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The flipside: World's most DANGEROUS prisons

After we saw the luxuries of the Halden prison in Norway, where Anders Behring Breivik, the gunman who orchestrated the deadliest terror strike in Oslo since the World War II last month, might stay......

US sees record voter turnout in Trump-Biden clash

The US appears to be on track to see over 160 million votes cast in the 2020 presidential election, a turnout rate of about 67 per cent, which is higher than what the country has witnessed in more......

Lawsuit filed for Sikh prisoner's rights violation

A lawsuit has been filed in a federal court in Manhattan to enforce the religious freedom of a Sikh prisoner who has been on a liquid diet since June to protest alleged rights violations.The......

Sikhs harassed in California prisons

Officials of Solano State Prison and San Quentin State Prison in California have reportedly punished Sikhprisoner for refusing to comply with regulations, whichmandate that hair cannot be kept more......

3 cr cases pending in courts! Moily decides to act

Struggling to bring down the whopping over 3 crore pending court cases in the country, the Law Ministry proposes to soon place before the Union Cabinet a comprehensive National Litigation Policy......

How earthquake, tsunami have hit Japan's economy

Japan's worst nightmare has become a reality. As it faces the biggest crisis since World War II, initial estimates peg the country's economic loss at a whopping $170 billion. Experts say the actual......

Inflation falls to 0.48% despite rise in food prices

Inflation declined to 0.48 per cent for the week ended May 23 from 0.61 per cent in the previous week, even though essential food items like fruit, tea, cereals and pulses......

Sensex may hit 19,500 this year: Experts

Driven by the election outcome, the benchmark index Sensex could catapult to 19,500 level this year, provided the government pushes through the reform agenda, analysts said. Market experts believe......

10 ideas worth millions

Tough times don't last--but tough companies do. Even with venture funding falling off a cliff, a handful of companies with great ideas, money-saving products or ideas just too great (or cheap) not......

Abhishek plays a Game with the media

Abhishek Bachchan's new film Game was launched at Cinemax, Versova, a western suburb of Mumbai. The entire cast of Kangna Ranaut, Shahana Goswami, Jimmy Shergill, Sarah Jane Dias and of course,......

John Lennon killer's chilling confession

Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here! Despite other famous people like US TV talk show host Johnny Carson and the actress Elizabeth Taylor on his hit-list,......

Gurinder Chadha's back with a Punju comedy

Gurinder Chadha has directed six feature length films starting with her British Asian feminist comedy Bhaji on the Beach (1993). But she is best known for her surprise hit Bend it Like Beckham......

Kill Bill slays The Punisher

Effortlessly slaying its opponents, Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol 2 rose to the top of the box-office chart in North America with an estimated $25.6 million three-day gross.Proving that there......

'Vaastu Shastra scares me!'

Sourabh Usha Narang's frightening Vaastu Shastra hits the screens on October 22, and, as he solemnly forbids Correspondent Raja Sen to use the word 'horror' in conjunction with the film, the......

Day 9: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Flawless Fillon Maillet wins pursuit gold for France IMAGE: Quentin Fillon Maillet of France celebrates winning the gold medal. Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters Quentin Fillon Maillet of......

Spotted: IPL chairman Lalit Modi in the Andaman Islands

Reader Billy Graham Kanukolanu sent us this picture. Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi was spotted taking some time off in the Andaman Islands. Thank you, Billy, for sharing this picture!......

Border hails Ponting as 'best since Bradman'

Ricky Ponting has been lauded as the best Australian batsmen since Don Bradman after breaking Allan Border's national Test aggregrate in the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston. Border personally......

Duncan leads Spurs past Nuggets

Tim Duncan nailed 24 points and snared nine rebounds and Tony Parker added 19 points as the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 104-76 win over the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday, leveling their Western......

Slumping Knicks burned by Suns

Amare Stoudemire registered 29 points and Quentin Richardson added 25 as the Phoenix Suns's high-powered offense shifted into top gear Tuesday, romping to a 133-118 victory over the slumping New......

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