'All of us have played domestic cricket in almost empty stadiums, so that's an experience all cricketers are used to'.
Presenting the lucky few who got a chance to wear the Fantasy Bra on the runway.
Making it clear that the Left was not prepared to back down on the issue, Bardhan said it was up to the government to decide whether it wanted to continue or commit sati on the issue.
'Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota is exactly why Hindi cinema needs more film-makers who know a South Indian language,' notes J Jagannath.
Is the CPI-M willing to acknowledge that its cadres were involved in the violent incidents in Nandigram?
Karat has said they will issue a statement on the resignation soon.
The IOC has asked all the IFs to get a written undertaking from the Indian authorities for equal participation before allotting the country any world event in future involving Kosovo.
Doctors said his condition was "critical but stable."
A massive protest erupted in Delhi on Friday evening as a number of civil society activists, students, women and political leaders gathered at Jantar Mantar against the alleged gang rape and death of a young woman in Hathras district and the Uttar Pradesh government's response to it.
The Shankaracharya of Dwaraka-Sharda Peeth Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati said that women's entry in temples would result in increase of rape incidents.
'The regime -- and particularly the home ministry under Amit Shah -- have sought to suppress and destroy these struggles through intimidation, bullying, threats, through false cases, arrests, custodial torture, the use of draconian laws like the UAPA.'
An outstanding student, the Politburo member has emerged as a leader with considerable skills of political negotiations.
'It is not impossible that there will be some arrangement with the Congress in West Bengal after the ongoing local body polls.'
'In India there is so much exploitation because of capitalism,' says CPI-M Politburo member Brinda Karat.
Bypolls are due in the 20 constituencies, which have fallen vacant following the Madras high court last month upholding the disqualification of the 18 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MLAs who back Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam leader TTV Dhinakaran and in view of demise of two sitting members, including DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi.
Communist Party of India-Marxist on Thursday urged President Pranab Mukherjee to decide whether West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan's "political interventions" in seeking an apology from the party politburo for the Delhi incident, involving Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was justified.
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Condemning the Hyderabad blasts, the Left parties on Friday warned against any "preconceived notions" about probable culprits or attempts to communalise the incident, saying several innocents have been imprisoned wrongly and released later in earlier cases.
As arguably the greatest ever tennis player, Roger Federer is urging Olympic officials to back another racket sport by including squash in the programme for the 2020 Games.
The union cabinet minister of women and child development stood up for her daughter who was bullied at school.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'five-star activists' remark on the judiciary has evoked sharp reaction with Congress leader Digvijay Singh and lawyer Prashant Bhushan terming it as contempt of court.
A limited edition Sachin Tendulkar gold coins, with the senior cricketer's face and signature embossed on them, were launched in Mumbai on Monday on the auspicious day of 'Akshaya Tritiya'.
Nishriin Parikh, a 51-year-old fitness enthusiast, wants to inspire youngsters into taking their health and fitness seriously.
The governing bodies of baseball and softball have merged in a bid to win back their spot on the Olympic programme, the heads of the federations said on Sunday.
With an impressive number of votes, 199,477, Rani Rampal was a clear winner of the Athlete of the Year race. Sports fans all over the world voted for their favourite during 20 days of polling in January. Over 705,610 votes were cast during the poll.
Under fire for his "rape" analogy, Central Bureau of Investigation Director Ranjit Sinha on Wednesday apologised for his controversial remark and said he has deep sense of regard and respect for women and commitment to gender issues.
Our relations are very old. If she thinks whatever I had said has hurt her, I express my regret for that. I will also write a letter to her, Yadav said.
A two-day meet of Communist Party of India-Marxist politburo began in New Delhi on Sunday amid attempts to bring all non-Congress, non-BJP parties on a common platform ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
During the searches, a few thousand Pakistani rupees and currencies belonging to the UAE and Saudi Arabia as well as incriminating documents were found
Taking the Bharatiya Janata Party and its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi head on, the Communist Party of India-Marxist on Monday said their claims about riot-free Gujarat and development there were "big lies" based on "complete untruth".
In an affidavit filed in response to a PIL, which has been listed for hearing before a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, the state government said it is important that the investigation is carried out by an independent central agency.
Images from the 17th match of the Indian Premier League between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Kolkata, on Sunday.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Friday lashed out at Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat for his remark that rapes are rare in 'Bharat' (rural India) but occur frequently in 'India', saying this reflects the mentality, which refuses to accept the reality of caste oppression or class driven exploitation of women.
