Reliance Industries chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani announced an unconditional grant of Rs 151 crore to his alma mater the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai. Ambani had graduated from ICT in the 1970s.
New Delhi looks to be testing Omar's endurance with unconcealed glee, never feeling shy to bite whenever a moment comes its way. After all, ruling the country's only Muslim-majority UT/state has been the BJP's burning desire, points out Mohammad Sayeed Malik, the distinguished commentator on Kashmir affairs.
'The largest listenership for Vividh Bharati outside the country is in Spain.' 'The labourers who go there for the tomato-picking season feel cut off from their country and listen to Vividh Bharati to overcome their loneliness.'
'The moment a movie was declared a hit, he would immediately start planning his next.'
These are 'hidden champions' of strategic research and innovation. They are worthy of emulation within Indian industry, and maybe even a Padma!, notes R Gopalakrishnan.
The Pakistanis were so fearful of Brigadier Mohammad Usman, the 'Lion of Naushera', that they announced a Rs 50,000 bounty on his head.
The message from Sunday's event will undoubtedly reverberate globally. It's a landmark occasion that will be remembered for generations and will inspire many other states to introduce the story of Rajendra Chola into school curricula, says Tarun Vijay.
Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has announced plans to write a biography detailing his experiences with match-fixing scandals that plagued Pakistan and world cricket in the 1990s.
'Vivek Oberoi's film was very well made and informative, but you can see what happened. Modi praised that movie, but it still did not work.'
Standing near the noose, he recited a couplet in which he said he wished nothing but to sacrifice his life for the motherland. Utkarsh Mishra remembers Ram Prasad Bismil on the revolutionary leader's 128th birth anniversary.
The high point of the 19 Shastri months was the 22-day war that he fought against great odds and won in principle, even if military historians often call it a stalemate. Pakistan saw a great opportunity to conquer Kashmir and lost. It was the last time they had the relative strength militarily and diplomatically to take Kashmir. Shastri's resolve buried that dream forever, points out Shekhar Gupta.
All hell broke loose. He knew the enemy was close. Then he heard the deep-throated and comforting thudding as his LMG across the stream went into action. Nanavatty was relieved that his men were in the fight with spirit.
Recalling his detention during Hiteshwar Saikia's tenure as Assam Chief Minister, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that during the Congress government in Assam, he was beaten up and had jail food for seven days in the state.
'They want to keep the pot boiling all the time.' 'The BJP wants to set a political narrative that the Gandhis are doing wrong things.'
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Since the IPKF's withdrawal from Sri Lanka in March 1990, the LTTE's once-powerful influence in Tamil Nadu has faded.
Kash Patel, the first Indian-American to head the FBI, has traced his roots to Bhadran village in Gujarat's Anand district. Patel's family migrated to Uganda 70 to 80 years ago, before selling their ancestral houses and moving to foreign countries. Patel was born in New York and is a trained lawyer who is an ice-hockey fan.
The book, "Narendra Modi -- Harbinger of Prosperity & Apostle of World Peace", was released by justice (retd) K G Balakrishnan, former chief justice of India, to mark the completion of six years of Modi as the prime minister.
'Life does not change in such a way that everything becomes easy. Struggle and hustle is there for everyone. 'The difference is that people have started knowing me.'
'If we truly wish to understand and apply Marx's insights today, we must reject the rigid dogmas that later 'Marxists' imposed in his name.'
They try to hide behind the smokescreen that these are works of fiction inspired by real events. So, you can pick and choose from facts and fictionalise to push the right triggers with your audience or appease the powers that be, observes Shekhar Gupta.
After being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, Trump started his inaugural address with a sentence that echoed Modi's coinage some years ago, notes Modi biographer Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay.
Titled, My way--The biography of the "gay cavalier", of Indian cricketer and former Hyderabad and South Zone captain, will be released at the M L Jaisimha Cricket Academy at Secunderabad.
'He was a visionary who redefined storytelling and inspired generations.'
Ratan Tata: A Life, the much awaited biography, reveals that after a year of 'parallel running', Tata began having second thoughts about Cyrus Mistry's 'suitability'. 'Mistry targeted Ratan, the man who had elevated him from virtual oblivion into the mainstream of the Tatas...'
Titled Substance And The Shadow, the book will release on June 9.
If one has to analyse Ashwin the cricketer, it is very difficult to ignore Ashwin, the person, who had a very independent mind and a brain that probably ticked 24x7. He believed in de-construction of his art and became craftier one ball at a time.
Penguin India has decided to publish the maestro's biography.
The book will be released on 12-12-12, the day the Tamil Superstar turns 63.
His story has been told and retold many times over in books, newspapers and even movies, but the life of Dhirubhai Ambani will be narrated again in a pictorial biography by the person who knew him the best -- his widow Kokilaben.
The book was scheduled to hit the stands in October 2013 but has since been aborted.
Rodney Hartman, a former sports editor of leading South African newspapers, will research and write it.
The NCP chief has not concealed his ambition to occupy the top post in the state in the past.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs's authorised biography seems to be a great hit in China as dozens of people were seen lined outside book stores even before they were opened and entire copies being almost sold off within an hour.
There is no shortage of books on the Microsoft founder, but this latest one is different in that it paints Mr Gates in shades of grey, leaving it to readers to make their own judgement about the man
The actor has had a rather tumultous life and is mulling to document his eventful life.
The actor is finally getting down to giving time to Khalid Mohamed to write his biography.
'People don't know about the immense pressures that come with this position -- every decision a judge takes affects real people and their lives.' 'This is not a job that one can take lightly.' A
Sooraj R Barjatya was judged Best Director for the Hindi movie Uunchai at the National Film Awards.
'I want to ask the Congress only one question: What is more important than election management in politics?'
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