Tokyo Olympian B Sai Praneeth will lock horns with Japan's Koki Watanabe, while Sourabh Verma faces France's Toma Junior Popov.
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will spearhead the women's challenge in both the Commonwealth and Asian Games while London Olympics bronze winner Saina Nehwal did not expectedly feature in the squads.
The 21-year-old Sen, who won a bronze in the 2021 World Championships, has been in brilliant form, starting the year with a gold medal at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open before finishing runner-up, at the prestigious All England Open Championships and also at the German Open.
Kriti's message... Janhvi's new film... Akshay's jhappi...
With the main draw of the Asian Badminton Championships set to get underway from Wednesday, the struggling Indian shuttlers face an uphill task.
'The boys did it. First-ever Thomas Cup for India.'
Kidambi Srikanth rallied his way to a thrilling win in a tense decider as India kept alive their hopes of winning a first-ever gold medal at the Asian Games.
A former world no. 2, Sindhu has regained her place in the top 5 after three years. The former world champion from Hyderabad resumed her training on Monday after recovering from the injury.
Sukanya Verma recaps all those events from 25 years ago.
The couple celebrated their union at a get-together party at Seijo, one of Mumbai's trendiest restobars, a day after solemnising their marriage according to Hindu rituals.
This spin serve has proved to be a handful for the opposition players, who have struggled to send it back as the shuttle twists and falls across the net.
Deepika looks awesomelycute... Aishwarya captures a Kodak moment...Sunny goes green...
Bollywood stars celebrate Teacher's Day by sharing anecdotes and childhood memories with their teachers.
The unseeded Indian duo had to toil hard for 58 minutes to win its round of 16 clash
India's double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu cruised into the quarterfinals of the French Open badminton tournament with a straight-game win over Line Christophersen of Denmark in the women's singles second round in Paris. Sindhu, seeded third, prevailed 21-19, 21-9 over Christophersen, ranked 24th in the world, in 37 minutes late Thursday night.
Indian badminton team created history on Sunday as they lifted the Thomas Cup trophy for the very first time.
Showbiz folk are keeping their spirits high in these trying times.
Using snatches of a cult favourite or evergreen classic in its original form for action, comedy or romance can transform the entire vibe of a scene.
An inside look into the yet-to-open Adlabs Imagica, the country's biggest theme park.
Mr Bachchan is in a studio... Rajkummar Rao shows off some muscle... and...
It's travel time for everyone, including Bollywood's celebrities.
'There will be artists and megastars and celluloid masters in Indian Cinema but there will never be another AMITABH BACHCHAN.'
None of the other three quarters boast of such a strong star cast but there would be a few mouth-watering opening round clashes to look forward to.
Satwik-Chirag dished out a gritty performance to outwit the local favourites a
Tokyo Olympian B Sai Praneeth will meet compatriot HS Prannoy in his opening match, while former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap will square off against a qualifier.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly was discharged from hospital on Sunday morning, three days after he underwent a fresh round of angioplasty to clear clogged coronary arteries, officials said.
Quite a few light-hearted comedies are up for release, and Joginder Tuteja takes us through them.
The top Indian players, including Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and Srikanth have failed to lift the prestigious trophy
The absence of double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu, London Games bronze medallist Saina Nehwal and men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy also hurt India's prospect as the team cut a sorry figure at the team-tournament.
'Thank you for the cinema, thank you for the laughs.'
Sindhu progressed to the quarterfinals with an easy straight-game win over Japan's Aya Ohori
Returning to action after a break, double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu saw off Turkey's Neslihan Yigit in straight games to join compatriots Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma in the second round of the Denmark Open in Odense on Tuesday.
1997: Sukanya Verma offers a recap of its memorable imagery.
'Film shooting is a long process, and it is important to have a good bonding with the person you are going to spend six to eight months of your life.' 'Baaki, film toh bann jaati hain.'
Joginder Tuteja takes a look at the actor's brief movie parts.
Sen won his second round contest 21-17, 21-10, taking 72 minutes to complete the formality.
Two-time Olympics medallist P V Sindhu opted out citing post-Olympics recovery.
Pictures from Bollywood's latest wedding.
He was diagnosed with three blocked coronary arteries, following which a stent was inserted in one to remove the blockage.
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