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Delhi readies for vintage beauties

Credited with carrying both Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Louis Mountbatten, a 1930 Ford will once again be the cynosure of all eyes at the 38th Statesman Vintage and Classic Car Rally, to be flagged off......

What really happened in August 1947

Why did Mountbatten suddenly declare that the Partition of India would take place with inexplicable haste on August 15, 1947, almost a year ahead of schedule? Colonel Anil Athale (retd) explains......

Price Andrew visits war cemetery in Nagaland

Prince Andrew, Duke of York, on Tuesday laid stress on strengthening the partnership between India and Britain in various fields for the benefit of the new generation. Speaking at a public......

Country's first woman photo-journalist Homai Vyarawala dead

India's first woman photo-journalist Homai Vyarawala died at a private hospital in Vadodara on Sunday morning at the age of 98. She fell from her cot three days ago and was hospitalized at a......

Uproar in Parliament over cash-for-vote expose

The 2008 'cash-for-votes' scam on Thursday returned to haunt the United Progressive Alliance, with a united opposition in Parliament demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in......

Uniting against a tsunami

But for the tsunami, the four Sumatrans whom an Indian coast guard vessel rescued near Great Nicobar's Campbell Bay would have been arrested and thrown into jail. The wrath of wind and wave had......

Saif Ali Khan to play Jawaharlal Nehru?

Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha is currently in New Delhi on a clandestine trip to research on her next project, which will be based on the months before the Partition of India in......

Old theatres make way to grand multiplexes

It's probably a little late to be talking about the death of single-screen theatres. Multiplexes have become so ubiquitous these days that we forget that it was only a decade ago that standalone......

Irrfan Khan to play Nehru?

Filmfare Award winner Irrfan Khan is expected to play India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in Cate Blanchett starrer Indian Summer, according to reports.Indian governmentofficials, being......

Atonement director to make film on India

BAFTA winning director Joe Wright (Atonement) will reportedly helm Indian Summer, an upcoming Hollywood movie, which will portray the last days of British rule in India.Oscar winner Cate......

Cate Blanchett to be Lady Mountbatten?

Oscar winner Cate Blanchett will reportedly play Lady Edwina Mountbatten in upcoming Hollywood movie Indian Summer, which will portray last days of British rule in India.Acclaimed Indo-American......

'No one could tame him, not even Don Bradman!'

What can I say about Keith Miller? The whole world admired him. And, of course, he was a boyhood hero to me, like he was to so many other people. He was a law unto himself.Princess Margaret asked......

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World War II PhotoDocumentarian Wayne Miller Dies At 94

Adm. Lord Louis Mountbatten, RN, addresses personnel aboard the USS Saratoga (CV-3) at Trincomalee, Ceylon. Adm. Mountbatten (center) on flight... ...

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SAS Geelani is a politician as well as a prolific writer-Urdu being his medium in the written word, as well as his oratory. He prefers Urdu over... ...

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Contending the Noorani take

Speaking on a function organised by GK Foundation, noted author and legal luminary, A G Noorani said, “Kashmir question would have been settled... ...

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Narendra Modi's Patel test

Narendra Modi, prime ministerial aspirant, is faced with a problem of Patelian proportions. The party's middle and lower orders want him to be... ...

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The brave men who deserved better

Respect is shown to the graves of those who died fighting for the British at Kohima. But Mountbatten destroyed a memorial for INA soldiers in... ...

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Delhi readies for vintage beauties

What really happened in August 1947

Price Andrew visits war cemetery in Nagaland

Country's first woman photo-journalist Homai Vyarawala dead

Uproar in Parliament over cash-for-vote expose

Uniting against a tsunami

Saif Ali Khan to play Jawaharlal Nehru?

Old theatres make way to grand multiplexes

Irrfan Khan to play Nehru?

Atonement director to make film on India

Cate Blanchett to be Lady Mountbatten?

'No one could tame him, not even Don Bradman!'

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