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05:37 PM, Jun 06, 2013
After nearly two months of crash-bang IPL, cricket will return to its international colours with the ICC Champions Trophy to be played in England from June 6-23. Once touted as the 'mini World Cup' and a brainchild of then ICC president Jagmohan Dalmiya, the tournament's main aim was the development of cricket in the non-Test playing nations and raise funds for the same purpose. But after this seventh edition of...
11:26 AM, May 31, 2013
If there is any Queen that has been most speculated about, then according to me that would have to be Anne Boleyn. There has been so much written and spoken about her. What was she? Was she really that vicious? Or was she merely misunderstood? What was her nature? We all know (or well most of us do) how she came to be the Queen of England and Henry VIII's...
08:13 PM, May 29, 2013
California: Facebook made its debut on the stock market a year ago on May 18 in one of the largest IPOs in history and the biggest for any Internet company. The social network's market value was more than $100 billion. Now, Facebook's stock is trading roughly 30 per cent lower and has not hit its IPO price of $38 per share. Today, Facebook is valued at around $63 billion. In...
11:06 AM, May 18, 2013
Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar may not have set this IPL season on fire but his 48 off 28 balls on Tuesday was enough for Mumbai Indians to end Kolkata Knight Riders' play-off hopes and brighten their own chances of reaching the knockout phase. En route Mumbai's win, milestone man Tendulkar got another record under his belt - most fours in IPL history. Tendulkar hit eight fours during his knock on Tuesday,...
09:44 AM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: India attaches the highest importance to its relationship with Bangladesh due to their shared history, common heritage, linguistic and cultural ties, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said on Friday. "India attaches the highest importance to its relationship with Bangladesh due to shared history, common heritage, linguistic and cultural ties and the passion they share for music, literature and the arts that strongly unite India and Bangladesh," the speaker...
04:51 AM, May 04, 2013
New Delhi: Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra's autobiography 'A Shot at History' will be adapted into a film with a US-based production house acquiring its movie rights. Amit Bolakani, a New York-trained actor, found the book entertaining while being insightful and along with his business partners decided to acquire the rights. "It's an inspiring Indian story that has cinematic appeal for a wider world audience. We are in process to...
03:19 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Thiruvananthapuram: A history museum, throwing light on the country's freedom struggle and evolution as a modern democracy over the decades, was inaugurated at the Kerala Assembly by state Governor Nikhil Kumar on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, the Governor said the Kerala Assembly had set a model for other states by creating such a museum which would also help the young generation know about the life and work of Mahatma...
08:23 PM, Apr 15, 2013
In 'Accidental India: A History of the Nation's Passage through Crisis and Change', noted journalist-analyst, Shankkar Aiyar, examines India's ascent through the paradigm of seven game changers: the economic liberalization of 1991, the Green Revolution of the sixties, the nationalization of banks in 1969, Operation Flood in the seventies, the mid-day meal scheme of 1982, the software revolution of the nineties, and the passing of the Right to Information Act...
03:27 PM, Apr 09, 2013
South Africa might have had an Indian-origin First Lady if Amina Cachalia had agreed to a proposal of marriage from the country's first democratically elected President Nelson Mandela. ...
04:21 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Richard Griffiths, the British actor who played the boy wizard's unsympathetic Uncle Vernon in the 'Harry Potter' movies, has died. He was 65. ...
04:24 PM, Mar 29, 2013
Hindi cinema has managed to unite a diverse Nation by the ability to influence the collective mass consciousness. ...
05:16 PM, Mar 08, 2013
British Prime Minister David Cameron says Kohinoor, the giant diamond his country forced India to hand over in the colonial era that was set in a royal crown, will not be returned. ...
11:36 AM, Feb 21, 2013
New Delhi: Twitter's 200 million active users can soon savor or cringe over every single statement they've tweeted when the social media company begins sending users their entire archive of 140-character messages. Only English-language users have this service for now, but Twitter will eventually send a download link containing the full personal archives in one file to any user who asks, the company said on Wednesday. "Today, we're introducing the...
10:54 AM, Dec 20, 2012
New Delhi: There is a sense of subdued tension inside the auditorium at the National School of Drama (NSD) as director Faisal Alkazi takes his crew of 45 differently-abled children through their final rehearsal. The little actors through their play 'Dastan-e-Dilli' give a kaleidoscopic view of the national capital's mythical and revolutionary past. From adolescent Krishna's cheeky antics to Razia Sultan's splendour, leading up to Mangal Pandey's inspiring legend -...
08:58 AM, Dec 14, 2012
It is in a way most refreshing to read something non-fiction after feasting on fiction, after a long time. The spell broke with Ramachandra Guha's book, 'Patriots and Partisans'. I remember reading, 'India After Gandhi' by him with great fervor, however that was a long time ago and it was quite a long read. 'Patriots and Partisans' on the other hand is a relatively short read and is mainly divided...
01:02 PM, Nov 28, 2012
A look at bilateral series between India and England, on Indian soil, between 1992-92 and 2010-11. ...
01:01 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Roswell: Skydiver Felix Baumgartner's attempt at the highest, fastest free fall in history on Tuesday is more than just a stunt. His planned 23-mile dive from the stratosphere should provide scientists with valuable information for next-generation spacesuits and techniques that could help astronauts survive accidents. Jumping from more than three times the height of the average cruising altitude for jetliners, Baumgartner hopes to become the first person to break the...
11:58 AM, Oct 09, 2012
On Tuesday evening at 6 pm, 43-year-old Austrian sky diver Felix Baumgartner will do the unthinkable. He will jump from a height of 1,20,000 feet above ground level and become the first skydiver to break the sound barrier in the highest and fastest freefall in history. The event will be telecast live on History TV18 at 6pm. Living on the edge comes quite naturally to Felix. He says, "Since I...
11:35 AM, Oct 09, 2012
