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Ishq Forever is an ordinary soundtrack by Nadeem Saifee and one expected a lot more from him.
After his Olympic sprint double at the London 2012 Games, Usain Bolt declared himself a "legend". After winning both events for a third time he opted for "the greatest".
Trepidation made its home firmly on his face on Thursday, announcing its presence with lines of anxiety and the repeated jumpy widening of his eyes.
Usain Bolt led three Jamaicans into the final of the men's 200 metres on Friday as the World record holder seeks a third successive world title at his favourite distance.
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British citizen detained in Russia after incident on World Cup train: Embassy
In the crazily complex cauldron that is India, where caste, community, class and cash are just the primary ingredients, no one has yet come up with a fool-proof method to ascertain how voters make up their minds, on which button to press, in the privacy of their 'confessional' booths, notes Krishna Prasad.
Usain Bolt says he is not yet ready for a duel with Justin Gatlin.
The Jamaican was cagey when asked about the latest batch of positive tests and though he stopped short of condemning his rivals, he did issue a reminder of the principle that every athlete is responsible for what they put into their body.
The JD-U has insisted that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is the leader of the alliance and it has been the "senior partner" in the state, indicating that it should get a major share.
Laughing off questions on potential challengers, Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt turned on the charm offensive on his maiden trip to India, throwing humility out of the window to declare that his records are pretty much out of reach.
As investigators go deeper into the ideological background of Omar Mateen, the perpetrator of the worst mass shooting in modern US history when he killed 50 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, it's the gunman's choice of weapon that has set the alarm bells ringing.
Indira Kannan picks Made in Bangladesh, Greed, Moothon.
The initial misadventure of an individual AAP leader highlights how the party not only has to bone up on tactics but should also constantly look within to root out ingrained and inherited prejudices, says Subir Roy.
The United Nations will now recognise all same-sex marriages of its staffers across the world as it put in place a new policy aimed at ensuring 'greater equality' with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling for rejection of homophobia.
'What exists instead is a clear gap between skilled people and the work at hand.' 'Employers on most occasions find it difficult to find a match between the two,' Adi Godrej tells Viveat Susan Pinto and Niraj Bhatt.
Sushant Divgikar talks about his Bigg Boss 8 stint.
'When I was younger, 15 years or 20 years seemed like a really long time. But, as you journey though life, you don't realise where the years disappear...'
President Barack Obama has denied that the United States has a domestic spying programme but said the work done by the National Security Agency is a "critical component" in keeping the country safe from outside threats.
The composers of Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon know its audience well, says Aelina Kapoor.
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The ripping off the lid, that Mekhail did, on the chain of episodes that lead up to his sister's murder, while condemning Indrani for her actions, for the first time, paradoxically, allowed a more human -- if flawed and complicated -- picture to emerge of Indrani, allegedly The Woman Who Killed Her Own Daughter and shocked a nation.
The Aam Aadmi Party is looking at taking a plunge into the political cesspool of Uttar Pradesh, where state assembly elections are to be held in 2017.
Soni is a soft treatment of a very complex subject, feels Sreehari Nair.
Utkarsh Mishra imagines what is it that Baba Gandhi would say if he got the chance.
'It is the journey of my father -- how he made it in this industry in no time, from a nobody to a music mogul.'
Why did such a 'socially conscientious' people adapt to cash-for-votes and the like, as fish to water? N Sathiya Moorthy offers an explanation.
'In Carol, Cate Blanchett reminds us what a real movie star is and why we are enamored by her acting and looks.'
Hum Sab Ullu Hain is a brutal assault on the senses, rants Nishi Tiwari.
'No religion sanctions what happened in that school in Peshawar. What happened there was a crime against humanity.'
Dattatreya Hosabale and Manmohan Vaidya have been invited as speakers at the event starting tomorrow.
Dinesh Raheja salutes the legend's versatility in her heyday.
Sukanya Verma lists her top 15 songs of the year.
The Linkin Park frontman's suicide is a tragic reminder of how real and common the struggle against depression is.
The English city's unheralded football club is on the brink of becoming league champions for the first time in their 132-year history, with just three defeats all season.
In-form American Justin Gatlin should beat Usain Bolt to win both the sprints at the World Athletics Championships but it would be foolhardy to write off the Jamaican, three-times world 100 metres World champion Maurice Greene said on Friday.
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