We take a look at the world's quirky, colourful - and downright bizarre - events.
Mahatma Gandhi's items, including his pocket watch, a pair of sandals, a plate, a bowl and his rimmed glasses, were sold at an auction by New York-based Antiquorum Auctioneers on Thursday. UB Group Chairman Vijay Mallya reportedly bought the items for $1.8 million.Preliminary reports suggested that Mallya may hand over the items to the Indian government.
An empowered group of ministers headed by Defence Minister A K Antony is to consider an Oil Ministry proposal of abolishing the priority ranking according to which natural gas is first given to urea manufacturing fertiliser plants, then to LPG units, followed by power plants, city gas, steel and refineries.
ArcelorMittal chief Lakshmi Mittal is the richest man in British football.
Trump abruptly rejected the text of the consensus statement and bitterly insulted Canadian PM Trudeau.
'It is never a good idea to let the broad population determine policy that is the domain of experts and specialists,' notes Aakar Patel.
Pop-art prince Jeff Koons unveiled his latest public art installation, "Seated Ballerina," a 45-foot inflatable sculpture at the busy center and it will preside over the Midtown landmark until June 2.
Records tumbled in the transfer window as Premier League spending totalled 1.165 billion pounds ($1.54 billion), financial analyst Deloitte's Sports Business Group said on Thursday. The outlay represents a 34 percent rise on the previous highest in all windows of 870 million pounds set 12 months ago and means the overall spend by clubs in 2016-17 already represents a record for a single Premier League season.
Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said he was worried about the impact manager Juergen Klopp was having at his old team's great rivals Liverpool.
The elections held in April-May 2019 will be an important determinant of future growth and investment.
Rajesh Alva reviews the latest addition to the KTM stable.
Rahul Gandhi also attacks Modi and RSS in Bastar.
Vikram Kothari, managing director of Rotomac Pens, is now fighting a battle that might be difficult to win.
Billionaire L N Mittal, who runs the steel behemoth, is keen to set up a central office in Rajarhat near the city, for which the company has sought land from the state government, Bhattacharjee said in Kolkata, inaugurating the 36th World Congress on Housing Science.
Giorgio Chiellini's assertion that Tottenham Hotspur 'always miss something to arrive at the end' would have chiselled deep into a nerve for fans of the north London club.
Four years ago, steel tycoon Laxmi Mittal purchased his first house on Kensington Palace Gardens for about pound 57 million. Last year, he purchased a pound 70 million house for his daughter Vanisha and a pound 117 million mansion for his son Aditya in the same street. At the time, the combined value of the three properties was valued at about pound 440 million. Today, the houses are worth about $ 200 million, an amount almost equivalent to the purchase prices.
'The Indian side has realised that not talking to Pakistan has not served any useful purpose.'
Kejriwal runs his party with the proverbial iron fist and has learnt to temper his aggression, say people close to him.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
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Pati Patni Aur Woh cannot decide whether it wants to be the climax of a Priyadarshan comedy or give the cad a dose of his own medicine brand of cheeky payback, writes Sukanya Verma.
The police lodged a suo motu case against unknown persons in connection with their involvement in the mishap, a police officer said.
Voltas has entered the water treatment business and undertaken a project at Salt Lake City in Kolkata.
'The change of vocabulary in the India-US conversation was significant and refreshing.' 'It matched the styles of Trump and Modi.' 'The differences were not papered over, but there was determination to resolve them in the days ahead,' says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
Danny Welbeck, making his first appearance of the season as a late substitute, headed a stoppage-time winner to give Arsenal a 2-1 home win over league leaders Leicester City in the Premier League on Sunday.
These 10 sommelier-approved sips are sure to please even the pickiest guest.
The 'Iron Man of India' has emerged a contender to buy English Premiership football club Birmingham City after making an initial inquiry, The Daily Telegraph reported on Wednesday.
'With his stature as a playwright and actor, Girish Karnad was one of the voices of modernity for not just Karnataka but the entire country.'
Alexis Sanchez and Olivier Giroud were on target as Arsenal won 2-0 at Southampton on Wednesday to move up to fifth in the Premier League and fuel their hopes of a late push for the top four.
The acquisition of CDA Contracts was completed by Indsur Group through its UK-headquartered arm Indsur Nevron Eurotherm Ltd.
'We just don't feel we've got the results our performances have warranted, have not hit top gear'
Anish Kapoor's Descension, first envisioned for the 2014-2015 Kochi-Muziris Biennale, has now been installed as a large-scale outdoor piece in Brooklyn.
After Sunday's 1-3 loss to Manchester City the calls for Jose Mourinho's ouster are only going to get louder.
The Indica, known to Europeans as City Rover, was rolled out in November 2003 but did not succeed in the market where consumers are very choosy about the vehicles they buy.
This is the second major building collapse in the city in just over a month.
Vikram Kothari finds himself stands accused of a bank loan default to the tune of thousands of crores.
Parallel to this, the ruling Telugu Desam has been organising rallies across the state in solidarity with its MPs.
