Filmmaker Alexander Payne brought his black and white film Nebraska, the screening of which was much attended. While speaking with the media, Mr Payne said that while he made the movie last year, the screenplay reached him nine years ago. “You make a film at a given moment in time. I got the screenplay nine years ago.

The spot-fixing saga has opened a Pandora’s Box and skeletons are tumbling out at the speed of a straight six from the flashy bats of Chennai Super Kings’ powerful batting lineup.

Despite giving a good account of themselves, the Indian women’s national team went down 0-2 to Myanmar in their opening match of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualifiers at the Faisal Al Huseni Stadium in Palestine’s West Bank on Tuesday.

Urban landscape in India has been swiftly changing; towering skyscrapers, apartments and spacious malls have taken over most big cities and open spaces are far fewer in sight. To highlight the changes in urban parts of the country, gallerist and curator Atul Marwah has chosen the medium of art and selected the works of established and contemporary artists for his ongoing exhibition — Urban Art Show.

David Beckham is possibly the most famous footballer of our generation, and it was no surprise that he caused a worldwide stir when he announced his retirement from the game a few days ago.

Ranveer Singh seems to be living up to his bad boy image. The actor who was recently chosen as an ambassador for a popular mobile phone brand was dropped off the contract after he made a rather stinging remark about his contemporary Ranbir Kapoor.

Arunima Sinha, a former national-level volleyball player, on Tuesday became the first Indian amputee to conquer Mount Everest.

National champion Viraj Madappa carded the day’s best round — a two-under 70 — to move into the joint lead at the midway stage of the Usha Karnataka junior golf tournament in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

Delhi’s Kapil Kumar shot a five-under 67 to take the lead in the opening round of the PGTI Feeder Tour event at the Aravalli Golf Club in Faridabad.

High on confidence after notching up a double against Bahrain in two international friendlies in the latter’s backyard, the Indian women’s senior national team will look to continue the momentum at the AFC Asian Cup (qualifiers), that gets under way in Ramallah, Palestine, on Tuesday.