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Idi Amin in coma

Former dictator Idi Amin, who had forced many Indians based in Uganda to flee the country, is in coma and is under treatment at a hospital in Saudi Arabia.Amin ruled Uganda for eight years from......

Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin dies

Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin on Saturday died in a Saudi Arabian hospital after a prolonged illness. He was 80. He had been admitted to the King Faisal Specialised Hospital in the Red Sea port......

Idi Amin solution for Prabhakaran?

Providing LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran a ''safe haven'' abroad like Ugandan dictator Idi Amin "has been proposed for sometime", Sri Lanka has said while warning the elusive rebel leader that......

Was subjected to racism: Kash Patel tells Senate committee

Kash Patel, United States President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has told lawmakers that he has been subjected to racism while growing up. IMAGE: US......

New FBI chief Kash Patel traces his roots to Gujarat village

Indian-American Kash Patel, confirmed by the US Senate to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation, traces his roots to Bhadran village in Gujarat's Anand district, from where his family migrated......

Sooooo Many Mercedes-Benz Cars!

What do you get when you roll out 81 supremely beautiful Mercedes-Benz gadis in one go? The tenth edition of the Mumbai Mercedes-Benz Classic Car Rally. Sooooo many classic Mercedes-Benz cars all......

Gujjubhai the great!

Gujarat was among the earliest civilisations in the sub-continent, dating back four millennia, notes Shreekant Sambrani. Image: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, in a traditional Gujarati......

How Mira Nair's hubby helped Forest

When Forest Whitaker was preparing for his role as Idi Amin in director Kevin Macdonald's The King of Scotland, he read a lot of books and met with several people -- the late Ugandan dictator's......

Review: Joe B Carvalho is a comedy of errors without the comedy

Joe B Carvalho is the crime scene of a murder-suicide where the script kills common sense and then puts the gun to it's own head, says Paloma Sharma Let's start off with the good......

Why Mira Nair's Films Speak To Me

Mira's films are alive, rocking and so true to the reality I know.They are gifts that I keep revisiting, and I cannot wait for what more she will share with us, notes Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE:......

Why I am thankful to Hasan Minhaj

'You made me realise that it is great to be brown, even if we are currently living under Donald Trump's false definition of America.''In my 36 years in America there have been few instances where I......

Pixar's desi star who may win an Oscar

'John Lasseter gave me such good advice. He said the reason why he wanted me to tell the story was because it was about my dad and me. He said if it is a father and son story, it will relate......

These women fight their way out of the slums, dream of boxing glory

IMAGE: The female boxers have to spar against a host of obstacles (picture used for representational purpose only). Photograph: AIBA Nineteen-year-old Lydia Nantale makes her way home from......