Obama ricin letter case: Mississippi man arrested

Last Updated: Thursday, April 18, 2013, 08:46

A letter addressed to President Barack Obama tested positive for ricin, and authorities arrested a suspect, stoking alarm in Washington on Wednesday after an earlier scare over poisoned mail.

Letter addressed to Obama tests positive for ricin: FBI

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 21:09

A letter addressed to US President Barack Obama has preliminarily tested positive for the deadly poison ricin, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday.

Madonna sends error-filled handwritten letter to Malawian President

Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2013, 15:58

Madonna, who just returned from a week-long trip to Malawi where she visited the 10 school projects that her charity built, wrote a barely legible, error filled, handwritten letter to the South African nation`s President Joyce Banda.

Marilyn Monroe`s suicidal letter, John Lennon`s angry message up for auction

Last Updated: Saturday, March 30, 2013, 18:24

Marilyn Monroe`s suicidal letter to mentor Lee Strasberg, Dwight D. Eisenhower`s heartfelt missives to his wife during World War II and John Lennon`s angry message for Paul McCartney are among hundreds of historical documents being offered in an online auction.

Letter revealing DNA structure to be auctioned for 1.2 mn pounds

Last Updated: Sunday, March 24, 2013, 14:56

A letter detailing the structure of a DNA that Dr Francis Crick - one of the scientists who discovered it- wrote to his son is set to be sold for 1.2 mn pounds in an auction in New York on April 10.

Dwayne Johnson sends fan letter to Clint Eastwood

Last Updated: Sunday, March 24, 2013, 12:48

Dwayne Johnson has sent a letter of admiration to Clint Eastwood after missing out on the chance to meet his Hollywood hero at the Oscars last month.

Mahatma Gandhi’s letter fetches less than Emir’s specs at Dubai charity dinner

Last Updated: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 12:00

A letter written by Mahatma Gandhi has fetched less than a pair of glasses belonging to Qatar’s Emir Shaikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, at a gala dinner in the Qatari capital Doha.

Kashimiri Pandits received threat letter: Govt

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 17:02

The government today told the Rajya Sabha that Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir have received a letter threatening them to leave the valley within a week but there was no proof that the letter originated from militant organisations.

Poet`s letter applauding Amitabh Bachchan on display at MP museum

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 15:13

A letter written by noted Hindi poet and Ghazal writer late Dushyant Kumar in praise of Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been kept on display at a museum here.

PM upset over delay in informing Guru`s family about execution

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 19:39

PM Manmohan Singh has expressed his displeasure to Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde over the delay in informing Afzal Guru`s family about his hanging.

Afzal Guru’s wife receives his last letter despite curfew

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 18:55

The wife of Afzal Guru, Tabassum, received the last letter written by him addressed to his wife Tabassum a few hours before his execution in Delhi`s Tihar Jail.

Afzal Guru pens last letter to wife before being executed

Last Updated: Monday, February 11, 2013, 19:16

Hours before he was to be executed, Afzal Guru penned his last letter to his wife, Tihar Jail officials said Monday. The letter, written in Urdu, was posted Saturday but is yet to reach his wife in Kashmir.