Naseeruddin Shah, had auditioned for the lead role in Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi', but was rejected.

Despite drag-flick specialist VR Raghunath missing as many as eight penalty corners, India managed a 7-0 victory over minnows Oman in the men's hockey event at the Asian Games.

"In the last 24 hours we have lost two Ukrainian soldiers, eight have been wounded," Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said.

Somdev overcame a sluggish start to carve out a heroic 1-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 win after battling hard for three hours and 37 minutes.

Cameroon threw off their dreadful World Cup performance to beat star-studded Ivory Coast 4-1 in African Cup of Nations qualifying on Wednesday.

If you have a tendency to read and post tweets for several hours a day, watch out for psychiatric disorders.

Villa, Spain's all-time top scorer, last month became the first player signed by New York City FC, co-owned by Manchester City and the New York Yankees.

The incident comes close on the heels of the murder of party leaders Omveer Singh and Vijay Pandit.

Facebook's advertising revenue was $1.8 billion, up 66 per cent from a year ago.

Jammu and Kashmir Agriculture Minister Ghulam Hassan Mir on Wednesday said he would offer himself for an open, time-bound probe. The statement comes in the wake of remarks by former army chief Gen VK Singh that money was paid to ministers.

The Naveen Jindal group was allotted a total of 11 blocks, making it the largest beneficiary of the coal block allotment.

Gandhi says that he took inspiration from the celebrated Swedish photographer Evgen Bavcar's story for his film.

The annual Kailash Mansarovar 'yatra' has been suspended on Monday in view of heavy rains and landslides in Uttarakhand.

Public Provident Fund and Senior Citizen Savings Scheme to earn 0.1 per cent less interest from April 1.

The Spaniard has been jeered by a section of Chelsea's support since replacing the sacked Roberto Di Matteo in November.