Legendary Sachin Tendulkar has revealed that the first thoughts of retiring from international cricket came to his mind in October 2013 during a Champions League T20 match in New Delhi, just a month before he decided to call it quits.
'The current BJP leadership believes the party's expansion across India, and thus their own survival at the top, depends on injecting communal tension into areas where it has so far been largely controlled,' argues Mihir S Sharma.
With the Bharatiya Janata Party stepping up the offensive against her husband, Priyanka Gandhi on Monday said she was not bothered by the personal attacks and that she can choose to reject the 'gifts' of criticism. "If they choose to give me gifts, I can choose to reject them. The malice is with them, not me," she said.
Congress on Tuesday launched a stinging attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue of ceasefire violations by Pakistan questioning his silence even as it wondered why the government was running with a "part-time" defence minister.
The passage of this major legislation comes ahead of the general election due early next year.
India's first 3G network, currently being tested in some Tamil Nadu villages, could well lay the seeds of a rural ICT revolution.
'One big leader said you might get 3 lakh votes and still lose.' 'I said if I do I will make sure you are sleepless because it will be me and three lakh people.'
'There are many more bad marriages than we want to acknowledge,' says Deepa Narayan.
The Jan Raksha Yatra from Payyannur will travel through the state before ending in Thiruvananthapuram on October 17.
'Article 15 is not the work of a hack, or of someone merely scooping a plot out of newspaper headlines.' 'It is a well-researched, clear-headed movie; but its findings have a purpose,' says Sreehari Nair.
Ignoring India's opposition, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said Pakistan will hold dialogue with Kashmiri separatists to take them into confidence before engaging in peace talks with India.
"A strong Japan is in the interest of India and a strong India is in the interest of Japan," said Shinzo Abe.
In the snow clad Jungfraujoch, Geetanjali Krishna walks straight into a scene from a Bollywood film -- a buxom beauty in a green chiffon sari.
"What do they want us to do? They label us as a threat to peace and cage, confine and gag us. So how can we be of help?" said Mirwaiz.
Soni is a soft treatment of a very complex subject, feels Sreehari Nair.
The Congress chief hit out at the BJP's ideological mentor, the RSS, alleging that it was a "male chauvinist organisation" and did not have women in it, thus cannot do what the Congress can for women.
As thousands of protesting farmers marched into Mumbai on Sunday, Hemant Waje walked along with them. This is his account.
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.
They gave voices to sexual assault & harassment survivors across the world.
Questioning the "silence" of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi over allegations involving Robert Vadra, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday wondered if the internal politics of the Congress does not allow them to speak about them or "defend" Vadra.
BJP took exception on Friday to the "silence being maintained" by Congress President Sonia Gandhi on the Nanavati commission report and demanded that she too apologise to the nation for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Congress charged that there has been a rise in communal incidents in the country during the National Democratic Alliance coalition's first 100 days in power even as it questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "silence" over the matter.
'The government made a mess.' 'When there is a director, how can you have an in-charge director?' 'Then, they shifted all the 14 officers who were working on the Asthana case which has never happened in the history of the CBI.'
'How long do you dumb down, how long do you stay silent,' the actor asks at TEDx.
As the stage is set for the fifth and final round of voting for 57 seats in the Bihar assembly poll to decide the fate of political biggies, people woke up on Wednesday morning to find a prominent newspaper advertisement featuring a woman loving hugging a young bovine, and attacking Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his silence over the 'beef' statements made by his allies.
Facebook's reaction to Barkha Dutt's child abuse proves we know absolutely nothing about rape.
Abdul Jalil Mastan caught on camera asking a crowd at a note ban protest to hit with shoes the photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sparking condemnation and kicking up a ruckus in the state legislature.
'The majority community needs to accept that the Indian Muslim is peace loving, not communal and treat them accordingly.'
"None is above law. Whatever the misfortune I am suffering, I am okay," the seer was quoted as saying by former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti, who met him in jail in Vellore on Tuesday.
Banerjee urged President Pranab Mukherjee to "save" the people of the country from the hardship caused by demonetisation and the resultant cash crisis
Congress MPs approach PM to protest against Chidambaram's public remarks on blaming Mukherjee for economic crisis.
A day after informing Parliament that the Prime Minister's Office under Manmohan Singh had pushed for extension to a judge facing corruption charges, the government on Wednesday demanded that the former prime minister should make a "categorical" statement on the controversial matter.
'For people who are fed on nothing else but the media, what were prejudices become facts of life.' 'What my neighbour may see as just news, for me is a source of fear, living as I do, surrounded by non-Muslims.' 'So I would say it is important to talk to a Muslim, be it your neighbour or your colleague.' 'Have that conversation about what's happening to Muslims.'
Kashinath Singh and Katyayani Vidmahe announced their decision to return their awards.
Her action comes in the wake of a parade of litterateurs renouncing their coveted prizes.
Mahindra is an automotive brand which is not exactly 'world renowned' for its two-wheelers. However, this has not stopped the Indian company from coming up with handsome looking, Mahindra Mojo, a touring motorcycle, says MotorBeam.
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