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Asha Bhosle gets wax statue at Madame Tussauds, wants it placed...

The 84-year-old singing legend unveiled her wax sculpture created by Madame Tussauds Delhi on Tuesday.

4 Oct 2017 11:53 AM IST

Each was born on April 28, 1990, at Morton Hospital in Taunton (Photo: Pixabay)

Couple born in the same hospital on same day get married after 20...

Jessica says she and Aaron figured out they were born on the same day

4 Oct 2017 10:26 AM IST

A section of the Bakhshali manuscript, from the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.

London museum celebrates Indian science

The Bakhshali manuscript [an Indian mathematical text written on birch bark that was found in 1881] is on display, said...

4 Oct 2017 5:39 AM IST

Goran K Hansson, centre, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announces the 2017 Nobel Prize winners in Physics, from top left, Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barrish and Kip S. Thorne. (Photo: AP)

Nobel Physics Prize awarded to three scientists for work on...

Scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics for decisive contributions in the observation of gravitational waves.

3 Oct 2017 3:49 PM IST

The Senate voted on bitterly divided partisan lines to confirm Pais nomination for his second five-year term. (Photo: Twitter)

US Senate nominates Indian-origin Ajit Pai as FCC chief for 2nd term

The vote was 52-41 for 44-year-old Pai, who has served as a commissioner at the FCC since 2012.

3 Oct 2017 1:40 PM IST

The decision has opened up a lucrative new market for carmakers (Photo: AFP/Twitter)

Women's rights acitivist from Saudi to get her dream car from Ford...

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday announced it would allow women to drive from June 2018, ending a policy that had severely curbed...

3 Oct 2017 12:28 PM IST

Aamir Khan and Virat Kohli.

Aamir Khan and Virat Kohli to come together for Diwali special TV show

The audience will get to witness them in the same frame at their candid best as both will be seen sharing their few...

3 Oct 2017 10:33 AM IST

Ranveer Singh was spotted in his Alauddin Khilji look at an event months ago.

Alauddin Khilji first look: Ranveer is menacing and terrifying to the...

The actor shared his menacing first look as the antagonist lot earlier than the previously scheduled Tuesday morning.

3 Oct 2017 8:45 AM IST

She felt that the teddy bear characters were so interesting, that she continued buying them wherever she travelled. (Photo: AP)

US woman sets world record for largest teddy bear collection

Jackie Miley's collection first began with bear dubbed "Grandma Jackie", which she won in 2000, now she has over eight...

2 Oct 2017 4:55 PM IST

Lady Gaga. (Photo: AFP

Lady Gaga donates USD 1 million to victims of hurricanes

She made the donation to help those affected by multiple storms, which ripped through Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and...

2 Oct 2017 12:57 PM IST

A former male racing driver has become one of the first openly transgender ballet students to pass a Royal Academy of Dance exam. (Photo: )

Former race car driver becomes UK's first transgender ballerina

A former male racing driver has become one of the first openly transgender ballet students to pass a Royal Academy of...

2 Oct 2017 12:36 PM IST

38-year-old Jagmeet Singh is the first member of a minority community to lead a major federal political party. (Photo: AP)

Canada: 38-yr-old Sikh man becomes first minority politician to lead...

He won the decisive first-ballot victory over three other candidates by receiving 53.6 per cent of the vote.

2 Oct 2017 10:25 AM IST