Here's a glimpse of how the world welcomed 2016.
China's top two Li Na and Zheng Jie will miss next month's Fed Cup tie against holders Italy to help other players qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, according to a senior China Tennis Association (CTA) official.
Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar visits the latest pilgrimage site in Chennai: J Jayalalitha's final resting place.
The Tatas sold over 14,466 Indica cars, which was slightly lower than the sales of 14,592 units of the Santro hatchback in January.
Five-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton led a Mercedes front-row lockout with a blistering pole position at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Saturday.
With South East Asia becoming a hub for tourists both from India and the west, the Taj Group of hotels on Friday said it will manage an exotic island resort in Malaysia to set up its presence in one of the region's key destinations.
Two workers have also been killed; their identities are yet to be established.
"Expression of Interests would be invited shortly for building the cruise terminal that would have a marina, a convention centre, hotels, entertainment places," Mumbai Port Trust deputy chairman Ashok Kumar Bal said.
Tata Motors posted 11 per cent increase in total vehicle sales (including exports) during April at 40,486 units as compared to 36,574 in the same period last year.
An ardent backer of Brexit, Boris Johnson has a reputation for brashness, bombast, bending the truth, and really bad hair, which has earned him more than a few comparisons to United States President Donald Trump (who also happens to be a fan of his). Here are some interesting facts about BoJo, as he is called by the British media.
There has to be a purpose, aim or a goal. The brain should know why it should remember what it is trying to remember.
The destinations have a lot to offer in terms of adventure, culture and entertainment.
It's that time of the year when everything looks greener and prettier.
'Sport is cruel, as is life, which is why winning becomes sweet.'
Formula One's governing body is to investigate an incident that saw cars cleared to race while a marshal was still on track following a Singapore Grand Prix safety car period on Sunday.
World number two Roger Federer launches his bid for a sixth US Open title, and his first since 2008, with a first-round match against Argentina's Leonardo Mayer at the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday.
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Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel won an incident-packed Singapore Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday after world champion Lewis Hamilton retired early for the first time this season and an intruder set heart rates fluttering when he strolled on to the track.
Hamilton held off a mid-race challenge from Red Bull's Max Verstappen to register a record-equalling fourth triumph at the floodlit Marina Bay Street Circuit track, while Vettel finished third to slip further behind in the title race.
Tintu Luka failed again on the big stage, unable to make it to the semi-finals in the women's 800 metres run after finishing sixth in her heat at the Rio Olympics on Wednesday.
Mega Corporation, a Delhi-based radio-call car rental company, on Monday said it has placed an order for 1,000 Indigo Marina cars with Tata Motors to expand its fleet in Delhi, Chandigarh and Mumbai.
A thunderstorm has been forecast for the next four days.
A major rescue operation is underway in the Adriatic Sea to airlift passengers stranded in a burning Italian-flagged ferry, the Norman Atlantic.
His goal of 18 majors is in serious doubt, but five years after his precipitous fall from grace a rehabilitated Tiger Woods is entering the next phase of his career heading toward making another billion.
Personnel from multiple government departments, including revenue, police, fisheries, animal husbandry and other state agencies from Ariyalur, Perambalur, Tiruvallur, Cuddalore, Salem and Thanjavur districts were being deployed to handle the situation in the cyclone-hit regions
Wary of how its alliance with the BJP in the past had cost it votes, the party is determined to steer clear of any harm by association, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Elano, who turned 34 on Sunday, will join Chennaiyin FC on loan from Brazilian club Santos for the 2015 Hero ISL.
2016 F1 calendar to feature record 21-race campaign
From signing key agreements to having dinner at the popular Indian vegetarian restaurant Komala Vilas, here are the top moments of his visit.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
What will the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government do to answer the queries and fears of investors who will want to be doubly sure they would not be harassed at a later date, as has been happening to Sterlite, should be interesting to watch, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
He also launched 70-lakh tree sapling planting drive to commemorate the 70th birth anniversary celebrations of late Jayalalithaa.
Here are Aseem Chhabra's picks -- 'films that mattered to me, entertained me and will stay with me through the year.'
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