In what probably would have been the toughest day for Sean Abbott, whose bouncer was responsible for batsman Phillip Hughes's death, the media respected the pacer's sentiments by maintaining a distance.
Model Daljeet Sean Singh wants to give people a meaningful farewell.
'I will need a few more pictures, sir, can I get some time from you for a more extended photo shoot?' asked Singh. Modi, ever-obliging before the camera, laughed. 'Sure, but let us plan to do it after my swearing-in is over in May!' The Balakot effect was evident. A fascinating excerpt from Rajdeep Sardesai's 2019: How Modi Won India.
On Wednesday night, US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania made a surprise visit to Iraq to greet American soldiers stationed in the country. This is his first visit to Iraq as the US president.
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last month, in 12 images.
Franchise films will continue to dominate the calendar, with big-ticket movies like Avengers: Infinity War, Aquaman, Dark Phoenix, Deadpool 2, Black Panther.
A look at the glamorous brigade on the red carpet.
The spirit of Christmas is on show in streets across the world, with Christmas lights displays popping up in people's front yards.
Some 1,100 years ago, Uthiramerur had an election system similar to what India has today.
The first film to be screened will be actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Freaky Ali.
As the protagonists fall in love in The Perfect Girl... Ek Simple Si Love Story, you and I fall out of love with the film, warns Paloma Sharma.
'I would get very pampered on the sets so my grandpa used to get very scared about that.' 'He would think I would feel great from inside and my life would get messed up.'
Historically, Mumbai has been the cinema capital of India and for her to have a film museum of this kind was perhaps a natural happening.
'The government has said it has kept its powder dry to fight the true battle against the debilitating influence of the pandemic.' 'The release of the shocking economic data this week should act as the fuse for using that powder now.' 'Further delays will make the battle that much harder,' notes Shreekant Sambrani.
The Beatles came to Rishikesh to experience Indian spiritualism in 1968. The ashram where they stayed is now a 'Beatles museum'.
Rediff.com takes a look at drones as they engage in activities you'd never thought you'd see.
There's a new top dinosaur in town: The 122-foot-long Titanosaur.
Like the Vietnamese, maybe we too will survive bombs and disasters to see a better day.
The street leading to the Golden Temple gets a makeover that takes you back in time.
The pictures tell the story of the grand success of the first International Yoga Day.
Rediff.com takes a look inside the capsized Eastern Star ferry and finds remnants of the ruination of over 400 lives in its detritus.
Prepping for the Baahubali juggernaut, remembering a toddler Vinod Khanna and making Deepika Padukone dance to Jennifer Lopez's tunes, Sukanya Verma's super filmi week was pretty eventful.
There it lay, a photograph on the desk under a stapler, and later a stamp pad, forgotten, done with, like its subject, a Mumbai Metro One employee who vanished overnight.
Not only were Urjit and Rajan outsiders, they also hired laterally, bypassing the existing talent, especially in the field of economics
'When the trailer of Angrezi Medium came out, and when the credits were rolling in the end, with names like Irrfan Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Deepak Dobriyal, Dimple Kapadia... that's when it hit me and I couldn't control my tears. That was the first time I realised that I was living my dream.'
The arrests were made during raids in central Brussels, Jette and the Schaerbeek neighbourhood -- where police found a large stash of explosives and other bomb-making material.
The Eiffel Tower was illuminated Tuesday night in the colours of the Belgian flag in a sign of solidarity with its neighbour following deadly terror attacks.
Sreehari Nair lists some movies, documentaries, recorded-performance films, and literature and music suggestions that might help.
As a loyalist who would run to her with every little matter, he realises it is time he comes into his own.
The groups clashed over the installation of a board and renaming of a chowk (intersection) in Phagwara, police said.
Unlike the last time, the two candidates did not shake hands before the debate. However, as the debate ended on a positive note, there was a warm handshake.
The French Council of the Muslim Faith hailed the ruling as a "victory for common sense".
AIADMK leaders want Chinamma to succeed Amma as party general secretary, but it is not a done deal yet.
Want to get your spook on this Halloween? Just follow these rules.
"You have gone through extraordinary pain, and we don't want others to go through the kind of pain that you've gone through. Wouldn't be right," said the president.
10 images that prove it's an incredibly bizarre world
'Parts of Pad Man look like a Vicco Turmeric commercial, parts of it look like a Tourism Ad and parts of it like a commercial for Etihad Airlines. But almost all of it, unmistakably, sounds like one big town-hall message,' says Sreehari Nair.
The Drifting Canvas, a multimedia art exposition that is coming to India for the first time with digitised and animated works of 19th and 20th century artists, is offering a unique, immersive experience of art.
'Here was a man who played a major part in helping the Bengalis of East Pakistan create a new nation, secured the merger of Sikkim into the Indian dominion and built R&AW into a formidable outfit, comparable to the best in the world.' Rameshwar Nath Kao shunned the limelight, hated to be photographed and preferred to work behind the scenes. A revealing excerpt from Nitin A Gokhale's much awaited book, R N Kao: Gentleman Spymaster.
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