The hits and misses of the week.
His cricketing brain, always sharp, was blessed with exceptional speed of information absorption and processing. He could quickly zero in on what needed to be done and use the element of surprise to overpower the opposition, observes Shreekant Sambrani.
Zed Plus allows a bunch of talented actors to rise above second rung roles and take centre stage, says Sukanya Verma.
In yet another reshuffle in the police department, Uttar Pradesh government has transferred 68 senior IPS officers, including two additional director generals, official sources said on Tuesday.
Mammootty's Face 2 Face and two other films open this weekend.
A year after the Congress party president first travelled abroad for medical treatment, sources familiar with the medical team treating her at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Hospital said Mrs Gandhi is fully cured of cancer.
Rediff reader Mridula Dwivedi sent us these pictures of her visit to Lakshman Sagar in Rajasthan, a 19th century hunting lodge which is now a resort.
The gorgeous Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi opens up about her new role.
'The petition has become infructuous as the Election Commission has taken decisions on the complaints'
Mridula Dwivedi was part of the Malasia Tourism Hunt recently. She came back with these pictures and truckloads of memories.
Attorney General K K Venugopal, appearing for the Centre, strongly argued in favour of granting quota to SC/ST employees.
In a major development in the Congress, the party has formed an informal committee comprising General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, spokesperson Janardan Dwivedi, political secretary to Sonia Gandhi Ahmed Patel and Defence Minister AK Antony to look into the party's affairs, as the Congress president will be away since she is undergoing treatment in the United States.
Sudarshana Dwivedi looks back at her encounter with the legendary Dev Anand.
GetAhead reader Mridula Dwivedi shares pictures of her trek to the Valley of Flowers and Hemkunt Sahib in Uttarakhand.
Former Union Minister Rasheed Masood was on Monday made special invitee to the Congress Working Committee with immediate effect. The announcement was made by party General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi.
In a rebuff to the Samajwadi Party and the Trinamool Congress, the Congress on Thursday ruled out sparing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the Presidential race as it rejected the three names proposed by the two allies, sending signals that it was not in a mood to bow before them.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to quash the trial in the 1975 murder case of the then Railway Minister L N Mishra, saying proceedings cannot be terminated merely because they have not been concluded in the past 37 years.
Three Indian women travellers list three destinations each that they consider safe to travel based on their experiences.
Asked why Congress had not reacted to Ramdev's call on black money, Congress media department chief Janardhan Dwivedi said, "It is true that we did not say anything as we cannot speak their language or behave like them. And now it is out in the open how politics is being done in a different guise."
While Yoga Guru Ramdev was leading an agitation in Delhi on black money issue, his close aide Balkrishna's remand was on Monday extended by a Central Bureau of Investigation court for another 14 days in a case of forgery and violation of the Indian Passport Act.
Rediff reader Mridula Dwivedi is an academician from Gurgaon who blogs at Travel Tales from India. She ttrekked up to Everest Base Camp in May 2012 and sent us these amazing pictures.
United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi is said to be travelling abroad for a routine checkup in connection with her treatment.
Declaration of Rahul Gandhi as prime ministerial candidate cannot be ruled out, Congress hinted on Monday in the backdrop of conflicting statements from party leaders including Digvijay Singh.
Taking strong exception to Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi addressing Rahul Gandhi as shehzada, the Congress on Saturday did some tough talking, threatening that its workers were capable of stopping such "undignified" language but were restrained due to their respect for laws and the Model Code.
"The Congress has held that the controversy should either be solved through talks or the verdict of the court should be accepted. The court has given the verdict. We should all welcome the judgement," party general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi told reporters.
The Bombay high court on Friday stayed the granting of custody of three key accused in the September 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case to the National Investigation Agency.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been made the Chairperson of the party's 50-member Campaign Committee for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls in which Rahul Gandhi will be the Co-Chairman, the party announced on Tuesday night.
The Andhra Pradesh government has asked chief secretary Pankaj Dwivedi to engage Telangana Employees Joint Action Committee leaders in talks to end the ongoing strike that entered the 31st day on Thursday.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended its order restraining the National Investigation Agency from interrogating 2008 Malegaon blast accused Lt Col Shrikant Prasad Purohit and Sudhakar Dhar Dwivedi till further direction.
A week after her return from the United States after surgery, Sonia Gandhi will be back to active party work by presiding over a meeting of the Congress's Central Election Committee. Party general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi said that Gandhi will be participating in Thursday's CEC meeting to finalise tickets for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections scheduled early next year. This will be the Congress president's first public appearance after she returned to Delhi from the US.
Prima facie investigations indicate that 'shrapnel' were used in the bomb that went off outside the Delhi high court on Wednesday morning, killing 11 people and injuring scores others.
Dismissing suggestions that Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's idea of giving constitutional status to Lokpal Bill was a delaying tactic by the Congress, the ruling party made it clear that it was for the collective wisdom of the Standing Committee and Parliament to accept the proposal.
The airport would comprise two runways and handle 70 million passengers and 3 million tonnes cargo annually when fully developed.
Chief spokesman of the Congress party, Janardan Dwivedi, on Friday announced changes made in the All India Congress Committee by Congress President Sonia Gandhi before going abroad for surgery.
Party President Sonia Gandhi left for the United States on Wednesday and is reported to have undergone a major surgery in a New York hospital on Thursday morning local time, which is being described as 'successful.'
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday underwent a surgery in the United States, the details of which are still not available.
Reader Sonam Dwivedi has sent us a photograph.
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