World tennis number one Roger Federer won the prestigious Laureus Sportsman of the Year award for a record fourth year in a row on Monday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done the seemingly impossible by finalising the long-pending Land Boundary Agreement ahead of his Bangladesh visit, writes Prakash Bhandari.
Emma Watson, who plays Harry Potter's geeky-turned-beautiful inseparable friend Hermione Granger in the movies based on the super-selling books by British author J K Rowling, said recently that she was open to going nude for a good director, because 'it is part of my job' as an actress.
Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is the world's most powerful celebrity for the second straight year and for the fifth time ever
The bus, which carried nine passengers, crossed the Radcliffe point at 10:40 am.
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, who has added 3 million pounds to his wealth in the past year and is now worth 20 million pounds, is the richest actor in the young millionaires list.
Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry Potter on screen, is a great fan of the Indian batting maestro as he turned up on the final day of the Lord's Test match.
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is now a long-haired teenager.
'How did Hermoine fall for Weasley?' 20 years after Harry Potter made his debut, Vanita Kohli-Khandekar has some questions for its author
British world marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe and Belgian tennis player Justine Henin-Hardenne were second and third respectively in the Reuters poll.\n\n
Silver went to world champion Catherine Ndereba of Kenya with bronze for Deena Kastor of the United States.
Until now records in these events had been officially acknowledged as world bests by the IAAF.
The sport's governing body (WA) said that with immediate effect and for elite competition only, road shoes must have soles no thicker than 40mm and not contain more than one rigid, embedded plate.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
After adding 271 people last year, the Academy sends out invitations to more than 300 people this year.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
Russia said on Friday it is ready to do everything from a legal point of view to defend Russian athletes if they are banned from taking part in the Rio Olympics over doping allegations.
Reaction to WADA's decision to reinstate RUSADA
It would be perfectly safe for Serena Williams to continue with rigorous training throughout pregnancy, but how quickly the 35-year-old would return to tournament tennis is uncertain.
Google will build its largest campus outside the Unites States in Hyderabad.
The Pakistani election on July 25 has a strong Indian flavour and connection, says Vivek Shukla.
Bigg Boss 12 doesn't boast of a remarkable line-up but there are a few eye-catching inclusions that should keep the show in the news for the next few months, feels Sukanya Verma.
Caster Semenya is seen as a near-certainty for Olympic gold on the track in Rio and her expected success in the 800 metres looks just as sure to bring up further examination of her running credentials.
'The Indian Army can easily initiate retaliation.' 'But escalation would be both inevitable and unpredictable.'
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
Athletics is set to reintroduce four-year doping bans even though the move risks alienating the sport from the world anti-doping authority (WADA), officials said on Wednesday on the eve of the world championships.
Was it best for J K Rowling to have ended the series with Harry Potter and the Deathly Gallows?
'I would not be running had it not been for the army.' 'I learned to value my time only after I was posted in Kashmir.' 'I was posted there for three months. In those three months I learned everything about life.'
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Reaction to the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) council's vote to provisionally suspend Russia from the sport for widespread, state-sponsored doping
In 2012 Rediff.com had published a feature on the rare aspects of Hawking's life and work, based on a feature by popular edutainment website HowStuffWorks, which we reproduce.
Jaswant speak of his new book India At Risk, Mistakes, Misconceptions and Misadventures of Security Policy and explains to Sheela Bhatt why India is at risk.
AMU has once again been pulled into a crossfire of crass political opportunism. In these post-truth times, that the university also had political stirrings not subscribing to the Muslim League is chosen to be forgotten, says Mohammad Sajjad.
New Delhi's decision not to call for a flag meeting underlines its conviction that the military cost will soon become too high for Pakistan.
