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Raj Thackeray's birthday celebration

Raj Thackeray celebrated his bithday in very low-key fashion at his residence in Dadar in central...

Inside Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding venue

For a while now we’ve known Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding will take place on Saturday, May 19. IMAGE: Prince Harry and Meghan Markel will get married on May......

Portraits, gun salutes as Britain's Queen Elizabeth turns 90

Britain on Thursday celebrated the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II with gun salutes and fireworks and Prime Minister David Cameron paying tributes to the UK’s oldest and......

No Indian author in 2009 Man Booker longlist

The Booker Prize Foundation has announced the 13-author Man Bookerlonglist for the 2009 edition of the 50,000 pound (about Rs 40 lakh) literary prize. However, unlike previous years, no Indian......

Churchill 'pigheaded', Dickens 'arrogant'

Britain's prime minister during World War II, Winston Churchill, was "pigheaded", 19th century writer Charles Dickens was "arrogant" while noted philosopher Karl Marx was a "difficult" person who......

A 2-bedroom flat in Hindujas' The OWO costs 5.8 mn!

The OWO is spread over 580,000 sq. ft and rises to seven floors. Its 1,100 rooms are now being converted into 85 residences and a hotel. IMAGE: A 250-year lease of the vast property was acquired......

Is this why govt needs money from RBI?

Money permits patronage.Money means power. No wonder details of the crores locked up in NPAs and never repaid loans are top secret, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray. Photograph: PTI Photo It could well be......

India set to be world's publishing hub

Nearly five centuries after King Henry VIII gave it the charter to go and sell books in his empire, the Cambridge University Press has set up shop in India.India was not part of King Henry's empire......

Brexit: An unlikely divorce?

The likelihood of the divorce going through appears slim and may result in ‘reconciliation during legal separation’, notes Ashok K Lahiri One of the earliest and well-known divorce......

'Prosperity is about the ability to combine'

Peruvian economist Hernando De Soto, now in New Delhi to advise the Indian government on urban housing and property right issues as part of its agenda for a slum-free India, says that the trick is......

Hollywood's Best Royalty Movies

The current Oscar race is dominated by The King's Speech, with four major wins and ever-increasing buzz. Yet, this is by no means the first British film about the Royal Family to win favour on both......

A dancer with Olympic dreams!

Pooja Kanwal is fast becoming a rising star on television. Her show Palampur Express, a daily show on Sony Entertainment Television, is becoming quite popular, thanks to its unique story of a......

Neecha Nagar, The King's Speech, Burn Notice: What's the Link?

An occasional series featuring unusual movie connections. Cannes has just ended, and Ken Loach has just won his second Palme d'Or for -- joining Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Hanke on a very......

Scarlett Johansson to get a lesson in history

Say the name Anne Boleyn, and no one even vaguely familiar with British history can claim ignorance. The second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Queen Elizabeth I, Boleyn was beheaded on charges of......

Review: Inside Llewyn Davis is another Coen triumph

Inside Llewyn Davis is a fantastic film, feels Raja Sen.1961. The sixties but not quite The Sixties just yet. America had indeed picked up a revolutionary new guitar but was only beginning to learn......

Henry VIII was a footballer, say historians

He was famous for drinking, hunting, jousting and having six wives. But historians now think King Henry VIII may have had a secret passion -- football.Researchers have found the much-married king......

Olympic flame to visit London palaces and castles

The Olympic torch will share the same security as the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London on its first night in the capital on Friday before embarking on a week-long journey that will take in......

I would like to play in 2006 World Cup: Figo

February 18, 2004 | 16:58 IST Football I would like to play in 2006 World Cup - Figo [ iol.co.za] Everton insist Rooney stays [ bbc.co.uk] Eriksson warns Fifa [ bbc.co.uk] Goalie's dad could......

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