World Championship silver medallist wrestler Amit Kumar on Tuesday rued that a bad umpiring decision at the fag end of his bout cost him a deserving gold in the final of the 55kg category against Iran’s Hassan Farman Rahimi.

East Bengal rode on substitute Ryuji Sueoka’s second half strike to scrape past Semen Padang of Indonesia 1-0 in their home leg of the AFC Cup quarter-finals here on Tuesday.

Famed UK physicist Stephen Hawking, who himself is battling a crippling motor neuron disease, has publicly backed the idea of assisted suicide for people with terminal illnesses.

Funnyman Russell Brand has fuelled dating rumours after he was pictured walking arm in arm with Hugh Grant’s former girlfriend Jem-ima Khan.

The world’s smallest car — just 25 inches high and 4 feet long — which can be safely driven on the road has entered the Guinness World Records.

Actress Lily Collins has topped this year’s list of most dangerous celebrity to search online by McAfee.
The security software company, which conducts studies about the topic annually, had placed Harry Potter star Emma Watson on the first position in 2012, reported Ace Showbiz.

The rupee on Tuesday fell 54 paise to end at 63.37 against the dollar, the biggest drop in 2 weeks, on fresh demand for the US currency from importers ahead of the Federal Reserve’s 2-day policy meeting.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex added 62 points after a choppy session today ahead of the two-day US Federal Reserve meeting that is expected to determine the timing and extent of stimulus tapering.

Ravindra Jadeja continues to jointly top the bowlers’ list, while Virat Kohli is the highest-ranked Indian batsman at fourth in the latest International Cricket Council’s One Day International rankings issued Tuesday.

The Allahabad High Court Tuesday granted two weeks time to the Uttar Pradesh government to submit its response on a Public Interest Litigation seeking direction for a CBI inquiry into all the major riots, which took place in the state after Samajwadi Party, came to power.

The Lucknow bench of justice Imtiyaz Murtaza and justice Anil Kumar Tripathi II passed the order after additional advocate general Bulbul Godiyal, appearing on behalf of the UP government, sought two weeks time to seek instructions and file response.