Plucky Indian escapes kidnappers in Sudan
It was sheer spunk and presence of mind that helped Mumbai youth Mohammed Adeeb Shaikh escape from the clutches of kidnappers in Sudan before reaching home here Friday ev...
Domestic 'honour' violence cost Britain 25.3 billion pounds
Domestic violence cost the British government 25.3 billion pounds in 2005-06, a parliamentary report has said, even as an influential Muslim group admitted the linked iss...
Sri Lankan cricket stars seek Indian tourists during tour
Aiming to make the full use of the Indian cricket team's tour here next month, Sri Lanka's all-time cricket stars are flying to Mumbai Sunday on a campaign to promote Ind...
Gilchrist bowled over by IPL
Adam Gilchrist is amazed by the ever-increasing love for cricket in India and compared the Indian Premier League (IPL) next to Sydney Olympics.
German tourist drugged and robbed in train
A German tourist was given a tea laced with sedatives and robbed of all his belongings in a train. The German man, Gabriel, and his girlfriend were travelling from Varana...
Malayalam film actor Thilakan's Canada shooting held up
National award winner Thilakan, who is to play a key role in a Malayalam film to be shot in Canada and North America, says he is not getting a Canadian visa because of in...
UTV to release comic book based on Mithun Chakraborty
Bollywood production house UTV is all set to bring out a comic book based on Mithun Chakraborty's character Jimmy in 1980s hit "Disco Dancer" and it will soon hit the Ind...
Goa's media history looks at four decades of change
Goa got Asia's first Western-style printing press four and a half centuries ago, but an English language daily began here only after the end of Portuguese rule here in 19...
Iraq, the current oil crisis and American mismanagement(Book Review)
"The Ultimate Prize - Oil and Saddam's Iraq"; Author: Ranjit Singh Kalha; Publisher: Allied Publishers; Price: Rs 695: Pages: 429
Budding British teenage author the 'new J.K. Rowling'?
According to literary pundits, she is a name to watch: Catherine Banner, who jotted down ideas for her first novel during school lessons when she was 14, has just publish...