MI6 boss red-faced over daughter’s Facebook pics
November 1st, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Nov 1 (ANI): Britain's Secret Intelligence Service chief John Sawers is facing public humiliation after his daughter posted a photo of herself posing with a gold Kalashnikov rifle on Facebook.Oxford ... Read more...
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First hand account of sinking of Titanic finally published
October 2nd, 2010 - 3:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 2 (ANI): A first hand account of the sinking of the Titanic given by a first class passenger has been published for the first time after nearly 100 years of ... Read more...
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Indian High Commission to probe Naipaul PIO card row
July 5th, 2010 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkata Vemuri
London, July 5 (IANS) The Indian High Commission here is probing allegations that Nobel laureate and acclaimed author V.S. Naipaul was asked to prove his Indian origins when he recently ... Read more...
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Edmund Hillary house to be relocated to school
May 11th, 2010 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
Auckland, May 11 (IANS) A house built by Edmund Hillary, the first conqueror of the world's tallest peak Mount Everest, will be moved to a school named after the adventurer.
The house and ... Read more...
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British playwright Harold Pinter’s promiscuous side revealed
January 9th, 2010 - 6:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 9 (ANI): Late British playwright Harold Pinter was seeing someone else when he was having an affair with Dame Joan Bakewell, it has emerged.According to the Daily Telegraph, a ... Read more...
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V.S. Naipaul ‘killed off’ by FBI!
October 28th, 2009 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct. 28 (ANI): Indian-origin novelist VS Naipual has been "killed off" by the FBI in court documents, which refer to him as "the late V.S Naipaul, a Nobel prize winning author."According ... Read more...
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X-rated action at Simon Cowells’s B’day bash
October 5th, 2009 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 5 (ANI): Simon Cowell's mum Julie was stunned as a cabaret performers dressed as women's genitalia popped onto the stage during his star-studded birthday party.Cowell could be seen blushing and ... Read more...
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Stunned Gazza says that he has lost his second dad
August 1st, 2009 - 12:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.1 (ANI): A stunned Paul Gascoigne fought back tears on Friday as he led tributes to Sir Bobby Robson, one of the game's best-loved figures."Bobby was like my second dad. ... Read more...
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New British spy chief’s wife leaves him exposed on Facebook
July 5th, 2009 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 5 (IANS) The man set to take over as head of Britain's external spy agency has been left exposed after his wife published photographs and family details on the ... Read more...
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Sir Michael Gambon becomes dad again
June 22nd, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 22 (ANI): Harry Potter star Sir Michael Gambon's mistress Philippa Hart has given birth to the couple's second child.The Irish-born actor, who plays Professor Dumbledore in the wizard films, has ... Read more...
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Lord Nelson’s ‘menage-a-trois’ expenses shown in household accounts
May 20th, 2009 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 20 (ANI): Newly discovered documents belonging to British Flag Officer Horatio Nelson have shown that he had shared the expenses spent on his mistress with her husband while all three ... Read more...
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Helen Mirren may meet Obama while performing on Washington stage
February 23rd, 2009 - 5:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, February 23 (ANI): If reports are to be believed, The Queen star Dame Helen Mirren may soon meet U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle when she performs on ... Read more...
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The secret love affair that inspired Rolls Royce’s flying lady emblem
April 20th, 2008 - 1:43 pm ICT by admin
London, Apr 20 (ANI): It is the real story of a high-society love affair kept under wraps to avoid any scandal. Though it got doomed, the relationship inspired a public display ... Read more...
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Sir Edmund Hillary passes away at 88
January 11th, 2008 - 4:23 pm ICT by admin
Wellington, Jan 11 (ANI): Sir Edmund Hillary, who was catapulted into the history books when he became the first man to climb Everest, died on January 10 at the age of 88.Sir ... Read more...
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