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Who shapes you -- teacher or TV?

Were he alive today, Dronacharya would have been an unhappy man. Gen X Arjunas think that not teachers but television is shaping their character.According to a study conducted by the Centre for......

Why 'forgotten' Sardar Patel is still relevant today

What Patel perhaps symbolises most today are the near lost virtues of a firm political will and a solid sense of national unity, says Anirban Ganguly. Long before the people of India were compelled......

Southern navy chief killed in accidental fire

Rear Admiral Satyendra Singh Jamwal, Navy's Southern Command chief of staff, was killed in an "accidental firing" incident at a training centre in Kochi on Wednesday.Jamwal, 51, who was the second......

I stood up for colleague: Jaswant on Advani

Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh has invoked the battle scene in the Hindu epic Mahabharata to defend his "covering up" for Leader of Opposition L K Advani during the election......

What should your child do?

Concentration or constant diversion; one track or multi-task -- that is the question confronting many parents today. If you are a parent, you know the story, but let me explain how it hit me......

How Reliance has changed India's petro retailing

Myth that Reliance broke: "Market share of petroleum products depends on the retail outlet share."Before Reliance Industries Ltd forayed into the business of petroleum retailing, the four public......

The IITian Way of Giving

As IIT Bombay's Class of 1980 begins to board planes, trains and automobiles at points across the globe to get together for its Silver Jubilee reunion, it is difficult to believe that twenty-five......

Lalu's Rail Budget speech

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav made the following speech while presenting the Railway Budget for 2004-2005 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 6, 2004)."Mr Speaker Sir,I rise to present the......

'Being Assamese, I was asked for my passport'

Director Jahnu Barua -- who made the award-winning 2005 film Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Maara -- gets candid during an award ceremony in Pune. Devidas Deshpande reports. Even as he received an award......

'Phalke award's for all talented cinematographers'

V K Murthy will be the first cinematographer to get the Dada Saheb Phalke award for his contribution to the film industry. Murthy, who has worked in most Guru Dutt films like Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam,......

'I spent about five years writing Eklavya'

Once known to take long gaps --four years on an average -- between films, filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra is now on a roll and appears to have a release every year. "It'sjust thatI took a long time to......

Comedy is very challenging: Priyadarsan

Filmmaker Priyadarsan has come a long way as far as Bollywoodis concerned. He earned the respect of the industry withfilms like Virasat, Hera Pheri and Sazaa-E-Kaala Pani.However, hislast attempt......

Yashvir, Fernandez among six coaches for Dronacharya

Eight leading coaches of the country, including London Olympic Games bronze medallist wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt's mentor Yashvir Singh, were officially named for the prestigious Dronacharya award.......

Weightlifting coach Harnam angry at Dronacharya snub

Weightlifting coach Harnam Singh is furious that he has been ignored for this year's Dronacharya Award despite his wards winning gold medals in the Commonwealth Games and said that he was more......

Yashvir, Fernandez among six coaches named for Dronacharya

Six top coaches of the country, including London Olympic Games bronze medallist wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt's mentor Yashvir Singh, were recommended for the prestigious Dronacharya Award. Besides......

Nayeemuddin, Shabbir Ali berate Bhutia

Dronacharya awardee coach Syed Nayeemuddin led a bunch of former football stars in lashing out against just-retired Bhaichung Bhutia, accusing him of conspiracy during the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers......

'Don't make a mockery of Dronacharya awards'

Former national hockey coach Harendra Singh is furious after learning that his name is not in the nomination list for the Dronacharya award and believes that people are making a "mockery of the......

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Q. In Mahabharat, who killed Dronacharya?
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Q. What is the meaning of the title Maharadhi?
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Indias chief coach GS Sandhu thinks boxers can do even better

Sports News: Indian boxers won an unprecedented 10 medals to win the 2013 Invitational FXTM International Limassol Boxing Cup in Limassol, Cyprus.... ...

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Big bucks have killed spirit of cricket

The unsavoury spot-fixing episode involving three Indian cricketers - S. Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila - has left a bitter taste in... ...

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SAI forms committee to help gymnasts

Administrative wrangling and lackadaisical attitude of the two disaffiliated federations have cost the gymnasts dear in the last two years, which... ...

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This coach volleys for a cause

Mention volleyball in Vijayawada and many vignettes crisscross the mind, and the most significant is that of former Indian Railways spiker and... ...

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We need to catch the big fish, it is now or never

As a cricketer, it has really pained me to see players, with their faces covered, being paraded by policemen on Thursday. If cricketers who have... ...

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