Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, or rather his incredible wax likeness, visited Hong Kong for the first time ever to meet his adoring fans during the ongoing 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The highest-paid football player in the world, Ronaldo's wax figure was jointly launched at Madame Tussauds museums in Hong Kong and London.
Sukanya Verma looks at some memorable balloon moments of Bollywood.
With Maharashtra Director General of Police A N Roy retiring this month-end, Director General (Anti Corruption Bureau) Hasan Gafoor has emerged the frontrunner for the top post, given his seniority, home department sources said.
After acting in a period devotional film Pandurangadu, Nandamuri Balakrishna (Balayya)'s big-budget commercial Telugu film Simha, produced by Parachuri Kiriti (under United movies banner) and directed by Boyapati Srinu is releasing on April 30.
The child actor will be playing the lead in 15, ee vayase onthara, a film around the lives of 15-year olds. This is Kishan's father, Srikanth's debut directorial.
Check out this impressive guest list at Laila Khan and Farha Furniturewala's wedding reception.
The Allahabad High Court on Friday held the Enforcement Directorate could launch an investigation into a criminal case filed against former Samajwadi Party secretary general Amar Singh whenever the agency felt the same was required.
Retired Karnataka High Court Judge S B Majage was sworn as the state's Upalokayukta at a brief ceremony at the Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru. The Upalokayukta post had been lying vacant for seven months.
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World champion Viswanathan Anand salvaged a draw from a losing position against Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the seventh round to occupy joint-second spot in the Pearl Spring Chess tournament in Nanjing, China.
49-year-old Divyendu Sinha, a computer scientist and an IIT Kharagpur alumnus, was brutally attacked by five teenage boys on the night of June 26, when he along with his sons had gone for a walk near his home in Old Bridge township of New Jersey.
Film music flourished in the 1970s. Some old masters did some great work, but it was also the decade of new composers.
The seventh and final One-day International between India and Australia was abandoned without a ball being bowled following persistent rain in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Oprah Winfrey tops the 2010 edition of Forbes magazine's annual World's Most Powerful Celebrities list.
Indian shooters continued to call the shots at the Commonwealth Games as they clinched one gold medal, a silver and bronze on Sunday. Harpreet Singh won the yellow metal in 25-metre centrefire pistol singles at the Karni Singh Range. In a one-two finish for the hosts, Harpreet and Vijay Kumar clinched the gold and silver medals respectively in the 25-metre range, thus continuing their medal-winning spree in the Games.
A Delhi court has framed criminal charges against Bollywood actor and Congress MP Raj Babbar in the case of pelting stones at policemen during a protest march of his former party Samajwadi Party near the Prime Minister's residence here in 2000.
Making an impressive start at the ATP Malaysian Open, Indian teen Yuki Bhambri demolished fellow wild card Yew-ming SI of Malaysia 6-2, 6-0 in the first round in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
Sukanya Verma remembers the star in some of her significant movies.
India consolidated its place further in Davis Cup history on Sunday when it scored a come-from-behind 3-2 win over Brazil in the world group play-off tie in Chennai.
Champions Barcelona suffered a humiliating 2-0 home defeat to Hercules on Saturday when Nelson Valdez struck twice to give the tiny promoted club a shock La Liga victory at a stunned Nou Camp stadium.
India's Durgesh Kumar Pal cliched the silver with a personal best timing of 50.81sec in the 400m Hurdles but his compatriots disappointed on the ninth day of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore on Monday.
Soon after Carl-Peter Foster, former head of General Motors Europe, joined the 65-year-old Tata Motors, he asked for 100 days to come to grips with his job.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in New Delhi on Sunday night on her maiden visit, which India sees as "a path-breaking and historic opportunity" to forge a "new and forward-looking" relationship amid hopes that its security concerns would be addressed.
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A total of 234 army personnel have died fighting terrorists in the last four years, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday revealed that he had told United States President Barack Obama that India does not favour Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions but sanctions were not an answer as poor people get more affected by them."I said to the President that we do not favour Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions," Dr Singh told a press conference in Washington, when asked about the discussions on Iran that he had with Obama two days ago.
Brazilian rookie Lucas di Grassi will partner Germany's Timo Glock when the new Virgin Racing Formula One team makes its race debut next year. The team, originally entered as Manor Grand Prix, presented both drivers at a launch attended by Virgin owner Richard Branson, whose Virgin Group sponsored champions Brawn this season.
Professional golfer Tiger Woods has been off his game since his extramarital affairs were exposed last year, but he is still the world's highest earning athlete, according to two lists released on Wednesday.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who remained unsold during the recent IPL auction, on Wednesday said that he was ready to play in the IPL if selected.
With recession altering the way people view their careers, more employees are now preferring to stick to a single job, which offers security, amid a perceived dearth of job opportunities, says a global survey.
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Non-resident Indian businessman C Sivasankaran's Sterling Infotech group is in talks with the Seychelles government to lease an island for 99 years, on which it plans to build an integrated mega township and tourism project.
The case involving the murder of an inter-caste couple, suspected victims of 'honour killing,' in New Delhi on Tuesday turned murkier with the cousin sister of one of the victims, who too had eloped with a man of different caste, found shot dead in a car.
The 150cc bike segment in the country is witnessing commendable growth every passing day.
India on Tuesday said that Pakistan was failing miserably in controlling terrorism by categorizing terrorists as "good" and "bad" and that it needed to deal with the terror issue in an even-handed manner.
Model and body activist, Ashley is unapologetic about being voluptuous.
The alleged attack has come to light amid furore over the assault on Dalits in Gujarat's Una for allegedly skinning a cow.
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