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She married her husband in 1942 and served in the womens home guard auxiliary during the Second World War. (Photo: Pixabay)

Life

End of an era: Last World War I widow Dorothy Ellis dies at 96

Dorothy Ellis, whose husband's wartime memoirs inspired the novel War Horse passed away at a nursing home.

3 Aug 2018 9:15 AM

The Return of the Railway Children by Lou Kuenzler Scholastic, Rs 755

Books

A nostalgic touch to children's adventures

So it's an apprehensive bunch of children who step off the train at the village.

22 Sept 2018 8:36 PM

US President Donald Trump speaks during a White House senior staff swearing in ceremony in the East Room of the White House. (Photo: AP)

Opinion

Donald Trump's first 100 hours as US President

Trump's very election as President fell into the stranger-than-fiction category.

26 Jan 2017 12:32 AM

US President Donald Trump with French President Emmanuel Macron. (Photo: File)

World

Trump and Macron attends Bastille Day celebration in Paris

President Donald Trump watched as various French military units marched by during the Bastille Day parade.

14 July 2017 1:28 PM

QMIT will be celebrating its centenary on May 16, Tuesday.

Metros

Rehab centre for soldiers to get Indian name after 100 years

Over 70,000 Indian soldiers were injured and over 65,000 lost their lives during World War I in 1917.

3 May 2017 9:17 PM

India

Prez salute to Armourednagar': Honour, glory, pride for cavalry

The President's Standard is in the traditional colours of the ACC&S, with red signifying sacrifice & courage, and gold...

30 April 2017 7:20 PM

Age on Sunday

Forgotten tales of history

The book that explores the relationship between Queen Victoria and her controversial confidante Abdul Karim.

19 Nov 2016 6:42 PM

Pope Francis arrives at the Monte Real Air Base in Leiria, Portugal. (Photo: AP)

World

Pope Francis to honour two kids who changed the Church

Poor, illiterate shepherd children had visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago.

13 May 2017 1:55 AM

$Before visiting the site, Modi said, \This is the final resting place for 44 of the Indian soldiers who sacrificed their lives during World War I to liberate the city.\ (Photo: MEA India Twitter)$ World

Israel: Modi visits Haifa, pays homage to Indian World War I heroes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the cemetery on the last day of his visit to Israel.

6 July 2017 8:58 AM

File photo of former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

No case for anyone but ourselves

Both through commission and omission, the Modi government has allowed the situation in the Kashmir valley to deteriorate...

27 May 2017 10:59 PM

In this photo taken on April 3, 2017, the statue of a French Poilu in front of the Douaumont Ossuary in Verdun, France. World War I saw unprecedented trench warfare in Northern France and Belgium. The toll of dead so immense in the Verdun region that soldiers from both sides were buried together in the ossuary. (Photo: AP)

Life

How Christianity shaped the memories of WWI

The men and women who fought the Great War would likely be shocked at this relegation.

5 April 2017 9:01 PM

Mahatma Gandhi being arrested in the Champaran district of Bihar in April 1917.

India

Commemorating Champaran: The place where it all began

From the beginning of the 20th century, the raiyats of Champaran were time and again protesting against their...

20 April 2017 1:13 AM