Shattered after persistent ankle injuries dropped curtains on his career, former captain Dilip Tirkey is contemplating coaching, as he believes he still has a lot to offer to Indian hockey.
The three Khans and a whole lot of Bollywood folk turned up at the star's Pali Hill residence to wish him a happy 89th birthday.
Olympian and experienced Indian defender Dilip Tirkey on Sunday announced his retirement from international hockey.
The decision comes a day after Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said a government-appointed committee scrutinised 1.72 crore old documents (including those of Nizam-era) and among them, 11,530 records were found where Kunbi caste was mentioned.
William Xalxo has been asked to standby for the ace defender, who is suffering from typhoid-like symptoms and may miss Champions Trophy.
The Indian Hockey Federation retained Dlip Tirkey as captain of the 18-member Indian team for the Champions Trophy starting Dec 10.
The legendary actor turned 91 and a lot of Bollywood celebrities turned up to wish the actor.
Struggling to gain political traction on issues of corruption, the West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party is shifting its focus to emotive topics such as the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in a bid to achieve its target of securing 35 out of the 42 Lok Sabha seats from the state.
Gabbar Singh Negi's house in the Lalpani area of the town suddenly came to life on Tuesday night as the news of the safe evacuation of 41 workers trapped at Sikyara tunnel reached his kin who had been glued to the TV set waiting the whole day for the good news.
'Dilipsaab touched something deep within me as an actor,' says Kamal Haasan in his tribute.
'Those priceless memories bring an instant smile to my face and I feel fortunate for being in touch with them even till this day.'
Renowned poet, writer and critic Dilip Chitre passed away at his Pune residence in the early hours of Thursday. Chitre, 71, was suffering from cancer, family sources said.
Five persons were injured in a skirmish between two groups in the Mhow area of Indore district, while two men were wounded in a clash in Morena district's Dimani constituency, where Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar is contesting, they said.
Shanghvi founded Sun Pharmaceuticals in 1983 with five psychiatry products and a marketing team of just two persons.
For Sun Pharma, it is an astute purchase that it hopes will not only boost its position in India but also globally.
As we celebrate his 92nd birthday today, we asked members of the film fraternity to list their personal favourites.
Veteran actor Junior Mehmood, who was battling with stage four cancer passed away in Mumbai on Friday.
While coming at No. 5, Rahul's role as a batsman is not easy - he either has very few overs to make an impact after a top-order mayhem or he has to consolidate after a top-order malfunction.
The Enforcement Directorate may also file a fresh chargesheet in this multi-crore money laundering case soon, they said.
The ace defender has been appointed skipper for the upcoming three-Test series against Holland in Hyderabad.
She has expressed a keen desire to see the ancestral homes of legendary Indian film actors like the late Dilip Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan in Peshawar.
The legend was accompanied by wife Saira Banu as they made their way out of the Lilavati hospital.
There they were, showing the world that there are still people motivated not by religious structures, not by past glories, not by hatreds deliberately stoked. These were ordinary folks doing something extraordinary purely because they think that effort might shake a nation out of a spiralling miasma of division, mistrust, cynicism, sophistry and violence.
After being ignored initially, India's finest defender Dilip Tirkey is among 11 players who were included on Friday in the revised list of probables for major international tournaments for the next four years.
President Droupadi Murmu has approved 76 gallantry awards, including four Kirti Chakras posthumously and 11 Shaurya Chakras to personnel of the security forces, on the eve of the 77th Independence Day, officials said.
'We went from zero to about 10 million users in three months. Paytm came out with the wallet play and we came out with the UPI play.'
'I'm very upset with Dilipsaab for retiring 40 years too early.' Kamal Haasan talks about his idol Dilip Kumar.
Reader Vijay Sampathkumar sent us a picture of Robin Singh and Dilip Vengsarkar from Mumbai.
The incident took place on the night of November 1. Following the incident, hundreds of BHU students had held a protest on the campus and demanded that the entry of outsiders be banned.
'Praful Patel, Dilip Walse-Patil and Chhagan Bhujbal are not the ones who will go with Ajit Pawar'
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The Congress this time won six of the 10 seats reserved for the SC category, one less than in 2018.
'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 or having bodies that were growing up to be a young women.'
We look back at the iconic actor's brilliant life on his 90th birthday.
Mohammad Rafi had a powerful range that could accommodate anything from the sublime O duniya ke rakhwale for Bharat Bhushan in Baiju Bawra to the eccentric Badan pe sitare lapete huye for Shammi Kapoor in Prince.
Twenty-four deaths, including that of 12 infants, have been reported in the last 24 hours in a government hospital in Nanded, a top Maharashtra health official said on Monday.
'That's the beauty of Mumbai cricket. Nobody interferes with the running of the cricket, only the cricketers are allowed to run the cricket.'
"A person cannot be punished twice for the same offence," a committee member said, adding that even BJP members took a "soft view" of the issue and were in favour of revocation of Chowdhury's suspension.
Seasoned players Dilip Tirkey, Gagan Ajit Singh, Viren Rasquinha, Adrian D'Souza and Sandeep Singh were named among 32 probables for the upcoming Champions Challenge Cup men's field hockey tournament.
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