first fixer-upper hotel was in Manhattan,......

Why I am so excited about Pedro

Here was this filmmaker, who has won so many awards, including a couple of Oscars, and there was not an ounce of arrogance in him, says Aseem Chhabra.It was the fall of 1984. I had to pick up a......

The many lives of Swaroop Sampat Rawal

In the mid 1980s, Swaroop Sampat Rawal was at the peak of her acting career with Kundan Shah's hit television sitcom Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi, where she played Renu, the wife of the late actor Shafi......

From East Is East to Rafta, Rafta

As the audience ushered into the Theatre Row's auditorium for the performance of writer Ayub Khan-Din's new play Rafta, Rafta, I had a very strong sense of dj vu, as if I had walked onto the sets......

Ismail's story

Ismail Mechant, who died in London on Wednesday, told Aseem Chhabra why he decided to write his memoirs in a feature that originally appeared in India Abroad, a rediff.com publication, October 26,......

Why Preity Zinta loves New York

A month ago walking in Times Square late in the evening, I saw an unusual number of desis hanging outside the Air Force Recruitment Center, between Broadway and Seventh Avenue. A closer look......

Ex-US tennis star Blake mistakenly slammed to ground, handcuffed by NYPD

File picture: James Blake in action during the Connecticut Open in August 2014. Photograph: Elsa/Getty Images Former tennis star James Blake was slammed to the ground, handcuffed and detained for......

Ring promoter King sues Disney/ESPN

Promoter Don King, who built a boxing empire with the aid of hyperbole, bluster and spin, filed a $2.5 billion lawsuit on Wednesday against sports channel ESPN over a biography of him he said was......

New York police chief apologises to arrested ex-tennis star Blake

IMAGE: James Blake of the United States during the 2013 US Open. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton apologised on Thursday to former US......

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