Queen Elizabeth II has honoured actress and food expert Madhur Jaffrey, the British government said on Thursday.Jaffrey, 70, has been named an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire,......
Mumbai-born maestro conductor Zubin Mehta, will be among five artists of the Kennedy Center Honours of 2006 for their lifetime of contributions to the arts and American culture, announced by The......
A series of tender and whimsical letters written by poet T S Eliot to a beloved godson will go on sale next month, auctioner Bonhams announced on Thursday.The collection of 50 letters to Thomas......
Actor Dalip Tahil's fairly successful stint in a BBC television soap opera seems to have aroused the wrath of the actors' union in the United Kingdom.Tahil stars as charmer Dan Ferreira in the......
The first Bollywood-style Western musical since Andrew Lloyd Webber's wildly popular Bombay Dreams is to open in Newcastle's Customs House Theatre next week.Tickets are already sold out for The Pit......
The Old War Office (OWO) of Britain's World War II era prime minister Winston Churchill opened its doors as a brand-new luxury hotel in London with a glittering launch event, complete with surprise......
An Indian-origin former accountant has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years' imprisonment for duping people of 100 million ($197 million) in an international scam. Shinder Singh Gangar, 46,......
When a society begins to flower, blooms sprout all over the place. Whether it is literature, sport, entertainment or media, or business, winners emerge from nowhere.In sport, for instance, Anju......
Non-Resident Indian film director Shekhar Kapur has joined the Asian millionaires' list spearheaded by NRI steel industrialist Lakshmi Mittal, even as the combined wealth of 300 Asian millionaires......
Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur says the expanding infotainment market, estimated to grow to more than a trillion dollars in 10 years, has profound implications for India and Asia.An accountant by training......
Photograph: Kind courtesy A R Rahman/Twitter A R Rahman -- winner of two Oscars -- revealed on Sunday why he has been taking up few Bollywood projects. 'I don't say no to good movies, but I think......
With a massive 730 million pounds in his kitty, Sir Paul McCartney is the richest musician in the UK. Check out the others who made it to the list. Paul McCartney, whose fortune is worth 730......
This week has been a celebration of Bollywood of sorts. While Bombay Dreams opened on Broadway on April 29, the next daysaw the Bollywood FashionAwards in Atlanta.Seen here, Urmila Matondkar with......
Dalip Tahil has worked on stage, in films, television and now on the digital platform, and he's not slowing down anytime soon.Continuing our series: Actors We Love.Interview: Patcy......
Pooja Kumar's face was plastered all over Times Square in New York in 2002 when she appeared as a model in the posters promoting Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway show Bombay Dreams. In 2008, she......
Lewis Hamilton with his brother Nicolas. Photograph: Lewis Hamilton/Instagram Newly crowned Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton, who won 11 Grands Prix for Mercedes in 2014, was named BBC......