Maria Sharapova turned a corner in her comeback by reaching the final of the Toronto Cup on Sunday only to find a long road still ahead to get back to the top.
The discovery of a crude bomb triggered panic in Bangalore on Tuesday morning, but the police managed to successfully defuse the bomb.Some rag pickers found the bomb near Navrang Bar in Rajajinagar in the outskirts of the city today morning. The police rushed to the spot along with the bomb squad, which managed to defuse the bomb.The police are still trying to find out the motive behind planting the bomb. No arrests have been made in connection with the case.
The framing of charges against Rajan paves the way for the trial, five years after the veteran investigative journalist was shot dead in suburban Powai in 2011.
"I don't know if he has seen Slumdog Millionaire. I know he wants to," White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, told reporters during the course of his daily press briefing.
With two of the three Oscar-nominated songs being in Hindi and performed with colourful and vigorous Bollywood dances, and with Rahman invoking in Tamil a saying about divine greatness, the proceedings at times looked like a Bollywood event held in Los Angeles.
Every year in Bollywood brings its share of good and bad. 2019 did too. Sukanya Verma lists what we learned.
Based on Vikas Swarup's bestseller Q & A, the film however did not strictly adhere to the book. In fact, according to a guardian,co.uk report, the movie was given an extreme makeover.
Household names such as Tatas, Birlas and Ambanis, on whom small investors banked with their eyes shut, proved no guarantee for the safety of investment in the market where cumulative wealth of all listed companies got eroded by over 50 per cent during the year. And analysts are predicting more troubled times ahead - at least till the first half of 2009.
England ended their ragged tour of the West Indies on a high on Friday when an Andrew Flintoff hat-trick helped them beat the hosts by 26 runs in a rain-shortened match in St Lucia to win the one-day series 3-2. Flintoff took five for 19 in his five overs, including the hat-trick in his final over, as England claimed their first one-day series victory in the Caribbean.
Banning children from work is fine only if there is a plan to support them.
Two persons were killed in the violence, which also left more than 60 people, including police personnel, injured.
Rediff.com in association with IMS Learning Resources brings you the estimated cut-offs of the various B-schools across the country.
Two children were seriously injured in an explosion that occurred in a garbage dump on Friday afternoon in front of Rajkiya Inter college, Sector 22, Noida. The blast occurred when the children Sonu and Golu, both rag pickers, were scouring the waste
After six fruitless years playing international football, the world's worst team are beginning to see the romance of the beautiful game. When the rag-tag national side of East Timor drew 2-2 with fellow strugglers Cambodia last week, they clinched the first point they had ever won to stem a seemingly endless run of defeats.
Oscar nominated documentary film-maker Megan Mylan speaks to rediff.com's Arthur J Pais about her latest documentary -- Smile Pinki.
'This year, we know the virus. Last year we didn't know anything about it.' 'The best part is that for the Indian population there has been some amount of cross protection.'
Months after making history by winning America's Got Talent, Mumbai's V Unbeatable dancing crew is crumbling under the lockdown.
It seems British director Danny Boyle has fallen in love with Mumbai while shooting for his award-winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire'. Boyle wants to get back to the city once more to make to make another film.
The Leaders for Tomorrow programme teaches leadership skills for social action on college campuses.
The simplicity of football was again emphasised as France secured a place in the World Cup final from a basic set- piece.
RB Leipzig scored twice in the opening 13 minutes but had to survive a late comeback from Manchester United to cling on to a 3-2 win on Tuesday that sent them into the Champions League knockout stage and eliminated the English side.
J K Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter book series, delivered a commencement address at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association
Serge Gnabry scored twice as Bayern Munich beat Chelsea 3-0, while Antoine Griezmann's second-half equaliser handed Barcelona a vital away goal and earned them a 1-1 draw at Napoli in their Champions League last 16, first leg on Tuesday.
By distorting and deliberately altering the contours of the debate, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left parties are acting in a manner detrimental to India's interests in the early part of the 21st century.
The cricketer will star in Harman Baweja's new film.
French Open champion Justine Henin enjoyed a swift 60-minute workout to overcome Russia's Vera Dushevina to enter the third round.
Jayasurya has become one of the most promising youngsters in the Malayalam film industry thanks to the whopping success of Swapnakkoodu, Classmates, Arabikkatha and Chocolate.
The eight seeded South African fought back after losing the first two sets to defeat the Swiss ace 2-6, 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-4, 13-11.
Mishra was accompanied by three friends, including Ragini, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter, when the incident took place.
Notwithstanding Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf terming as "intriguing" India's comment on Balochistan, New Delhi Sunday asserted there was nothing wrong in reacting to the "serious situation" in the neighbouring country.
Two goals each for Romelu Lukaku and Eden Hazard and one for Michy Batshuayi swept Belgium to a 5-2 victory over Tunisia on Saturday that put them in command of World Cup Group G.
Boys will be boys. Put then in a boys' hostel and you've got endless stories on monkey business, ragging, sexual conquests, addictions, politics in love and love in politics.
As per the recommendations of the 2nd National Commission on Labour, the ministry is codifying existing 44 central labour laws into four codes by simplifying, amalgamating and rationalising the relevant provisions of the legislations.
M E Meeran, a former wholesale dealer in provisions, is conquering the world with his Eastern brand of spices and curry powders.
Roger Federer came out on top in the battle of the Wimbledon champions when he trumped Lleyton Hewitt 7-6, 6-2, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals on Monday.
'People think it's okay to poke fun at people who are overweight but I never took it lying down. I made sure I stood up for myself.' Sonakshi Sinha, in fighting form.
Nagpal, who was found begging in a market in South Delhi by a photojournalist on Friday, is now under the care of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW).
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Middle age is the boot stamping on our face, says Shougat Dasgupta.
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