The son of an Indian physician and Irish mother, Mistry, 33, wanted to be a singer and dancer like Michael Jackson.
After a plethora of mergers and acquisitions, domestic firms are finding the European island a suitable place to set up subsidiaries to carry out global buyouts.
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.
The development set off a slugfest, with the RSS' official twitter handle alleging that it was done to "appease jihadi elements
An ardent backer of Brexit, Boris Johnson has a reputation for brashness, bombast, bending the truth, and really bad hair, which has earned him more than a few comparisons to United States President Donald Trump (who also happens to be a fan of his). Here are some interesting facts about BoJo, as he is called by the British media.
News of all that transpired on and off the football field.
'The existence of Section 295A on the Indian statute books sits uneasily with India's ambitions to be seen as a progressive democracy,' says Kanika Datta.
We take a look at what other brides wore to their royal weddings.
'The idea of a 'Hindu Rashtra' only emerged in the 1920s and 1930s.' 'The context at that time was the clear British attempt at 'divide and rule' between Hindus and Muslims and within Hindus on caste lines,' argues military historian Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Kim's white monokini; Irina's topless swimsuit or Bella's denim outing -- take your pick.
A Nielson survey has revealed that Indian netizens are world's third biggest online shoppers, preferring to shop with their credit cards.
Manchester United captain Roy Keane is due to appear in court on Monday charged with assaulting a 16-year-old boy.
Eddie Jordan had fun in Formula One and now Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya intends to bring back the good times after buying the team founded by the Irish entrepreneur.
Ireland will need to produce a similar performance to the one that helped them beat Italy on Wednesday if they are to have any chance of knocking out hosts France in the last 16 of Euro 2016, Ireland manager Martin O'Neill said.
Airline to deploy around 50 planes in the next seven months
With Reliance Industries' juggernaut rolling into the business of retailing fruits and vegetables, a number of traditional players in this segment are eyeing tie-ups with foreign firms and hiring experts to take on the competition.
'Whether it is a good upgrade or not is something the judges will decide on the technicalities of the process, not substance. 'But they can't do much because of the constitutional fiction they themselves propounded with their "basic structure" formulation. 'That has not been violated because Article 370 was constitutionally temporary,' says T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.
'T20 isn't the killer. The T20 format is good for the game.' 'The majority of international cricketers still value Test cricket.'
Hall, who played 21 Tests and 88 ODIs for South Africa, is currently in England playing for Kent.
Fast Company's RealTime San Diego generated a remarkable collection of ideas, tools, and inspirational advice. Here are 25 of the smartest insights that we took away from the event.
Justice John Major, head of the Public Commission of Inquiry into the 1985 Air India bombing, on Tuesday released the first volume of his report. The 211-page report is a narrative based on the testimonies of the families of Air India victims and of the Irish naval rescuers.
Rohan Bopanna and Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas lost to Raemon Sluiter and Peter Wessels in the final of the Siemens Open on Sunday.
Rory McIlroy took a long time to decide he would represent Ireland at the 2016 Rio Olympics but the 27-year-old world number three could now miss golf's return to the Games after a 112-year absence because of concerns over the Zika virus.
Serge Carignan, a bomb-squad cop, was called to search the plane. By the time he and his sniffer dog Arko arrived, the plane had already departed.
They will face India on June 23 and South Africa the following day ahead of a three-match ODI series between the two test-playing nations in Belfast.
Marek Jankulovski's early goal gave the Czech Republic a 1-0 win over 10-man Ireland in their Group D qualifier on Wednesday and moved his team a big step closer to advancing to Euro 2008.
A Lingerie Football League is being set up in the US following the success of the Super Bowl's half-time Lingerie Bowl show.
'I cannot think of being a writer in any other city in India!' says poet Sampurna Chattarji.
The two players may travel to India for the ICC Champions Trophy in October.\n
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Ireland captain William Porterfield feels that the best chance for his team to beat India in the ICC World Cup group league encounter will be to restrict them to a reasonable total by taking wickets.
England's sporting global ambitions have never been fully realised since Sir Alf Ramsey's team won the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Whether it is Gary Linekar or Hary Kane, the 'Cup' that they desperately want never came home during the last five and half decades.
Britain is due to leave the European Union by October 31, with Johnson racing against time to strike a deal to meet that deadline.
Manchester United's website said the 34-year-old midfielder left by mutual consent but media reports in Ireland said he was dismissed.
England captain Eoin Morgan recorded his highest one-day score on Tuesday with 124 not out to help his team to a six wicket victory over his native Ireland in a one-day international in Dublin.
Two headers from Robbie Keane just after halftime gave LA Galaxy a 2-1 win over Dallas in Major League Soccer on Saturday, lifting them top of the Western Conference after Vancouver lost to Sporting Kansas City.
The players have now agreed to sign contracts for the Australia tour subject to negotiations.
Cypriot weightlifter Antonis Martasidis and an unnamed Greek competitor have tested positive for banned substances and have been expelled from the Rio Olympics, their teams said on Friday.
England ended a run of nine straight losses to Australia with a stunning 92-run win.
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