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Royal mourning to last for 7 days after Queen Elizabeth's funeral

Buckingham Palace on Friday announced that a period of mourning for the Royal Family will be observed from now until seven days after the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. IMAGE: Britain's flag......

Here's a weapon better than pellet guns

Ramananda Sengupta explains how 'crap cannons' can be an effective mob-control weapon. Imagine a sonic weapon that could make everyone within a 100-metre radius involuntarily evacuate their......

Holy Cow! A man is falling off the building

Lumiere, the United Kingdom’s largest light festival, was held in London for the first time this year. The event showcases different light installations, videos and interactive sculptures......

REWIND: Moments that headlined in March

Images of the events that shaped the world in March. Image: Model Cara Delevingne (C) kisses model Baptiste Giabiconi (R) as Kendall Jenner (2ndL) looks on during German designer Karl Lagerfeld's......

Why did we forget Alex Menon's dead bodyguards?

Life may have returned to normal for the Sukma collector, but will the lives of the families of his two bodyguards who died during his abduction be the same again, asks Shobha Warrier. He has a......

How to become a millionaire like the Beatles

Now you, too, can become a millionaire just as the Beatles did. Just follow the advice of the man who "made" the four lads rich--and make the world, as well as your life, better at the same time.......

Can you watch 309 films in a year?

On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days. IMAGE: Joanne Froggatt in Downton Abbey. I......

Review: Cinderella is all things magical!

What Sukanya Verma loves about Kenneth Branagh’s extravagant vision is he gives us a Cinderella that’s got a little more spirit and penchant for horse-riding if not the......

Review: Night at the Museum 3: Been There, Seen That

Repetitive and a tad cheesy, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb would have warned moviegoers better of its overly Christmas-y intentions were it named 'Once Upon a Time in the Museum Dobaara!'......

Shilpa meets the Queen

When we say Shilpa Shetty went and saw The Queen, we don't mean Helen Mirren's Oscar-winning movie. Nope, Shilpa was in London to meet Elizabeth II at Commonweath Day on Monday, celebrated at......

The Queen: Diana's real story

On the night of August 30 1997, Princess Diana dined at the Ritz Hotel in Paris with her then love interest, the English department store Harrod heir Dodi Al Fayed. The media and paparazzi......

The English Game: Football version of Downton Abbey

'The English Game could have been truly great -- a precious glimpse into how the game went from being played by just the rich to one being eventually dominated by the masses,' observes Dhruv......

PHOTOS: Defining moments of the decade in Sports

PHEW! What a decade of glorious sporting events we have witnessed. Sportsmen falling from grace, India winning the ICC Cricket Cup in 2011 and then coming up short in the following two editions,......

FLASHBACK! BEST Sports Photos from 2016 - Part 2

The Rio Olympics, Portugal winning the Euro Championships, the passing of the great Mohammad Ali, Russian track & field athletes being banned for the Olympics -- what an eventful year 2016 has......

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