3000 Indian-Americans to campaign for BJP for LS polls

The 'Overseas Friends of BJP' in the United States has made an elaborate plan to make more than 25 lakh calls to people across India urging them to vote and re-elect Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

NRIs: Pop Nationalism To Identity Supremacy

Brand India's societal divisions and distortions have remained as much relevant in 'liberal' America and Europe as it still is in the structurally stratified Indian society of the 21st century,......

'We love you too': New York Crowd Tells Rahul

'A democracy cannot mean the rule of just two people,' said one audience member, who recalled that he too had chanted 'Modi, Modi' when the PM had visited the USA.Many of those gathered admitted to......

You ask BJP, they will say...: Rahul on train tragedy

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that the BJP and RSS are "incapable" of looking at the future and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to drive the Indian car by only looking in the......

When Will Banks End Customer Harassment?

The branch managers have come out of their glass cabins and the sellers' market has transformed into a buyers' market, but there is no end to the harassment of customers, asserts Tamal......

ArcelorMittal's Q1 net loss comes down to $0.205 bn

World's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal announced a lower net loss for the first quarter at $0.205 billion on higher EBITDA and sales, but the company is ‘cautiously optimistic’ for......

Syria attack fears recede; Sensex regains 20k

Markets mended Tuesday's trading session on a strong note with both the benchmark indices registering gains of nearly 4% each led by positive foreign flows in the Indian equity markets on the back......

US pursuing Indian tax evaders

The US is seeking an order from a San Francisco federal court authorising the Internal Revenue Service to request information from HSBC Bank about US residents who may be using accounts in HSBC......

Much drama in Kannada film industry

The spat between Kannada actor Diganth and director Priya Bharathi (an NRI from the USA) has taken an ugly turn with the director alleging that the actor was sleeping with two of the film's......

Anandha Thandavam not as good as the novel

The successive works of a hit-maker are always eagerly looked forward to. Will he be able to re-create the magic, or will the film fall flat on its face? The expectations are doubled when the......

Gifting Harman-Priyanka another love story

WhenAshutosh Gowarikar announced that his next film, after the Aishwarya Rai-Hrithik Roshan starrer Jodhaa Akbar, would star the hot pair of Harman Baweja and Priyanka Chopra, he made waves. Also......

Tabu, Irrfan are brilliant in Namesake

When a book is made into a film, especially one that is penned by a Pulitzer-Prize winning author, there's more scope for potential disaster. Will the characters, locations, plots and sub-plots......

CSK eyeing stake in Major League Cricket's Texas team

IMAGE: CSK's Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Deepak Chahar. Photograph: CSK/Twitter Chennai Super Kings (CSK) could be eyeing a stake in the Texas team, one of Major League Cricket's......

'I'm confident of winning an Olympic medal'

Ashwini Chidananda had set the tracks on fire at the recently concluded Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. With her sensational burst of speed, she won two gold medals for India, but during all this......

NRI gymnast fights back to win

"An unbelievable feeling. It truly is an experience I will cherish all my life." Those are the words of Kyle Fernandez, a member of the Oklahoma University (OU) 'Sooners' Men's Gymnastics team,......