India bowled with a lot of perseverance to restrict England to 268 for 8 despite a defiant 89 from Jonny Bairstow on Day 1 of the third cricket Test in Mohali on Saturday.

The third edition of the Indian Super League got off to a colourful start with a star-studded opening ceremony even as the fans, wearing their passion for the game on their sleeves, descended at the Indira Gandhi International Stadium to witness the gala ceremony.

In front of a packed arena, in his first pro bout that lasted all ten rounds, Vijender Singh beat Kerry Hopes 98-92-98-92 and 100-92 in a close contest to win the WBO Asia Pacific super middleweight title fight in New Delhi on Saturday.

The car is good enough to dethrone the current segment king, the Toyota Fortuner.

IMAGES from Day 6 of the Australian Open in Melbourne, on Saturday.

'This is a new phenomenon,' says Shekhar Gupta. 'Does it point to the rise of egomania, and could it also be a reason our politics is broken and Parliament non-functional? Where our biggest leaders talk not to, but at each other.'

Zomato's Users Choice Awards features the best restaurants in Mumbai.

Rediff.com gives you a glimpse of the best sporting action from the week gone by.

Asteroid 2011 UW-158, an asteroid with 90 million tons of platinum core worth over five trillion dollars, hurtled past earth early Monday morning.

The Shameless star passed away on June 28 at his home in Beverly Hills.

Here are some of the best iPhone photos taken this year.

Sony World Photography Awards recently announced the winners of its first-ever mobile phone photography category.

Images of the events that shaped the world in March.

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.

A look at Sachin Tendulkar's time at the crease on Day 1 of the second Test against the West Indies.

The dynamic between showbiz and creativity may well be one domain where the relationship between market forces and society is at its most delicate, says Rajni Bakshi

Hollywood actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt talks about his films Looper and Premium Rush.

Hundreds of mourners turned out on Thursday to remember Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the Moon, at a special public interfaith meeting ahead of the planned burial at sea.

Images from the third one-day international between India and Sri Lanka, being played at the R Premadasa stadium

A year of after three blasts ripped through Mumbai, some of the victims and their families have still not received complete compensation, reports A Ganesh Nadar

The current mechanisms of internet censorship in India are draconian and unconstitutional. They need to be replaced with a new set of rules that are fair, transparent and accessible for public scrutiny, says Shivam Vij

Victory eluded Viswanathan Anand yet again and the World Champion was held to a draw by Hikaru Nakamura of United States in the seventh round to remain joint second in the fourth Final Masters' second leg, in Bilbao, Spain.

The average revenue per user (ARPU) of the country's four new GSM operators who got licences in 2008 - Uninor, S-Tel, Videocon and Etisalat DB - was between Rs 8.50 and Rs 39 in the January-March quarter.

Australia will kick off their home cricket season in December with two test matches against trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand before taking on the world's top-ranked test side India in a four-match series, Cricket Australia said on Tuesday.

Telephony and broadband need innovative spectrum management.

Images from the India-Bangladesh tri-series match, in Mirpur, on Thursday.

Pacer Zaheer Khan claimed five wickets as India crushed Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs in the third and final Test to win the three-match series 2-0 and climb to the number one position in the ICC Test rankings. The Sri Lankan innings lasted just 7.4 overs and 35 minutes on the final day, with Zaheer taking five for 72 in 21 overs as the visitors were dismissed for 309 in 100.4 overs at the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai, on Sunday.

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Fashion guru Manish Malhotra rocked the finale of Kolkata Fashion Week II with his wedding collection for men and women.

Celebrating the 24th season of The Oprah Winfrey Show.

With the Premier League season kicking off on Saturday we look at the prospects of the 20 top-flight clubs.

Check out the trailer of Sallu's new film, co-starring Ayesha Takia.

Building roads has become a priority for the new Congress-led government as it aims to generate demand across the country. Kamal Nath's\nappointment as transport minister is seen by analysts as an attempt to push that agenda.

Hike import duty on finished products; Rationalize excise Duty on Molasses to 8% ad valorem or Rs. 375/PMT and on Naphtha to 8%, cut corporate tax to 25%, service tax to 5%.

Examination experts at TCYonline hosted a chat with GA readers addressing CAT-related questions on June 29. The transcript.

Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy staged a magnificent recovery to beat South Africa's Wesley Moodie and Belgium's Dick Norman and win the men's doubles title at the French Open on Saturday.

Meet Monali Thakur, the voice behind Katrina Kaif's sexy number Zara Zara Touch Me from Race.

Check out the behind the scenes action from the Tamil film directed by Cheran.

Andreas Thorkildsen successfully defended the Olympic gold in Beijing and joined an elite list of four javelin throwers in the Games' history who have won their event at two consecutive Olympics. But Thorkildsen now wants to emulate Zelezny, who won three consecutive gold medals -- in Barcelona (1992), Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000). He believes he can compete in another three Olympics if he stays fit.

A R Rahman joined Zac Efron, George Clooney, Obama and Oprah Winfrey were honoured for landing on Time's 100 Most Influential People list.