Olympic champion Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania set a European and world championship record in the heats for the 100 metres breaststroke in Barcelona on Monday.

Website Zimbio.com recently posted a list of the the 50 Most Influential Celebrities Online -- famous faces who've used social networking to reach out to millions of fans worldwide. We bring you the top 20.

The Heat is a movie to watch out for, writes Paloma Sharma.

West Indies emerged as one of the leading title contenders after thrashing New Zealand by 48 runs in their second Super Six stage match of the ICC Women's World Cup at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

In the third part of a series on Indian Americans who have won the George Marshall Scholarship in 2012, Arthur J Pais profiles Rahul Rekhi, a biomedical engineering graduate who wants to revolutionise healthcare and find ways to tackle diseases like cancer and stroke.

Here's where they checked in.

A look at the gold medalists on Day 13 of competition at the London Olympics on Thursday.

India went down fighting 1-2 to New Zealand in their opening match, in the Four-nation women's hockey tournament, in Auckland on Thursday.

Rafael Nadal took a while to warm up but made an impressive start to his Wimbledon title defence with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 win over American Michael Russell as the 125th championships began in fine weather on Monday.

Welcome to the weekly fashion round-up, where we bring you the latest on supermodels, style and more!

From a nude pics row of Ronaldo's girlfriend to a waif-sized winner of America's Top Model, we list out some of the hottest stars who made fashion news this season

Vote for your favourite Bollywood item numbers.

The Pakistan army's present confidence -- that the US will not act against it for its inaction against Al Qaeda -- will encourage more acts of terrorism against the US.

Cheryl Cole has been named the most inspirational woman of this decade in a poll, followed by Dame Helen Mirren and Oprah Winfrey. Who else made it to the list? Take a look!

Ram Gopal Varma takes on the media in his next film, Rann.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday night arrived at the White House to attend the state dinner hosted by US President Barack Obama. Obama, along with his wife Michelle, warmly welcomed the PM and his wife Gursharan Kaur.Dr Singh started the state dinner with a short speech, in which he thanked President Obama and also stressed on the importance of Indo-US ties.

Paranormal Activity, which stands at number five on the American and Canadian box office charts, may be arguably the biggest success of the decade.

On Day Five of the LFW, designer Kallol Datta stuck to his preference for the morbid and the shocking. Showcasing his latest collection, Avante Garde F***, which was inspired by infestation, tumours, landmines and bullet wounds (!), here's a glimpse of what took to the runway.

Falguni Pathak, the Queen of Dandiya gets candid with her fans.

Bobby Robson was described as a "footballing colossus" as some of the sport's greatest names attended a memorial service for the former England manager on Monday. More than 1,000 people, including Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and current England manager Fabio Capello, were at the service in Durham's 11th century cathedral to pay tribute to Robson who died in July aged 76 after a long battle with cancer.

Day Two of Lakme Fashion Week ended with a generous sprinking of celebs... some old hands, some new faces. Take a look!

Indian cinema living legend turned BJP politician Hema Malini was present from the start on the first day of Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai.

Want to be a pyschologist? Read on to understand the field, courses, training and prospects.

Images from the tri-series final between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo, on Monday.

Andhra Pradesh Governor N D Tewari on Thursday described the tragic death of Chief Minister Y S Rajshekhera Reddy and four others in a helicopter crash, approximately 40 nautical miles east of Kurnool, as one of the saddest moments in his career, and added that it would take him some time to recover from it.

Here's what the actress and other celebs were up to.

A UK-based nuclear medicine doctor presents his case on the existence of Lord Krishna in a documentary.

Rambha talks about her sensuous new role in Quick Gun Murugun.

In his interview to Shekhar Gupta on NDTV on Monday, Arun Shourie ripped aside the veil of secrecy surrounding the BJP's mysterious decision to let Modi stay on in Gandhinagar despite the horrors of seven years ago.

A British newspaper has put together a racy collection of snaps featuring sizzling models for lingerie firm Ultimo. Take a look.

Author Rajni Bakshi discusses with Editorial Director Prem Panicker how her latest book Bazaars, Conversations and Markets came about.

The latest Ambani-sibling fight has now become a political battle.

True irresistibility, this.

Reader Malkit Vilkhoo sings Toote Hue Kwaabon Ne as a tribute to Mohammad Rafi.

For the first time ever, three top sportspersons -- boxers M C Mary Kom and Vijender Singh and wrestler Sushil Kumar -- were on Wednesday selected for the country's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.

Journalist and author Basharat Peer reveals how the Indian and state government in general, and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in particular, have mismanaged and mishandled incidents in Kashmir, notably the Shopian rape and murder cases.

Pritam sings a song and also shares his experience of fusing both the songs for Jab We Met

Reader Siddhartha Kunzru sent us this photograph.

The sexy Megan Fox tops the list.

Here's another instructional video to help you drape your sari well.