Juventus defeated second-placed Lazio 2-0 at home on Saturday to take another huge step towards their fourth straight Serie A title and boost their confidence for Wednesday's crunch Champions League clash in Monaco.
Real Madrid closed to within two points of La Liga leaders Barcelona after demolishing nine-man Rayo Vallecano 10-2 while Atletico Madrid missed a chance to seize top spot outright by losing 1-0 at Malaga.
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Salopek is on an intercontinental journey of 24,000 miles, tracing humankind's movement out of Africa right down to South America.
Olympic softballers hunt roaming bear, no luck finding it so far
After a few exciting days in Nepal, a land of alluring stupas, Rediff.com's Rajesh Karkera, on a tri-nation drive, heads east via India into mysterious Bhutan.
As the news of the children's death came in, locals forced closure of shops and other business establishments in Chitrakoot town
For everyone who loved the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's, here's some wonderful news!
The winners of the Natural History Museum's prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition were announced at an awards ceremony in London. American photographer Karine Aigner was announced as this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
The Coast Guard has deployed a Chetak Helicopter to carry out search operation for missing vehicles.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Saturday dismissed rumours about his resignation, asserting that these were not at all true, and said Bharatiya Janata Party chief J P Nadda had told him to strengthen the party and bringing it back to power in the state.
Scientists believe the unique geological locations where they are situated makes them worthy of veneration.
So it is over. Two weeks of intriguing tennis where the world's best competed for the year's first Grand Slam. While the match-fixing report cast a shadow over the start of the Australian Open, the tournament gained momentum as it progressed. Rediff.com encapsulates the best moments from the Rod Laver Arena.
The funds raised through the auction, held at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi, will go to the government's flagship project 'Namami Gange'.
Coffee is a very small part of the magic that envelopes this beautiful land.
Braving threats from conservatives and the tough terrains of the hillock, K B Valsala Kumari, then collector of Pathanamthitta district, visited the temple complex at least four times during 1994-95.
If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our greatest artist-scientist, asserts Sreehari Nair.
These photos prove we live in a bizarre world.
A round-up of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers played on Thursday
What does one do when one day, out of the blue, one is told to go on a road trip to the Everest Base Camp?
The capital of Portugal has reinvented itself as one of the hottest travel destinations in Europe.
France are favourites as Moscow basked in sweltering summer sun
Suspected pro-Tamil protesters attacked and damaged a hotel run by a native of Karnataka in Chennai.
What happens when two former ministers go up against each other? No sparks fly, reports A Ganesh Nadar from the Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu, but it is the summer heat that has the last word on the campaign.
Can Modi enthuse BJP workers to pursue the end of single-use plastic with the same vigour and enthusiasm as they celebrated the attack on a neighbour, asks Aditi Phadnis.
Real Madrid lifted the FIFA Club World Cup for a record fourth time on Saturday after thrashing local side Al Ain 4-1 in the final in Abu Dhabi with the help of impressive distance strikes in either half from midfielders Luka Modric and Marcos Llorente.
The problem, say experts, is not so much the use of plastic as the lack of effort to recycle and reuse it.
British royal couple Prince William and Princess Kate Middleton on Thursday visited the Kaziranga National Park in a jeep safari.
Jayalalithaa, recuperating at a corporate hospital in Chennai, said she could not attend the meeting as she was hospitalised.
Headed to this dreamy hill station in Maharashtra? Here's what you can do there, says Anita Aikara.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Here are the winners of this year's National Geographic Travel Photographer Of The Year.
Mahendra Raj is a towering figure of 20th century Indian architecture.
Government officials working overtime to dismantle the Tata plant and return land to farmers, says Ishita Ayan Dutt.
Rediff.com's Rajesh Karkera takes in the best of Bhutan, a beautiful little kingdom that has bundles and bundles of goodness to offer.
TripAdvisor published a list of the world's Top 10 fine dining restaurants as part of their 2016 Travellers' Choice Awards series.
Time to pack your bags and pamper the wanderlust in you.
Want a detox from the city crowds? Visit Dharamkot and watch the glorious sunset!
Tibetan refugees in India face a bleak future, says Greg C Bruno.
Two worthies were overheard mulling recent political developments
Saturday marks the Zoroastrian New Year or Navroze. Coomi Selod shares with us these special recipes that are prepared on this special day.
