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Lakshmi Mittal reveals how he nearly became a teacher

Indian-born industrialist Lakshmi Mittal, one of Britain’s richest persons, now regrets he didn’t take up an offer to teach students after graduating from St. Xavier’s College in Kolkata.

Becks to hang up boots

Paris Saint-Germain midfielder David Beckham.

Britain’s most popular footballer and former England captain David Beckham on Thursday announced his decision to retire from professional football at the end of the current season.

Lollobrigida’s jewels set Sotheby’s record

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A pair of natural pearl and diamond pendant earrings from the collection of jewels owned by Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, who acted in Hollywood films too, was sold in Geneva on Tuesday by Sotheb

Lifestyles of the rich and famous

Having money is all about unique experiences and top-end luxury — so it could be a high-end Christmas meal, or driving a different supercar every week for a year, or just inundating your partner in ro

Digital life after death

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Our digital lives are as complicated and cumbersome as the lives we live in the real world, but most of still never make any plans about our digital assets before death. So what happens to our multiple emails accounts, our social networking assets, our financial assets and transactions after death — is a series of cumbersome problems for the families left behind.

Mittal loses top slot in U.K. rich list

Indian-born industrialist Lakshmi Mittal, named the UK’s richest person eight years running since 2005, has been toppled by Uzbek-born Russian metals magnate and Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov fo

UK supermarkets ease wonky vegetables rules

British supermarkets have eased their rules to allow farmers to sell imperfectly shaped vegetables and fruits after heavy rains and bad weather badly affected the farming produce.

Valentino: 50 years of couture

Fall-Winter HC black velvet evening dress

Valentino has dominated haute couture, the Italian style, for five decades. And, London honours him with a retrospective of his dresses, coveted by princesses, actresses and socialites.

Arnab Goswami to BCCI lawyer: “Is this a cover up?” BCCI lawyer: “No, it’s not a cover up.” Arnab Goswami: “I am asking you again, is this a cover up?” BCCI lawyer: “No, it’s not a cover up.”

Ever since the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal broke on Thursday morning (May 16), there have been two equally tiresome responses. On Thursday itself, a succession of former cricketers, Indian or otherwise, turned up in television studios and spoke about the “romance of the game” being violated.