Overnight leader Smriti Mehra extended her lead to seven shots with a brilliant two-under 68 on the second day of the second leg of the Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour at the Tollygunge Golf Club in Kolkata on Wednesday.

A team of six boys from the Lawrence School, Sanawar, are attempting a first in the history of mountaineering by undertaking an expedition to the world’s highest peak, Mt Everest.

Be it a dancer’s articulate mudras or a mother’s gentle pat and a soldier’s strong grip on the gun, the magical prowess of hands is immense. Based on this unique theme, a national level painting competitions, titled “Magic of Hands” for school students will be held in the capital.

Vivacious Geeta Basra is out to re-invent herself with some interesting roles in her kitty. Be it her raunchy number in Sanjay Dutt-starrer Zilla Ghaziabad or her full-on comedy with Arshad Warsi in Mr Joe B. Carvalho, Geeta says she feels as if she was never away from Bollywood.

He would have been completing his B.Tech degree had he agreed to go by the path his parents chose for him. But 21-year-old Sidhant Panda wanted to carve his own path.

Government School, Pausangipur, held their nerves to beat DPS RK Puram by one run to clinch the Hargopal Under-16 cricket tournament title in the capital on Monday. The match was reduced to 15 over per side, and both the teams fought out valiantly.

Veteran golfer Smriti Mehra finished on top after the first round of the second leg of the Women’s Professional Golf Tour with a two shot lead over nearest rival Vani Kapoor at the Tollygunge Golf Club in Kolkata on Tuesday. Smriti, who topped the Hero Order of Merit in 2012, fired four birdies and just a bogey in her score of three under 67.

University of Allahabad, Punjabi University, Patiala, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar and Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar, have moved into the quarter-finals of the North Zone inter-university women’s football tournament at the University Stadium in the capital on Tuesday.

Hindustan Football Club qualified for the super eight stage of the Delhi Soccer Association annual senior division football championship, beating Shimla Youngs FC by a solitary goal in their Group A game at the DDA Netaji Subhash sports complex in Jasola on Sunday. Hindustan Football Club’s Japanese import Chacko scored the only goal of the match in the 25th minute.

Speed enthusiasts in the Delhi-NCR region will have a chance to test their skills on a Formula One track after the owners of the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida announced an open track day (time trial) on February 17.