Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo was on Thursday revealed as the best film of all time, toppling Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, which has won the once-a-decade poll by BFI’s Sight & Sound magazine since 1962.

London-born Akram Khan, a trained kathak dancer of Bangladeshi origin, was one of the main collaborators for the opening ceremony of 2012 Olympics on Friday.

India opened its Olympic medal tally on the third day of the London Games when Gagan Narang won the bronze in the men’s 10m air rifle competition at Royal Artillery Barrack Monday afternoon. However, in a big disappointment, Beijing gold medallist Abhinav Bindra failed to qualify in the same event.

London was abuzz with excitement just a few hours away from hosting the opening ceremony to launch its third Olympic Games on Friday.

Games fever finally hit London on Thursday as the Olympic flame was carried around central London and was greeted by enthusiastic crowds lining the roads as the city, which is hosting its third Olympic Games, prepared for the opening ceremony on Friday night.

Indian poet-writer Jeet Thayil’s debut novel Narcopolis, about opium dens and heroin addiction in Mumbai, was on Wednesday longlisted for this year’s Booker Prize, ending a long absence of Indian writers.

The 12-book longlist, chosen by a five-member jury, was selected from a total of 145 titles, 11 of which were called in by the judges.

The 12-book longlist, chosen by a five-member jury, was selected from a total of 145 titles, 11 of which were called in by the judges.

A British tabloid claimed on Monday it had busted a visa scam that gave potential terrorists a chance to sneak into Britain with the Pakistan Olympic team.

“We infiltrated a crime ring offering fals

Indian designers Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla’s designs, spanning their 25-year career, will be presented in an exhibition by Sotheby’s in London in September.