Murdoch in UK to save TV deal
Australian-born American media magnate and News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch arrived at his London offices on Sunday from the United States to deal with the phone-hacking crisis that has badly hit his British media empire.
Cameron’s ex-aide held in British phone hacking row
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s friend and former communications chief Andy Coulson was arrested by the metropolitan police on Friday morning over allegations of corruption and phone hacking.
In London, no News of the World
Media magnate Rupert Murdoch’s News International, which owns four newspapers in Britain, decided Thursday to shut down its controversial tabloid News Of The World in the midst of the growing phone hacking crisis.
Feminist economists advocate women-driven growth model
INDIAN DEVELOPMENT economist and activist Devaki Jain, a noted Gandhian, on Monday suggested a new paradigm for growth, collectively developed by a group of feminist economists that she described as t
Installation art finds new home
Indian artist Naresh Kapuria mounted an exhibition of his latest work in London, based on his collaboration with Akademi, a British organisation dedicated to South Asian dance.
Queen honours Panjabi, Singh Twins
Indian-born restaurateur Namita Panjabi, co-founder of the Masala World group of restaurants in London, on Saturday was awarded in Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday honours list with an MBE.
Queen honours Panjabi, Singh Twins
Indian-born restaurateur Namita Panjabi, co-founder of the Masala World group of restaurants in London, on Saturday was awarded in Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday honours list with an MBE. Ms Panjabi runs Veeraswamy, Amaya, Chutney Mary and the Masala Zone chain along with her husband Ranjit Mathrani and sister Camilla
Colin Firth, Andrew Strauss in Queen’s b’day honours
Oscar-winner Colin Firth, England cricket captain Andrew Strauss, Nobel laureate Robert G. Edwards, rock star Bryan Ferry and television presenter Bruce Forsyth were on Saturday included in Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday honours list.
Quiet funeral, burial in London
Indian’s best-known contemporary painter, Maqbool Fida Husain, who died of a heart attack on Thursday, was buried in a simple ceremony in London on Friday afternoon.
Multi-faceted Picasso of India
Maqbool Fida Husain, one of the last artists linked with the famous Progressive Artists Group, kept dreaming about going back to India during his self-imposed exile, but his dream died with him in a L