India
Mahajan's foreword was beyond politics
BJP leader wrote the foreword to 'Rajniti Ke Us Par': a compilation of Vajpayee's non-political speeches.
UP Speaker can sack 5 BSP MLAs
UP Speaker can go ahead with disqualification of five MLAs who returned to BSP after Allahabad HC quashed merger of their party with SP.
WB: 'Slow pace' polling irritates CP(M)
CPM state secretary Biman Bose says EC should ensure measures for an organised electoral system.
Iran fears terror attack at World Cup
The 32 teams at the tournament will send 500 police officers from their own countries, with 300 more coming from the European Union.
Serena iffy for French Open, Wimbledon
Serena Williams could miss the French Open and Wimbledon while she recovers from a chronic left knee injury.
Quake in S Pacific triggers tsunami scare
A massive earthquake of magnitude 7.8 rocked the South Pacific island nation of Tonga on Thursday.
Poor nations to get $1 bn Web aid
Intel plans to spend $1 bn over five years to promote Internet use and computer training in developing countries.
Journals asked to be wary of drug ads
Public Library of Science (PLoS) Medicine publishes paper calling to ban drug advertisements in medical journals.
Making Short Films in Mumbai III
Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsShoot and Beyond In my experience, a film shoot is usually over in the blinking of an eye. Perhaps this is because it is necessarily a focussed endeavour, in order...
Russia won't support N-sanctions: Iran
Iran's foreign minister said Russia and China had officially informed Tehran they would not support sanctions.
State cremation for Suryanarayana
Suryanarayana's widow Manjula is still in the Intensive Care Unit of a private hospital and does not know of the cremation.
Devil's Advocate: Vilasrao Deshmukh
Once considered the engine of India's development, what is it that has gone wrong in Maharashtra? Karan Thapar finds out in an in an interview with CM Vilasrao Deshmukh.
Rooney injured, may miss World Cup
With England's opening World Cup game exactly six weeks away, coach Sven-Goran Eriksson faces a serious problem.
A lone voter has Kerala EC on knees
In a polling booth near Calicut, a lone voter at the Kakkayam, 52-year-old Rama Dasan has brought the Election Commission to its knees.
Britain's MI6 places ads for spies
Britain's Secret Intelligence Service has for the first time in its 97 years of existence, resorted to open advertising for fresh recruits.
Kahn wants to play for two more years
Bayern Munich captain Oliver Kahn plans to play for his club for two years after the World Cup and then quit.