We take a look at the world's quirky, colourful - and downright bizarre - events.
Immigration Bureau figures put Nepalis at the bottom of the country-wise tourist arrival list, with 72,031 people visiting India from the neighbouring Himalayan Kingdom.
A host of dynamic reforms, policies and announcements during the last five years are expected to reach its logical fruition in the second term, says Ankit Kansal.
A European nation is set to win the World Cup for the fourth time in a row this Sunday and in doing so confirm an unprecedented dominance for the Old World over their once mighty rivals in South America.
In just 10 days, the city received 864.5 mm rain, which is nearly equal to what it gets in an entire month.
More than 6,000 doctors have passed the requisite tests and are still to get jobs.
A large number of overseas doctors, mostly from India, who had flocked to Britain in response to the United Kingdom National Health Services' global appeal for more staff, are facing unemployment, poverty and discrimination.
The doctors have been protesting against some recent incidents, including in Dhule and at the civic-run Sion hospital in Mumbai, where relatives of patients attacked the respective doctors in-charge.
The Middle East-India route is hotting up in December as several airlines are busy raising the number of flights.
'The return of violence in Kashmir justifies government precautions, but risk has to be taken.' 'We need to act and ensure that risk is converted to gain through direct interaction with Kashmir's public,' says Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
People with pots of milk also made a beeline for temples in Kanpur. Ram Prasad, priest of a Hanuman temple said they started reaching the temple to offer milk since Sunday night.
How ITC plans to dominate the ready-to-eat snack market.
Thousands of Muslim women, including tourists, flocked to the mosque from various parts of Kerala and abroad.
A lowdown on what's going on in the Malayalam film industry.
As the Kashmiris are having a hard time in maintaining their market in the region, Tibetan refugees from neighbouring Himachal Pradesh have arrived in hundreds to make up the deficiency in the market.
Though both brands belong to the same parent company, Hyundai has issued strict directives to dealer partners to withdraw their applications
Suresh Kumar said he was withdrawing his nomination following a direction from the BJP leadership.
General insurers clocked 14.35 per cent growth in business at Rs 7,168 crore (Rs 71.68 billion) till July, despite rise in claims after heavy rain and floods in western India and the fire at ONGC's Bombay High oil field.
This was the second time D K Shivakumar foiled Amit A Shah's plans.
JD-S sources read it as an attempt by Modi to sow seeds of doubt in the Opposition ranks.
'Just like humans binge on food when they are depressed, they also tend to shop for instant gratification. which is just temporary. Please do not fall into this trap,' cautions Sheetal Jhaveri.
'Why is the entire Cabinet running around in Bangalore?' 'Why are they making arrangements for horse-trading?' 'Is this not the BJP's greed for power?' 'They have won the entire country. Why are they so desperate for Karnataka?'
India, hosting its first ever FIFA tournament in the U-17 World Cup, will set the record of having the farthest distance between two venues in the event's history.
Saeed Mirza on two young men who have broken barriers and emerged as beacons for a New India.
Asumal Sirumalani aka Asaram added around 400 ashrams in India and abroad within a span of four decades.
The "guests from Goa", BJP sources said, have been shifted to a private farm house on the Jaipur-Ajmer road, about 20 km from Jaipur.
Seventeen BJP legislators arrived in Jaipur in a regular private airline and are put up in a resort on the outskirts of the city, party sources said.
