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Mathematician John Nash, who inspired 'A Beautiful Mind', killed in car crash

Noted American mathematician John Nash, who inspired the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind, has died in a car crash. Before the academic world could fully recognize his achievement, Dr Nash......

Three killed in New Jersey supermarket shooting

A former Marine, armed with an AK-47 assault rifle and an automatic pistol, fired indiscriminately in a New Jersey supermarket on Friday, killing two co-workers before turning the gun on himself.......

US workers search ship suspected of carrying stowaways

United States dock workers on Thursday thoroughly searched containers aboard a cargo ship at a New Jersey port where the vessel arrived after loading freight in India, Pakistan and Egypt, fearing......

Indian-American arrested for NJ student's suicide

The arrest of Dharun Ravi, 18, of Plainsboro, New Jersey, after the suicide of his roommate at Rutgers University in NJ has shocked the Indian community. Tyler Clementi, 18, of Ridgewood, a......

US: Indian scientist attacked by 3 teens, dies

An Indian computer scientist, who was brutally attacked by three juveniles three days ago while taking a walk with his family in a New Jersey suburb, succumbed to his injuries on Monday, said the......

Jet lost Rs 200 crore during the 5-day stir

Saroj Dutta, executive director of Jet Airways said in Mumbai on Sunday that the five-day long strike by pilots of Jet Airways has cost the company in terms of revenue losses to the......

From 227 items to 50! Sin, luxury goods to face 28% GST

Goods like chocolates, chewing gum, shampoo, deodorant, shoe polish, detergents, nutrition drinks and marble will now attract 18% GST. In the biggest GST rejig yet, tax rates on over 200 items,......

Don't open that e-mail

Here's a note for all e-mail users.Please do not open the attachment if an e-mail on your box reads like this: "Your e-mail account was used to send a huge amount of unsolicited spam messages......

Christopher Nolan Remembers 'Dear Friend' Heath Ledger

IMAGE: Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas at the 81st Golden Globes. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters Oppenheimer bagged five awards out of its eight Golden Globe nominations,......

Kangana's Box Office Journey: Queen to Dhaakad

After Dhaakad failed at the box office, some social media accounts claimed that Kangana Ranaut hasn't had a single success since Queen.True or False?Find out for yourself in this box office ledger.......

'Shekhar will bring much-needed vitality to FTII'

Photograph: Kind courtesy Shekhar Kapur/Instagram Shekhar Kapur never went to acting school or learnt film-making. Trained as a chartered accountant in England, Shekhar drifted to film-making in......

'I was scared, thinking I should not hit Salman Khan'

'Salman asked me if I would be open to playing a negative character.''I told him I would do even a single scene for him.' Whatever the reviews may say, Gautam Gulati is loving the reactions from......

Are Alia and Ranbir the best actors?

Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar Are Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor the best actors in Bollywood? PadMan Director R Balki, who has worked with Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Tabu and Radhika Apte,......

PHOTOS: How your favourite sports stars celebrated Halloween

IMAGE: Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf. Photograph: Andre Agassi/Facebook It was a ‘fancy’ affair and indeed a Happy Halloween for sport stars from the western world who dressed to kill......

Spotted: Sachin Tendulkar in Bengaluru

Reader Gajanan Patil sent us this photograph from Bengaluru. 'My name is Gajanan Patil. I met Sachin Tendulkar at Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru while the Indian team was practicing......

Spotted: Team India in Jamaica

Reader Lloyd sent us these photographs from Jamaica. 'Hi all. Here are a few photographs of the Indian cricket team players, who were spotted in Jamaica on the eve of the recent one-day......

V V S Laxman on the Magic of Cricket

'If fame, money and comfort are the only factors that drive us, then we are playing cricket for entirely the wrong reasons.' IMAGE: V V S Laxman celebrates his double century in the memorable Eden......

Dhoni climbs in Test rankings

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, whose unbeaten 76 -- together with some assistance from the weather -- helped India escape from its first Test against England with a draw, has made significant strides up the......

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