Stranded Australian sues his government for ban on flights from India

A 73-year-old Australian, who is stranded in India since March last year, has filed a lawsuit before a Sydney court against the federal government for banning flights from India and threatening to......

St Stephen's molestation row: Being chased like an 'animal', says Thampu

Amid growing demand for his resignation over the molestation row, St Stephen's Principal Valson Thampu's on Tuesday said he was being chased like an "animal" in the case and appealed to all......

Priti Patel named UK's 1st Indian-origin Home Secretary

Britain's new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, began unveiling his top team with the announcement of some key posts on Wednesday evening since taking charge at Downing Street earlier in the day.......

MUST READ: 10 things you didn't know about Stephen Hawking

Image: File image of Stephen Hawking addressing a public meeting in Cape Town. Photograph: Reuters. On Wednesday, world-famous theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking passed......

Ad agencies step up hunt for talent

Advertising, once a high-profile and glamorous profession, is increasingly becoming an unattractive career option. With FMCG companies, media houses and entertainment firms offer ing B-school......

Battle for new UTI AMC's chief hots up

The current joint managing director of the National Stock Exchange, Chitra Ramakrishna and ING Vysya Bank's managing director and chief executive officer Shailendra Bhandari, are front runners for......

Here come the new champions

One of the biggest stories at the World Economic Forum played to a sparse but attentive crowd on Saturday: business' next generation. Leaders of emerging multinationals from Russia (VimpelCom),......

Oppenheimer Review: Simply Brilliant

Oppenheimer is a very politically significant film for our time, observes Utkarsh Mishra. When 'American Prometheus' Dr J Robert Oppenheimer decided to lead the Manhattan Project to make the......

16 shows to watch during the lockdown

Nikita Puri lists the best shows and films to watch online as you ace social distancing. Be it videos of penguins being taken for walks around the zoo or cats playing games with their humans, the......

The Revenant, Mad Max, Star Wars sweep Oscar nominations

The nominations for the 88th Annual Academy awards were announced by Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, directors Guillermo del Toro and Ang Lee, and actor John Krasinski at the Academy's......

Raja Sen's Oscar predictions

Oscar Predictions 2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards, if trends are anything to go by, seem to be more or less on the same page with me this season, which is a peculiar feeling indeed since I'm......

All-conquering Djokovic eyes history in New York

The first round of the U.S. Open begins on Monday as the world's top players battle for Grand Slam glory in New York. Novak Djokovic begins his hunt for a fifth Flushing Meadows crown when he meets......

Could one of them succeed Dravid as India's next Head Coach?

IMAGE: India Head Coach Rahul Dravid with captain Rohit Sharma. Photograph: BCCI/X National Cricket Academy head and former India great VVS Laxman looks best placed to replace Rahul Dravid as the......

Wolves should start bullying refs: Hunt

Wolverhampton Wanderers should take a leaf out of other team's books and try to con referees to get opposing players sent off, according to their midfielder Stephen Hunt. Hunt, risking the wrath of......

Drogba accuses Hunt of hurting Cech

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has accused Reading's Stephen Hunt of intentionally injuring goalkeeper Petr Cech during Saturday's Premier League match.The 24-year-old Czech international suffered a......

FIFA WC: Herdman's Canada is all fired up for Croatia

IMAGE: Canada coach John Herdman and Stephen Eustaquio during the press conference. Photograph: Gareth Bumstead/Reuters Canada manager John Herdman said on Saturday his team was fired up for a......