'I've stayed alive with cancer for 20 years'

In her well-regarded book The Red Devil: A Memoir of Beating the Odds, published in 2001, Katherine Russell Rich discussed how she had survived a lumpectomy, radiation, chemotherapy and hormones, a......

Bill Gates receives Indira Gandhi Peace Prize

President Pratibha Patil on Saturday presented the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development to Microsoft founder Bill Gates for his charity work.  Gates received the prize......

Mumbai witnesses 'highest tide' of the season

Mumbai reportedly experienced the highest tide of the season on...

India in Top 10 list of military spenders

1464 billion dollars -- that's what nations around the world spent to secure themselves from their adversaries. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has compiled a list of......

The Ok-Tata-Bye-Bye controversy

Infringements related to brand names and trademarks are a never-ending story. In the latest dispute over a brand name, the Tata Group has objected to the word 'Tata' used in oktatabyebye.com, a......

Air India to slash staff salary

The Air India board has decided to reduce by 50 per cent the productivity-linked incentives or flying allowance payable to its employees. The reduction would be in effect till an alternative......

What makes a painting valuable?

If it is true that roughly only a tenth of an artist's output would qualify as his best -- this is a widely held approximation -- then how do you arrive at which works deserve to be in that select......

Ranbir, Konkona promote Wake Up Sid

With just days for their film Wake Up Sid to release, Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma and director Ayan Mukerji were spotted promoting the film at a shopping mall in Mumbai on...

Wake Up Sid holds steady at multiplexes

Of the two films that hit the marquee last week,Acid Factory fared better than 4Days 3Nights. Meanwhile, Wake Up Sid still holds steady at the multiplexes. Note: Films are ranked according to......

Few takers for Wake Up Sid, Do Knot Disturb

Two films hit the marquee last week -- Wake Up Sid and Do Knot Disturb. Both the films didn't do so well.Collections for Do Knot Disturb started dropping from Saturday onwards, making itan'also......

Wake Up Sid in trouble

Karan Johar's latest production Wake Up Sid has come into trouble from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena because the film used the word 'Bombay'. MNS workers protested outside theatres in Maharashtra,......

Images: Thumbs-up to CWG 2010 as foreign athletes arrive

Commonwealth Games Federation chief Mike Fennell inspected the Games Village on Friday and said "considerable improvements" have been made there even as embattled the organisers continued their......

Depleted India have job cut out against Pakistan

Injury-hit India are looking to draw inspiration from history when they take on arch-rivals Pakistan in their Champions Trophy opener in Centurion on Saturday. Already missing star performers......

Is it the Indian Premier League or Australian?

There's something about the Australians, and the way they play their cricket.  And when the stakes are high, they take their level a few notches above the usual -- the Indian Premier League......

Images from the football World Cup qualifiers

Striker Nilmar scored a hat-trick for a second-string Brazil as they beat Chile 4-2 at home and denied the visitors the victory they required to seal a place in the finals. In the absence of......

Spotted: Sehwag in Nottingham

Reader Surinder Singh Happy sent us this photograph from Nottingham. 'We met Virender Shewag at Hotel Chutney, Nottingham, UK, on June 16, 2009 after India vs South Africa match,' writes Surinder.......