An Indo-French satellite Megha-Tropiques was on Wednesday successfully placed in orbit by PSLV-C18 rocket in a perfect launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre as part of a key mission that will help understand global tropical weather.

Tennis player Anna Kournikova, who has been dating Latin singer Enrique Iglesias for a decade, doesn't feel the need to get married.

Off-spinner Harbbhajan Singh says he was more surprised than hurt when he was axed from the Indian ODI team for the first two ODIs against England.

A copy of Steve Jobs' death certificate indicates the Apple co-founder died of respiratory arrest that resulted from pancreatic cancer that had spread to other organs.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani on Monday landed in this village, the birthplace of legendary socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan, to begin a 12,000 km cross-country 'Jan Chetna' campaign to raise awareness against corruption.

Maintaining that they are not campaigning for any party in the Hisar election, Arvind Kejriwal has said Team Anna should not be held responsible if their movement in any way benefits the opposition and dismissed as "absurd" talk of Hazare nursing an ambition to become president.

Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani, accompanied by his daughter Pratibha and other party leaders including Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, today visited the ancestral house of late socialist leader Jayprakash Narayan and paid tributes.

Pop star Beyonce Knowles has confirmed that her baby is due to be born next February and says she feels blessed and grateful.

Ricky Ponting's manager has dismissed alleged bookie Mazhar Majeed's claims of having access to the former Australian captain, while pacer Nathan Bracken has threatened legal action after his name also cropped up in the spot-fixing trial in London.

Ayaz Memon

Oscar Wilde, Irish writer and poet, was utterly disdainful of cricket. “It requires one to adopt such indecent postures,” he is reported to have said. Remember, Wilde never saw the more frenetic limited overs formats. What would he say of the ‘Dilscoop’?