The mayor of Sochi, the Russian city hosting the Winter Olympics next month, said homosexuality was not accepted in his Caucasus region, but that gay visitors would be welcome at the Games if they respected Russian laws.
It's that time of the year when everything looks greener and prettier.
The underwater world has never looked so magical, mysterious and mesmerising. These photographs are some of the stunning medal winners in the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2021 contest.
The internet services giant wanted to cover most of the Indian territory through the Google Street View.
Apple's latest baby, priced at Rs 28,000 in India, is designed for education.
The Honor 20i is a complete package in the budget smartphone segment, says Khalid Anzar.
Athletics' governing body the IAAF has rejected claims by the BBC that its president Sebastian Coe misled a British government probe into doping and that he was helped in his presidential campaign by the son of his predecessor in the position.
But how do they compare with their competitors? Ashish Narsale has the answer.
'What is happening is worse than Talibanisation.' 'There is no way a film-maker can fight these fringe groups, these extra-constitutional authorities.'
Arundhuti Dasgupta finds herself surrounded by Greek legends and fables in the mythical centre of the world.
'Just like Smita Patil was unsuitable for glamour roles, I believe Nivedita is a lot in the Smita Patil mould,' P Sheshadri tells Srikanth Srinivasa/ Rediff.com
You wouldn't want to miss these unexplored, mesmerising snow hamlets in India.
A peek inside the new HTC flagship phone.
V1Max runs Vivo's FunTouch 2.1 operating system, which is based on Android 5.0 Lollipop.
'There are people clicking beautiful photos with a phone camera that others fail to achieve even with a DSLR' says Amit Mehra.
On November 19, the World celebrated World Toilet Day in attempt to spread awareness about the importance on toilets and urinals. According to figures, despite the human right to water and sanitation, of the world's seven billion people, 2.5 billion people do not have access to toilets. Looking at the funnier side of things, here's 12 of the kookiest urinals from across the world.
The new BMW X3 Luxury Line is definitely a technologically superior car compared to its predecessor and is a lot savvier than I imagined, says P Tharyan.
Did you know that the Indian railways carries 23 million passengers every day?
A faster processor and dual-lens camera make it a winner, says Abhik Sen.
Cairo, Egypt's sprawling capital, is a maelstrom of sights, sounds and smells.
Place it within Rs 30,000-35,000, and it becomes an automatic recommendation, says Himanshu Juneja
'Working with Papa was the toughest,' confesses Varun Dhawan.
Britain's double Olympic champion Mo Farah said on Tuesday he was '100 per cent clean.'
The Honor carries good features all around itself. But it is not without its quirks either. Thankfully, these are few and not likely to dent its prospects hugely
With a starting price of Rs 72,000 for the base 32 GB storage model, will the iPhone 7 Plus be able to wow the audience? Himanshu Juneja reviews the iconic iPhone 7 Plus
Come 19th September and get ready to be swoon at the Frankfurt Auto Show with the series of line-up planned by BMW.
A few critical shortcomings and a possible pricing blunder on the 64 GB (Rs 23,999) capacity model might just take the wind out of the sales of Xiaomi's latest offering.
Aseem Chhabra spots 10 must-see movies at the Berlin Film Festival.
Himanshu Juneja finds out what the handset has to offer
Aseem Chhabra looks at the year's best Non-Hindi Indian movies.
National Geographic has released a final selection of entries from the magazine's 2016 Nature Photographer of the Year contest and, as you might expect, they're breathtaking.
Not much, says Himanshu Juneja in this review of Moto G4
No country has achieved a faster, deeper modern transformation than China, says former ambassador Kishan S Rana.
Here's what all this good-looking handset can do...
To begin with, the Galaxy A8 is Samsung's slimmest smartphone yet...
Moto X Play is a mid-range phone that has the configuration of a flagship device, but does not cost the earth.
International travel guide Lonely Planet has just released its list of top ten cities to visit next year. And Chennai made the cut!
For a phone which is marred with heating issues, does not provide a Quad HD display, is incapable of recording 4K videos, and whose camera performance in general is not in the league of flagships, Himanshu Juneja wonders if Sony has once again got is pricing all wrong.
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation might not be as iconic, but it is genuinely compelling, says Raja Sen.
The Lumia 530 runs on Windows Phone 8.1, which brings along with itself, among other things, one swipe notifications, Cortana, the Action Centre and a Word Flow keyboard.
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