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Diamonds robbed from Louvre

Two diamonds worth over $14 million were robbed mid-afternoon from an antique dealers' show at the Paris Louvre museum yesterday. Thegems, one a white 47 carat and the other a 15.74 carat blue......

Mona Lisa starts to age

The Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile is beginning to fade. Curators at the Louvre, the Paris museum where the 500-year-old painting is housed, have warned that Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece was......

'It's a misnomer to call temple assets a treasure'

Since the treasure at Thiruvananthapuram's Sree Anantha Padmanabhaswamy Temple has been discovered the value of the riches and what should be done with it has become the talk of the town. But......

Was Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa a man?

For centuries, people have been speculating about who modelled for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Now, an Italian art historian has claimed that the model in the world's most famous painting is in......

10 things I hate about India

Many years ago a friend of mine wrote a book, The Wonder that IS India. Both of us have lived more for than 30 years in the Land of the Bharatiyas and share a love for this nation. When he showed......

Louvre Hotels Group eyes 50 properties in India by 2015

Louvre Hotels Group, which announced the opening of its first 'Royal Tulip' in Navi Mumbai in partnership with city-based Concrete Builders, on Monday said it is eyeing around 50 properties with......

Why Piramal Healthcare is like Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway

Sitting in the 10th floor of his corporate headquarters that resembles a mini-Louvre, with its art trove and long corridors, Ajay Gopikrishna Piramal is almost Zen-like in his approach to life......

World's greatest art thefts

The 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa, when the self-styled Marques Eduardo de Valfierno paid three men to steal it from the Louvre in Paris, is usually seen as the first great art heist of the 20th......

New players seek to ginger up budget hotel market

Ginger Hotels, the budget hotel brand of the Tata group, has had a solo run since its launch in 2004 -- unchallenged by any international or domestic organised sector player.Having started with an......

16 top museums of the world

A trip to the museum is always fascinating. It makes one familiar with history. To know a particular place well, one should always pay a visit to the local museum. In this slide show, we......

Amisha in Paris with Salma Hayek!

Pose any questions about France, and pat comes the answer from Amisha Patel.Be it the Louvre, the Mona Lisa, the Eiffel Tower or anything about French history, Amisha's thrilled about France.Which......

This trio is truly one of a kind

Vijaya Mulay recalls her encounters with the amazing trio: Ismail Merchant, James Ivory and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. I encountered a problem in writing about James Francis Ivory (b......

Night At the Museum 2 is boring

The only good thing one can say about a movie like Night At the Museum: Battle of The Smithsonian is that it provided gainful employment for a few hundred behind-the-scenes people. Since a lot of......

Jhoom is just a concert

Ever spoken in exaggeration about the one you love? Ever tried to make them a tad fancier than reality?It's human nature to fancy everything larger-than-life, even if it's restricted to your......

Da Vinci Code: Ho Hum!

Let me tell you a secret or three. Jesus Christ married Mary Magdalene, whose sarcophagus is buried under the crystal pyramid at the Louvre. Their progeny, born after Jesus' was crucified, was......

Anand beats Ding Liren, rises to sixth

World champion Viswanathan Anand crashed through the defenses of Chinese champion Ding Liren and jumped to sixth spot after the end of the fifth round in the Alekhine memorial chess tournament, at......

Anand held by Vituigov at Alekhine Memorial's 2nd round

Victory eluded World champion Viswanathan Anand for the second successive day as he played out a draw with Russian Nikita Vituigov in the second round of the Alekhine Memorial Chess tournament in......

Adams shocks Anand in Alekhine memorial chess tournament

World champion Viswanathan Anand made a disappointing start as he suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Englishman Michael Adams in the first round of Alekhine Memorial Chess Tournament in Paris......

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Q. What is special about 21 August ?
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Q. Were and why was the Louvre built?
John: A. The Mona Lisa potrait was stolen by a Louvre employee :) more

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Q. "World Tourism Day ! Where one can find Louvre Pyramide??
Iqbal Seth: A. The Louvre is in Paris, France. It is the home to the Mona Lisa more

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Q. which Historical person you would love to romance?I want to romance with Cleopatra... you?
Avinash Gudapati: A. Paris France more

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Atlanta to get 20-story Ferris wheel from Paris, via Pensacola

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Discovery Science Center to Host the Most Comprehensive Traveling Exhibition Ever Compiled on Leonardo da Vinci Beginning June 8, 2013

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Dubai labourers stage rare strike for more pay

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