The Indian Davis Cup captain is confident that the 'Indian Express' pair will dish out quality tennis in the Beijing Olympics.
Narendra Modi has made it easier for businesses to buy farm land.
'He is not the leader of the party in the Rajya Sabha or the Lok Sabha. He is just an MP.' 'In the order of precedence of the Republic of India, Rahul Gandhi is at 21st position,' says Sudhir Bisht.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi eased past Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon to enter the pre-quarter-finals in the men's doubles of the tennis event at the Beijing Olympics. The ace Indian duo, seeded seventh, beat the young Frenchmen 6-3, 6-3 in the first round on Tuesday.
Ten days after Hizbul Mujahideen leader Burhan Wani was eliminated by the armed forces, Kashmir continues to see massive unrest, with the violence claiming over 40 lives.
Top seeds Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi could not recreate their old chemistry and crashed out of the Indianapolis tennis championship with a first round defeat. The 'Indian Express' pair failed to hold their nerve in the match tie-break and went down to the Canadian duo of Daniel Nestor and Frederic Niemeyer 4-6, 6-3, 10-12 in one hour and 25 minutes.
India football coach Stephen Constantine has told his bosses to stand up to the dominating television companies if they ever want local football to flourish in the floundering South Asian nation.
According to a reliable source, the names of 'Preneet Kaur' and a name similar to one of Narayan Rane's sons allegedly feature on the HSBC list of Indians with Swiss bank accounts, says Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com
India's Davis Cup captain Leander Paes is soon to be featured as a superhero in a cartoon series on TV.
Can you even imagine the fear that must have passed through Kiran Rao's mind, asks Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
Despite their differences, the duo are set to team up for India again at the 2008 Olympics, having finished fourth in Athens four years ago.
GST, a much needed reform that widens the tax net, promises to strangle many legitimate businesses while they wait for the tax administration and systems to catch up, says Rahul Jacob.
In a startling admission, Thounaojam Herojit Singh, a gallantry award recipient, said that he shot an unarmed 22-year-old Chungkham Sanjit Meitei back in 2009.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com on Priyanka Chopra's appointment as a brand ambassador for India, despite her frankness on intolerant India.
The electoral bounty reaped by the Congress was nothing more than an ill-gotten gain of a casteist, divisive campaign; nothing to be proud of and certainly not a moral victory, argues Vivek Gumaste.
A newspaper reported on its front page, quoting unnamed sources, that one-day cricket's leading batsman had discussed quitting the format with friends in order to extend his Test career.
Even as the anti-terror operations continue at the Pathankot Air Force base, the National Investigation Agency has started piecing together the puzzle over how the terrorists managed to sneak into the country and launch the brazen attack.
'An army general is not supposed to speak on political issues.' 'He should be keeping away from politics.'
The tragedy has sent an alert to outbound Indian IT professionals on how important it is to monitor your personal safety while abroad.
The narrative of the ruling BJP regime changed from "development to intolerance, cooperation to confrontation welfare and security of all the people to deep sense of insecurity and fear among large sections of people," he said.
Associated Journals was allotted 3,478 sq m of land by the Maharashtra govt in 1983 for building a Nehru Memorial library and a research centre.
The court also allowed Indian Banks' Association, another respondent, to file a response.
George Fernandes in an interview had accused Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh of betraying the country by signing the 123 Agreement.
We should brace ourselves for more bad news in the coming quarters -- on economic output and growth, strains on the fiscal deficit, export slowdown, small and micro enterprises in distress, and further accumulation of NPAs in the banking sector, says Rahul Khullar.
The Indian express industry is set for sizzling growth, despite rising usage of facilities like short messaging services or multimedia message services.
'He has terror charges against him. And for an army officer, it's just terrible.'
"The story seems to have been planted and aimed at hitting out at the interests of Najmaji," said a senior party leader from Rajya Sabha, who is known for his lung power.
The vice chairman said they have asked agencies like the ED, IT to make an assessment of the list and prepare a report in this regard.
Karan Pandey was killed when a bullet fired by the police in an attempt to puncture the tyre of the bike he was riding, hit him in his back, early on Sunday morning in New Delhi.
'The tiger may survive in 10 national parks in the future. But that is down from 120 protected areas. It cannot be a worse scenario,' says outspoken tiger expert Valmik Thapar.
After expelling party stalwart Jaswant Singh, now it seems that the Bharatiya Janata Party is all set to take action against the veteran leader's son and legislator Manvendra Singh for allegedly campaigning for his father.
Monday's ruling cleared the way for the 19-year-old to compete again in both domestic and international events after she was forced to sit out for about a year.
Mohammad Sajjad salutes the memory of Mushirul Hasan -- historian, thinker, academic, institution builder, -- who passed into the ages this week.
'There are retaliatory incursions, ambushes, captures and killings by Indian forces along the 700 km border; alleged spies are caught on both sides, then mutually traded as pawns; envoys are summoned in both capitals to be routinely given dressing downs.' 'And there is always a handy courier pigeon, like Sajjan Jindal, sent over to test the troubled waters,' says Sunil Sethi.
LS MPs are paid Rs 2.8 lakh per month plus travel and other perks which works out to nearly Rs 177 crore for 545 MPs during the last financial year. Add another Rs 78 crore for the Rajya Sabha MPs, according to data.
Ex-cricketer and former Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Chetan Chauhan's appointment as the chairman of the prestigious National Institute of Fashion Technology, has triggered a row with intense debate raging on social media on the government's 'bizarre selection'.
'A false narrative is being created, that Modi is a habitual offender when it comes to lowering the political discourse in the country.' 'Nothing can be farther from the truth,' argues Sudhir Bisht.
Mahesh Bhupathi is hopeful of meeting Leander Paes in the doubles final of the Mumbai Open.
Abhishek Bachchan and Vidya Balan also scored big at the star-studded event.
The defeat has prompted former players and media to round on the team and increased calls for Vangipurrapu Laxman to return to the one-day side.
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