Holi may have come, soaked millions of revellers in a riot of colours and gone in March. But over the last couple of years, the Brooklyn borough of New York City has kept the party going.
With an estimated personal fortune of $15.3 billion, 60-year old Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is the world's wealthiest bachelor, followed by 79-year old Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani who has a net worth of $10.9 billion.
We present a collection of photographs of the polling day hustle bustle in the United States of America.
America has never in its history before had a female President and Vice President so it remains to be seen what formal title -- 'Second Gentleman, Second Husband' -- will be given to the first male spouse of an elected leader.
HSBC has acknowledged compliance lapses, including a failure to maintain an effective anti-money laundering programme.
Mike Tyson entered the plea of not guilty to three misdemeanor assault charges and charges of harassment and disorderly conduct.
We live in a wonderfully weird world and here's the proof!
The boxer became involved in a dispute with two men and a woman at a Marriott hotel, where he was a guest.
An "oppressive and dangerous" heat wave has gripped much of the United States, leaving at least six people dead and caused the cancellation of several public events. The National Weather Service has said that temperatures hovering around 106 degree Fahrenheit (41C), which has blanketed about a third of the population of the United States in recent days, will come down on Monday in a burst of thunderstorms and cooling rain brought on by a cold front. Till they receive some relief, here's how Americans are battling the heat.
260 two-and-a-half-foot-tall eggs, designed by varied artists, made up the New York debut of the Faberge Big Egg Hunt. Chaya Babu tracks them across the five boroughs and rediscovers her city
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week in images.
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday claimed the Democratic presidential nomination after decisive victories in the New Jersey and New Mexico primaries, creating history by becoming the first woman to lead a major American political party in the race to the White House.
The US became the first country in the world to have more than one million cases of coronavirus. It accounts for nearly one-third of the 3.1 million cases globally.
'We're going to have the flu epidemic and the coronavirus epidemic at the same time'
They have inherited their parents' good genes.
New York, the financial capital of the world, has emerged as the epicenter of the pandemic. More than 14,000 people have died in the city and over 2,00,000 lakh people have tested positive so far. Neighbouring New Jersey has more than 78,000 cases and 3,800 deaths.
David Beckham said he had mixed feelings when his son Romeo told him he no longer wanted to play football.
'I come from a country of colours. India is one of the most colourful countries in the world and that was true long before the Incredible India campaigns designed to entice Western tourists to India,' says Aseem Chhabra.
An accountant in New York, who had dual United States and Australian citizenship, has pleaded guilty to providing material support to the Al Qeada.
The injury-hit Los Angeles Lakers were dealt another major blow on Thursday with the news that forward Pau Gasol is expected to be sidelined for at least six to eight weeks with a foot injury.
In Asia, the last Blue Moon and a total lunar eclipse happened 35 years ago on December 30, 1982.
Sandy is expected to leave a trail of destruction along its path both in terms of human and economic cost.
The startling story of how a bitter ex-girlfriend helped capture artifacts raider Subhash Kapoor.
An Indian taxi driver was attacked, racially abused and his car smashed, as a group of baseball bat wielding youth went about attacking and robbing cab drivers in Melbourne suburbs. The gang ambushed and robbed five taxis in separate incidents in the western suburbs of Melbourne.
Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni took charge from the sideline for the first time on Tuesday as Los Angeles leaned heavily on their defense to earn a gritty 95-90 win over the Brooklyn Nets.
Welcome to Preschool Mastermind, a unique New York-based preschool for adults, created by Brooklyn resident Michelle Joni.
The 74-year-old real estate mogul-turned politician, who radically changed politics in the corridors of power in Washington, DC over the past four tumultuous years, was impeached for a second time on the charges of 'incitement of insurrection' for the violent storming of the United States Capitol by his supporters just days before the end of his four-year term.
Al Qaeda's slain leader Osama bin Laden had planned to follow up the September 11 attacks with shoe bombers to blow up American passenger planes, which would have brought the American economy to its knees, a British man convicted on terrorism charges testified in a trial in New York.
A 50-year-old Pakistani-Canadian has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for providing material support to the Sikh militant group Khalistan Commando Force, blamed for carrying out assassinations and bombings in India.
US prosecutors on Monday made public their 2013 plea agreement with Chuck Blazer, revealing that the former FIFA executive committee member had been secretly providing authorities information for nearly two years before he admitted guilt.
An American, who received training at Al Qaeda camps in Pakistan, was on Wednesday convicted on multiple terrorism charges including plotting with two of his friends to carry out suicide attacks in the New York subways in one of the most serious terrorist plots since 9/11.
In the lawsuit filed in federal district court in Manhattan, five of the protesters said police officers had led people onto the bridge's roadway and then prevented them from leaving the bridge on Saturday.
The film, along with the alien invasion, makes no sense at all.
Dipika Pallikal was beaten by world No 4 Jenny Duncalf of England in straight games in the first round of the Carol Weymuller Open Gold 50 squash tournament at the Heights Casino squash courts in Brooklyn, New York, on Thursday night. The world No 15-ranked Indian lost 9-11, 6-11, 6-11.
In unprecedented preparations to brave out the Hurricane Irene, New York authorities evacuated a quarter of a million residents and ordered complete shutdown of the mass transit system as Blackhawk and Chinook helicopters were placed on stand by for a weekend of torrential rains and massive storms
Antoinette Stephen, 27, was charged with first degree murder and other charges in the killing of Pakistani-American woman Nazish Noorani, 26, in Boonton, New Jersey on August 16.
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera was convicted on numerous counts including money laundering, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, distribution of heroin and cocaine and other drugs, and illegal arms possession.
Indian Americans in inter-faith marriages tell Sandip Roy how they celebrate the festival.
'It was always my intention to be different, because that is the only way to last.'
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