A gold pocket watch that was in the possession of the last king of Kandy, Sri Wickrama Rajasinha when he was captured by the British on February 18, 1815 tells an intriguing tale with links to the ...

Ashoka Buildcon added 2.98% to Rs 231.75 after the company's consolidated net profit surged 502% to Rs 661.5 crore in Q3 FY25 as against Rs 109.8 crore posted in Q3 FY24.

While Trump might consider withdrawing land forces from overseas bases, American naval and air forces are likely to be a ...

Readers interested in local history should be familiar with two of the earliest books, the first by Hervey Scott c1877 and ...

One big surprise was found recently when browsing the Aug. 3, 1884 newspaper and discovering ... was referring to the "costly" Scott and Graham books. The editor continued: OUR POSITION - This ...

In 1775, 250 years ago, William Withering, a physician practising in Birmingham, learnt of a folk remedy for dropsy involving the use of digitalis from purple foxgloves. He started to use it in his ...

Among this month’s audiobook picks: “Bridgerton” actress Bessie Carter narrating Marie Benedict’s historical novel “Queens of ...

It’s almost like mosaic work,” Straughan tells Gilbert Cruz, the editor of The New York Times Book Review, about adapting ...

By Erica Ackerberg Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes. The standout essays in Megan Marshall’s “After Lives ...