Five players including last edition’s runner up R. Bharathi and Mahalakshmi of Tamil Nadu and Kerala’s Nimmy A.G. emerged as joint leaders on five points after the sixth round in the Amity 39th national women’s challengers chess championship at Naurang House in the capital on Tuesday.

The All India Football Federation celebrated its platinum jubilee in the capital on Wednesday, with the occasion graced by the members of the 1951 and the 1962 Asian Games gold medal winning squads.

What Aamir Khan can do, Abhay Deol can too right? And so it is that Abhay has suavely assumed the mantle of un-caped crusader, hitherto the sole preserve of Aamir. The noteworthy initiative that Abhay is supporting — protecting forests from being cut down for coal mining — is in conjunction with MTV and environmental activist group Greenpeace.

Harsha Biswajit’s artistic endeavours swing seamlessly over the traditional and the post-modern. The son of one of Chennai’s most creative and artistic couples — Shalini and Biswajit, it was only natural that Harsha would follow in his parents’ footsteps. But a Bachelor’s degree in Economics followed by a Master’s in International Political Economy steered him into the world of academic practice.

The National Basketball Association on Tuesday launched the first NBA-3X — a free interactive event combining basketball and entertainment — that aims to bring an unprecedented experience to fans in four cities from September 15 to October 21.

London Olympics-returned paddlers Soumyajit Ghosh and Ankita Das besides Achantha Sharath Kamal, Anthony Amalraj, Poulomi Ghatak and K. Shamini will be seen in action at the 42nd all-India inter-institutional table tennis championships, that get under way at the Kshudiram Anusilan Kendra in Kolkata from Wednesday.

Vani Kapoor, one of India’s most promising talents in women’s golf, will take the plunge as she turns professional at the season-opener Hero-KGA women’s pro golf tournament, that tees off in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

The late Rajesh Khanna’s lady love Anita Advani, who reportedly had a long-standing live-in relationship with the megastar at his Bandra bungalow Aashirwad, is visibly upset, after hearing the buzz about the bungalow being renamed Vardaan. And she is being very vocal about it.

We all know about Big B’s obsession with the social media platform. He is constantly tweeting congratulatory messages to people of the film fraternity and commenting on the daily occurrences in the city.

Spotting a bunch of youth taking pictures of their friends in malls or metro stations is no big deal. Thanks to smartphones and a connected generation, photos are their daily feeds to their Face-book accounts. But there are a few who are focussed on trying to get better with every shot.