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How India celebrated its first Republic Day in 1950

Huge tri-colour-themed banners have been put up along the Kartavya Path while the theme for this year's tableaux that would roll down the boulevard where the annual Republic Day celebrations take......

How India celebrated 1st Republic Day

The maiden celebrations marking the birth of the Republic of India were not held on Rajpath (now Kartavya Path), the historical avenue that has over time become synonymous with the ceremony, but it......

BJP most important foreign political party in world: WSJ

An opinion piece in the influential Wall Street Journal has described the Bharatiya Janata Party as the most important foreign political party in the world for America's national interests and the......

6 injured in mass stabbing in Glasgow, suspect shot dead

Six people, including a police officer, are in hospital after sustaining injuries in a stabbing incident at a hotel in the Scottish city of Glasgow, where a male suspect was shot dead by armed......

Miffed over article, China expels 3 WSJ scribes

China on Wednesday expelled three Wall Street Journal correspondents, the largest expulsion of overseas media personnel from the country in more than three decades, after the newspaper declined to......

On the garbage treasure trail

These last few days Mudar and I have been on a treasure hunt. We have been up at the crack of dawn to get a free run of the roads and driving round hunting for garbage dumps. Yes, that's right, the......

Nasdaq at record as Wall Street runs on strong data; Greece eyed

The Nasdaq Composite on Thursday erased its last standing milestone from the dot-com era as it set a record intraday high, with stocks on Wall Street in rally mode boosted by strong economic data.......

Sensex ends 200 points higher, Nifty reclaims 8,000

The positive bias was aided by metal, realty and auto indices Benchmark indices today settled on a positive note after Sensex rallied almost 200 points and Nifty reclaimed 8000 levels at close.......

An independent Scotland might lower the spirit of Scotch whisky lovers

The museum room is seen at the Diageo Cardhu distillery in Scotland. Photograph: Russell Cheyne/Reuters Scotch lovers have a reason to worry. There are fears that the pricing and availability of......

Markets end higher on favourable macro-economic data, global cues

The top gainers from the Sensex pack included GAIL, ITC, Hindalco, Vedanta and Tata Motors. Benchmark indices ended higher for the second straight session, amid firm global cues along, with index......

Review: 22 Jump Street will leave you begging for more

22 Jump Street could have been shorter and better written. However, it isn't exactly bad the way it is, says Paloma Sharma. Ours is probably the luckiest generation in (very) recent cinematic......

American Hustle, Gravity sweep Oscar 2014 nominations

While Steve McQueen's Twelve Years A Slave got five nominations in major categories, Alfonso Cuaron's gorgeously-shot Gravity and David O Russell's American Hustle swept the recently announced......

'Human beings are scary'

'Animals understand you well.''They understand your vibe.''If they feel there is no harm from you, they will love you for life.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Pooja Sawant/Instagram After spending......

Decoding the Golden Globes 2013 nominations

The Golden Globes 2013 nominations is a spread so full, rich and varied it'd satisfy most cinematic gluttons, writes Raja Sen. It’s been a helluva year at the movies. From Martin Scorsese to......

Oscars 2014: Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett win top awards

The 86th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: Best Picture American HustleGravityTwelve Years A SlaveCaptain PhillipsDallas Buyers......

Norris beats Leclerc to Monaco pole; Hamilton demoted

IMAGE: McLaren's Lando Norris celebrates after qualifying in pole position with second placed Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and third placed McLaren's Oscar Piastri at the Formula One Monaco Grand......

Ferrari's Leclerc fastest in practice in Monaco

IMAGE: Ferrari's Charles Leclerc after practice at Circuit de Monaco, Monaco at the Monaco Grand Prix on Friday. Photograph: Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters Charles Leclerc thrilled the Ferrari fans by......

F1: Norris on pole in Singapore

IMAGE: The pole in Singapore was Lando Norris's fifth of the season, sixth of his career and third in the last four races. Photograph: Kind courtesy Formula 1/X Lando Norris put McLaren on pole......

F1: Ferrari's Leclerc takes pole at home Grand Prix

IMAGE: Ferrari's Charles Leclerc celebrates after qualifying in pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix in Circuit de Monaco, Monaco, on Saturday. Photograph: Jennifer Lorenzini/Reuters......

F1: Loose drain cover wrecks Russell's Williams in Baku practice

The shocked 21-year-old rookie was unhurt in the incident between turns two and three but Williams said the chassis would have to be replaced, sidelining the Briton until Saturday's final session......