After the semi-final victory over Pakistan, Sumeet Anand is sure India will beat Sri Lanka in the final and emerge triumphant.
A little-known right wing Hindu outfit on Saturday vandalised NDTV's office in Ahmedabad and assaulted two staffers, venting their anger against an SMS poll of the news channel with noted painter M F Husain as a contender for Bharat Ratna.
This is a huge honour for Tendulkar, who retired from international cricket eight years ago in 2013
'After he died the phrase that struck me most about him was that 'Sam restored the izaat of the Army'.' Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw's grandson Raoul-Sam Daruwala remembers the man behind the uniform. Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw's grandson Raoul-Sam Daruwala remembers the man behind the uniform.
Blaming the Congress for criminalising politics, Narendra Modi on Monday said that if voted to power he will set up special courts to try the tainted MPs and MLAs and send the guilty behind bars within one year.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on March 3 an appeal of the Tamil Nadu government against the Madras high court order permitting the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to take out a march in the state.
M Venkaiah Naidu launched a scathing attack on the Congress for calling statements of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi anti-national and saying he should be tried for treason. "What else can you expect from the Congress government but to launch treason proceedings against Modi and confer the Bharat Ratna on Mohammad Afzal Guru who was awarded death sentence for attacking Parliament in December 2001," he told rediff.com.
'The concept of an MP IPL team is the brainchild of Kamal Nath.' 'If the Congress government comes to power in the state, he will assemble an IPL team for MP with the assistance of his business contacts.'
Modi and the BJP have been targeting the Congress during the campaign for assembly polls, claiming that the grand old party opposed the scrapping of Article 370.
Technology can certainly help the spreading of education, for example in making the schooling of maths easier and faster
The All India Cabin Crew Association, claiming to represent 2,500 cabin crew of Air India, said: "While we bear Capt Gustav Baldauf no ill-will at all, it is tragic that the airline that was built by one of the world's legendary aviators, Bharat Ratna J R D Tata, must today be saved by a foreigner, whose only link to India seems to be Jet Airways."
Dr Shreekant Sambrani pays tribute to M S Swaminathan, renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who passed away in Chennai recently.
What we know -- what we have seen -- is that India can change. That is the true genius of this nation.
If Indira Gandhi hadn't targeted the RSS, Narendra Modi wouldn't be sitting pretty with his second majority and looking at a third, asserts Shekhar Gupta.
Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar was admitted to Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital's Intensive Care Unit in the early hours of Monday after she complained of breathing problems, hospital sources said.
The Ustad will, however, remain under observation for some days.
The 92-year-old shehnai legend was brought in an ambulance from his Harha Sarai residence to the private hospital in Lanka area of the city, sources said.
Jayshree and about 15 others based in Chennai are touring southern Indian states targeting schools and business houses to popularise the genre.
Analysing his own performance, JRD Tata insisted that his only real contribution to the group's smorgasbord of companies was Air-India
Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu said government facilitates freedom fighters and gives pension but revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh are not even give the status of a martyr leave aside any financial support to their families.
She lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Samajwadi Party and the Congress, holding them responsible for the lack of jobs and migration from the state.
They are legends in their own right, but it iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has managed to floor ace golfer Tiger Woods when the two greats caught up in the capital on Tuesday.
Ustad Bismillah Khan loved to sing bhajans for children.
He may no be present among us but his contributions to Indian music will live on forever.
Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award, has not been conferred on anyone this year.
Indian hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand will be conferred with the 'Bharat Gaurav' Lifetime Achivement Award by NRI orgainsation Sanskriti Yuva Sangstha at the House of Commons inside the British Parliament of July 25.
Former Karnataka chief minister S M Krishna, noted industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and famous playback singer Suman Kalyanpur were given Padma awards by President Droupadi Murmu at a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday.
Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister late Kalyan Singh, often termed as a Hindutva icon, and actor Victor Banerjee were among the 65 distinguished personalities who were conferred with Padma awards by President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday.
Virat Kohli sent the shutterbugs into a clicking frenzy as he received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award
He has engagements in Mysore, Pahalgaon and Ahmedabad.
Opting to field, West Indies bowlers came up with a fine show to bundle out Afghanistan for 194 in 45.2 overs.
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and PepsiCo will jointly help Maharashtra government tackle the drought in Marathwada.
The Shehnai maestro has said he will perform free of cost.
Hardik's calm demeanour on the field as captain reminds many of Captain Cool Mahendra Singh Dhoni, whom the Baroda all-rounder considers one of his mentors.
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