Tears, gumption & song at Old Trafford, Manchester

Ariana Grande's Sunday Manchester benefit gig was bold. And triumphant. She, and several of the world's top musicians, belted out an evening of song with the unstoppable message: Fight terrorism......

Nobel prize in medicine goes to 3 pioneers in parasitic diseases

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 has been awarded jointly to William C Campbell and Satoshi Omura for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against......

Sword used during 1857 rebellion goes on sale in UK

The sword was gifted to Field Marshal Sir Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, who was commander in chief of the relief operation to free the city of Lucknow from the control of the......

Botched Libyan mission: UK PM knew about it

British Prime Minister David Cameron was aware that special commandos and Mi6 officers were to mount a secret mission in Libya, Foreign Secretary William Hague has said.Hague said Cameron knew......

The 400 richest Americans

One billion dollars is no longer enough. The price of admission to this, the 25th anniversary edition of the Forbes 400, is $1.3 billion (53.1 billion rupees), up $300 million (RS 12.3 billion)......

The world's most eligible royals

"Is This The One?," a British headline blared on a clear September morning 17 years ago above a picture of a diffident kindergarten teacher named Lady Diana Spencer. The blue-blooded 19-year-old......

Birdman, Boyhood, American Sniper sweep Oscar 2015 nominations

The 87th Annual Academy awards nominations were announced by directors JJ Abrams and Alfonso Cuarón as well as Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, at the......

Friends, family bid a teary farewell to Philip Seymour Hoffman

Friends, family and fans of Philip Seymour Hoffman came together to give the late actor a teary farewell on February 6 in New York.Philip Seymour Hoffman's private wake, arranged by his girlfriend......

Of film festivals and dealing with mortality

Reporting from the recently concluded International Film Festival of Kerala, Rajeev Srinivasan writes about two particularly striking films that were screened at the fest.The 17th International......

Publishers in a frenzy to release Liz Taylor memoirs

Get your lowdown on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here! It has not even been a week since Elizabeth Taylor passed away but book projects on her have already been brought......

One Brother Plays For Spain, The Other For Ghana

Their parents Maria and Felix are natives of Ghana, but decided to migrate and make their lives in the Bilbao region of Spain where their sons Inaki and Nico Williams were born. Inaki and Nico were......

All Squads: Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup

The FIFA 2022 World Cup will kick-off in Qatar on Sunday, November 20. Here is a list of the 26-man squads playing in the quadrennial global football extravaganza.      ARGENTINA......

U19 WC: Australia claim 3rd place beating Afghanistan

Photograph: Kind courtesy ICC Media A fine all-round performance from Nivethan Radhakrishnan fired Australia to third place in the ICC Under 19 World Cup with a two-wicket win over Afghanistan.......

Under-19 WC, PIX: India thrash Australia, meet England in final

IMAGES from the Under-19 semi-final played between India and Australia in Osbourn, Antigua, on Wednesday. Scorecard IMAGE: India Under-19 players celebrate the fall of an Australian wicket......

U-19 WC: Full-strength India, Australia face off in blockbuster semis

IMAGE: This is the fourth time in a row that India will be appearing in the semi-finals stage of the Under-19 World Cup. Photograph: ICC With all their top players recovering from COVID-19, a......