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Is that a giant ice cream in the middle of London?

What must be one of the largest ice cream cones in the world now graces London’s famous Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth. IMAGE: A member of the public takles a photograph of the new......

Squabbling mice top 'people's poll' award

The Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition just named the winner of this year’s LUMIX People’s Choice Award, and the perfectly-timed photo by......

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019: Stunning shots of animals

Humans rarely get to glimpse the animal kingdom up-close. But, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest, which is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum in London, offers a peek......

Going, going gone: This auction is for movie buffs!

Calling all film nerds. Rare and iconic memorabilia from some of history’s most celebrated movies -- including the acceptance letter from Hogwarts in Harry Potter to the complete suit from......

Celebrating the life of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela, the hero of South Africa’s struggle to end apartheid and establish democracy, is being honoured in a new visitor attraction on London’s South Bank. Mandela: The......

From Lambretta to Aamby Valley Project: Rise and fall of Subrata Roy

The story of Sahara India Pariwar founder Subrata Roy, who died in Mumbai on November 14 aged 75, is the stuff of movies - of a spectacular rise and an equally spectacular fall. Photograph:......

Glimmers of Mehul Choksi's 'empire' that was built on fraud

A Palanpuri Jain whose father and uncles were also jewellers, Choksi always wanted to be the Vijay Mallya of the diamond world, and chased the larger-than-life image by hiring actresses and models......

Virgin Atlantic's Delhi, Mumbai flights from London to resume

Virgin Atlantic plans to operate three flights a week from Delhi to London’s Heathrow from September 2, while Mumbai services are planned to re-commence from September 17 with four flights......

New technology adds zing to Indian Railways

Globally, London’s Tube and French railway networks are already using this technology in their corrosion-prone areas. In a bid to strengthen safety and performance, mainly in the......

Jet Airways gets two suitors; Hindujas back out

South America-based Synergy Group, one of the suitors, has said slots at London’s Heathrow airport are critical to the airline’s operations and will decide on participating in the......

The Taj Mahal's love story returns!

Shiraz: A Romance of India, a 1928 Indo-British-German silent classic, will tell the epic tale once again. And you're invited. IMAGE: A still from Shiraz: A Romance Of India At a time when the Taj......

Review: What keeps Fan going is SRK's star power!

Solely as a script, Fan is an underwritten, messy construction of unrealistic proportions. But when viewed as a jugalbandi between Shah Rukh Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, the experience is unique and......

'We always wanted to come to America'

Bollywood’s biggest overseas event, the IIFA Awards, will be held in the US for the first time. Aseem Chhabra reports. It started off 15 years ago as a Bollywood awards event at......

Murray's Wimbledon night-time drama ends on a cliff-hanger

IMAGE: Britain’s Andy Murray was leading the hard-fought contest. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Reuters If guts and grit win Grand Slam titles just hand the Wimbledon trophy to Andy Murray......

Wimbledon says thanks to health workers with strawberries

Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters Strawberries that would have been chomped on by tennis fans during the Wimbledon fortnight are being sent to London’s NHS and frontline staff as a mark of......

Tennis Roundup: Bopanna-Shapovalov in quarters

IMAGE: Rohan Bopanna, right, with his partner Denis Shapovalov. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Patrice Lapointe/Tennis Canada India's Rohan Bopanna teamed up with Canada's Denis Shapovalov to......

When Mohammad Kaif met Katrina Kaif

Photograph: Mohammad Kaif/Twitter Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif set Twitter on fire, on Tuesday, as he posted a photograph with Bollywood actor Katrina Kaif. He shared a photograph in......

PIX: Kohli meets Queen Elizabeth, Prince Harry

IMAGE: Queen Elizabeth II meets India captain Virat Kohli, right, and England skipper Eoin Morgan. Photograph: Yui Mok - WPA Pool/Getty Images India captain Virat Kohli along with the other nine......

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