A slew of economic indicators in the current fiscal threatens to sully P Chidambaram's record as FM.

Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye is a movie to love. And one that makes the audience feel just like the hero: really, really lucky.

Never allow financial capital to dominate over the real economy.

A slowing economy needs stimulus packages to bring back growth on the track. It is my belief that while the government has to do its bit in areas like infrastructure, hard and soft, the private sector is yet to do

Is it possible for the economy to be "overstimulated"? How would we know?

No other country can match the uncanny knack of the United States in pushing its agenda for trade negotiations. Recent inclusion of issues like remanufacturing into current WTO negotiations is a case in point.

Lakhvi's reported arrest, if confirmed, speaks of the intense pressure on Pakistan from the US to act against the Lashkar. India, the US and the rest of the international community should ensure that this is not a cosmetic step like

Finally, let us recognise that no one is going to fight our battles for us, that only we can safeguard our security and integrity through our own actions, and that any outside help, whether by a super power or the

Aquil Busral, national president of NHRDN and the executive director, human resources, IBM India Private Ltd talks about global metdown and its impact on India.

Kiran Bedi talks to Rajul Hegde about her new TV show, and also tries to find solutions for the terror attack on Mumbai.

British celeb chef Gordon Ramsay's first restaurant in Japan serves the Conrad Tokyo luxury hotel in Shiodome. Prix-fixe menus of Ramsay's impressive modern French cuisine run Y15,500 at dinnertime (or Y21,350 with wines)....

Galangal looks very much like its relative the ginger root, but has a paler pinkish color. It cannot be eaten raw and is usually ground up with other ingredients to make a paste. There are two varieties of galangal, the

Beirut- Today in Lebanon is the first day of Eid al-Adha or the Festival of Sacrifice . It is a religious festival celebrated by Muslims and Druze worldwide in commemoration of the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son

Beirut- Prime Minister Fouad Siniora has agreed with Iranian ambassador Mohammed Reza Shibani to draw up an agreement for bilateral cooperation between Lebanon and Iran ahead of a possible visit by Siniora to Tehran.

Beirut- Former cabinet minister and staunch pro-Syrian ally Wiam Wahhab has threatened Druze leader Walid Jumblatt with retaliation over an overnight shooting incident in the Chouf mountains which he claimed was an assassination attempt on his life.

Beirut - A candle flickering in her darkened home, Fouada Hawi rails against the daily 10-hour power cuts that Lebanon's ailing electricity utility inflicts on her.

Muzaffarabad - Pakistani security forces have raided a training camp used by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the militant group blamed for last month's attack on Mumbai, and arrested at least 12 of the group's activists, government officials said today.

Hong Kong beauty [searchlink]Eunis Yao[/searchlink] was crowned [searchlink]Miss Asia 2008[/searchlink] on Sunday at the finals of the annual pageant that saw public voting accepted for the first time.Yao, 23, claimed 137,610 votes in a global poll, the website of the

searchlink]Wu Chun[/searchlink] and Mao Bo (Uncle Mao) presents Best Film voted by audience at 45th [searchlink]Golden Horse Award[/searchlink] (English subtitles)

It was a chilly day in Hong Kong, but that didn t stop fans from turning up at the TVB studios for a double celebration on Saturday night.Not only was the station s TVB8 channel celebrating its 10th anniversary, it