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Get ready for 'Blue Moon' on August 31

A full moon will rise in the eastern twilight sky for the second time this month on August 31, which has come to be called as 'Blue Moon'. The first full moon occurred on August 1 in the Americas,......

Salman Rushdie out of race for Whitbread Award

Controversial India-born novelist Salman Rushdie has been knocked out of the race for the 25,000Whitbread Book award this year as five relatively unknown writers were pushed into the ring for the......

UK MPs to select best S Asian restaurant

Cutting across party-lines, over 50 British members of Parliament have formed the first-ever 'All Parliamentarian Tiffin Club' in London to select the best South Asian restaurant in the United......

Five Indians named Guggenheim Fellows

Tony D'Souza, who is consolidating his reputation with The Konkans, his second novel and Ashutosh Varshney, a distinguished professor of political science are among five India-origin Guggenheim......

Australia rejects Chinese defector

A Chinese diplomat's attempt to defect to Australia and explosive claims about Beijing's espionage activities has cast a shadow over Canberra's attempts to negotiate a free trade deal with China.......

Hughes Soft: Investing options

Hughes Software Systems Limited, a subsidiary of the US based Hughes Network Systems, announcedon Tuesdaythat Flextronics, a Singapore-based electronic manufacturing services provider, will acquire......

Indian grocer bids to be chancellor of Cambridge

In a historic first, Abdul Arain, an Indian-origin local grocer whose customers include Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, is among four individuals nominated to contest the election to become the 108th......

IIM-B puts India Inc to test

Come September and the StartUp Club at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore gears up to host one of India's largest management festivals. This year too, it was no different and Vista 2004......

L N Mittal tops UK's Richest Power list

Money and power being "natural bedfellows" is not necessarily true in the British business world, except for steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal who figures right on the top of a new 'Richest Power List',......

An uphill climb for XM-Sirius merger

In February, when Sirius Satellite Radio Chief Executive Mel Karmazin announced plans to merge his company with rival XM Satellite Radio, he pegged the chances of winning deal approval from......

Ready Player One Review: Spielberg's love song is a thumping joyride

In Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg returns to an arena he predominantly parented with the optimism of a kid who hasn't forgotten what it's like to be an audience, notes Sukanya Verma. Steven......

Argo, Les Miserables win at Golden Globes 2013

The 70th Annual Golden Globe awards have been announced. There were quite a few surprises and some expected nods. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN......

The brilliant beard strikes again!

Raja Sen reviewsDue Date. Readers can also send their reviewshere.When an actor really discovers his stride, there's little you can do but hang around for the ride. Robert Downey Jr is a fine......

Renee shows Bridget the money!

Renee Zellweger put on 20 pounds again to play the neurotic, clumsy, overweight, yet lovable singleton and the new movie Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason looks like it may devour a bigger chunk of......

Oscar 2013: Royal snubs for Tarantino, Bigelow

Can an award-worthy film direct itself, some people may wonder looking at the 'snubs' the Oscar nominations dealt Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty), Ben Affleck (Argo), Quentin Tarantino (Django......

When Kohli's India Conquered Australia

After several losses in the early years of the new century, a resurgent India notched up two consecutive series wins in Australia to become the Aussies' nemesis. Part 1: When It Was Bradman Versus......

Australia remembers Hughes: Cricket felt irrelevant, says Smith

IMAGE: Philip Hughes was 25 when he was hit on the neck by a bouncer during a Sheffield Shield match in Sydney and died without regaining consciousness exactly five years ago. Photograph: Morne de......

Clarke dedicates World Cup triumph to 'little brother' Hughes

Australia captain Michael Clarke (centre) is carried on the shoulders of team-mates David Warner (left) and Aaron Finch as he holds the Cricket World Cup trophy. Photograph: Hamish Blair/Reuters......

Aus opener Hughes bowled over by Sachin's humility

Sachin Tendulkar's humility has bowled over Australian batsman Philip Hughes, who says it was a fantastic experience to get tips from the Indian icon over a cup of coffee. "When I was in Mumbai......

Hughes' remarkable feat

After scoring a brilliant 115 in the first innings of Durban Test, Philip Hughes went one step further as he scored 160 in the second dig. Hughes thus became only the 14th Australian to score......

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