Favourites Spain start the defence of their world title away to Georgia on Tuesday when coach Vicente del Bosque will have another chance to test the form of record marksman David Villa, recently returned from eight months out with a broken leg.
Down-to-earth and realistic as always, Ghosh's message to young aspiring writers was, "My advice to writers is to work hard. What you see here is not even the tip of the iceberg; barely 1/100th of what one writes that actually makes it to the pages of a book."
They've been the toast of the fashion world all through the year, but who's the sexiest of them all?
Former Wimbledon champion Michael Stich's return to competitive action 12 years after his retirement lasted only 62 minutes on Tuesday, losing his doubles first round at the German Open.
Cristiano Ronaldo had his first training session in Real Madrid bcolours in Dublin on Tuesday.
With the nature of problems that plague India, the chances of the country becoming a superpower are remote.
Kamal Haasan's daughter Shruti gave a lively song and dance performance at a surbuban hotel on July 1 to promote her debut film, Luck.
Look like a star by following the style mantras of these famous folks.
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We navigate teeming markets, inspect stunning temples, and uncover rich history in the often overlooked Indian metropolis.
France's hopes of reaching the World Cup finals are hanging by a thread after a 2-0 first-leg defeat away to Ukraine in their playoff on Friday while Cristiano Ronaldo's late winner gave Portugal the edge against Sweden.
Varnam is the latest film to join the group of Tamil films like Veyil, Subramaniapuram, Paruthiveeran, Pasanga, etc that are taking an offbeat path. S. M. Raju, one of the producers of Santhosh Sivan's Malayalam film Anathabhadram is turning a director in Tamil with this film.
Jenson Button ran away with the Turkish Grand Prix Sunday to stretch his overall Formula One lead to 26 points with a sparkling sixth victory from seven races.
Reader Narasimhan S L sent us these pictures from Sepang, Malaysia.
India and other key emerging markets have been categorised as having high exposure to Europe's economic woes by a risk analysis firm, Maplecroft.
Rubina Ali's slum home was demolished this morning.
Rakesh Jain (name changed), an IT sector employee who was laid off by his employer has started his own freelance work and is earning the same amount as he did in his last job.
Lionel Messi's penalty earned Argentina a 2-1 win over Croatia after a fortunate equaliser that stood despite an unintentional handball by Sergio Aguero in a friendly at West Ham United's Upton Park ground on Wednesday.
KAtie Holmes took everybody by surprise when she filed for divorce last Thursday.
In a bear market, prices may be irrationally depressed. In that case, an investor can identify mis-pricing, invest with a safety margin and wait. Since values are low, the risk is also low.
India's economic condition is just a notch above that of Greece. The next phase could be of a "sovereign default" similar to Greece, said Arun Jaitley, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha.
All these lovely ladies have been dominating Indian magazine covers, runways and ad campaigns in recent months, but who do you think is the sexiest of the lot?
Iceland midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson produced his second two-goal blast in three games to inspire promoted Swansea City to an emphatic 3-0 win at Fulham in the Premier League on Saturday.
Croatia, helped by a mistake by veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, held Italy to a 1-1 away draw on Sunday, but their evening was ruined by their fans who twice interrupted play by throwing flares onto the pitch.
We bring you some more of the Reuters' award-winning pictures from last year.
Satyajit Ray. Films from Italy, Iceland and Albania feature on Aseem Chhabra's list.
The actor has been spotted hanging out with the Kingfisher calendar model quite often.
The agreement, convention on mutual administrative assistance in tax matters, is a multilateral agreement of 31 other nations.
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'In Carol, Cate Blanchett reminds us what a real movie star is and why we are enamored by her acting and looks.'
Jose Mourinho suffered a nightmare homecoming as Porto, the club he led to the Champions League title in 2004, inflicted a 2-1 defeat on his woefully out-of-sorts Chelsea side in Group G on Tuesday.
Tottenham Hotspur trounced a sorry Inter Milan 3-0 in the Europa League on Thursday while last year's European champions Chelsea were humbled 1-0 by Steaua Bucharest after being stung by a Raul Rusescu penalty.
First-timers Bosnia joined holders Spain, England and Russia in grabbing Europe's remaining automatic spots for the 2014 World Cup finals on Tuesday as the last round of group matches ended in joy, despair and shattered nerves.
Defender Andrea Ranocchia and forward Mattia Destro were left out of Italy's 23-man Euro 2012 squad on Tuesday but centre back Leonardo Bonucci was included despite the match-fixing crisis engulfing the country.
The Anna Hazare movement, which has not only gripped the nation, has also caught the fancy of the average foreign tourist.
Assange is currently under investigation in Sweden after two Swedish women separately accused him of rape and molestation.
Over the last five years, Indian domestic market expansion has been the strongest with a tripling in size.
London's busy Hearthrow airport closed early on Monday after volcanic ash from Iceland resurfaced and drifted south, a report stated.
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