Trump-Kim summit to be held at Singapore's Capella Hotel

The landmark summit between United States President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will be held at Singapore’s Capella Hotel on the island resort of Sentosa, off the city......

2 Indian Americans in Class of White House Fellows

Two Indian Americans, Pat Basu of Naperville, Illinois, and Sunny Ramchandani of Rowland Heights, California, were among the 2010-2011 Class of White House Fellows, announced by the White House on......

Indian investigators, FBI to quiz US LeT operative

Indian investigators would join their Federal Bureau of Investigationcounterparts on Monday to question David Coleman Headley, nabbed by FBI for plotting a major terror attack in India at LeT's......

World's tallest bridge opens in France

French president Jacque Chirac formally inaugurated the world's tallest bridge in Millau, southern France, on Tuesday, report agencies. Designed by British architect Norman Foster, the 2.46 km......

Stunning bridges in France

The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the river Tarn near Millau in southern France. It was designed by the French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux and......

World's 20 highest bridges

Millau Viaduct, France Designed by the British architect Norman Foster and French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux, the Millau Viaduct spans the valley of the river Tarn near Millau in......

Utopia in the desert

Two years ago, the investment fund of the oil-soaked city of Abu Dhabi handed Sultan Al Jaber $4 billion and a 2.5-square-mile parcel of desert. It was a starter kit. Jaber, a petroleum engineer,......

Olympics: A showcase of China's prosperity

China's monumental showcase, the Olympics, begins on the auspicious Chinese "eighth of the eighth" - August 8, 2008, at 8 pm. Since it won the Olympic bid in 2001, it has pulled out all the stops......

2016: A year at the movies when India thumped Hindi

'2016 was the age of convenience for Hindi movies; of down pat effrontery and planned feeling triumphing over attempts to discern something complexly beautiful,' says Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Ae Dil......

Review: Thor: The Dark World is silly and it knows it

You'll be hard pressed to find another hero so totally, awesomely Super, insists Raja Sen. It might seem absurdly obvious, but sometimes we forget that comic book movies just need to be comic.......

Zorro all set to win new audiences

Out of the night, when the full moon is bright, audiences were reminded over 50 yeas ago, comes the horseman named Zorro. The masked stranger was a familiar guest in millions of homes not only in......

Barcelona to let fans decide on the new Camp Nou

Barcelona will ask their fans to decide on whether the club should rebuild their Camp Nou stadium or move to a new site, vice-president Javier Faus told local radio on Tuesday. Faus said the board......

Decamping to the desert?

Eddie Jordan has never lacked imagination but even he struggles with the idea that one day his Formula One team could leave rainy Britain and set up shop in the Middle East or China."I think that......