Everything you need to know about Blair: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Blair: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Andaman and Nicobar, May 15 (ANI): A two-day conference of State Social Welfare Board Chairpersons begins today in the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
London, May 12 (ANI): Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair's sister-in-law, Lauren Booth, has reportedly married a bigamist.
Washington, April 30 (ANI): Rumer Willis and Demi Moore have been photographed together for the first time in months, while leaving a yoga class in Los Angeles over the weekend.
London, Apr. 18 (ANI): More than 2,000 guests from around the world paid their last respects to Britain's longest serving prime minister of modern times, Margaret Thatcher at the St Paul's Cathedral.
London, Apr. 7 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was told that Iraq had only a trivial amount of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and that Libya was in this respect a far greater threat.
Washington, Apr. 2 (ANI): Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will give her first paid speech since leaving the State Department later this month in Dallas.
Washington, Apr. 2 (ANI): Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will give her first paid speech since leaving the State Department later this month in Dallas.
London, Mar 27 (ANI): Former British foreign secretary David Miliband will step down as MP to take a job at a top charity in New York.
Mumbai, March 21 (IANS) The global NGO Loomba Foundation will empower 10,000 impoverished widows in India by providing them employment opportunities, enabling them to lead a life of dignity.
London, Mar. 17 (ANI); More than half of Britons have said the UK's involvement in the Iraq war damaged the country's reputation around the world, a new poll has found.
London, Mar. 15 (ANI): More than half of Britons believe the decision to invade Iraq was wrong, a new poll has found to mark the 10th anniversary of the conflict.
London, Mar. 10 (ANI): Tony Blair and his government have come under withering attack from a senior former diplomat and British military chiefs - ten years after the invasion of Iraq - for their handling of the war that defined his decade in power.
Wellington, Feb 15 (IANS) Fuel purchases drove the highest quarterly rise in six years in the volume of New Zealand retail sales in the December quarter last year, the government statistics agency announced Friday.
London, Feb 14 (ANI): A British lawmaker has admitted for the first time that a 'primitive understanding' of the Islamic world caused some of the problems faced by the west in Iraq and Afghanistan.
London, Feb 13 (ANI): An 'idiot's' style-guide to how to be an MP was the most borrowed book from the House of Commons library last year, it has been revealed.
London, Feb 10 (ANI): More than 18,000 pounds worth of wine was guzzled in a single night by 170 wealthy guests and top politicians at a glitzy white-tie state banquet at Buckingham Palace for the US president.
New York, Feb 9 (IANS) Snow played spoilport for fashion designer Marc Jacobs, who had to push his New York Fashion Week (NYFW) show.
London, Feb. 6 (ANI): To help justify its drone campaign against al-Qaeda, the Obama administration is using the defence Tony Blair's government had given for Britain's role in the war on terrorism after the invasion of Iraq.
Washington, Feb. 6 (ANI): A seven-year-old boy studying in the second grade in Colorado has been suspended from his elementary school for 'throwing' an imaginary grenade during a harmless make-believe game he was playing called 'rescue the world'.
London, Jan. 30 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been given a special award for helping hundreds of thousands of Poles come to live in the UK.
Washington, Jan 28 (IANS/EFE) A Franciscan friar accused of sexually abusing male high school students in Pennsylvania committed suicide in the monastery where he had been kept under strict surveillance since 2000, police said.
Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) There is an effective way of raising your kids' IQ -- just supplement their diets with fish oil, send them to quality pre-school and also engage them in interactive reading, vouches a new study.
Washington, January 26 (ANI): Researchers have suggested that supplementing children's diets with fish oil, enrolling them in quality preschool, and engageing them in interactive reading could be effective ways to raise a young child's intelligence.
Washington, Jan 23 (IANS) Drone attacks are making US "extremely popular" in Pakistan, said a former chief of US intelligence who cautioned that covert action there has "never led to good results".
Washington, Jan. 23 (ANI): Terrorists could use drones, the unmanned, missile-firing aircraft, to attack and kill President Barack Obama and other U.S. leaders, the former chief of U.S. intelligence has said.
London, Jan 19 (ANI): Robert Wagner has declined to be interviewed by detectives as part of a fresh investigation into the death of his wife Natalie Wood three decades ago.
London, Jan 10 (ANI): Tom Cruise reportedly wanted Tony Blair's help to make the Scientology cult a tax-deductible charity, according to a new book.
London, Jan 10 (IANS) A new book has claimed that actor Tom Cruise wanted to make Scientology a tax deductible charity.
London, Jan 10 (ANI): Selma Blair has reportedly gone topless in a scene for her spooky new thriller.
London, Jan 10 (ANI): Former British prime minister Tony Blair's wife, Cherie Blair, is one of 130 victims of phone-hacking who has accepted damages from News International in the latest batch of civil claims to be settled.
Washington, December 26 (ANI): People fortunate enough to have a job can expect their salaries to rise by 3 percent in the next year, a new study has revealed.
London, Dec 25 (ANI): Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has reportedly banned a critic from his page on the website for raising his friendship with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and support of work funded by the authoritarian Kazakh regime.
London, Dec 19 (ANI): After being accused of conducting 'immoral tax practices' in Britain, Google's UK policy chief said that the firm is not "the bogeyman" of the web.
London, Dec 12 (IANS) James Bond was far from the English gent portrayed in the 007 films, but rather a more troubled, heavy-drinking character, the new Bond author claims.
London, Dec. 12 (ANI): A novelist from Scotland - commissioned to write a new James Bond novel by the estate of Ian Fleming - has said that the screenwriters have underplayed 007's true alcohol consumption in the movies compared to the troubled nature of the spy in the books.
London, December 12 (ANI): David Cameron is apparently trying to up his 'street cred' after he said the word 'shamazing' to X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger.
Sydney, Dec. 5 (ANI): JK Rowling's first adult novel 'The Casual Vacancy' will be adapted for the small screen, it has been announced.
Patna, Dec 2 (IANS) Fed up with assurances that have made little difference, residents of Motihari town in Bihar, birthplace of legendary British author George Orwell, have gone online seeking support for the conservation of the house the author was born in.
London, Nov 19 (ANI): Primary school teachers in the UK could be sacked for refusing to promote gay marriage once same-sex unions become law, a British minister has suggested.
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Three school students from the capital have been shortlisted by Tony Blair Faith Foundation to represent India in the global film competition section Faith Shorts at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards this year.
Los Angeles, Nov 11 (IANS) Actor Michael Sheen, who is well-known for his portrayals of real-life people in movies, says he can only ever play "himself" on the big screen.
London, Nov 6 (IANS) Former British prime minister Tony Blair committed a mistake by sending his country to war in Iraq, according to Lord Mandelson, a former Labour cabinet minister.
London, Nov. 5 (ANI): A 30-feet tall effigy of disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong wearing a Jim'll Fix It badge was burnt in a UK town's bonfire celebrations, commemorating 'Guy Fawkes' day.
Washington, Nov. 2 (ANI): A plan to burn an effigy of disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong and adorn it with references to late TV presenter Jimmy Savile, who was suspected of widespread child abuse, has caused outrage in the UK.
Washington, Nov 1 (ANI): Nicole Scherzinger was left red-faced after she failed to recognise Britain's Prime Minister at a recent awards function in London.
London, Oct. 30 (ANI): Former British prime minister Tony Blair's wife Cherie Blair helped London snatch the Olympics from the French with a "banshee-like" attack on former president Jacques Chirac, Lord Coe has revealed in his autobiography.
London, Oct 30 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged the European Union to have an elected president, just a few weeks after saying that he would be keen to take up the job.
London, October 29(ANI): Watching a scary movie for just 90 minutes could help burn as much as 113 calories, which is close to the amount burned during a half-hour walk and equivalent to a chocolate bar, a University of Westminster study has revealed.
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) India's armed forces will Friday make a joint pitch before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and members of the cabinet committee on security (CCS) on setting up three new commands to meet the threats to space assets and cyber infrastructure and for controlling commando operations.
Washington, Oct. 17 (ANI): A cache of 27 letters by Prince of Wales, Charles, to his ministers must be kept secret, as their contents can "seriously damage" his future role as king if they were made public, the UK Attorney General has ruled.
London, Oct 12 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair ensured that he would most definitely get attention as he posed alongside 'Desperate Housewives' star Eva Longoria, as they hit the campaign trail on Thursday for President Obama.
Jimmy Wales, co-founder and promoter of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia and the Wikia company has married Tony Blair's former secretary, Kate Garvey in a ceremony held at the Wesley's Church in the London, which was witnessed by the who's who of the world of politics and entertainment.
London, Oct. 7 (ANI): Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has married Tony Blair's former secretary, Kate Garvey in a
Lahore, Oct. 5 (ANI): A former Pakistani lawmaker has bought the house of former United Kingdom prime minister Tony Blair's family located in Central London for around 1.3 million pounds.
Washington, Oct 2 (ANI): Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is set to tie the knot with Londoner Kate Garvey, who was formerly Tony Blair's aide.
London, Oct 1 (IANS) Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed by a French secret serviceman on orders of then president Nicolas Sarkozy, a media report said.
London, Sep 29 (ANI): British Labour Party politician, Gordon Brown "lacked the fundamental qualities" to be Prime Minister and he knew that he was not fit for the job, one of his former cabinet ministers has said.
Washington, Sept. 24 (ANI): Former British home secretary Jack Straw has revealed how former Prime Minister Tony Blair twice encouraged him to stand up against Gordon Brown for leadership.
Washington, September 21 (ANI): A person can be obese and metabolically healthy at the same time, which means that this person will have the same mortality risk for heart disease or cancer like people of normal weight.
London, Sep 18 (ANI): A senior Tory party member has urged British Prime Minister David Cameron to stop 'spraying around' taxpayers' money in countries belonging to the developing world.
London, Sept 18 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged politicians and religious leaders across the world to condemn extremists who launch violent attacks over the anti-Islamic film.
London, Sept 17 (ANI): David Cameron has been voted the third least favourite post-war British Prime Minister, according to a survey.
Sydney, Sep 12 (ANI): Facebook and other social media platforms can greatly expand the organ donation process by helping more and more people to register and become organ and tissue donors after their death, a new study has revealed.
London, Sept. 10 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair made one million dollars in less than three hours for acting as a mediator in a business deal.
Washington, September 5 (ANI): Some obese people are metabolically healthy and fit, with no greater risk of developing or dying from cardiovascular disease or cancer than normal weight people, new study reveals.
London, Sept. 2 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former U.S. President George Bush should be tried by the International Criminal Court of Justice in The Hague for their role in the Iraq War, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa has said.
London, Sep 1 (ANI): The British House of Commons' Works of Art Committee is reportedly planning for a portrait bust of former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, which would placed in the UK Parliament Members' Lobby representing the Prime Ministers of the 20th century.
London, Aug 29 (ANI): Nobel laureate and icon of the anti-apartheid struggle Archbishop Desmond Tutu has pulled out of a seminar in South Africa because he refused to share a platform with former British prime minister Tony Blair.
Johannesburg, Aug. 28 (Xinhua-ANI): Al Jama-ah, a Moslem group in South Africa, plans to arrest former British prime minister Tony Blair for crimes against humanity when he speaks in Johannesburg , local media reported on Tuesday.
London, Aug.13 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that Britain is proud of its Christian culture despite emphasis on multiculturalism on display during the Olympic Games.
Washington, Aug. 9 (ANI): The U.S. Government might deny it, but Barack Obama's former intelligence chief has confirmed China is a principal target of a major U.S. war plan.
London, Aug 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Australian crew of Nathan Outterridge and Iain Jensen won the gold in the Olympic men's 49er sailing class by a convincing margin here Wednesday.
London, Aug 5 (IANS) British Foreign Secretary William Hague has described the situation in Syria as "bleak" and said that a peaceful solution to the 17-month-long crisis was now unlikely, according to the Telegraph.
New York, August 5 (ANI): Janet Jackson's lawyer has said that she will "press forward" with the fight against the executors of her late brother Michael's estate, even though she has been "relentlessly" portrayed in the negative light.
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) India Tuesday opened a new naval base at the Andaman and Nicobar Islands southernmost fringe of Campbell Bay, giving it the ability to keep an eye on the maritime traffic and security scenario in the Strait of Malacca and the Six Degree Channel.
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) India will Tuesday formally open a key naval station, aptly named INS Baaz (Hawk), in the southern part of Andaman and Nicobar Islands that will boost its ability to keep an eagle eye on critical maritime choke-point: the Strait of Malacca.
Washington, July 28 (ANI): A group of 21 media organizations in the United States have asked a judge to reverse his order of sealing court records in the case against James Holmes, who allegedly killed 12 people during the screening of the 'Dark Knight Rises'.
London, July 26 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron has promised that gay marriage will be legalised in the country by 2015, the Daily Mail reported Thursday.
Sydney, July 25 (ANI): Australian medley swimmer Blair Evans and American Ryan Lochte set the rumour mill buzzing after being spotted flirting during training and leaving the poolside together.
London, July 23 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's 28-year-old son Euan wants to stand for elections as a Labour MP, following in his father's footsteps, reveals a report.
London, July 23 (ANI): UK's former Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that his wife, Cherie Blair, played an instrumental role in securing Olympic Games for London.
London, July 11 (ANI): The Queen deliberately scheduled an operation to avoid personally giving Sir Mick Jagger his knighthood because she thought he was an inappropriate candidate for honour, a book has claimed.
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) To keep an eye on maritime security around the Malacca Straits and to gain strategic supremacy in the area, India will in about a fortnight from now open a new airbase, aptly named as Baaz (Hawk), in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, said defence sources.
Los Angeles, July 10 (IANS) Actors Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's daughter Rumer is rumoured to be dating Jayson Blair.
A recent poll has revealed that social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter can make people feel anxious and low-confident.
London, July 9 (IANS) Ever felt low if your friend gets more likes or tweets than you? You're not alone. Comparisons on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter make people feel anxious and under-confident, according to a poll.
London, July 4 (ANI): Rupert Murdoch's eldest son has denied he ever considered joining Scientology after it was rumoured that Tom Cruise tried to convert him.
London, July 4 (ANI): The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which generally deals with environmental matters like tsunamis and hurricanes, recently posted a statement on their web site denying the existence of mermaids.
London, July 1 (ANI): Former British prime minister Tony Blair has said he missed being the leader of the country, and has reiterated his desire to come back to frontline politics, according to a report.
London, June 30 (ANI): The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which generally deals with environmental matters like tsunamis and hurricanes, recently posted a statement on their web site denying the existence of mermaids.
Sydney, June 29 (ANI): An Indian-origin man was crushed to death after a 20-tonne container laden with timber fell off a truck and crushed his stationary car in Liverpool yesterday.
London, June 29 (IANS) Victoria Beckham and soccer star husband David are planning a lavish bash for their daughter Harper Seven's first birthday.
Washington, June 28 (ANI): Victoria Beckham is planning a lavish first birthday party for her daughter Harper, and is said to have even hired pink rabbits for the occasion.
London, June 28 (ANI): Former British prime minister Tony Blair has said that he would love a chance to return as the country's leader.
London, June 25 (IANS) Actress Selma Blair says there are two sides to her personality - light and dark.
London, June 24 (ANI): Lawmakers in Britain have demanded an emergency recall of the Chilcot inquiry after it was revealed that former Prime Minister Tony Blair had blocked the government's most senior lawyer from explaining to cabinet the legality of the war in Iraq.
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Indian animator Arjun Rihan had a fulfilling experience while working on his first international project, Disney-Pixar's just released 3D animation film "Brave". But he says it would be a mistake to underestimate Indian talent and feels that this country should hold on to its cultural context and tell its own stories.
London, June 22 (ANI): A high-profile business associate, who has brokered a multi-million pound deal between England footballer Ashley Cole and U.S. rap star Jay-Z, has been held guilty with eight other men for stabbing a teenager to death.
London, June 20 (ANI): Cherie Blair has criticised "yummy mummies" who give up their careers to focus on raising their children, suggesting that their kids lack a sense of independence.
London, June 18 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has suggested that he would like to be president of the European Union, according to a report.
