On the eve of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's birthday on June 19, loyalists have once again raised the issue of Gandhi junior becoming the prime minister of India, a post for which there is no vacancy at the moment.

Sepp Blatter was re-elected unopposed as FIFA president on Wednesday, promising to use his final term to radically reform football's ailing world governing body.

The 1960's classic which film features former Beatle John Lennon and Roy Kinnear has been launched in a Special Edition DVD

Infrastructure major Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) on Friday expressed hope that it would soon get environment clearances for the first phase of its Rs 3,000 crore (Rs 30 billion) Lavasa project, a hill city being developed near Pune.

Ace cinematographer Santosh Sivan, speaks on length about his film Urumi which releases this Frdiay.

The Kings Speech, a British drama about the stammering monarch King George VI, leads this year's Oscar nominations with 12 nods, while another period drama True Grit follows closely with 10 nominations. Favourite The Social Network only managed the third spot with eight nominations, while Leonardo DiCaprio-starrer psychological thriller Inception got seven.

Paramveera Chakra has nothing much to offer except torture.

Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to.

Michael Clarke insists his back problem will be banished, while Simon Katich declared himself '100 percent' fit on Monday to take up his place at the top of the Australia batting order for the opening Ashes Test.

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Here's what designer Arjun Khanna offered up on the final day of HDIL India Couture Week in Mumbai.

VVS Laxman (73 not out) came back to haunt Australia and inspire India to a memorable win on day five of the opening test at Mohali on Tuesday. Chasing 216 to win, the home team reached their target with a wicket to spare.

Luxury dresses, gowns and jumpsuits were the mainstay of Rajat K Tangri's collection on Day Three of the LFW.

Real Madrid midfielder Kaka has undergone an operation on his left knee and could be ruled out for three to four months, the clinic which carried out the surgery said on Thursday.

Mani Ratnam's Raavan and Julian Schnabel's Israel-Palestine conflict narrative Miral starring Freida Pinto, are among the movies to be screened at the 67th Venice Film Festival in September.

An interview with Kirit S Parikh, former Planning Commission member and chairman of the committee on oil pricing reforms.

Russell Crowe, performing stoically as the dour Robin Hood, decides to leave his belt un-swashbuckled and his charm at home. The result is a folk hero who plods through a heavyhanded costume drama that really has nothing new to offer.

On May 11 we launched our campaign against caste in census 2011 and responses from readers have been pouring in. While some merely clicked the 'I am against the caste census' button, others were more vocal. We present what our readers had to say.

Unnoticed by the rest of the world, a bizarre drama was played out in Jharkhand recently -- that is, even more bizarre than the claims made by Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren's aides that Soren voted for the United Progressive Alliance in the Lok Sabha because he is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, so he forgot that it was the National Democratic Alliance which was supporting his government in Jharkhand.

Is your love life under pressure? Are you troubled by your relationship? Get Ahead's Love Guru hosted a chat with readers on April 29 to help them deal with love problems. For those of you who missed it, here's the transcript.

Inderjit Singh Bindra, a member of the IPL governing council, says Lalit Modi is unquestionably responsible for converting Indian cricket into a financial giant and for creating a truly global international brand in the IPL.

The Madhuri Gupta episode shows Pakistan's Intelligence Bureau is back from a relatively long hibernation, writes security expert B Raman

Chennai Super Kings walloped Mumbai Indians by 22 runs in the final at the DY Patil Stadium in Nerul on Sunday to become the champions of the third edition of Indian Premier League.

The Greece package is aimed at rescuing foreign investors and delays the inevitable "rolling crisis" in that country

Heroes star Sendhil Ramamurthy on why he has been unemployed for so long and why he wouldn't call Gurinder Chadha's forthcoming film It's a Wonderful Afterlife a Bollywood movie.

Amy Jackson is all set to act opposite Arya in Vijay's period drama Madharasapattinam.

He turns 60 this year, and is playing lead in a Rs 40 lakh film. Jai Arjun Singh spent time with Naseeruddin Shah on location for this exclusive interview and learnt about the art of re-invention.

The actress talks about her role in Shyam Benegal's Well Done Abba.

Manchester City sent Chelsea crashing to a 4-2 defeat to end their 37-match unbeaten record at Stamford Bridge and dent their Premier League title hopes on Saturday. The leaders, beaten at home for the first time in all competitions since November 2008, finished with nine men after having Juliano Belletti and Michael Ballack sent off late in the second half.

Sharbani Mukherjee on her bold and complex role in Priyanandanan's latest Malayalam movie.

A Dubai-bound Emirates flight with 356 passengers, including crew, on board was grounded in Mumbai after a terror alert call, an airport official said.

An interesting film with a lot on its mind, the movie isn't comfort cinema, but watch it anyway.

Here's what your favourite celebrities have been upto.

We bring you an excerpt from Karl, Aaj Aur Kal is comedian-actor-veejay Cyrus Broacha's first work of fiction.

Dope-tainted Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has vowed to lay bare his "drug dramas" after he tested positive for a banned steroid during the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008.

Sajid-Wajid's music in this film is better than what we've seen from them so far.

The year has been an exceptionally unremarkable year for Hindi film buffs.

India needs to agressively counter China's imperial ambitions and its plans to encircle and break up the country.

'Mad Men' and '30 Rock' among top winners at the ceremony in Los Angeles.