The Booker Of Booker winner will now have to compete against 41 others vying for the new Best of the Booker award.
The 24-page dossier outlines how the terror group is trying to build a state complete with guidelines for education, natural resources, industry, diplomacy, propaganda and the military.
A Bishop on Saturday became the first Church of England priest to openly declare that he is gay and in a long-term relationship with a man.
Even as Alastair Cook ponders about his future as Test captain after the 4-0 series drubbing in India, England's assistant coach Paul Farbrace said the entire team is behind the lanky opener.
The list, according to media reports, also features reducing ties with Iran and closing a Turkish military base.
British military scientists sent hundreds of Indian soldiers into gas chambers to test mustard gas during more than a decade of experiments that began before World War II, a media report said.
Fiona MacKeown, who visited Goa last week to follow up on the murder case, tells The Guardian that the man's identity is "common knowledge" in Goa. "I was approached by many people who told me his name. He is a powerful person with money. It would explain why the police have tried to cover up the case," she has been quoted as saying by the newspaper
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone caused a social media storm on Tuesday when he said women racing drivers would not be taken seriously in the sport and dismissed the contribution of immigrants to Britain.
It is not every day that one of the planet's richest men is arrested by his government.
The British government wants University staff to report suspicious activity by Asian students to the Special Branch to check extremism.
The Guardian newspaper reports that leaders of three of the insurgent groups said the armed resistance would continue till all foreign troops had left Iraqi soil and, in passing, blamed the Al Qaeda for mayhem targeting civilians
Indian conglomerate Tata and US car maker Ford are expected to complete the deal of the latter's luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover within a few days, a media report said on Monday. According to The Guardian newspaper, Ford is expected to complete the sale of Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata "within a few days." However, neither side has put a price on the marques. The price tag is likely to get closer to $ 2 billion. The deal was prolonged due to complexities in the agreement.
More than a million Cadbury bars were pulled out of the shops across Britain over fears that they may have been contaminated.
McLaren are in no rush to sign a successor to departed double world champion Fernando Alonso.
The director drew parallels for Elizabeth, his first film on the British monarch, with former prime minister Indira Gandhi, and for Golden Age with Princess Diana.
PPF is a good instrument for investors as it allows flexibility and tax benefits.
A Silicon Valley entrepreneur has launched a $1 million (Rs 6.2 crore) prize challenging scientists to discover the 'elixir of life' and push human lifespan past its apparent maximum of about 120 years.
Two UK-based academicians, including an NRI, claim to have devised a way to invent new medicines and get them to market cheaply to enable millions in poor countries to be cured of infectious diseases.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
Milind Bhade presents a list of 10 forts near Mumbai that offer a slice of history along with breathtaking views.
'I will need a few more pictures, sir, can I get some time from you for a more extended photo shoot?' asked Singh. Modi, ever-obliging before the camera, laughed. 'Sure, but let us plan to do it after my swearing-in is over in May!' The Balakot effect was evident. A fascinating excerpt from Rajdeep Sardesai's 2019: How Modi Won India.
In fact, according to the researchers, genetic influences explain 73 per cent of kids' risk of being a victim and 61 per cent of their chance of being a bully.
The Hobbit will be adapted, but LotR director Peter Jackson will not direct the films.
The state senate voted in favour of the abolition on Monday, and the New Jersey followed suit on Thursday with a 44-36 vote in favour. The measure is now expected to be approved by the Democrat governor, Jon Corzine
The Grammy award-winner is back with a new album, Taking Chances.
Whether history will remember Edward Snowden as a traitor to his country or as a champion for free speech and less intrusive government is hard to tell, but the issues he has brought into focus need deep thought, writes Ajit Balakrishnan
It may be one of the world's oldest religions, but Zoroastrianism is treated with suspicion by Iran's Islamic state, says a report in The Guardian.
The Spanish government has pledged to stop the poll, which is declared illegal by the country's constitutional court.
Authorities at the Aberdare Girls' School in South Wales have barred 14-year-old Sarika Singh from attending her classes temporarily after she declined to remove 'Kara,' which is a symbol of her faith, The Guardian reported in London on Wednesday.
Currently, there are two weapons in the war against Big C radiotherapy and chemotherapy. If successful, virotherapy could emerge as the third arm in the war
A 12-year-old Indian-origin girl in the United Kingdom has achieved the highest possible score of 162 on a Mensa IQ test, outwitting physicists Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
The 16-year-old boy allegedly raped the girl at an isolated place at Talegaon village under Trimbakeshwar taluka in the district on Saturday, Trimbakeshwar police station in-charge Mukund Deshmukh said.
In an open confrontation with Tripathi, the firebrand Trinamool Congress supremo further alleged that the Governor was acting like a "Bharatiya Janata Party block president."
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The Maharashtra government will consider a proposal to hike the price of milk by Rs 2 a litre on Wednesday.
The recommendations of the committee will be implemented from the next academic session on a trial basis.
'The time has come to substitute the present Constitutional set-up with an alternative democratic framework,' argues B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
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