A stolen four month old chocolate-coloured Chihuahua puppy Caramel has been returned to its owners after the search for her went viral on Facebook. The puppy was taken in a burglary in Harlow, Essex, on 3 June. The sick puppy belongs to Lexie Taylor, 8, who has juvenile arthritis, a condition which improved since she…
Written by Francis Beckett, David Hencke and Nick Kochan. Published by John Blake. Hardback edition £20. There is a lot to know about Tony Blair and his associates and much research has been done to compile this up to date review of his enterprises and work in the present day. The three writers have produced…
Two sets of genetic tests including a “mitochondrial” DNA test including testing saliva, has apparently proven links in Prince William and Prince Harry’s connections with both Indian and Albanian ancestry. This goes back to days in the British Raj when a part Indian ancestor – Lady Eliza Newark – housekeeper and 5 greats grandfather Theodore Forbes –…
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, former lawyer on Sunday said she helped former IPL chief Lalit Modi to leave India on ‘humanitarian grounds’ to meet his cancer-afflicted wife in 2013 – before she became a minister. Sushma Swaraj, in a series of tweets, said she helped Modi after he said his wife was suffering from…
The 800th anniversary of Magna Carta ( Latin for “the Great Charter”), one of the most celebrated documents in history, agreed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15th June 1215, drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel barons, it promised…
Day 4 of 5 Second Test Australia Vs WestIndies Played at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica, Jun 11-15, 2015. Australia 399 (126.5 ov) Steve Smith 199 off 361, 21 fours and 2 sixes, MJ Clarke 47 off 107, 4 fours and 2 sixes, JE Taylor 47-6, JO Holder 64-2, 212-2 declared ( 65 ov) SE Marsh…
Day 5 of 5 India tour of Bangladesh, Only Test: Bangladesh v India at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah, Bangladesh Jun 10-14, 2015 India 462 for 6 (103.3 ov) (Dhawan 173 off 195, 23 fours, Vijay 150 off 272, 12 fours and 1 six, Rahane 98 off 103, 14 fours, Shakib 4-105) v Bangladesh 256 (65.5…
The Queen was looking resplendent in an enchanting pearl coloured ensemble on her official birthday yesterday. Surrounded by her family to watch a flypast from the balcony at Buckingham Palace, and to greet the happy crowds, Prince George got into the spirit of things as he and his father Prince William pointed to the sky…
The fate of thousands of MBBS aspirants will be decided on Friday following the controversy over an answer to a question in the Maharashtra Common Entrance Test paper. Day before the final merit list of the MH-CET was to be announced, the Bombay high court on Thursday set up a committee under Dr T Lahane,…
A truck carrying ammonia leaked after it got stuck under a flyover on the Doraha Bypass Road along a canal 25 km from Ludhiana in North India. Six persons succumbed to different hospitals in Doraha, Khanna and Ludhiana, died and over 100 people complaints about breathing after inhaling the gas. Details were still awaited and…