'Mummy porn' bestseller beats Harry Potter's record in UK

An erotic book dubbed as 'mummy porn' has beaten the J K Rowling authored Harry Potter's record in the United Kingdom's book sales chart, becoming the fastest selling paperback of all time in just......

Burning the Code

A copy of Dan Brown's bestselling book, The Da Vinci Code, being burnt at a protestby Mumbai-based Catholic Secular Forum on May 09.Demonstrating outside a church in the city, the Forum called upon......

UPA and Team India are so similar

At the outset I owe a clarification to the reader. I must acknowledge that I am no Dan Brown (author of The Da Vinci Code) and I do not possess any of his investigative techniques -- encrypting......

Vatican takes on Da Vinci Code

Furious over the popularity of The Da Vinci Code, the bestseller which is now being made into a movie starring Tom Hanks, the Vatican hasasked a senior cardinal to debunkthe novel, which it......

Harry Potter set to rewrite history

At the crack of dawn on Saturday, the moment the clock strikes 4.30 in India, the midnight hour in the UK, history will be made when the sale of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince starts all......

PIX: Tom Hanks, Irrfan at Inferno premiere

The much-awaited world premiere of Inferno was held at the Opera di Firenze in Florence, Italy on October 8. Irrfan Khan, who stars in the film, attended the event with the rest of the cast.......

What's the da Vinci fuss about?

For the three or four among you who haven't heard of Dan Brown, his novel Da Vinci Code, or the controversy surrounding the film set to release in India this week, a quick primer.>Da Vinci Code:......

More Angels Than Demons

Robert Langdon is back, in the first major Hollywood summer release to grace our shores since the designer adrenaline of Fast & Furious all those many weeks ago. This time around he is......

Vatican bans Hanks' Da Vinci Code prequel

Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard will have a tough time filming two key scenes in their new flick Angels and Demons, based on Dan Brown's novel of the same name, for the Vatican has banned them......

Tendulkar's autobiography breaks World record; goes past Dan Brown, JK Rowling

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar at the launch of his autobiography in Mumbai. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com He might have bid adieu to cricket but Sachin Tendulkar continues to make records......

Tokyo Games: DAZZLING Pix!

Please click on the images for a better look at the action. IMAGE: The women's 10 km Marathon. Photograph: Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images IMAGE: Team Great Britain's Sky Brown warms up prior......

Tendulkar's autobiography crosses a record 200,000 copies

Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography Playing It My Way saw its launch in the national capital today as the event celebrated the book's crossing a record 200,000 copies. Present at the......

Barcelona Open: Evans, Edmund through, home favourite Robredo loses

Britain's Dan Evans and Kyle Edmund made it through to the second round of the Barcelona Open on Monday. Evans recovered from a set down to defeat Brazilian qualifier Thiago Monteiro 6-7, 6-2, 7-6......

Pitlane tales: Daruvala finishes creditable fourth in Formula 2

IMAGE: India's Jehan Daruvala, a Red Bull Junior driver is tipped to become the third F1 driver after Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok. Photograph: Jehan Daruvala/Twitter India's Jehan......