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'Mr Sobers, would you like to bat?'

Ajit Wadekar recalls how India turned the tables on the the West Indies and won a historic victory. IMAGE: The legendary Ajit Wadekar. Photograph: Central Press/Getty Images Ajit Laxman Wadekar --......

Cheerleaders will seduce the crowd: Thackeray

Hitting out at authorities for using cheerleaders in the cricket field to 'seduce' the crowd, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Monday said that the sanctity of cricket has been lost as the......

1993 Mumbai blasts case verdicts

Following is a summary of sentences delivered in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. Yeshwant Nago Bhoinkar: Three years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine for transporting RDX and arms from......

'93 blasts: Conspirator Dawood Phendse gets lifer

A person considered to be one of the main conspirators behind 1993 serial blasts was on Wednesday awarded life sentence by the TADA court in Mumbai. Special Judge P D Kode, while sentencing the......

'93 blasts: Tiger Memon's 'sister' found guilty

Four persons, including the adopted sister of absconding prime accused Tiger Memon, were held guilty on Wednesday by the TADA court for their complicity in serial bomb blasts that killed 257 people......

The Top 10 Spy Thrillers On OTT

The West has had an advantage over Indian cinema and OTT when it comes to espionage thrillers -- the two World Wars and the Cold War were grist for the mill, and then the Middle East joined the......

When Dilip Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar didn't speak for 13 years

The way Dilip came to the porch to receive Lata, you would never have guessed something was amiss between the two.Raju Bharatan's many wonderful insights into Dilip Kumar's life. IMAGE: Dilip......

Film director BR Ishara passes away

Film director and screenwriter BR Ishara passed away Wednesday morning. He was suffering from tuberculosis and was undergoing treatment at Criticare Hospital Juhu, a western Mumbai suburb.He......

'We'll never know her full story'

Parveen Babi may have died on Friday, but as far as the film industry was concerned, she died a long time ago after she was reportedly diagnosed as schizophrenic. In recent years, one seldom heard......

Actress Parveen Babi found dead

Actress Parveen Babi has been found dead in her house in Mumbai's Juhu suburb."The residential society's secretary complained to us that she had not collected milk and newspaper from her doorstep......

I Don't Get this Indian Cricket Team

They represent a new tribe whose grace and skill-sets lie well beyond my comprehension, notes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Mohammed Shami celebrates with team-mates after taking Rassie van der Dussen's......

'There will never be another Bishan Bedi'

'He was a cricketer who come once in a lifetime...' Cricket legend Bishan Singh Bedi passed away into the ages on October 23, 2023.Regarded as one of the greatest spinners to have played the game,......

There Will Surely Never Be Another Bishan Singh Bedi

One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday.Rediff.com salutes the legend. IMAGE: Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty......

'I would have been the king of limited overs cricket'

'I am not envious of those who are making millions. It's their era and I had my era.' IMAGE: Cricket legend Salim Durani trains budding cricketers in Jamnagar in this January 2004 photograph.......

'There was no one like Bishan paaji'

'I have seen Bishan paaji get worked up when he felt the game was losing its character because of some individual.' IMAGE: Bishan Singh Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis......

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