China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan are on a trip through Europe, his first in five years. First stop was Paris, following which China's first couple will, with French President......
When you think of Indian Maharajas of yore what is the one thing that comes to mind? Jewels! And that is exactly what the world will witness at Christie’s, New York during its upcoming......
When you think of Indian Maharajas of yore what is the one thing that comes to mind? Jewels! And that is exactly what the world will witness at Christie’s, New York during its upcoming......
IMAGE: Ahmad Shah Massoud's Northern Alliance fighters near Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, in 2001. Photograph: Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images 'It was a mission undertaken in darkness in every sense --......
Khushwant Singh was a courageous writer. He was a superb mentor of young talent, had great generosity of spirit, was extremely tolerant and was, on many levels, a true secular Indian, says Shobhaa......
It is so exclusive that it has just three members. Until Thursday, June 20, Bill Gates, who co-founded Microsoft, and Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon, were its only members. The $100 billion club,......
The locally-produced BMW X5 is one of the best selling models for the car-maker in the domestic market, and the latest version of the SUV will compete with the likes of Mercedes-Benz GLE, Volvo......
Kishore Chhabria is set to join the long list of Indian liquor giants in the brandy market.The Chhabria-promoted Rs 1,200 crore (Rs 12 billion) Allied Blenders & Distillers will launch two brandy......
India's Transport Minister Kamal Nath said on Tuesday that India wants foreign investors to fund as much as half of the $20 billion in a year it has earmarked for building roads.......
China teaches - and the Great Kolkata Shopping Festival confirms - that Communists are the greatest consumerists. Shopping is the new opiate of the masses. I thought one bought what one needs when......
'She was lying there and I mustered up enough guts to lay next to her and hold her tight.''And she said, "Oh my, Girish, isn't he supposed to be nervous?"''Making light of the situation, Girish......
The reasons are too private to be discussed at a round table, listed out during a seminar, or uncovered in an academic course.A proud but insomniac connoisseur murmuring in his sleep may do a......
On October 20, 1995, a love story called Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge hit the screens and every single thing about it -- from Raj and Simran to palat and phurr became a part of Bollywood lexicon. In......
There's no question about Rishi Kapoor's spontaneous skills or expertise at song and dance. The world will never forget the actor's charm and charisma. Or these five trademark staples that Sukanya......
Sukanya Verma raises a toast (he’d like that very much) to the magnificent Rishi Kapoor and his 25 essential performances. Mera Naam Joker Rishi Kapoor's heart tugging intensity and......
Come May, the Deltin Royale, which boasts of the country's largest poker room, will play host to India's first Poker Sports League, reports Veenu Sandhu. IMAGE: Season 1 final of the Poker Sports......
With some events over, Olympians are being wooed by London nightclubs offering free entry and drinks, with one even treating gold medallists to a 2,012 pound ($3,150) cocktail.-London Olympics......
Andreas Thorkildsen has already entered the record books by successfully defending his javelin gold at the Beijing Olympics. Still, he is not satisfied. Next on the Norwegian athlete's agenda is......
It had everything you want of the very best of ODIs-- and it began just as you were pouring out a pre-dinner glass of wine, and ended just in time for a post-dinner glass of coffee and cognac.......