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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......

Modi, Erdogan and the dismantling of legacy

Ataturk and Nehru, two liberal secular modernisers, are in peril of being disowned by their successors, says Sunanda K-Datta Ray. Narendra Modi cannot but sympathise with the dilemma Turkey's......

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......

Holy war in the nuclear age: A recipe for extinction

The ahl-al-kitab, or 'People of the Book' as they are know westward, have been locked in a conflict primed for a terrible end for over a thousand years. With nukes in the mix, these centuries old......

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......

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......

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......

Who introduced India's 1st air ambulance?

Ambulances Whether it's an accident or a calamity, an ambulance always rushes to your help. Take the rediff biz quiz and find how much you know about this very life saving vehicle. Biz Quiz is best......

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......

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......

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......

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......

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......

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......

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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