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Broken heart reflects on your health

Broken heart reflects on your health

Rediff.com27 Mar 2009

An international team has carried out the study and found that a broken heart can take a toll on a person's health as emotional loss triggers symptoms similar to a heart attack, The Daily Telegraph reported.

Pakistan, terrorists sign secret deal?

Pakistan, terrorists sign secret deal?

Rediff.com1 Mar 2008

The deal was agreed between the government and more than 280 tribal elders and terrorists in North Waziristan last month, The Daily Telegraph reported, quoting a government official in Peshawar.

Britain's Afghan casualties as high as WWII

Britain's Afghan casualties as high as WWII

Rediff.com16 Jul 2007

British soldiers in Afghanistan are currently suffering a 10 per cent casualty rate, just a tick below the 11 per cent loss rate Britain suffered at the peak of the global conflict more than 60 years ago.

ICL targetting former England players

ICL targetting former England players

Rediff.com7 Sep 2008

The Indian Cricket League is targetting over-the-hill England cricketers for an unofficial mini World Cup to be held in India later this year, according to media reports in London.

Ferguson questions Keegan's return

Ferguson questions Keegan's return

Rediff.com31 Jan 2008

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has questioned Kevin Keegan's decision to return to Newcastle United for a second spell in charge.

Terrorists plotting to kill British royal family?

Terrorists plotting to kill British royal family?

Rediff.com19 Aug 2008

This suspicion has been drawn from a list, containing information about the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York and Princess Royal, which police have recovered from the possession of the arrested members of the terror cell, The Daily Telegraph reported.

Rushdie divides British cabinet

Rushdie divides British cabinet

Rediff.com21 Jun 2007

As Gordon Brown prepares to succeed Prime Minister Tony Blair, the naming of Rushdie in the honours list and subsequent events have created the impression of a clueless party.

Army to ask Musharraf to resign in a week; Report

Army to ask Musharraf to resign in a week; Report

Rediff.com9 Aug 2008

Pakistan's Army is to ask the country's embattled President Pervez Musharraf to relinquish office in a week's time as its top brass would not want him to be impeached, a news report said on Saturday.

Waugh salutes quiet performer Kumble

Waugh salutes quiet performer Kumble

Rediff.com17 Jan 2008

"Any fair-minded cricket fan would have enjoyed Anil Kumble's 600th Test wicket even though it was Australia's potential saviour Andrew Symonds," Waugh wrote in his column for the 'Daily Telegraph'.

Gandhi's glasses, sandals up for sale

Gandhi's glasses, sandals up for sale

Rediff.com12 Feb 2009

A pair of the distinctive circular metal-rimmed glasses of Mahatma Gandhi, along with his sandals and pocket watch, will be on sale at an auction in New York. The items are of huge interest and expected to well exceed the estimate of 30,000 pounds at the March 4-5 auction, the Daily Telegraph reported on Wednesday. The sandals were given to a British army officer in 1931 prior to the Round Table talks in London that were held to discuss Indian self-rule, the report said.

Christian Bale goes ballistic

Christian Bale goes ballistic

Rediff.com3 Feb 2009

Anger-management is a term that Batman star The actor recently went berserk on the sets of new film Terminator Salvation after being interrupted in a scene.

ECB has made cricket a laughing stock: Boycott

ECB has made cricket a laughing stock: Boycott

Rediff.com13 Jan 2009

Former opener Geoffrey Boycott feels English cricket has become a laughing stock, thanks to the "appalling" way in which the ECB forced Kevin Pietersen to step down from captaincy.

IPL targetting Pietersen, Flintoff

IPL targetting Pietersen, Flintoff

Rediff.com4 Jul 2008

Star players Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff are likely to lead the English influx into the Indian Premier League with its cash-rich franchises lining up six-figure offers for them. England one-day captain Paul Collingwood is expected to sign an IPL deal, too, with Owais Shah, Stuart Broad and Ravi Bopara also the subjects of lucrative bids believed to be in the region of $300,000.

Prince Charles earns more but pays less tax!

Prince Charles earns more but pays less tax!

Rediff.com1 Jul 2008

According to the annual review for Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, the king-in-waiting managed to slash his income tax bill by 5,000 pounds after some astute accounting, The Daily Telegraph reported.

Ledger's Joker dubbed best villain ever

Ledger's Joker dubbed best villain ever

Rediff.com30 Jun 2008

Late actor Health Ledger's Joker in the new Batman movie The Dark Knight has been dubbed as "best villain in a superhero movie of all time". The critics have also started backing Ledger for a posthumous Oscar in their reviews of the actor's last completed film, The Dark Knight.

You won't need a mouse to use that PC

You won't need a mouse to use that PC

Rediff.com30 May 2008

Microsoft is developing a system that could spell the end the use of computer mouse, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has said. He said that computer users of the future will control their machines by voice and pen as well as touch. Users of Windows 7 will issue commands by touching the screen rather than by the traditional keyboard and mouse combination that has dominated since the 1970s.

Boycott labels Fletcher a hypocrite

Boycott labels Fletcher a hypocrite

Rediff.com31 Oct 2007

Former England Test player Geoffrey Boycott has accused the former coach of abusing big names of English cricket to sell his autobiography.

High oil price a bubble, says Soros

High oil price a bubble, says Soros

Rediff.com26 May 2008

Billionaire investor George Soros said that although the price of oil is rising due to a combination of rise in demand from China, a weakening dollar and the reduction in supply from the Persian Gulf nations, the main reason for the unprecedented spurt in crude price is speculation.

Premier League crowds down

Premier League crowds down

Rediff.com28 Nov 2008

Attendances at Premier League games are down by an average of 920 fans per game this season, according to an investigation by the Daily Telegraph.

Tom Cruise launches his website

Tom Cruise launches his website

Rediff.com7 May 2008

The website contains the star's complete filmography, news along with biographical information and a personal greeting to fans on his home page.

Goldman Sachs' NRI fund manager in UK top 20 list

Goldman Sachs' NRI fund manager in UK top 20 list

Rediff.com28 Apr 2008

A senior executive with global investment banking giant Goldman Sachs, Sanjay Patel, has been named among the UK's 20 most powerful fund managers. Currently in his second spell at Goldman Sachs, after leaving it for an alternative asset management fund house GSC Partners, Patel is co-head of Goldman Sachs' European PE and Indian capital equity businesses. Patel returned to Goldman Sachs in February 2006.

Tobey Maguire signed on for <I>Spider-man</I> 4, 5

Tobey Maguire signed on for Spider-man 4, 5

Rediff.com3 Nov 2008

Tobey Maguire, who rose to fame with his role as Peter Parker in the Spider-Man films, has been signed on for Spider-Man 4 and 5 too.

Queen may be scrapped from British passports

Queen may be scrapped from British passports

Rediff.com10 Sep 2007

In an attempt to make passports more European, United Kingdom officials are considering removing the Queen's message from their first page.

Oxford vaccine set to get UK clearance by year-end

Oxford vaccine set to get UK clearance by year-end

Rediff.com19 Dec 2020

The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency, which had been formally tasked by the UK government last month with the process of clearance after the jab emerged "safe and effective" against the novel coronavirus in human trials, is expected to authorise the vaccine by December 28 or 29 after the final data is provided on Monday, 'The Daily Telegraph' quoted senior government sources as indicating.

British army chief attacks US over Iraq

British army chief attacks US over Iraq

Rediff.com1 Sep 2007

The head of the British Army during the invasion of Iraq Sir Mike Jackson has launched a scathing attack on the United States for the way it handled the post-war administration of the country.

Aussie media attacks Kohli again

Aussie media attacks Kohli again

Rediff.com29 Mar 2017

Australian media, on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Virat Kohli, labelling the India captain as 'classless' and 'egomaniac'.

Hamilton is no Tiger, says Mansell

Hamilton is no Tiger, says Mansell

Rediff.com21 Mar 2008

Former champion Nigel Mansell has hailed Lewis Hamilton as the Formula One driver to beat while rejecting comparisons between the 23-year-old Briton and golfer Tiger Woods. "I don't think he is like Tiger Woods at all," the 1992 champion, also a keen golfer, told Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper on Friday.

E-mails are office timewaster

E-mails are office timewaster

Rediff.com10 Mar 2008

The study found that, on an average, employees spent 42 minutes of each work day sifting through unnecessary e-mails and waiting for responses to urgent e-mails. It also found that increasing amounts of junk e-mail has led to longer work days and bad work habits.

Man's date with aliens in two decades?

Man's date with aliens in two decades?

Rediff.com6 Mar 2008

Leading astronomers have claimed that humans might make contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life forms within two decades. According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, the recent discovery of Earth-like planets outside our solar system and the launch of a major NASA mission in 2009 is bringing extra-terrestrial contact a dramatic step closer.

Musharraf is sunk: Imran

Musharraf is sunk: Imran

Rediff.com31 Jul 2007

Khan warned that the achievement of having an emboldened judiciary could soon be lost if Bhutto struck a deal with the military ruler.

British soldiers killed 20 Iraqis in cold blood

British soldiers killed 20 Iraqis in cold blood

Rediff.com23 Feb 2008

British soldiers have been accused of executing up to 20 Iraqi prisoners in cold blood, a charge denied by the government.

Tata to ink pact with Ford?

Tata to ink pact with Ford?

Rediff.com19 Jul 2007

Tata Motors, say sources, instructed advisers in the past fortnight to begin evaluating the merits of a joint offer for Jaguar and Land Rover.

Dropped Laxman catch made Gilly take decision

Dropped Laxman catch made Gilly take decision

Rediff.com26 Jan 2008

A dropped catch off VVS Laxman in the ongoing fourth and final Test against India is reportedly the moment when Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist decided "it was time" to bid adieu to his illustrious career.

Mittal eyes an English football club

Mittal eyes an English football club

Rediff.com13 Jun 2007

The 'Iron Man of India' has emerged a contender to buy English Premiership football club Birmingham City after making an initial inquiry, The Daily Telegraph reported on Wednesday.

New twist in Harbhajan case

New twist in Harbhajan case

Rediff.com11 Jan 2008

Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh's racial abuse case appears to have taken a new twist with claims that Aussie all-rounder Andrew Symonds had possibly misinterpreted a derogatory Punjabi phrase which sounded like "monkey".

Team India to consult sports psychologist

Team India to consult sports psychologist

Rediff.com31 Dec 2007

The Indian think-tank is planning to rope in a sports psychologist to boost the team's sagging morale in Australia.

Dravid handed momentum to Aussies: Waugh

Dravid handed momentum to Aussies: Waugh

Rediff.com27 Dec 2007

Rahul Dravid's timidity while facing an aggressive Australian pace battery has turned the match in the favour of Ricky Ponting's men, feels former skipper Steve Waugh.

Russia threatens to take out US bases in Europe

Russia threatens to take out US bases in Europe

Rediff.com18 Dec 2007

A general in-charge of Russia's ballistic arsenal has said that the military could target the bases in Poland and the Czech Republic which will host the missile-interceptor shield if America insists on building them, The Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday.

England Lions in Duleep Trophy

England Lions in Duleep Trophy

Rediff.com28 Nov 2007

England Lions will be the sixth team to play in India's domestic tournament -- the Duleep Trophy -- this year, before heading off for a tour of New Zealand from February