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Surprise That Charles Became Charles III

The unfortunate associations with the name Charles for an English king -- one who was executed; the other with a very unsavoury reputation -- led royal observers to assume that Charles would not......

A spoilsport in a time of genocide remembrance

'The response to savagery and mass injustice is never a persistent howl.''There will be, among the victims, those who choose to forget the scars, those who go on living, those who challenge the......

'Preserve family reunification immigration provisions'

Perturbed by inside information that the United States senate’s bipartisan ‘Gang of Eight’ who have introduced comprehensive immigration reform --that is strongly backed by......

TEXT: US President Obama's State of the Union address

United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday delivered his State of the Union address in which he spelt out the agenda for the second term of his Presidency.Here's the verbatim text of his......

'Kanishka an Air India, Canadian atrocity'

Justice John Major released a scathing report on the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing investigation at the Media Center in Ottawa on Thursday, in which he stressed, "This is an Air India, Canadian......

BBC in its last stages, says John Simpson

The BBC is now in 'its last stages' because budget cuts will make it increasingly difficult to maintain standards, the corporation's world affairs editor has warned. John Simpson, one of BBC's......

Tata, Mittal among world's 30 best CEOs

Two Indian steel tycoons -- Ratan Tata of Tata Group and NRI Lakshmi Mittal of global powerhouse Mittal Steel -- have made it to the world's best CEOs list compiled by US stock market weekly......

Subir Raha shortlisted for energy award

Subir Raha, the former chairman and managing director of Oil and Natural Gas Corp, has been short-listed for the prestigious "Energy Executive of the Year" award instituted by London-based renowed......

Cyber fraud: Wake-up call for Indian firms

A business process outsourcing unit in India loses about half a million dollars and prophets of doom pronounce the sentence on the Indian BPO industry.Web sites are flooded with articles berating......

Game Of Thrones, Handmaid's Tale lead Emmy noms

The Emmy nominations for 2018. Game Of Thrones led the 70th Emmy awards with the highest nominations at 22. It was followed by Saturday Night Live and Westworld at 21, and The......

SAG Awards: Emma Stone, Denzel Washington win

The 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards was held on on Sunday, January 29, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. A look at the winners of the night. IMAGE: Emma Stone accepts Outstanding......

Golden Globes 2017: La La Land wins 7 awards

The 74th Golden Globe Awards have seen some great wins and some unexpected losses. Here's a look at the winners at a glance (in bold): Meryl Streep received the Cecil B DeMille for......

Emmy 2016: Sofia Vergara, John Travolta rock the red carpet

While Priyanka Chopra made a stunning red carpet debut at the 68th Emmy Awards, a lot of Hollywood celebs impressed us with their sartorial sense as they arrived at the gala event looking......

Game of Thrones tops Emmy nominations

The latest Hollywood updates. HBO fantasy drama Game of Thrones has received 23 nominations at the 68th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, while true-story series American Crime Story:......

When It Was Bradman Versus India

History has not seen a cricketing rivalry as fierce as this this century, every ball bowled every run taken, coming with no quarter given. Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, beginning in......

There Will Surely Never Be Another Bishan Singh Bedi

One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday.Rediff.com salutes the legend. IMAGE: Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty......

Second-string England trounce Pakistan, seal ODI series

SCORECARD England's second-string side beat Pakistan by 52 runs in the second One-Day International at Lord's on Saturday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Chasing 248......

Stokes to lead new England team to face Pakistan after COVID-19 cases

IMAGE: All-rounder Ben Stokes has been out of international cricket since injuring his finger at the IPL this year. Photograph: Surjeet Yadav/Getty Images England selected an entirely new squad......

COVID outbreak forces England to select new cricket squad

England name nine uncapped players in new squad for series against Pakistan IMAGE: England team at a training session. Photograph: England Cricket/Twitter England have had to select an entirely......

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