US scrambles jets after Twitter bomb threats to two planes

Over 250 passengers on board two US airliners got a scare on Sunday when "credible" bomb threats sent via Twitter prompted the military to scramble F-16 fighter jets to escort the planes to land in......

Narayan feted 'Michael Jordan of microelectronics'

Dr Jay Narayan has won the 2011 Acta Materialia Gold Medal and Prize, an international award given to one person annually for exceptional research contributions and leadership in materials science......

US critic of Indian nuclear programme dead

Jesse Helms, a veteran conservative Republican US senator who opposed a nuclear India and took the Clinton administration to task for its failure to detect New Delhi's nuclear tests in 1998, died......

Fellowhip in memory of Indian student

The president of Duke University in North Carolina Richard H Brodhead has announced that the university has established a fellowship in memory of slain Duke graduate student Abhijit Mahato, 29, who......

1st Delhi-Chicago direct flight from Nov 17

American Airlines, the world's largest airline, on Friday, signed a code-share agreement with Air Sahara for its daily nonstop service between Chicago O'Hare International Airport and New Delhi.......

4,700 IBM jobs for India, China

International Business Machines plans to shift over 4,000 jobs to India and China, according to The Wall Street Journal.The world's largest computer company, in one of the largest moves to......

Where the 'pain' will strike next

It's been just 15 months since the implosion of two Bear Stearns hedge funds set off the first bit of sliding snow in this avalanche of a financial crisis. And, oh, how painful it's been.......

Now, Delhi to Chicago in 16 hours!

American Airlines, the world's largest airline, announced the commencement of its maiden direct flight from Delhi to Chicago. For this, American Airlines has entered into a code-share partnership......

Oscars 2022: Ariana, Troy, Jessica WIN!

IMAGE: Ariana DeBose (winner, Actress in a Supporting Role, for West Side Story), Troy Kotsur (winner, Actor in a Supporting Role, for CODA) and Jessica Chastain (winner, Actress in a Leading......

Shekhar Kapur, toast of Toronto

After many abortive attempts to make a film in the last six years, Shekhar Kapur has returned with a pulsating, gorgeous looking and solidly acted film that has propelled him into the Hollywood......

Read this before you watch Elizabeth

Before the British Raj, before hill-stations and the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, before Gandhi and an empire on which 'the sun never set' -- there was Queen Elizabeth I of England. She ruled for......

What goes on in a terrorist's mind

Armed with mostly positive reviews, the disturbing, thought-provoking film The War Within, about a Pakistani suicide bomber who sets out to blow up Grand Central station in New York, is expanding......

Sports Shorts: Heena bags gold, Nivetha bronze in Hannover

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday   IMAGE: Heena Sidhu. Photograph: Jono Searle/Getty Images Indian shooter Heena Sidhu clinched the gold medal while compatriot P......

US sprinter Jenkins fails drugs test

American sprinter LaTasha Jenkins has failed a drugs test, the Chicago Tribune said on its website on Thursday.Her "A" sample from an in-competition test in late July was found to contain traces of......

Marion Jones admits to steroid use

Triple Olympic champion Marion Jones has admitted using steroids in preparation for the 2000 Sydney Games and plans to plead guilty on Friday to lying about her drug use, The Washington Post......

2006 Tour winner Landis guilty of doping

American rider Floyd Landis was banned for two years on Thursday after being found guilty of doping by a US arbitration panel and will be stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title. The United......

Famed track coach indicted in steroid scandal

Trevor Graham, the Jamaican-born track coach who touched off a major sports doping scandal by anonymously sending authorities a syringe, was indicted by a US grand jury on Thursday on three counts......