After six months of struggle, the battle to oust Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi from his throne is nearing its end.
'If Baahubali were to be made in Bollywood, I would take Hrithik Roshan as Baahubali and Deepika Padukone for Devsena.' Baahubali writer K V Vijayendra Prasad looks back at the epic blockbuster.
The mythical creature of the sea are now quite real. Women are turning to mermaiding for an emotional lift and for fitness! Reuters photographer Pilar Olivares plunges into the lifestyle.
Prince Charles will represent Queen Elizabeth II, ceremonial head of the Commonwealth, at the Opening Ceremony of the Games on Sunday.
The Queen, 89, will take over the title from her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria who, according to Buckingham Palace, reigned for exactly 23,226 days, 16 hours and 23 minutes. To celebrate her 63-year-long reign, here are some interesting facts about her.
The Congress leader from Maharashtra said that the party of Mahatma Gandhi that once saw Maulana Azad become its president at the age of 35 years "is now the proprietorship of a Shehzada.
Bhide gave various references from the Ramayana and Mahabharata and attacked the current political and social system.
A master manipulator of power politics, Arjun Singh was a one-time Congress bigwig who was known to set his eyes on the highest political throne but saw his political fortunes dwindle in the last decade and a half.
Before you dash out of the house with all your playful paraphernalia, pick some tips from Bollywood of responsible celebrating.
Akhtaruzzaman Elias's The Raincoat describes the effect of the 1971 war on a college and on one of its teachers in particular.
Yaduveer, the grandson of late Princess Gayathri Devi, the eldest daughter of last Maharaja of Mysore Jaya Chamaraja Wadiyar, will be the successor
Thai Crown Prince's wife has relinquished her royal position after several of her relatives were arrested in a corruption scandal, the palace has announced.
'Xi's assumption of absolute power is neither complete, nor irreversible.' 'Nor is it safe, for Xi, for his party, or for his country more generally.' 'And the government knows this,' says Mihir S Sharma.
Rahul Gandhi must not be in a hurry. He must assume leadership of the party in the coming Lok Sabha polls, emerge victorious and then be elected as prime minister. Only then will his achievement be invested with legitimacy, says Vivek Gumaste.
Harry also spoke about walking behind his mother's coffin as a 12-year-old and said no child 'should be asked to do that under any circumstances'.
The development has now removed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef as next in line to the throne and replaced him with Mohammed bin Salman, who earlier held the position of the deputy crown prince.
British Prime Minister David Cameron, who has spoken of forging a 'special relationship with India' and is currently in India, will leave the country without meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi and considered the real power behind the throne.
If you see a lesbian kiss or a lovemaking scene in an American show, you wouldn't call it sleaze. Game of Thrones had so much nudity and so much lovemaking but people said oh my God, what a show! I will not call it sleaze. I call it boldness, I call it story telling.'
The BSP supremo is looking forward to the support of Dalits and Muslims to seize the throne in Lucknow, writes Amit Shankar.
The pair was recently spotted cosying up to each other.
After launching the Mahatma Gandhi limited special theme edition pens, Montblanc has launched Elizabeth I Limited Edition 4810 and 888.
Colin Firth-starrer The King's Speech wins top award in Toronto.
Michael Clarke, long the heir apparent to Ricky Ponting, finally assumed the throne when he was named Australia's 43rd Test captain on Wednesday, a day after his mentor quit the post.
Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, his brother William, the Duke of Cambridge, and their father Charles, the Prince of Wales, have all been invited to the emergency meeting at the Queen's Sandringham estate in Norfolk, while Meghan, who is in Canada with the couple's eight-month-old son Archie, is expected to join the discussion over phone.
Demands from several quarters for the return of Kohinoor from Britain notwithstanding, the government said on Wednesday that it had no plans to bring the precious diamond back to the country.
After the BJP lost the recent assembly polls, one of Shah's first acts was to appoint new prabharis before the Lok Sabha election. Radhika Ramaseshan reports on the significance of this post that doesn't exist in the BJP's constitution.
Believe it or not iPhone X launch reduced porn traffic!
The Saat Khoon Maaf actress spills the beans on how she deals with failure, the men that turn her on and more!
Princess Mako's love story will make you believe in the power of love.
With Joji, Dileesh Pothan has found a way, once more, to use everything he has learnt to further push the boundaries of his art, observes Sreehari Nair.
Cristiano Ronaldo was described as a different species and even earned praises
Prince Charles and Prince William, the second-in-line to the British throne, should be beware, as a new research has found that being a monarch is more dangerous than living in a war zone.
The coronavirus pandemic has spread to 146 countries with the worldwide death toll from the virus surpassing the 7,000 mark on Monday. Among the more than 1,73,000 cases recorded globally are government officials, celebrities and sports personalities as authorities around the world grapple to contain the spread of coronavirus. Hollywood actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress and singer Rita Wilson, British actor Idris Elba, and Sophie Trudeau, wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, are some of the most well-known faces to be infected so far.
Kate Hudson was among the most daring dressers at the recent Glamour Women of the Year awards. That and more from the red carpet!
The Royal Family will pay for the wedding, including the service, music, flowers and the reception.
Spring is here and the flowers are in full bloom. Welcome to the Chelsea Flower Show, held from May 22 to May 26. This year the theme was 'Summer of Love', inspired by the Royal Wedding and the 1960's/70's cultural revolution. Here are colorful and cheery scenes from this year's grand garden party.
Is this the big blockbuster of the year?
With Heidi Klum quitting as lingerie giant Victoria's Secret's head Angel this year, her throne is open to a bevy of beauties. Who do you think should take her place?
Britain's Prince William, who is second in line to the throne, has successfully undertaken his first mission as a Royal Air Force search and rescue helicopter co-pilot, lifting an ill worker from an off-shore gas rig, his office said on Tuesday.
Prince William and his bride Kate Middleton were bestowed with the titles Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the day of their wedding in April 2011.
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