New York: British author Glen Duncan has published seven critically acclaimed novels, often exploring touchy topics such as violence and perversity as well as love and morality. He has employed the fantastic - in his earlier book 'I, Lucifer' the devil is transformed into a human for a month - to explore these themes, but perhaps never more so than with his latest work. 'The Last Werewolf' stars Jake Marlowe,...
11:01 AM, Sep 02, 2011
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Why in Christ's name would I want to write about love now, of all times? As Rick would say "With the whole world crumbling, we ...
01:23 PM, Aug 20, 2011
Bangalore: Lokpal Bill joint draft committee member Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday alleged that vested interests seemed to have ganged up to discredit the proposed legislation by unleashing a sustained campaign to spread misconceptions and falsehood. He said vested interests first made an attack on the individual members of the committee and now they are attacking the bill per se questioning the provisions of the bill by spreading wrong information about...
05:26 PM, May 28, 2011
Washington: The Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development (Task Force) has welcomed India's announcement that it has ratified the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). Building upon India becoming a member of the Task Force in January 2011, the ratification yesterday comes as part of a broader effort by India's government to tackle corruption and stem the flow of illicit capital flight estimated at approximately USD 19 billion...
12:40 PM, May 14, 2011
Marrakesh: An explosion killed 14 people, including foreigners, on Thursday in a busy cafe in the Moroccan tourist destination of Marrakesh, and authorities said the initial signs were that it was a criminal act. The blast ripped through the second storey of a cafe overlooking Marrakesh's Jamaa el-Fnaa square, a spot that is usually bustling with foreign tourists and local vendors. Officials did not say if they suspected the involvement...
08:37 PM, Apr 28, 2011
In conversation with Duncan Jones - the director of sci-fi movie 'Source Code' starring Jake Gyllenhaal. ...
10:25 AM, Apr 28, 2011
Casablanca: Thousands took to the streets of Morocco on Sunday in peaceful demonstrations to demand sweeping reforms and an end to political detention, the third day of mass protests since they began in February. Desperate to avoid the turmoil that toppled leaders in Tunisia and Egypt, authorities have already announced some reforms to placate demands that King Mohammed cede more powers and limit the monarchy's extensive business influence. Some 10,000...
07:39 PM, Apr 24, 2011
Duncan Grant and Allan Waters were convicted in for sexual abuse of minor boys at the Anchorage Shelter Home in Colaba in Mumbai. ...
03:09 PM, Mar 21, 2011
Mumbai: British paedophiles Duncan Grant and Allan Waters surrendered, on Monday, in the Mumbai sodomy case. Grant and Waters were convicted for sexual abuse of minor boys in Mumbai. They will be taken for medical examination and after that, the duo will be taken to the sessions court. The Supreme Court had on Friday restored the conviction of paedophiles Waters and Grant on charges of sexual abuse of minor boys...
02:57 PM, Mar 21, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has convicted Indian William D'Souza and two Britons to six years imprisonment for sodomising and sexually abusing street children. Britons Duncan Grant and Allen John Walter were accused of abusing street children at a shelter in Mumbai. The police had issued an international arrest warrant in April 2002. A 2001 police report had charged Duncan and Walters with sodomy and sexually abusing boys. Charged with...
10:27 AM, Mar 18, 2011
These three heroines of Eleanor Brown's debut novel, "The Weird Sisters," grew up in a house dominated by their professor father, who specializes in Shakespeare studies, named his girls for Shakespearean heroines and communicates -- sometimes hilariously, often cryptically -- through Shakespeare quotations. Written in a mix of collective voice "we" and third-person narrative, the book focuses on the sisters as they return to their rural hometown, drawn by their...
05:58 PM, Mar 17, 2011
Rabat: Thousands of people marched in Moroccan cities on Sunday demanding King Mohammed VI give up some of his powers. In Moroccan capital Rabat, police allowed protesters, raising slogans like "The people reject a constitution made for slaves", to approach parliament, the BBC reported. A separate protest is under way in the country's biggest city, Casablanca, and another was planned in Marrakesh, the report said. Sunday's rallies in Morocco have...
11:22 PM, Feb 20, 2011
London: A tropical flower has been hailed as the latest weapon against wrinkles, after scientists found that a sugar compound derived from it can actively regenerate skin, making it feel plumper and more elastic. A team at global cosmetic giant L'Oreal has tested the sugar compound called rhamnose, from Uncaria flower, nicknamed cat claw, on 400 women, after incorporating it in a cream; the chemical is thought to stimulate cells...
03:34 PM, Feb 07, 2011
The study estimates reveal that the size of rural India is shrinking and 379 million people will be added over the next 40 years. ...
05:14 PM, Aug 02, 2010
At the end of 2009-10, India had 46.7 million high income households as compared to 41 million in the low income category. ...
04:34 PM, Aug 01, 2010
India, which sends the highest number of students to the US, stands to benefit most from if the proposal becomes la ...
12:49 PM, May 01, 2010
It may be the largest egg in the poultry history of Canada. ...
03:29 PM, Oct 07, 2009
EU has banned the manufacture or sale of light bulbs from Sept 1, 2009. ...
12:44 PM, Sep 22, 2009
Giancarlo Fisichella was slowest on his first day as a Ferrari driver. ...
10:23 PM, Sep 11, 2009
