Factbox on the Real Madrid and Portugal forward who was voted FIFA Player of the Year on Monday.
Domestic airports across the country are bursting at the seams. And new ones are stuck.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
The fight over FYUP is between a highly controversial decision taken during the United Progressive Alliance rule and how the National Democratic Alliance government perceives it and how it is determined to resolve it in its own way, reports Sheela Bhatt.
'If the BCCI's coffers are inundated with funds today, much of the credit must go to Jagmohan Dalmiya.'
Dumped England batsman Kevin Pietersen has slammed his former team managers for allegedly allowing a culture of 'bullying' to develop and claimed coach Andy Flower and wicketkeeper Matt Prior were behind an orchestrated campaign to oust him.
The officer was awarded by Army chief General Bipin Rawat during his recent visit to Jammu and Kashmir.
AAI has 51% stake in the project while Punjab and Haryana have 24.5% equity each.
Appropriate policies will increase connectivity much more than spectrum auctions, says Shyam Ponappa.
Ten of the 16 sides also reached the same round two seasons ago and, as usual, the big five leagues dominate with 13 clubs hailing from either the English, Spanish, German, French and Italian leagues.
'And Indians are loving it,' says Shekhar Gupta.
'If majority of the country's population is sentimental about a certain species, why are we so ashamed to say that we want to give it statutory protection?'
It is doubtful that our political masters are even aware of the features of the Model Law.
Kevin Pietersen may have played his last professional game of cricket in England, former international team mate Geraint Jones said on Thursday.
Why did Modi bypass the Cabinet before he committed India to the Rafale deal?
Sukanya Verma revisits Gulzar's Ghalib and finds Barsaat, and Free Love!
Former Essex player Ian Pont, who is now engaged in coaching Indian bowlers in Bangalore, shares his views on the fallout-out from the Kevin Pietersen's tell-all book with Rediff.com's Manu Shankar.
What your favourite celebrities are saying on social media.
From DIY submarines to diets of 20,000 calories is part of this week's collection of weird, true and funny news.
'Almost 60 per cent of 2,000 songs had references to drugs and violence.'
The Congress' fortune in Odisha has been on the slide ever since it lost power to the Biju Janata Dal in the 2000 elections. Party loyalist Giridhar Gamang's resignation has only added to its problems, says Dillip Satapathy
Here's your weekly digest of the craziest stories from around the world.
Indian cricket's fortunes ebbed and flowed in 2015 with Virat Kohli successfully leading the national side in Tests and Mahendra Singh Dhoni appearing to be losing his midas touch, while in off the field drama Shashank Manohar returned as the president of Board of Control for Cricket in India.
The rape of a young woman in New Delhi by Uber cab driver has raised the disturbing question of women's safety all over again.
Away from the cricket field, it was a year in which Sania Mirza was unarguably the biggest success story with her staggering 10 titles on the Tour -- two of them Grand Slams.
Kanika Datta explains why the Modi sarkar is gunning for non-profit organisations
'Last year, someone told us you must remove 's' otherwise you won't perform well and we didn't perform well.' 'Obviously, that's not the reason for not performing well, but it didn't hurt us to remove the 's'.'
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Brands should do something, but it should be done discreetly.
West Indies registered a controversial two-run victory against Zimbabwe to enter the quarter-finals of the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Chittagong, on Tuesday.
The public discourse surrounding the murder of Infosys techie Swathi begs for sanity. Sadly, there are no takers for it in Tamil Nadu as conspiracy theories -- some communally explosive -- keep cropping up. R Ramasubramanian reports.
India have won the Asia Cup six times, Sri Lanka five, and Pakistan have won it just twice. As the 14th edition of Asia's own trophy gets underway on Saturday, Rajneesh Gupta presents the numbers on the 13 editions so far.
Sultan, Mohanjo Daro, and Pankaj Nihalani... Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us!
The trouble is largest FDI projects in India have had a tragic history.
Has Salman Khan accepted Arijit Singh's apology? Subhash K Jha speaks to the singer to find out.
'My type exists in heaps -- millions really -- cheering, cussing and calculating from the comforts of our living room as if the television screen can magically convey our woe or wisdom to the player.' 'Except without our frantic cheering, irrational logic and infectious gusto, the sport would have half its appeal.' Sukanya Verma on what it is like to be the Indian Cricket Fan.
On Thursday morning, the world woke up to the news of the death of iconic New Zealand cricketer Martin Crowe. A teenage prodigy, who went on to carve an illustrious career with his superlative batting and smart captaincy, lost his three-year long battle against cancer at the age of 53. Unfortunately, Crowe is among a few famous cricketers who battled to beat cancer but didn't survive the fight.
Here's looking at Bollywood's tryst with luxury cruise liners.
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