Dalrymple’s book on first Anglo-Afghan war out in December
September 11th, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 11 (IANS) Award-winning writer William Dalrymple said his "Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-1842" will be out in December this year, and has many ... Read more...
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Britney to release two-in-one fragrance
May 24th, 2012 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS
London, May 23 (IANS) Singer Britney Spears will release a new fragrance called Britney Spears Fantasy Twist, a two-in-one scent that will combine two of the singer's favourite smells ... Read more...
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Ex-Austrian emperor’s underwear sold for over $8,000
May 10th, 2012 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Vienna, May 10 (IANS) A collector has bought a pair of underwear belonging to Austrian emperor Franz Joseph I for 6,250 euros (over $8,000) during an auction in Vienna, Xinhua ... Read more...
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Big B remembers early Kolkata days
December 25th, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has gone down memory lane, recalling the days he spent in Kolkata while he was still looking for work."But back to ... Read more...
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British queen now wants an iPad
May 9th, 2011 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 9 (IANS) The Queen has asked her staff to buy her an iPad -- and the princes think "it is hilarious".Prince William and Prince Harry have ... Read more...
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Nobody can stop Musharraf’s return to Pakistan: APML
April 19th, 2011 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, April 19 (ANI): Nobody can stop former president and All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) chief Pervez Musharraf, who is currently in self-exile from Pakistan, from returning to the country, the ... Read more...
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Kashmir’s grandpas miss winter’s icicles, storytellers
January 17th, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
By F. Ahmed
Srinagar, Jan 17 (IANS) "Snow is all right, but, my dear, where are the icicles?" asked a bewildered Samad Sheikh, 75, who lives in a hamlet here in north Kashmir. ... Read more...
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Emma Roberts wants to be Prince Harry’s date for the royal wedding
December 9th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 09 (ANI): Julia Roberts' niece Emma Roberts has revealed that she would love to be Prince Harry's date for the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.After enjoying ... Read more...
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Princess Diana’s former butler ‘wants to patch up with William’
November 22nd, 2010 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 22 (ANI): The late Princess Diana's butler Paul Burrell is hoping to make peace with Prince William before next year's royal wedding.Burrell's friends insisted he still hopes his relationship ... Read more...
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Akon’s princely past
November 5th, 2010 - 3:52 am ICT by IANS
London, Nov 5 (IANS) Singer-rapper Akon used to pretend he was an African prince while he was at school in a bid to attract girls.The singer split his time between Senegal ... Read more...
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‘Harry Potter’ Star Daniel Radcliffe Is Way Richer Than Prince William And Harry
October 19th, 2010 - 7:37 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Oct 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) 'Harry Potter' star Daniel Radcliffe is surely on a high these days. The 21-year-old actor is reported to have accumulated a fortune of whopping 28.5 million ... Read more...
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Keira Knightley ‘to star in the movie Diana’
October 18th, 2010 - 3:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 18 (ANI): Keira Knightly is set to play princess Diana in a new movie called 'Diana' based on the life of the Princess of Wales.Knightley is at the top ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda threatens to topple Saudi government
August 11th, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
Sana'a, Aug 11 (IANS) Terror outfit Al Qaeda's Yemeni wing has threatened to overthrow the Saudi government "for its participation in the US-led crusade against Islam".
This message was delivered by Saeed Ali ... Read more...
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Dracula wasn’t bloodthirsty, just a victim of bad propaganda
July 12th, 2010 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 12 (ANI): A new exhibition has claimed that Vlad the Impaler, the medieval Romanian prince, was not a bloodthirsty dictator but was just a misunderstood prey of bad Western European ... Read more...
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Vlad the Impaler Related To Robert Pattinson!
June 26th, 2010 - 7:12 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
June 26, (THAINDIAN NEWS) No one could ever imagine that vampires can be so hot and drop dead gorgeous before hunky Robert Pattinson made his debut in the first Twilight ... Read more...
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Prince Harry’s night-halt at girlfriend’s Cape Town flat vetoed due to security risk
June 14th, 2010 - 6:21 pm ICT by ANI
Cape Town, June 14(ANI): Royal Protection officers have vetoed Prince Harry's plans to stay at his girlfriend Chelsy Davy's flat during the World Cup due to 'huge security' concerns.Harry will be in ... Read more...
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Prince Harry mourns beloved pony’s death
May 10th, 2010 - 12:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 10 (ANI): Prince Harry is shattered over the death of his pony, Drizzle, who died of a heart attack during a polo match.Harry, 25, was riding his 10-year-old mare ... Read more...
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Prince Harry ‘demoted’ in BBC obituary stir
February 22nd, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, February 22 (ANI): The death of Prince Harry will no longer interrupt programmes on the BBC, a British newspaper has reported.The third in line to the British throne along with ... Read more...
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Portrait of Prince Harry & Prince William is on display
January 9th, 2010 - 8:32 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Jan 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The first oil portrait of Prince Harry and Prince William has been put up for display for the public. According to the onlookers, both of them ... Read more...
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Wish we had a men’s fashion week earlier: Muzammil Ibrahim
September 11th, 2009 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Former supermodel-turned-actor Muzammil Ibrahim says that as a budding model, he had wished that India had a dedicated fashion event for men - and is glad that ... Read more...
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Prince William’s secret vacation with old chum Lady Natasha
August 23rd, 2009 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 23 (ANI): Prince William has had a secret summer vacation in Cornwall without his girlfriend Kate Middleton, it has emerged.And while Middleton was absent from the seen, Lady Natasha ... Read more...
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Prince William ‘you’ll get married next’, jokes groom pal
August 15th, 2009 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 15 (ANI): When Prince William attended a friend's wedding on Friday, the groom poked fun at him by saying "you'll be next".It all happened when William went to ... Read more...
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Queen Elizabeth’s estate value falls by 19 percent
July 21st, 2009 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 21 (ANI): The global financial meltdown has affected Queen Elizabeth equally with the value of her private estate plummeting by 19 per cent because of a crash in the property ... Read more...
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Natalie Portman to star in comedy Your Highness
June 2nd, 2009 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 2 (ANI): Natalie Portman is set to feature in the multi-million dollar comedy Your Highness.The Star Wars actress was said to have booked her trip to Northern Island's capital Belfast ... Read more...
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Wills coaching Harry on helicopter flying’
May 26th, 2009 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 26 (ANI): Prince William is reportedly coaching younger brother Harry during his flying course.The party-loving princes have allegedly cut down on night outs to put in extra hours for ... Read more...
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Wills, Harry upstaged by a frog in new eco-video
May 6th, 2009 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 6 (ANI): Prince William and Harry have been upstaged by a noisy frog as part of a YouTube and MySpace rainforest campaign.The royals joined hands in the battle to ... Read more...
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Prince Harry to be reunited with ”Paki” jibe pal
March 23rd, 2009 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 23 (ANI): Prince Harry will reportedly be reunited with the Asian officer whom he infamously called his little Paki friend.The royal has already apologised to Captain Ahmed Raza Khan ... Read more...
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Prince William feels emptiness on Mother’’s Day
March 13th, 2009 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 13 (ANI): In a speech he made at his appointment as patron of the Child Bereavement Charity, Prince William revealed that he feels the emptiness whenever Mother''s Day comes ... Read more...
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Another Sooty leaps to Prince Charles defence in racial row
January 16th, 2009 - 6:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 16 (ANI): A black chauffer nicknamed Sooty, who knows Prince Charles, has said that the Royal had no racist intention in calling an Asian polo pal sooty.The Royal family ... Read more...
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Indian friend of British royals says they aren’t racist
January 14th, 2009 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 14 (IANS) Prince Harry, flayed for using a racist word to describe a fellow Pakistani officer, has received unexpected support from an Indian-origin friend who says the royals call him ... Read more...
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Wills, Harry become patrons of their late friend’’s charity
January 9th, 2009 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 9 (ANI): Britains Prince William spoke of the importance of keeping his late mother Princess Diana''s memory alive as he and Prince Harry paid an emotional tribute to a ... Read more...
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Queen tells Princes recession not the right time to cut ribbons
November 27th, 2008 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 27 (ANI): The Queen has urged Royal Family members to be mindful of the widening economic slump by refraining from public displays of luxury.Her Majesty, as a resistant symbol ... Read more...
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Sheikh paid shrink PS175k to rid Jacko of stage fright
November 19th, 2008 - 6:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 19 (ANI): An Arab sheikh, who had sued Michael Jackson for breaching a record deal, has claimed that he paid a Brit motivational expert 175,000 pounds to help the ... Read more...
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Prince Philips succumbs to call of nature at royal shooting party
November 3rd, 2008 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 3 (ANI): Prince Philip, who has a long history of provoking embarrassing moments, found himself in another jiffy after getting caught short on a shooting party.The 87-year-old royal was ... Read more...
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Wills, Harry get tummy trouble during African motorbike rally
October 22nd, 2008 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 22 (ANI): Prince William and Prince Harry are said to have had reported upset tummies during their 1000-mile African motorbike rally.The Royals, who started their eight-day adventure into the ... Read more...
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