Filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron took home the Golden Lion for "Roma" at the 75th Venice Film Festival.

The Haryana government will carry out development work on priority in the villages of the winners of sports medals in the Asian Games and the Olympics, a minister said on Saturday.

England captain Joe Root won the toss and opted to bat in the fifth and final cricket Test against India at the Oval here on Friday.

Keeping Haryana's flag flying high in the medals tally for the country in the Jakarta Asian Games, sportspersons from Haryana have bagged nearly 25 per cent of the total medals.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Alok Kumar Verma on Thursday felicitated sailor Harshita Tomar who won the bronze medal in the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia. Harshita's mother Rani Tomar is a CBI official.

Atletico Madrid's French forward Antoine Griezmann believes he will never have a chance to win the Balon d'Or award if he doesn't win it this time.

Less than four months after the Assembly election, the Congress on Monday won the most seats in Karnataka's 105 urban local bodies, pushing the BJP to the second spot, and voicing confidence that a Congress-JD(S) combine will sweep the Lok Sabha polls.

Karnataka's ruling coalition partner the Congress won majority of the seats across 10 of 22 districts during vote count for 105 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) on Monday, the State Election Commission (SEC) said.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday blamed Karnataka's ruling coalition partners Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) for its defeat in the state civic polls held across 22 districts.

The Congress was ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the counting began on Mondau of votes cast for Karnataka's 105 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), the State Election Commission (SEC) said.