Here's looking at his new film, Veer.
Andy Murray is coming off a season in which he became the first British man in 76 years to win a Grand Slam singles title and won Olympic gold at the London Games but the Scot does not think he has done enough to deserve a knighthood yet.
Andy Murray is coming off a season in which he became the first British man in 76 years to win a Grand Slam singles title and won Olympic gold at the London Games but the Scot does not think he has done enough to deserve a knighthood yet.
There is a wide gap between 'chamakta bharat' (shining India) and 'tadapta bharat' (dying India), and unless this gap is filled nothing is going to happen, says Syed Hassan Kazim.
Hong Kong became a colony of the British Empire after the First Opium War (1839-42).
China resumed sovereignty of Hong Kong from Britain in 1997.
A copious amount of blood, beating, crying, saving, sacrificing, nationalism fills up its staggering three hours running time. Emotions run sky high, but you feel nothing, sighs Sukanya Verma.
The minister said the lyrics of the song did not make any mention of the large number of freedom fighters who launched an armed struggle to free the country.
Bose's views make it amply clear how he would have dealt with communal and supremacist forces post-Independence had he been there at the helm instead of Nehru, points out Utkarsh Mishra.
Lalbaugcha Raja is truly a King in all respects and it pays to seek his audience.
British golfers Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke capped an outstanding year when they were recognised in Queen Elizabeth's New Year Honours List on Saturday.
Addressing media persons, Soni said: "India is a proud nation. Mahatma Gandhi uprooted the British empire through power of satyagraha from the Indian soil. Violence has no place in Indian society."
What if Lagaan was remade today? Sukanya Verma picks actors best suited for the key roles.
"The most successful governments in Afghanistan tend to be those who have the biggest tents, which would include all communities and therefore leave all communities satisfied after a point and do not create massive resentments. Now, this is not a government which I would imagine would successfully govern Afghanistan," Dalrymple, the historian said.
Arthur J Pais reports from the Sikh International Film Festival and Sikh Heritage Awards Gala
Arun Sarin, the newly minted honorary knight of the British Empire who delivered the ending keynote, urged the Berkeley students to invest in Asia and work there to learn valuable entrepreneurial lessons.
Prime Minister David Cameron will take a planeload of Cabinet ministers and business leaders to India during his visit to the country which is expected to begin next Wednesday, seeking to boost trade links with the former 'jewel in the crown' of the erstwhile British empire.
Baseball and Cricket are the world's two most popular bat-and-ball sports. Now a new exhibit celebrates their similarities and differences.
Veteran sports broadcaster David Coleman, who covered 11 Olympic Games and six soccer World Cups for the BBC, has died after a short illness at the age of 87, the corporation said on Saturday.
The inventors of the much-criticised and often baffling Duckworth/Lewis system for deciding weather-hit cricket matches are all set to be honoured with Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by the Queen of England.
The 42-metre-high sandstone monument, sometimes compared to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris was laid down by Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught.
Indian-origin top-cop Dal Babu, Borough Commander for Harrow in the UK, has been honoured by Queen Elizabeth II and made to an Order of the British Empire for his services to policing and the community.
Tata Consultancy Services' CEO and managing director, S Ramadorai, was awarded with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
In the changed circumstances and attitudes in Britain, we must let bygones be bygones, argues Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Dr Pradeep Datta, based in Wick, Scotland started his career in the National Health Service in 1967. Many surgeons in the NHS and elsewhere owe their careers to the specialised training imparted by Datta. Datta established and funded a teaching programme to ease the difficulty, which many overseas doctors found in getting a place on a course that would help them pass the FRCS exam and its successor, the MRCS.
Leading Non-Resident Indian entrepreneur Raj Loomba, a campaigner of widows' rights, Surina Narula, champion of street children in India and 16 others have been chosen for the Queen's Birthday Honours this year.
American analysts and their camp followers in India are talking absolute rubbish when they try to establish that India is facing a Hobson's choice in regard of Donbass, called upon to take sides between Russia and the West, asserts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Briton's Andy Murray was awarded an OBE by the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Thursday.
'Now, no one can stop me from making music till the day I die.'
Internal strife and tribalism is endemic to Afghanistan, notes Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Three non resident Indians were awarded gold medals for their outstanding contribution to the community.
As many as 22 non-resident Indians, including leading industralist Rami Ranger and academician Pritpal Singh, figure in Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's birthday honours list.
Swami Ramdev in his address advocated vegetarianism and healthy life through the practice of Pranayama, the ancient yogic science.
Leading NRI industrialist Rami Ranger was on Saturday made a member of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to business and to the British Asian community.
England's cricketing heroes were honoured for their triumph over Australia in the Ashes series last summer
The actor has been named an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his outstanding contribution to cinema.
The veteran actor is presented with the British award.
Raghbir Singh Mhajan was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his services to tennis.
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