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The Delhi High Court Wednesday objected to an indoor basketball stadium being built in a park in west Delhi for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to restore the premises to its old form.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Monday presented a model of the Olympic Torch to Bollywood star Akshay Kumar at a special function here.

Taking strong exception to Sachin Tendulkar's recent comment that "Mumbai belongs to all", Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray has warned the legendary cricketer to "keep off the political pitch" for his own well-being and said his "single cheeky" had made him "run out" in Marathi minds.

Australian captain Ricky Ponting would miss the first eight to nine games of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to be played March-April next year.

Recovering from a knee surgery, popular World Wrestling Federation (WWF) wrestler The Great Khali can't do what he's best at right now. But injury couldn't stop him from shaking a leg to Hindi songs at his younger brother's wedding in a Himachal Pradesh village Thursday.

Popular wrestler The Great Khali Tuesday described Sachin Tendulkar as "India's pride" and surprised everyone by singing a Hindi film song in praise of the cricket legend.

As president of the Mahendra Singh Dhoni fan club, he's probably officially the biggest fan of the Indian skipper. And with the bat as his election symbol he's all set to enter the poll fray for the Jharkhand assembly elections.

Sachin Tendulkar should "keep off the political pitch" for his own well-being, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said Monday in response to the cricket maestro's comments last week that "Mumbai belongs to all".

India's batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar rebutted the 'Marathi Manoos' brand of politics of the Shiv Sena and the Maharastra Navnirman Sena (MNS), saying that Mumbai is for all Indians.

Recuperating from a knee surgery, popular World Wrestling Federation (WWF) wrestler The Great Khali can't do what he's best at right now. But injury didn't stop him from shaking a leg to Hindi songs at his younger brother's wedding in a Himachal Pradesh village Thursday.