India's history-making cricket team was showered with gushing praise by former players with batting great Sunil Gavaskar slamming criticism that the triumph came against a weakened Australian team.
His approach to the game was a complete dichotomy to his background, a rich kid, who had a fleet of chauffeur-driven cars waiting for him to be taken to practice.
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He also stressed on the need to have a stable government to take significant decisions.
'China would rather tie us down; and bleed us as much as it can so that we aren't able to lift our heads to face them.'
Chusovitina may not want to look old for her Hollywood hero but in a sport over-populated with teenagers, she is almost pre-historic as her gymnastics lifespan of competing in seven successive Olympics defies logic.
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Skipper Virat Kohli was critical of India's performance against West Indies.
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Due to his determination and his brother's efforts Basant Kumar Pandit is one step closer to attaining his dream.
Virat Kohli is arguably the fittest Indian cricketer around, but that is not good enough for the champion batsman. He wants to be the best athlete in the world, says Royal Challengers Bangalore and India's fitness coach, Shanker Basu.
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One can only imagine how it is at the receiving end of the bomb. The sound is deafening, splinters and rocks fly like missiles and the blast sucks in the air around asphyxiating everyone. The shock waves can be felt for miles around.
Among the A-listers, only Aamir and Akshay consistently deliver hits. They have also been most active is doing projects that go beyond romance or action stories.
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Marathi film Sairat will stay with you for a really long time, raves Divya Nair.
The film truly belong to Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons courtesy their powerful performances, says Namrata Thakker
From Prime Minister Narendra Modi to India's lone individual Olympic gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra, congratulatory messages poured in from all corners for Rio Paralympic Games' T-42 high-jump gold-medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu and bronze medal winner Varun Bhati.
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GQ names Kim Kardashian West the Woman of the Year.
The BJP slammed the Bihar CM for not organising an official function to promote the exercise in Bihar.
If you love the thrills and heebie-jeebies then Phobia is for you, says Namrata Thakker!
'If India adopts a punitive and unforgiving stance against the Rohingyas, it will be courting disgrace,' says Amulya Ganguli.
NSE's own handle @nseindia was content tweeting out the press release in seven tweets.
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The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Dean Elgar criticises Mohali pitch, says it's is a bad wicket.
'Aapka parda mein faash karke jaunga.' The Bigg Boss war has begun!
Porbandar, the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, and nearly 170 towns in Gujarat were declared Open Defection Free on the birth anniversary of the 'Father of the Nation'.
Has the Modi government been more at odds with institutions than other governments? There is no doubt that there have been more run-ins. While the RBI and CBI cases have drawn attention, there have been others, less publicised, Subhomoy Bhattacharjee points out.
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Yes, Bollywood's superstars have some fears too.
Most rituals that we blindly follow today have a scientific and logical history to it.
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If banks have a surplus, they have the option of parking the money with the RBI.
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Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar joined a host of former greats in congratulating India's cricket team on the historic series triumph over Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
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