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UK: Eton college appoints first Hindu tutor

Symbolising the growing influence of Hindus in the United Kingdom, a prestigious British college has appointed an Indian for the first time to impart religious teaching. Head of the Hindu Academy......

Prince Harry vows to quit smoking

Prince Harry, the third in line for the British throne, has vowed to quit smoking in the New Year ahead of a sweeping army ban. The 22-year-old prince first took up cigarettes at the age of 14......

Prince Harry's art teacher wins dismissal case

An art teacher who claimed she was ordered to help Prince Harry with his school work won her unfair dismissal case against the prestigious Eton College on Monday. Sarah Forsyth had secretly......

London mansion fit for Indian prince goes on sale for 15.5 million

A sprawling mansion in the heart of London which was the former family home of Maharaja Duleep Singh's son, Prince Victor Albert Jay Duleep Singh, has gone on sale with a price tag of £15.5......

John le Carr's matchless legacy

'Le Carré's spies were nothing like the exotic Kim of Kipling or the caricature that is James Bond.''Driven by a simple patriotism, held back by incompetence and politics, his characters use......

Reliance mutual fund sells stake to Eton Park

Reliance Capital Asset Management, controlled by Anil Ambani, has sold a 5 per cent stake to Eton Park Capital Management in a deal that for the first time puts a value on India's largest mutual......

MF valuations up on Rel Cap deal

Indian asset management companies (AMCs) are likely to see a hefty spike in their valuations, after the last week's 5 per cent equity stake sale by Reliance Mutual Fund to US-based hedge fund Eton......

Why is Rajat Gupta less equal than others

He was given a prison sentence for purveying insider information, while Hank Paulson got off scot-free for doing the same, writes Shankar Sharma On July 21, 2008, Hank Paulson, the then US......

The Left, the Right and us

Now, the world over, policymakers are dusting off their copies of Keynes' classic, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, and figuring out whether there are any answers there to our......

India Inc's shining stars and few who lost glory in 2014

2014 was a mixed bag for India Inc, few made it, few slipped. An employee uses a computer mouse inside an office. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/ Reuters Sachin Bansal: India's e-tail poster boy For......

Orlando Bloom is young 007!

Someactors are just made for 'big' movies.After The Lord Of The Rings trilogy and Pirates Of The Caribbean, Orlando Bloom has now confirmed he is all set to play a young James Bond in the 'origin'......

Diving Champ Manjari Bhargava Passes Into The Ages

Over five decades ago, when swimmers from Rajasthan participated in the National Swimming Championships, competitors from other states would look at the Rajasthan squad in awe. They wondered how a......

Rower Swarn 2nd in minor placings race

Already out of medal contention, Indian rower Swarn Singh Virk finished second in a minor placings race in single sculls while Sandeep Kumar and Manjeet Singh fought to save themselves from ending......

Rowers Sandeep, Manjeet finish second last

India's campaign in the rowing event of the London Olympics came to a dismal end with the duo of Sandeep Kumar and Manjeet Singh finishing second last in the Men's Double sculls event at the Eton......

Rower Swarn 16th in single sculls

Indian rower Swarn Singh Virk ended his London Olympics campaign in 16th place after finishing fourth in a minor placings race in the men's single sculls event. - Congratulate Vijay Kumar on his......

Rower Virk 4th in sculls heats, fight in repechage

India's Swarn Singh Virk finished fourth in the heats of the single sculls event of rowing competition at the London Olympics on Saturday. Virk, who took 6:54.04 to complete the 2km distance in......