Tom Latham finished 264 not out -- a world's best for an opener carrying their bat through a completed innings -- as New Zealand were bowled out for 578, and holding a 296-run first innings lead.
China's Chen Ruolin and Liu Huixia claimed gold in the women's synchronized 10 metre platform diving event at the Rio Games on Tuesday, with Malaysia and Canada respectively taking the silver and bronze medals as the venue's pool turned a bright green hue.
The superstar unveils his new item number in Bbuddah Hoga Tera Baap.
IMAGES from the Australian Open matches played on Friday.
'Good shot, yaar; but why are you batting so aggressively, almost angrily?' Amarnath wants to know. 'Jimmy pa, you don't know, he swore at me in Madras. I have been waiting for an opportunity to give it back!' Yashpal responds.
Rohan Sippy and Abhishek Bachchan discuss books, Bollywood and their latest film Dum Maaro Dum.
Daniel Ricciardo is ready for tears, and maybe a few celebratory beers, as the cheerful Australian gears up for his 100th and last race with Red Bull in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
India's captain Virat Kohli could not wipe the smile off his face after beating Australia in the 2nd ODI at Eden Gardens on Thursday.
Rafael Nadal gave Russian teenager Andrey Rublev a tennis lesson on Wednesday, racing into the semi-finals of the US Open with a ruthless 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 win that cleared the path for a possible showdown with rival Roger Federer.
Timea Bacsinszky wants a lasting souvenir at the French Open.
Keshav, the child prodigy who endeared himself to millions of viewers through his spectacular jugalbandi with 1000-odd drummers at the Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, is just an ordinary seven year-old who is 'happy' to be playing the tabla.
13-year-old Indian-origin Aadith Moorthy from Florida has won the 22nd annual National Geographic Bee.
'The British conquered India by Indian money...' Mahmood Farooqui, historian and co-director of Peepli [Live]! in a fascinating interview.
Here's a look at year's top 10 brightest trailers.
This is nature at its funniest, courtesy Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. Some seem to be having a whale of a time. Others, grinning for the camera, or caught in "gotcha" embarrassing moment. These are the best entries so far in the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, 2019.
US President Barack Obama opened the 2010 Major League Baseball season on Monday with a ceremonial first pitch that even the athletic commander-in-chief acknowledged was a little bit off target. Wearing the red jacket of the Washington Nationals, but a black cap from his beloved hometown Chicago White Sox, the rangy left-hander threw the Opening Day first pitch before the Nationals played the Philadelphia Phillies.
To celebrate this Children's Day (November 28), we bring you some of the favourite cartoon shows as decided by the kids.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh doesn't seem to have stopped smiling since he met Barack Obama at Delhi airport on Sunday.
Noida SEZ has 400 units and around 100,000 workers, and was shut down on March 23.
Theeradha Vilayattu Pillai is a half-baked chauvinistic film that doesn't inspire romance.
So by now we all know what has transpired at Court No 1 in Wimbledon on Monday.
It all looks thrillingly promising.
Even with the best methodology there is a limitation to what opinion poll/exit polls can achieve. When done correctly, the polls should give the broad story, points out Rajeeva Karandikar, director, Chennai Mathematical Institute.
'Although I have been working in the industry for two decades, people don't know me well. They think I am snooty and an introvert.'
The director of Heyy Babyy is an offensive humourist, and while there might not be anything wrong with that approach per se, he tries far too hard to forcibly inject consistently lame humour from every pore of his film.
Pernia Qureshi on designing costumes of Aisha.
Turning around a leading German precision forging firm has Sona's chief living in Munich like a 'university student'.
Joginder Tuteja looks at 10 flawed characters through the years -- and we're not talking villains here -- and how successful they have been at the box office.
An advocate of diversity, she is a South African lawyer turned model.
Child labour is a dagger through India's soul. The country has the dubious distinction of being home to the largest child labour force in the world, with an estimated 30 per cent of the world's working kids living here.
Virat Kohli is proud of the fact that no external force has been able to affect his friendship with predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
If Rafael Nadal's Australian Open semi-final win over Greek sensation Stefanos Tsitsipas was one-sided, Novak Djokovic showed he could be even more brutal in his victory against Lucas Pouille on Friday.
Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu's Indian Wells triumph was not shown on television in her home country but that did not dampen the excitement across a nation where the future of women's tennis is suddenly looking as bright as ever.
'Of all artists who openly support the current political dispensation, she is far and away the finest,' argues Sreehari Nair. 'With the exception of perhaps Tabu, no Indian actress has done more to extend the range of the feminine mystique in Hindi cinema.'
Chandhok, who will be only the second Indian to race in Formula One after Narain Karthikeyan in 2005, will make his debut on Sunday with less experience behind the wheel of his car than any driver in recent memory. Until Saturday's first knockout qualifying session, he had not even driven it out of a garage, let alone around a corner or down a straight.
The best showstopper jodis who have walked for Manish Malhotra. Who's your favourite?
A grinning couple uploaded this selfie on New Year's Eve with the burning Address Downtown hotel in the backdrop.
Rediff.com presents the most popular flag bearers. Take a look...
