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'General Zia was real startled'

'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.''Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.' IMAGE: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and her husband Hardeep Singh Puri, currently India's minister of......

Was ready to end war, but Ukraine made mistake: Putin

In his first ever interview with a western journalist after Russia launched an armed offensive on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that he was ready to negotiate with Ukraine and......

'He has entire Maharashtra cabinet at his feet'

'Since September 1, a senior cabinet minister has been to-ing and fro-ing between Jalna and Mumbai by chartered flight every single day with messages from the two deputy chief ministers and the......

Russia's Wagner private army captures Ukrainian city amid G7 call to end war

Russia's Wagner group in a special military operation in Ukraine has gained a "complete control" of Bakhmut on Saturday, Russian news agency Tass reported. IMAGE: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and......

Talks focused on peace in border areas: Jaishankar after meeting Qin Gang

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday conveyed to his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang at a meeting that the state of India-China relations is "abnormal" as their talks focused on......

Why Bankers Love 'Casa'

Every banker loves the four-letter word Casa as it plays an important role in lowering the cost of deposits.Every bank wants to increase its Casa, as a higher portion of Casa in the overall deposit......

Where Are Business Leaders To Power The India Story?

What do we need more of? Leaders who dominate global institutions or local leaders with a 'Make-in-India' mindset? Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A couple of weeks ago, the news about......

'Amazon In India For Next 100 Years'

'For all of us at Amazon, it is 'Bharat first'.''We are keeping the Indian customer at the centre of what we are doing.' Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In an office at the World......

RCom's cup of woes spills over

China Development Bank takes Reliance Communications to NCLT over loan default China Development Bank, which lent close to $1.78 billion to Reliance Communications (RCom), has filed an insolvency......

Why Rising Pune Supergiant changed its name!

'Last year, someone told us you must remove 's', otherwise you won't perform well and we didn't perform well.''Obviously, that's not the reason for not performing well, but it didn't hurt us to......

'I wanted to write about a young woman's sexual awakening'

'I went to a school in Baroda, where if the boys harassed us, the teachers pulled the girls aside and said, "Oh, your skirts are too short".''They made us feel ashamed of having any sexual feelings......

Why Merry Christmas Left Me Feeling Shortchanged

If you have never seen Sriram Raghavan fly, you would hardly realise that this time, he is happy in his cage, this time he isn't reaching for the skies, notes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Katrina Kaif in......

'I always looked at my father as a fighter'

'My mother (Yogita Bali) tells me you were camera ready as soon as you came out of my womb.' IMAGE: Namashi is set make his acting debut in Director Rajkumar Santoshi's Bad Boy. Photograph: Kind......

Why Is Kriti Not SORRY?

Mrunal watches Moulin Rouge... Fatima has reason to celebrate... Preity meets a friend... Photograph: Kind courtesy Kriti Kharbanda/Instagram Kriti Kharbanda ends the week with the perfect......

Lijo Jose Pellissery's Women And Mine

Somewhere in the back of my mind, Lijo Jose Pellissery's women have begun to stand for the women in my family, each of them with such an intensely vital sense of personality that she withstands all......

Hockey series: India go 0-3 down to Australia

IMAGE: India took the lead through Jugraj Singh's penalty-corner conversion in the 41st minute, but Jeremy Hayward scored twice in five minutes to hand Australia their third straight win in the......

India lose to Australia again; trail Perth hockey series 0-2

IMAGE: India suffered to their second straight defeat to Australia in the Perth International Festival of Hockey on Sunday. Photograph: Hockey India The Indian men's hockey team dished out a......

What Happened When Kohli, Rauf Met

Photograph and video: Kind courtesy PCB/X In anticipation of the highly anticipated Asia Cup 2023 clash between India and Pakistan this afternoon, Virat Kohli had a heartwarming meeting......

Women's WC PIX: Argentina, SA hopes dented by thrilling draw

IMAGE: Argentina's Yamila Rodriguez in action with South Africa's Linda Motlhalo. Photograph: Molly Darlington/Reuters Argentina and South Africa settled for an exciting 2-2 draw in their......

Stokes won't change mind about ODI retirement

IMAGE: Ben Stokes had announced his retirement from ODI cricket in July last year. Photographs: Lee Smith/Action Images via Reuters England captain Ben Stokes has stated that he does not intend to......

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