Award-winning British author, historian and academic Patrick French, best known for his biography of VS Naipaul, The World Is What It Is, and India: A Portrait, died in London on Thursday after a......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with a cross-section of members of the Indian diaspora in Scotland who gathered here to felicitate him and also unveil his bust. IMAGE: Prime......
A Land Rover that Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, helped design over 15 years ago will be at the centre of his pandemic-induced scaled-back ceremonial funeral procession at Windsor Castle in......
'If you delay the diagnosis even by 24 hours, in that 24 hours individuals would have affected more people.' 'So, contact tracing, testing, isolation, quarantine needs to continue.' IMAGE: A......
Ten images that prove we live in a odd, odd world! A woman touches a giant face-shaped pillar outside the Dotonbori Hotel in Osaka, Japan. Photograph: Kim Kyung-hoon/Reuters A DJ performs......
"Live life so you have no regrets." This is the cornerstone of my philosophy, so I found it particularly interesting to read a study of pensioners in the UK. A majority of these over-65s said they......
At a unique festival of music and arts where nearly 16 amateur and professional rock bands performed live, a joke began doing the rounds. "Finally," said someone, "we have a music festival where......
The Jaipur Heritage International Festival is back in town. After a shaky start last year, Faith Singh, the director of Jaipur Virasat Foundation, the organisational body behind the festival, has......
Film folk have been celebrating Christmas with familiar fervour. Photograph: Kind courtesy Malaika Arora/Instagram Malaika Arora twins with son Arhaan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Malaika......
John Wick's Amar Akbar Anthony connection, filmi fundas from Gabbar Singh and the best Bollywood songs of 2017 so far...Everything you need to know about Sukanya Verma's Super Filmi Week. Monday......
Ranjita Ganesan lists the movies we should look forward to. There's a lot happening in Bollywood, Hollywood and world cinema this year. We break it up for you. Bollywood: Masala mix IMAGE: Shah......
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Alia Bhatt recently joined her Shaandar costar Shahid Kapoor on the sets of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa to promote the film. Kapoor......
You don't need much money or a famous father to launch your film career, says a self-made film-maker Jason Reitman (right) whose latest Up in the Air which opens on Fridayhas received rave reviews.......
IMAGE: World No 24 Timea Bacsinszky has been troubled by her hand since last year. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky has withdrawn from the US Open due to a......
Hundred-year-old Fauja Singh maintained his awe-inspiring record at the marathons after he became the first centenarian to complete the Toronto marathon on Sunday. Ironically, the event witnessed......
The Isle of Man is busy welcoming hundreds of the Commonwealth's most talented young athletes, officials and supporters to the island. During the week-long event 1000 athletes from 63 Commonwealth......