Paul Beatty becomes first American to win Booker Prize

The author wins for The Sellout, a satire of US racial politics. IMAGE: Winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize Paul Beatty poses with his novel The Sellout. Photograph: John Phillips -......

What do Amal Clooney, Obama and Mother Teresa have in common?

She snagged up Hollywood’s most handsome bachelor and she’s got brains too! Amal Alamuddin Clooney, the leggy lawyer, who was once upon a time an advisor on Syria to UN Special Envoy......

Duchess of Cornwall's brother Mark Shand dies in fall

The Duchess of Cornwall Camilla Parker Bowles' brother Mark Shand has died after sustaining a serious head injury. Shand was chairman of the Elephant Family, a movement which exists to save......

Prince Charles, wife enjoy Garhwali feast; BJP leaders stay away

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla Parker Bowles, who are visiting Uttarakhand, relished the Garhwali dishes served to them at a banquet organised by Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Thursday......

CWG Opening Ceremony PIX: PV Sindhu leads Indian contingent

Australia celebrated its ancestry and native traditions in a soul-stirring Commonwealth Games opening ceremony but protests by indigenous aboriginals against the very idea of Commonwealth came as a......