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Kanye West. (Photo: AFP)

Post controversies, hospitalisation, Kanye West returns to stage after...

The 40-year-old musician stopped by Kid Cudi's concert in Chicago to treat the crowd to a performance of 'Father Stretch...

6 Nov 2017 7:55 AM GMT

WB: Nabaneeta, Shirshendu among nominated writers for Big Little Book Award this year

WB: Nabaneeta, Shirshendu among nominated writers for 'Big Little Book...

Eminent Bengali authors to be honoured for exceptional contribution to children's literature; award to be conferred on...

6 Nov 2017 7:09 AM GMT

With the first quarter ending in a stalemate, India came back looking determined to find a breakthrough. (Photo: Hockey India/Twitter)

2017 Women's Hockey Asia Cup: India beat China to bring cup home after...

It was Indian skipper Rani Rampal who scored the winning goal for India, while Savita Punia made a great save in sudden...

5 Nov 2017 1:47 PM GMT

Kate Upton and Justin Verlander. (Photo: AP)

Kate Upton and baseball star Justin Verlander get married in Italy

The 25-year-old model and the 34-year-old Houston Astros pitcher tied the knot recently at a church overlooking...

5 Nov 2017 9:28 AM GMT

M C MaryKom was on Saturday named ambassador of the AIBA Womens Youth World Championships to be held in Guwahati from November 19 to 26.(Photo: PTI)

Boxer MC Mary Kom named Youth World Championships ambassador

Besides five world titles, Mary Kom also has an Olympic bronze medal to her credit.

4 Nov 2017 12:02 PM GMT

There are around 500,000 ethnic Koreans in Japan - mostly descendants of civilians taken from their homes during Japans brutal colonisation of the Korean peninsula from 1910 until Tokyos defeat in World War II in 1945. (Photo: AFP)

Korean schools in Japan wrought with death threats, bomb scares

Japan has been at the sharp end of recent provocations from Pyongyang, which fired two missiles over its northern...

4 Nov 2017 11:14 AM GMT

The Canis Dirus is believed to be the largest canine to have ever walked the earth. (Photo: The Dire Wolf Project/ Facebook)

Bringing back the Dire wolf, in a tamer avatar

The Dire Wolf Project was started after witnessing decline of purebred dog health, over breeding and horrible breeding...

4 Nov 2017 10:57 AM GMT

A still from Deepika Padukones recent Bangladeshi ad.

Is Deepika Padukone ready to team up again with Sanjay Leela Bhansali?

Rumour has it that Deepika will be seen for fourth time with her favourite director in Amrita Pritam's biopic.

4 Nov 2017 10:35 AM GMT

Tubelight was Salman Khans third collaboration with Kabir Khan.

Salman Khan's Race 3 to go on floors this month

Salman's forthcoming movie 'Race 3' is considered to be one of the biggest movies releasing next year.

4 Nov 2017 7:39 AM GMT

Jason Momoa and Lisa bonet with their kids. (Photo: Instagram)

10 years and 2 kids later, Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet get married

Jason Momoa, 38, and Lisa Bonet, 49, exchanged their vows in an intimate ceremony held at their home in Topanga,...

3 Nov 2017 8:13 AM GMT

Study published Thursday in the journal Current Biology said there are no more than 800 of the primates, which researchers named Pongo tapanuliensis, making it the most endangered great ape species. (Photo: Pixabay)

New species of orangutans discovered

Their numbers are so small, and their habitat so fragmented, that they are in danger of going extinct, say the...

3 Nov 2017 5:27 AM GMT

Youngster Swapnil Kusale won Bronze in the same event for India. (Photo: AP)

Commonwealth Shooting Championships: Gagan Narang bags silver

Dane Sampson registered a winning score of 247.7 to take the first place, while Gagan ended with 246.3 shot.

2 Nov 2017 11:19 AM GMT