In this episode of The Last Word, Karan Thapar interviews ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair and gets him to speak on the crisis in the Middle East and the need for media regulation. ...
09:56 PM, Dec 10, 2012
London: Pakistan could launch a nuclear strike on India within eight seconds, claimed an Army General in Islamabad in 2001, a warning that is described in the latest volume of diaries by a key aide of former Prime Minister Tony Blair. The General asked Blair's former communications director, Alistair Campbell, to remind India of Pakistan's nuclear capability amid fears in Islamabad that Delhi was "determined to take them out". Britain...
11:38 PM, Jun 15, 2012
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair defended his ties with media baron Rupert Murdoch at the phone-hacking inquiry. ...
07:11 PM, May 29, 2012
London: British leaders are forced to court powerful press barons such as Rupert Murdoch or risk savage media attacks which render them unable to govern effectively, former Prime Minister Tony Blair told an inquiry on Monday. Interrupted by a heckler who accused him of being a war criminal for supporting the US invasion of Iraq, Blair paused briefly before continuing to justify his ties to Murdoch with whom he said...
06:50 PM, May 29, 2012
London: Tony Blair's decision to openly court Rupert Murdoch to win power and ensure favorable coverage during his decade-long tenure as British prime minister will come under scrutiny when he faces a media inquiry on Monday. The inquiry, ordered by Prime Minister David Cameron after Murdoch's now defunct News of the World tabloid admitted hacking phones, has tarnished Britain's elite by laying bare the collusion between politicians, the police and...
11:00 AM, May 28, 2012
London: Known for using the internet and new media, British Prime Minister David Cameron somehow believed that 'LOL' meant 'Lots of Love' when sending texts to ex-editor of the News of the World Rebekah Brooks, until she enlightened him that it actually meant 'Laugh Out Loud'. Brooks, 43, who was arrested for allegations of perjury and in relation to phone-hacking scandal at the now-defunct tabloid of Media mogul Rupert Murdoch,...
10:43 AM, May 12, 2012
London: Cherie Blair, barrister and wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, on Wednesday sued the now-defunct News of the World over hacking of her phone, joining a host of celebrities and others who have initiated legal proceedings against media baron Rupert Murdoch's company. Cherie's solicitor Graham Atkins confirmed a claim had been made "in relation to the unlawful interception of her voicemails" against News International and private investigator Glenn...
03:37 AM, Feb 23, 2012
London: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's personal details have been stolen by computer hackers, a media report said. Details of a file containing the Blair's National Insurance number and the addresses of friends, colleagues and relatives began circulating on micro-blogging site 'Twitter' - even contact details for relatives of the former Premier and his wife Cherie were also included, the 'Daily Mail' reported. A note at the top of...
11:52 AM, Jun 26, 2011
London: Former British Premier Tony Blair's wife Cherie has lifted the lid on her sex life, saying that her husband "still excites me in all possible ways". "We've been married 31 years and known each other 35 and even now he still excites me in all possible ways," 'The Sun' tabloid quoted the 56-year-old mother-of-four as saying in an interview with a magazine. Cherie, a Queen's Counsel, giggled when asked...
03:12 PM, Mar 18, 2011
London: Indian - origin entrepreneurs Sir Gulam Noon and Raj Loomba were today conferred peerages of the UK for life, as the appointment of 53 new members to the House of Lords prompted criticism that several former party donors had been named. While Mumbai-born Sir Gulam Noon, a leading entrepreneur popularly known as the 'Curry King', was nominated by the Labour Party, Loomba becomes a Peer on behalf of the...
06:55 PM, Nov 19, 2010
London: Former UK prime minister Tony Blair's memoirs have been nominated for the Literary Review's Bad Sex Award. The least desirable prize in literature is conventionally awarded to novelists. However, the judges have made an exception for the former prime minister and his toe-curling reminiscences about a night of passion with Cherie, reports the Telegraph. "That night she cradled me in her arms and soothed me; told me what I...
03:18 PM, Oct 16, 2010
London: Tony Blair regrets banning fox hunting, but not invading Iraq. He was captivated by Princess Diana, intimidated by Queen Elizabeth II. He heaps praise on President George W. Bush but calls his close colleague Gordon Brown a man of "zero" emotional intelligence. He acknowledges that some find him delusional, and says he possibly drank a bit too much. Blair's long-awaited memoir hit bookstores on Wednesday, and the revealing, self-justifying...
12:00 PM, Sep 02, 2010
Blair is to lend his expertise and global relationships to the Khosla Ventures, which specialises in promoting environmental friendly technology. ...
10:50 AM, May 25, 2010
Did Tony Blair lie to his country and the world to launch a war on Iraq? ...
12:17 PM, Jan 30, 2010
He says world must act to to prevent WMD falling into the wrong hands. ...
11:43 AM, Jan 30, 2010
Cherie Blair is the wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. ...
05:25 PM, Jul 17, 2009
There was a file on Blair which contained information of a "personal nature". ...
04:38 PM, Nov 25, 2008
The world still looks towards Tony Blair to fix some of the current problems. ...
04:19 AM, Nov 24, 2008
Watch Asif Ali Zardari and Tony Blair respond to audience's questions. ...
01:36 AM, Nov 23, 2008
