A popular face on television, actress Nishigandha Wad will now be seen as the protagonist in the Hindi film, In The Name Of Tai. The film, directed by Ujjwal V. Thengdi, is inspired by the real life story of slain activist/lawyer Navleen Kumar.

The Basketball Federation of India’s referee clinic will begin here on Sunday.
The three-day clinic will be conducted by International Basketball Federation (Fiba) sports director Lubomir Kotleba at the Thyagaraj Stadium and is designed for candidates nominated by their respective states to obtain Fiba certification, as well as a refresher course for current Fiba referees to renew their licenses.

Two teams from Pakistan and one each from Oman and Malaysia will feature alongside top domestic outfits in the 23rd Lal Bahadur Shastri men’s hockey tournament in the capital from November 27 to December 4.

Government Girls Senior Secondary School from Shahabad handed a 21-0 hammering to Vidya Devi Jindal School of Hisar in their Super League encounter of the 19th Nehru junior girls hockey tournament at the Shivaji Stadium in the capital on Saturday.

If you thought that perfectly applied coat of pale pink varnish on your nails is all you need to look trendy — think again. Women of substance are using nail art to make a statement, and not just of the fashionable kind. Instead, they’re using it to declare their political affiliations, and show their support to various causes.

The origins of the lute are not very clear, but the musical instrument was certainly not called by that name until the 20th century — while several lute-like instruments, made of animal skin and not wood, were in use as early as the 7th century.

For the longest time, even since childhood, a fruity mocktail meant fighting over the cherry with your siblings. Then we grew up and ordered cocktails, some of which also carried pitted cherries. Although they add little flavour when dropped into a drink, most people prefer to pull the cherries out by their stems and eat them as well.

Adam Devermann, star mixologist of Grand Marnier, took the orange-flavoured liqueur and gave his own twist to two cocktail classics — margarita and mojito. “These, amongst some of the most other popular cocktails in the world, have just a few ingredients that are familiar to most of us and both drinks are refreshing.

It was the mother of all parties as superstar Amitabh Bachchan celebrated his 70th birthday with family and friends from the industry. The who’s who from the world of films, business and fashion made their presence felt at the do. The star attraction of the party apart from Big B was his youngest granddaughter Aaradhya Bachchan.

Aditi Ashok struck back with a fine even-par round of 70 on the second day, but she was still six shots behind defending champion Gurbani Singh at the end of the second round of the Usha West Bengal Ladies Open Amateur Golf Championship in Kolkata on Thursday.