Thousands of devotees turned up to witness the burning of 10 effigies of demon king Ravana at a posh suburban town of Kolkata as a part of the Dussehra celebrations on Friday.

China and Pakistan pledged here on Saturday to push forward the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between them to a new high.

US President Donald Trump has said it is possible for him to meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani at the UN. Speaking on Wednesday before a bilateral meeting with Kuwait's visiting Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Trump said "anything is possible" regarding the meeting, Xinhua reported. "Whether they want to talk or not, that's up to them, not up to me," he said. "I will always be available... we'll see what happens." Trump said on July 30 that he is ready to meet with Rouhani without preconditions. "I'd meet with anybody. I believe in meeting," Trump said. "They want to meet, I'll meet. Any time they want. Good for the country. Good for them. Good for us. And good for the world." However, the US in August re-imposed sanctions on Iran that had been suspended under a landmark 2015 nuclear deal. Rouhani said in response that the Iranians would make the US "regretful" for its renewal of sanctions. He also said that the US administration "is not trustworthy for any negotiations" after its withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal, since "negotiations with sanctions don't make sense". Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also said lately that any negotiation with the US to solve the existing problems is an "obvious mistake". US-Iranian relations have been at odds as the Trump administration left the historic Iran nuclear deal, de-legitimised its government, vowed to re-impose sanctions on the nation and pressed other nations to cut down their purchase of Iranian oil to zero.

Star hotel chefs are of two kinds one who turns adventurous at the request of a guest who says he is game for new dishes, and the other who does not like to veer away from the restaurant's menu card. At the newly opened Sheraton Grand Chennai Resort & Spa near here, one encounters chefs of the former kind.

The relationship between literature and cinema is mutually sustaining, say authors and filmmakers, who are sure the search for new and good content will lead to books.

Being a stage actor taught actor Pankaj Tripathi the art of improvisation, something that he has continued to apply in his film career too.

The fate of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) became uncertain when the US and Canada failed to come to a consensus on rewriting the three-nation trade pact.

Senior officials from the United States and Canada failed to meet US President Donald Trump's Friday deadline for reaching an agreement on a replacement for the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali says he is in search of a good screenwriter who has earlier worked as a journalist, for a film that he has in mind on the media.

Spain's Rafael Nadal sealed his place in the third round of the US Open after defeating Canadian Vasek Pospisil in straight sets at Flushing Meadows here.