Where Have The Goldsmiths Disappeared?

Kurumbur in gold-loving Tamil Nadu was once a thriving centre for goldsmiths.Today their number is down to two.A Ganesh Nadar finds out why. IMAGE: Armugam in his smithy. Photograph: A Ganesh......

Indian-origin journalist wins Pulitzer Prize

Megha Rajagopalan, an Indian-origin journalist, along with two contributors has won the Pulitzer Prize for innovative investigative reports that exposed a vast infrastructure of prisons and mass......

I was adviced to cancel Haneef's visa: Oz minister

Australia's former Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews remains defiant in the face of a lawsuit filed by Mohammad Haneef and defends the cancelling of the Indian doctor's visa in a bungled terror......

Shobha De faces heat after her 'calm' advice to Sushma

Author Shobha De has managed to receive the wrath of Twitterati again after she gave an 'advice' to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on the micro-blogging site. De, in a tweet, suggested......

'Jobs Have To Be Created Everywhere'

'I found it unbelievable that L&T said 45,000 jobs were waiting to be filled because of unavailability of suitable skillsets.' 'So, when the Opposition sweepingly says there are no jobs, I'm......

Visa to double debit card share in India

Global payment card brand Visa Internationalwould double its debit card business in India from five million to 10 million during the current fiscal, South Asia deputy country manager Uttam Nayak......

Visa spending in India up 66%

Credit card major Visa has reported a 66 per cent jump in spending on its cards in India at $3.8 billion for the 12-months ended June 2005.Visa's card sales volume which includes cash withdrawals......

PayU buys BillDesk for $4.7 bn in one of largest Indian fintech deals

Over the next three years, RBI expects more than 200 million new users to adopt digital payments, with the average annual transactions per capita rising tenfold from 22 to 220. IMAGE: Anirban......

Satish-Aadya: Climbing rankings while embracing trials

Just 18 months after pairing up, the young mixed doubles pair of Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and Aadya Variyath rise to World No 33.   IMAGE: Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and Aadya Variyath......

New York here I come! Erigaisi receives US visa

Arjun Erigaisi gets US Visa for World Rapid and Blitz Championships IMAGE: The world No 4 Indian had appealed to the US Embassy on Friday to expedite the process of granting him the necessary......

Will visa delay cost Erigaisi a chance to shine?

GM Erigaisi requests US Embassy to grant him visa for World Rapid and Blitz IMAGE: Arjun Erigaisi has been in sensational form this year, having won an individual gold as well as team title in......

Indian wrestlers' desperate plea: A fight for their future

IMAGE: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) was on Thursday forced to pull all three Indian teams out of the championships. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters Barely 48 hours before they are......

Why did Britain's top shooters miss the World Cup?

IMAGE: The World Cup final got underway at the Karni Singh Ranges with elite shooters from across the world. Photograph: NRAI/X The ISSF World Cup final in New Delhi has been robbed of some sheen......