Two Indians now settled in the US - Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen and acclaimed journalist Fareed Zakaria - are among the top 20 intellectuals in the world today, according to a poll conducted by a U.S. magazine.
It was a proud and unthinkable moment for about two score women scavengers from remote parts of India who staged a catwalk with prominent fashion models in front of the representatives of over 150 countries.
Upset at the verbal exchanges between Indian football coach Bob Houghton and state football associations, All India Football Federation chief Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Friday stressed that the two "should concentrate on their own work by talking less".
He is widely known for his simplicity, but India's Defence Minister A.K. Antony is also a bit of a miser and a stickler for rules, suggests a book of funny anecdotes penned by a Kerala legislator.
Young college drama "Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na" left sci-fi thriller "Love Story 2050" far behind on the first day of the release Friday.
Shagufta Khatoon and Nagma Haque, both in their early 20s and school dropouts from poor Muslim families, see a new ray of hope in 'Hunar' (skill), an innovative scheme for providing vocational training to Muslim girls in Bihar.
Aziz Mirza's "Kismet Konnection" does not star Shah Rukh Khan, the leading man of his previous films, because the director feels he is now too old to play young roles.
Tamil film star Jyothirmayee, lauded for her performance in 'Periyar', has defied the popular notion that married actresses cannot be accepted in glamorous roles.
A transsexual who became known as the "pregnant man" has given birth to a baby girl, US broadcaster ABC News has reported.
Abducted and sold at a young age to work at a construction site, 13-year-old Rakesh never thought he would one day represent India at an international event.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Friday made it clear that it has no plans to sack captain Shoaib Malik and coach Geoff Lawson a day after the home team crashed out of the six-nation Asia Cup here.
Thousands of soldiers and volunteers Friday in the eastern Chinese coastal city of Qingdao, where the Olympic sailing events would be held, were battling to clear a major algae bloom in the sea.
