There have been quite a few surprises this year.
The second day of the 2016 Olympic rowing regatta was called off on Sunday due to problems caused by rough weather, organisers said.
Indian Space Research Organisation chairman G Madhavan Nair, Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, historian Ramachandra Guha and noted billiard player Pankaj Advani were among the 63 personalities who received the Padma awards in New Delhi on Tuesday. The recipients also include social activist Sunderlal Bahuguna and veteran actor Helen Khan. President Prathibha Patil gave away the Padma awards at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Sukanya Verma lists significant memories in our 1996 recap.
Check out these red carpet sirens.
The actress plays the role of a brothel madam in her latest film Love Ranch, which is directed and produced by her husband, Taylor Hackford.
A quick glance at the nominations for the 67th Annual Golden Globe awards.
The Swedish pop group performed together on stage on June 5 at in Stockholm.
'My whole family has been reshaped and refined by the experience. Gratitude is my daily companion for the magic and mystery of life," says Helen Connolly, a Canadian yoga teacher who survived the 26/11 horror.
A look at the guest arrivals.
Helen Brand offers a CA's view on protectionism, money laundering and how India's implementation of Ind-AS will make it more attractive to investors.
India's women's hockey team failed to replicate the inspiring show they produced against Ireland in their opening match and were trounced 3-0 by Great Britain in their second Pool B outing at the Rio Olympics on Monday night.
The couples posed for adorable selfies.
Bush and Obama were kind; Trump couldn't care less.
A cricket umpire died at the weekend after being hit on the head by a ball thrown by a fielder. Alcwyn Jenkins, 72, was officiating on Saturday in a local league match at the St Helen's ground in Swansea, South Wales when the accident happened. He was airlifted to hospital but died shortly afterwards.
A delegation of MPs from Tamil Nadu on Saturday arrived on a five-day visit to Sri Lanka, during which they will visit camps where Tamils displaced due to the civil war are currently lodged.
Firms like MphasiS believe in an inclusive workplace, providing equal opportunities to all.
'The Hit Girl' even has a foreword penned by superstar Salman Khan.
HJ Heinz has committed $7 million to the Heinz Micronutrient Campaign, which has already benefited more than one million children in Mongolia, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia and other countries. HJ Heinz has established the goal of helping 10 million children globally by 2010.
List of Wimbledon women's singles champions:
President Donald Trump has regularly used the phrase to criticise certain media reports.
Tanla Mobile Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless messaging solution provider Tanla Solutions Limited, has published a marketing and advertising guide in the UK.
Antonio Guterres, who had served as UN High Commissioner for Refugees for 10 years, has emerged as the front-runner in the first two rounds of informal voting.
The Woman in Black: Angel of Death gets predictable real quick, says Paloma Sharma.
'Other designers take empty suitcases and go shopping for the actors's clothes in New York.' 'To me, this is bankruptcy of imagination.'
After romancing with Rajnikanth in Sivaji: The Boss, Tamil actress Shriya Saran stars with Jesse Metcafe (Eva Longoria's Gabby's one-time gorgeous gardener and lover in Desperate Housewives) in The Other End Of The Line.
Dinesh Raheja salutes the legend's versatility in her heyday.
The House of Commons petitions committee has confirmed that 77,000 signatures were added fraudulently and have been removed.
A Sikh schoolgirl who was forbidden from attending classes after she refused to remove her Kara told a British Court that she should not have been asked to take it off because it was a symbol of faith and not a piece of jewellery.
'In our film industry, there are not many opportunities for actors... Our films are not character based, they are hero and heroine based. The only roles we have for character actors are to play the girl's or boy's dad or a police officer...'
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The citation said the award was being given to Jaffer for his "exemplary services" to the media in the US and India.
Though the exact reason of his death was not known, media reports say he had been suffering from pneumonia
A look at the party pictures.
The author has signed on to star in the new romantic comedy titled Then She Found Me, after successfully auditioning for the part. The movie will be directed by Helen Hunt, and marks her directorial debut.
On a study conducted on 1,800 women at the Infertility and IVF Unit at the Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, Rabin Medical Center, researchers led by Dr Haim Pinkas, found that a two-week intervention treatment using a standard low-dose birth control pill can help time egg harvesting -- making the In Vitro Fertilisation more convenient for doctor and patient.
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