Besides his strategic and tactical acumen, it was his amazing personality, quick wit and ability to remain unflustered under any circumstances that stood him apart from almost any leader one has read about or known, recalls Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
Miss World 2024 will be crowned in India soon. Long before Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra, Yukta Mukhey and Diana Hayden, a beautiful woman from Bombay was crowned Miss World. In 1966. Reita Faria was India's first Miss World. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/ Rediff.com met the 80 year old in Dublin recently, still as elegant, still as attractive as she was all those years ago.
Ten former captains of India's Olympic hockey teams were felicitated with a citation and a purse of Rs 100,000 each.
IMAGES from the first semi-final of the ICC World Cup played between India and New Zealand at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday.
While Nimrat Kaur Ahluwalia retains her captaincy, Gori Nagori wins the entertainment task.
Congratulating Raj, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao praised the team led by her for their scintillating performance in the just-concluded women's World Cup, a release from the CM's office said.
Some friendships are tested and many misunderstandings are created.
A suspect in the killing of the captain and goalkeeper of South Africa's national soccer team has been arrested after witnesses picked him out in an identity parade, police said in a statement on Friday.
Rohit's men start overwhelming favourites but Shaheen, rain pose threat
IMAGES from the ICC World Cup match played between Australia and Pakistan in Bengaluru, on Friday.
The MHADA, which comes under Awhad's ministry, had requested Gavaskar to return the unused plot.
With its traditionally quick and bouncy wicket playing to the strengths of home pacemen, the WACA has been a house of pain for English cricket and Australians will be hoping for more of the same when the ground hosts its final Test.
His death highlighted the problem of gun violence in South Africa only days after Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was jailed for five years for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last year.
'I remember walking up to him and telling him, "Sambhal ke khelna".'
Namrata Thakker lists why it's time for MC Stan to go home.
A lot happened in the Bigg Boss house over the first weekend as Salman Khan hosted a dinner, played games with the contestants and welcomed the first celebrity guests on stage.
Helicopter Pilot Wing Commander Deepika Misra rescued 47 people in an operation that lasted 8 days in flood-ravaged Madhya Pradesh.
The incident took place at Panjgaon at Chowkibal when terorists, suspected to be of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad stormed the battalion camp which is in-charge of road opening duties on the crucial roads in this area.
Apparently angry over captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's decision to field first in the fourth One-dayer against Australia in Ranchi, an unidentified person pelted a stone at Dhoni's house in the Harmu Housing Colony on Wednesday night. As a result, a window pane was broken.
Archana Gautam seems to have lost the plot after her comeback in the game, but she's definitely more gutsy than any other contestant.
India face South Africa in the 2nd T20I in Cuttack on Sunday.
On Wednesday, Prithvi Shaw, captain of World Cup winning team was felicitated by Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray, in Mumbai.
The elegant architecture, tree-lined roads, delightful gardens, delicious food, art and military history make Chandigarh an ideal short-trip destination.
A shocking twist in Tuesday's episode ended with two contestants leaving the Bigg Boss house and eight others going in the danger zone.
Sanath Jayasuriya is both 'angry' and 'sad' to witness his beloved Sri Lanka grapple with enormous financial crisis and civil unrest but the former cricketer is expecting that democracy will soon be restored in the island nation.
Day 3 inside the Bigg Boss house has the contestants at loggerheads even as they take part in the first nomination task.
It's always nice to see people fall in love in the Bigg Boss house, but this year, the drama is just too much.
With so many equations changing everyday, the Bigg Boss game is finally beginning to seem exciting.
Pooja Missra recalls her stint with Andrew Symonds in Bigg Boss 5.
The Tina Datta, Shalin Bhanot and Sumbul Touqeer Khan 'love triangle' is back!
Shafali Verma is by far the most decorated of the lot having already played in three World Cup finals at senior level.
Besides vice president N A Harris, treasurer Ajay Kipa, all other newly elected executive committee members, and the six eminent footballers co-opted in the committee, except Bhutia, were present in the meeting.
England's batting coach and former captain, Graham Gooch has asked the ICC to take some serious measures to cleanse the sport from the menace of match-fixing.
The Indian junior men's team beat Pakistan in a thriller in the final of the Men's Junior Asia Cup 2023.
India have already secured the Border-Gavaskar trophy and they will now be playing for a record-extending 16th straight series win at home
'Be it Nimrit or Tina or Shaleen or Sajid Khan, they are all faking it.'
Sumbul Touqeer arrived in the Bigg Boss house with a lot of promise and confidence, but the actress is probably too young for the game show.
From witnessing the dawn of Independence to playing host to annual Republic Day celebrations for over seven decades, the historic Rajpath in India's power capital has seen the colonial rule and basked in the glory of a free, democratic nation.
Khan was convicted in the Toshakhana case which was filed last year on the complaint of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) which had earlier disqualified him in the same case.
