Behind the movement are shock-workers functioning quietly to ensure that a seemingly spontaneous, apolitical, grassroots mobilisation sustains itself without dribbling into chaos or violence. Sai Manish lists some of them.
France concluded a disastrous World Cup campaign with one more controversy on Tuesday when coach Raymond Domenech refused to shake hands with his opposite number after South Africa's 2-1 victory.
'We must be careful because China has not given its design in Eastern Ladakh.'
While Australia (72.1) and India (56.9) hold the top two places, the battle hots up below. Sri Lanka (51.4) and South Africa (51.1) are in a tussle for the next two positions, and New Zealand (50.6) and England (49.8) are locked in a tight race for the next two positions.
The fond memories of 2015 came rolling back for Mitchell Starc after beginning his World Cup campaign in near-identical fashion to his crowning moment.
Tata Sons said dividend from 40-odd Tata Group firms had declined during Mistry's tenure while expenses had risen
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran move into joint fifth spot after the fourth round of the Master's section of the Gibtele.com chess festival.
Bollywood starlets stole the show at the recent Sahara India Sports Awards in Mumbai.
Known for weighing his options carefully before making any move, Kumar, upon a closer look, comes across as a risk taker who has not shied away from going against the tide.
'It was a combination of all sorts of things, craft, skill, versatility and most of all, an 'over my dead body' attitude without which you are not a great player'
While the singer failed to impress, you can learn a thing or two about style from his fans who attended the concert.
A look at the celebs on the red carpet.
'Here is hoping that the entirely unintended and unforeseen victims of the coronavirus, the printed papers, emerge safe and unscathed from the affliction,' says Shreekant Sambrani.
Wondering how you can add oomph to your style quotient this summer? Just wear a six yards of grace!
'South Africa have found a little sweet spot with David Warner'
The time is ripe to extend the confrontation with the Chinese to the maritime domain, says former RA&W officer Krishan Varma.
Barcelona captain Lionel Messi scored two goals and set up two more as the Catalans thrashed Real Valladolid 5-1 to move top of La Liga on Tuesday.
Force India driver Adrian Sutil will start 16th, one spot ahead of his teammate Vitantonio Liuzzi when the Singapore Grand Prix Formula One race gets underway at Marina Bay circuit in Singapore on Sunday.
Sarri unmoved as Chelsea capitulation harms top-four hopes
Ganesh Dhene said there had only been two or three mango trees in the grove, from where he found the skeleton, which he specified had no flesh on it.
True, Azam Khan is being targeted rather disproportionately and also because of his Muslim identity. That must be protested and resisted. But to say that he is a big messiah, and his profit-making educational enterprise is an issue concerning all Muslims of India, is absolutely unjustified, assert Mohammad Sajjad and Md Mohammad Zeeshan Ahmad.
Designer duo Falguni & Shane Peacock recently unveiled their Summer Bride 2016 collection. Take a look!
These hotties have been the toast of the fashion world this year. Vote for your favourite.
Let's go pandal hopping through India.
The government must figure out what the Chinese game plan is and thwart the endgame before it is upon us, possibly in early winter, advises David Devadas.
A clinical Roger Federer took a confident step towards a fourth Miami Open title on Wednesday, easing past 13th-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-2 to book a spot in the quarter-finals.
The Goa CM knows running a coalition government while pursuing a development agenda will require a fine balancing act.
Sukanya Verma gives us a recap of the 91st Academy Awards.
The singer whose real name is Kamaljit Singh Jhooti has become the first British urban male artist to have a No 1 single in the States.
'Modi was in as sweet a spot as is possible for an Indian prime minister in mid-term.' 'Why, then, did he plunge into this massive disruption?' 'The answer,' argues Ashok Malik, 'lies in a single word: Belief.'
The fact that some of the records in the ongoing IPL are held by KKR players reflects the red-hot form of the team.
The 34-year-old Grammy-award winning singer even went topless as she was photographed in a swimming pool.
As the United States and China joust for supremacy, India might remain on the sidelines with its limited resources.
'Tamhane's densely composed shots achieve what a vacuously whizzing camera seldom does.' 'Like those Renaissance Paintings in which a bewitching lady is shown posing for a portrait, and daily life plays out in a corner unruffled, Tamhane's static frames have a hundred interesting things happening within them,' observes Sreehari Nair.
With two fifties in the two practice games, Lokesh Rahul has virtually staked claim for a Test spot when the series against the West Indies gets underway in Antigua on July 21 but the youngster says that thought has not yet struck him.
Planet hunters have spotted more than 200 planets beyond the solar system, but the vast majority are hot, Jupiter-sized planets that will dwarf Earth and are almost certainly lifeless.
Manish Pandey and Axar Patel may come in for Jadhav and Yadav.
Rafa Nadal continued his sizzling hardcourt form beating John Isner 7-6 (8), 7-6 (3) in the final of the Western and Southern Open on Sunday, setting up the Spaniard as the red-hot favourite heading into the U.S. Open.
Sukanya Verma lists some of Bollywood's delightful reel-life husband and wife jodis in the last few years.
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