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Former Britsh PM Winston Churchill. (Photo: AP)

Last painting by Churchill may fetch Â£80,000 at auction

The painting was given to Sergeant Edmund Murray, who served Churchill as a bodyguard for the last 15 years of his life.

23 Oct 2017 10:01 AM GMT

The label on the La Corona cigar from Havana, Cuba, includes Churchills name (Photo: AP)

Half smoked cigar belonging to Winston Churchill sells for $12000

The auction company says Churchill smoked the cigar on May 11, 1947, at Le Bourget Airport.

13 Oct 2017 6:25 AM GMT

Despite three of their four children having divorced, this royal union has endured through the decades without any public hint of marital strife. (Photo: AP)

Love at first sight, sacrifices, royal duties: 70 yrs of Queen...

Elizabeth and Philip will spend the day with other members of the royal family, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said.

18 Nov 2017 11:15 AM GMT

Firefighters and policemen try to douse a fire after activists of the Karni Sena torched a Haryana Roadways bus during a demonstration against the release of Padmaavat in Gurgaon. (Photo: PTI)

69 years of republic: It's time to introspect

The standards of public health and education need urgent attention.

27 Jan 2018 6:43 PM GMT

Winston Churchill (Photo: AP)

A nation that ignores its darkest hour

Winston Churchill is still a very outsized figure in India.

25 Jan 2018 8:14 PM GMT

Winston Churchill (Photo: AP)

Thirty years after fall of Berlin Wall, democracy in Europe is in...

Inevitably, this has consequences, both within nation states and in the wider European context.

6 Nov 2019 10:40 PM GMT

Winston Churchill (Photo: AP)

Humour more effective poll tool than expletives

The actor-President of the United States of America, Ronald Reagan, had a tremendous sense of humour.

19 Jan 2019 6:33 PM GMT

A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K on Thursday. At least 44 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)

Seek answers for Pulwama, dissent precisely during crises

Britain showed prime minister Neville Chamberlain the door during the Second World War.

9 March 2019 6:35 PM GMT

On her 85th birthday a woman was asked: Whats the secret of your happiness? She replied, At our age, its important to keep using all our potential or it dries up. It is vital to be with people and earn ones living.

Mystic Mantra: The gentle art of charity

Anonymous benevolence directed to causes that unlike people can give nothing in return is the noblest form of...

24 April 2019 7:54 PM GMT

Britains high commissioner to India laying a wreath on Saturday at the memorial site, on the 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. (Photo: AFP)

Britain refuses to apologise for Jallianwala Bagh massacre

Britain's high commissioner to India laid a wreath on the 100th anniversary of the massacre, for which London is still...

13 April 2019 9:10 AM GMT

Police said the toilet was taken early Saturday by thieves who used at least two vehicles. (Photo: AFP)

Solid gold toilet, once offered to Donald Trump, stolen from London...

The toilet, valued at roughly 1 million pounds (USD 1.25 million), was the work of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.

15 Sep 2019 10:58 AM GMT

Truth: a brief history of bullshit, by Tom Phillips Headline, Rs 599.

In the age of post-truths, what colour is your favourite lie?

The thing is, this all gets messy remarkably quickly, because of the sheer variety of ways there are of being wrong.

4 Jan 2020 8:59 PM GMT