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Jiang Zemin: A Chinese Leader Like None Other

Barring the many young women he had sex with, it is doubtful if anyone saw Mao Zedong smile. Zhou Enlai, Mao's premier, often sported an enigmatic smile, one that hid his devilish intentions as he......

Surprise That Charles Became Charles III

The unfortunate associations with the name Charles for an English king -- one who was executed; the other with a very unsavoury reputation -- led royal observers to assume that Charles would not......

Resolution seeking probe into Stan Swamy's death introduced in US Congress

A resolution commemorating the life of Indian human rights defender Father Stan Swamy and seeking an independent investigation into the death of the Jesuit priest has been introduced in the US......

Himanta for neutral agency to probe clash with Mizoram

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday questioned the rationale behind the Mizoram government registering an FIR against him and six state officials over the recent border clash when......

'UAE's role is to encourage India and Pakistan to meet'

'The Indian side has realised that not talking to Pakistan has not served any useful purpose.' IMAGE: Border Security Force and Pakistani Rangers personnel take part in the beating retreat......

UK court rejects Nirav Modi's bail plea for fifth time

He appeared via videolink from the prison as his legal team offered a package of "stringent" bail measures, including bail security of 4 million pound, house arrest with a 24-hour electronic tag as......

London court remands Nirav Modi till Feb 27 in PNB case

Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, fighting extradition to India on charges over the nearly USD 2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering case, was produced for a regular......

Sahara averts foreclosure auction of US hotel properties

The company has been given time till June by mortgage holders Reuben Brothers In a major relief, Sahara Group has got time till June to avoid any foreclosure auction of its two marquee hotel......

Sahara's Plaza, Dream Downtown hotels in US up for sale?

While there was no official word from Saharas, reports said that the two hotels can fetch up to $1 billion. Image: Reports said that the two hotels can fetch up to $1 billion. Photograph: Reuters......

Sahara seals Rs 5,500-cr debt deal for foreign hotels

Grosvenor House hotel was put on sale by its lender Bank of China earlier this year after a 'technical default' In a major deal for Saharas, billionaire brothers David and Simon Reuben have......

Wild Karnataka, India's first natural history film

After four years in the making, a band of 20 film-makers were left with 400 hours of footage for what is now India's first blue chip natural history film.Nikitta Puri reports. All Photographs:......

Review: Mukti Bhawan is a work of staggering depth and sublime vision

Mukti Bhawan is as much about its characters embracing the inevitability of death as it is about their loved ones grappling with conflicting emotions, writes Sukanya Verma. Shubhashish......

The Kannada film that took on Baahubali, and (almost) won!

'A week after RangiTaranga released, multiplexes and single screen theatres were cutting down on the shows despite good collections. Luckily for us, the film spoke for itself and social media......

Review: Tasher Desh is bizarre, brave and brilliant

Tasher Desh is staggeringly-original film, writes Raja Sen.The thing about building a house of cards -- indeed, a country of cards -- is that its very existence is rooted in caprice. With Tasher......

Jayasurya, Anoop Menon in David & Goliath

National award winning director Rajeev Nath (for the film Janani) is ready with David & Goliath, in which Jayasurya and Anoop Menon play the lead. The two actors have been doing interesting films......

Olympics: Asian Games medallist Jyothi Yarraji to train in Spain

IMAGE: Jyothi Yarraji will train in Tenrife to gear up for the Olympics and the upcoming season. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters Asian Games medallist sprinter Jyothi Yarraji's proposal to train in......

South Africa strip Teeger of U-19 World Cup captaincy

IMAGE: David Teeger spoke in support of Israeli soldiers at an awards ceremony in October. Photograph: Old Edwardians Cricket Club/X Hosts South Africa have stripped skipper David Teeger of the......

Olympics-bound Priyanka Goswami to train in Australia

IMAGE: In preparation for the Paris Olympics, Priyanka Goswami will train at a hight-altitude facility in Canberra. Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images from the Rediff Archives Sports......

EPL PIX: Arsenal go four clear, Newcastle down Manchester United

A summary of Saturday's action in the Premier League. IMAGE: Wolverhampton Wanderers' Daniel Bentley in action with Arsenal's Eddie Nketiah. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Reuters Arsenal moved four......

PIX: South Africa edge Pakistan in thriller to go top

IMAGES from the ICC World Cup match between Pakistan and South Africa, in Chennai, on Friday. SCORECARD IMAGE: Keshav Maharaj celebrates after hitting the winning runs as South Africa beat......

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