Inspired or not, this Tamil film makes a mark.
Amit Mistry was a wicked actor, someone who could chance a broken arm, who could take deep dives, who could ram his head into walls, all without bothering about the outcome. And, as with that closing bit, the knowledge of where he might have arrived at eludes us now, observes Sreehari Nair.
The unprecedented global recession had forced the central banks into a fire-fighting mode, cutting interest rates and infusing liquidity into the economic system. The global markets began to find their feet. And the Indian markets were among the leaders.
Nandini speaks about her directing her debut Tamil film Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru.
Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports on the Sheena Bora Trial.
This was not Sharad Pawar or Prithviraj Chavan speaking. It was Uddhav Thackeray, the undisputed chief of the Shiv Sena!
The veteran American set up a showdown with Romanian former world number one Simona Halep in Saturday's final.
Automakers are caught in a chicken-and-egg situation: Prices have to come down if volumes are to increase, and volumes won't increase unless prices come down, notes Pavan Lall.
Having endured the frustration of a long lay-off due to injury, Chris Woakes felt "incredible" after realising his "boyhood dream" of scoring a Test hundred at the 'Home Of Cricket'.
Tata's comments come a little over two weeks after JLR management and its workers agreed to a two-year pay freeze, subject to no compulsory layoffs for the next two years. This is also the first time the Tata chairman has made a direct public appeal to the UK government for credit support.
The condition of veteran Marxist leader Harkishan Singh Surjeet, who was admitted to a New Delhi hospital a fortnight ago with an acute respiratory problem, remained critical on Tuesday. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha L K Advani visited the hospital this morning to enquire about the condition of the 92-year-old ailing leader. Surjeet, who was admitted on May 6 to the hospital with cardiac respiratory arrest, slipped into a coma on May 16.
'This pandemic has only made my belief stronger that we should live for today because we do not know what tomorrow has got to offer.' 'Tomorrow is not even guaranteed.'
Having failed to wear down the protesters, the government has now resorted to a bare-knuckle campaign to discredit them by portraying them as pawns in a wider plot bankrolled by shadowy 'anti-national' and 'Islamist' forces, notes Hasan Suroor.
Republicans, in choosing a woman, argue that they are the true party of feminists, even if their female candidate is anti-choice, pro-military, pro-guns, pro-religion in the public sector, anti-sexual education and is, in general, diametrically opposed to everything the feminist movement has achieved for American women.
Sebastian Vettel made full use of the virtual safety car to sneak in front of Lewis Hamilton midway the race before the German held off the frustrated Briton to win the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Pervez Musharraf's willingness to be persuaded by the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to attend the Kabul jirga underscores the criticality of Pakistan's cooperation for Washington.
Akshay Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan or Ranveer Singh? Take your pick!
'Industry observers are certain the next attempt will succeed even if they have to browbeat someone into buying as the government has put its might behind it,' predicts Anjuli Bhargava.
'Appellants may not lap up the scheme because, first, to do so would amount to admission of guilt, and second, they may have smelled victory before higher appellate forums,' notes S Murlidharan.
Counter fear with greater fear, terror with super-terror, and the perpetrators will think twice before carrying out their evil deeds.
The absolute control of the Communists on all realms of policy-making, the single point agenda of the Congress party to stay in power as long as possible and the insistence of the Bharatiya Janata Party upon destroying its credibility as a national party -- all have ensured that Indian foreign policy continues to drift without any real sense of direction.
Rohan Bopanna and Prakash Amritraj scored hard-fought victories in the opening singles of the Asia-Oceania Davis Cup Round 2 tie against Japan in New Delhi on Friday. Bopanna got India off to a perfect start with a five-set victory against Japan's No 1 Kei Nishikori while Amritraj fought back from two sets down to beat Go Soeda.
The simplicity of football was again emphasised as France secured a place in the World Cup final from a basic set- piece.
At least 117 Electronic Voting Machines malfunctioned and were replaced during the first phase of assembly polls in 65 constituencies in Assam, where the two-phase election process started Monday.
Lord Coe tells his nine-year-old son was devastated by Dwain Chambers' positive test.
For the second time in three days at the ATP Finals, Rafael Nadal fought off one of the game's rising powers but beating Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas proved in vain as his semi-final hopes vanished on Friday.
"There is absolutely no pressure on me. I am common man and I do not represent anyone. The media is trying to portray me as a goon. I am an Indian and if praising Mother India and saying 'Vande Matram' makes me a goon then so be it. Yes there are allegations against me, but I am sure I will be vindicated," Chauhan told ANI.
The Sena appeared firm on its demand that the chief minister's post should be shared by the two allies for two-and-a-half years each.
'Even Aaradhya watches KBC,' Amitabh Bachchan tells us.
The weatherman attributed the heavy fog to high-pressure area over the capital and adjoining parts that was affecting wind movement.
The smile stays on long after you've left the theatre, says Sukanya Verma.
In the ongoing tug-of-war for supremacy in the Indian car market, Hyundai blinked first by withdrawing 'temporarily' its advertising brochure 'Xing ahead of the Swift' in response to a legal notice served last week.
In the first post-assembly poll shakeup, the BJP has replaced Munde with Nitin Gadkari as the state party chief.
Battle commences at Edgbaston on Thursday and the last time Australia won there was the opening match of the 2001 series which they ended up dominating 4-1.
Hate Story 3 is *not* an erotic thriller, warns Prasanna D Zore.
