Savera R Someshwar/Rediff.com describes the mood in the humble apartment in Varanasi where the Aam Aadmi Party leader strategises on how to defeat Narendra Modi.
Miffed that Narendra Modi's presence has been limited in Varanasi city on Thursday, BJP leader Arun Jaitley slammed the returning officer for denying permission to the party's Bharat Vijay rallies and the Ganga aarti scheduled in the city.
Juhi Chawla steals Madhuri Dixit's thunder in Gulaab Gang, feels Savera R Someshwar.
Ishan Sardesai, who took the country's first NEET-UG on May 5, 2013 narrates the chaos he went through while appearing for the common medical entrance examination.
As per an order by the University Grants Commission or the UGC, the Unique Identification (UID) number is now mandatory for students and teachers in Maharashtra who wish to avail of the various state- and centre-funded government schemes and scholarships.
The veteran singer puts in a good acting debut.
They sat there, quietly, along with hundreds of other men and women, mourning the loss of the one man who had given them both hope and pride. Maharashtra's mighty 'Tiger' has been silenced forever, felled by the twin arrows of old age and ill-heath, leaving his cubs (the organisation he had created, the Shiv Sena) mewling in sorrow.
Debutant author Upendra Namburi who took up his first summer job when he was 17 and has spent the last 16 years in the FMCG, banking and financial services talks of the highs and lows that go with writing a novel.
We should have seen the depths of horror that the greed for dowry can plumb to. What we saw, and heard, should have been seared in our eyes, and hearts, never to be forgotten. That didn't happen, says Savera Someshwar.
The film could have been so much more.
After the towering DU cut offs, it was time for Mumbai students to battle its share of anxiousness and surprises as Mumbai colleges declared its second merit list on June 23.
Did you catch the latest 3D movie last weekend? Well, according the Bombay Municipal Corporation, that's not the only thing you may have caught.
No One Killed Jessica is brilliant but still lacks the punch.
In an email interview, Devendra Bharma, executive vice president, Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, Mumbai, tells rediff.com about the incredible show of support the hotel has seen.
On Wednesday, Mumbai stood up to accuse those who had harmed her -- her so-called political leaders, the bureaucracy, the intelligence department and Mumbai herself.
Three days after the terrorists took over the Trident and the Oberoi, the former has finally been handed back to the management. The latter is still in the control of the NSG.
They also added that the terrorists were not guests at the hotel. "As far as we know," said P R S Oberoi, chairman, The Oberoi Group, in a media meet, "the terrorists did not check in as guests."
Even as they celebrated the rescue of the hostages, tears were shed for those who could not be saved.
As the rescue operations finally seemed to come to an end, they stood shoulder to shoulder to play their part. Forming a human chain, in tandem with the Mumbai police, the staff of the Trident (formerly Oberoi) Hotel kept the media and curious onlookers at bay as the rescued hostages walked out of the hotel.
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