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S.Y. Quraishi’s book on Old Delhi launched in UK

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A book written by India’s chief election commissioner S.Y. Quraishi on the miscellaneous culture and tradition of Old Delhi has been launched here.

Madonna to be immortalised in comic book

Pop singer Madonna's life story is set to be immortalised in a comic book.

The highs and lows of the 52-year-old singer will be encapsulated in a 32-page graphic novel produced by publishers Bluewate

Pippa Middleton to get armoured car

Pippa Middleton, sister of Kate, will get an armoured car with bullet-proof windows as a gift from her parents who are worried about her safety.

The Middletons fear that ever since the royal wedding

Lisicki sends Li crashing out of Wimbledon

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China's French Open champion Li Na crashed out of Wimbledon on Thursday, losing 3-6, 6-4, 8-6 to German wildcard Sabine Lisicki in the second round.

Third seeded Li, who made the quarterfinals in 200

Potter series to become ebooks, but no sequel

Young women wearing traditional costumes carry a pieta during a Corpus Christi procession at Lofer

The seven Harry Potter novels will be available in ebook form in October, author J.K.

‘World's smelliest’ Indian man quit bathing 37 yrs ago to get a ‘guaranteed son’!

An Indian farm worker has not taken a shower for the past 37 years with the belief that doing so might fetch him a son.

Guru Kailash Singh from the rural village of Chatav in Varanasi refuses to take

Rosario Dawson is glad her mother’s marriage failed

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“Men In Black II” actress Rosario Dawson is happy that her mother Isabel Celeste’s latest marriage is over because the man she wed was not “good enough”.

Wimbledon: Somdev knocked out of men's singles

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India's Somdev Devvarman bowed out of the Wimbledon men's singles second round with a 2-6, 4-6, 4-6 defeat to 18th seed Mikhail Youzhny of Russia.

It was 68th ranked Somdev's second straight defeat t

Roddick falls to shock defeat against Lopez

Three-time finalist Andy Roddick crashed out of Wimbledon in the third round on Friday as the American was beaten 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 by Spain's Feliciano Lopez.

Roddick had won all seven of hi

Venus in cruise control at Wimbledon

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Five-time champion Venus Williams cruised into the last 16 at Wimbledon with a straight sets victory over Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez on Friday.

The American, seeded 23, sailed through the fi

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.