Away from the blaring horns and puffs of choking fumes that characterise Ooty today, Coonoor is a haven for the stressed mind, says Anita Rao Kashi.
Sukanya Verma presents a playlist of 100 Lata Mangeshkar songs from different decades of Hindi films -- songs that make me sing, smile, sob and sigh.
Unlike the interactions with Trump's predecessor, the cerebral Barack Obama, the Modi-Trump bonhomie seems more like the backslapping variety, replete with fist bumps etc.
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Here are some reactions, to the news of Kevin Pietersen's sacking, from around the world of cricket.
What puts off some would-be AAP supporters is the party's ideological incoherence, says Rupa Subramanya
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'I think Ratan felt he had to do everything that he could to retain control of the company started by his forefathers, because that was the first priority and nothing else mattered compared to that.'
Images from the IPL final between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians, in Dubai on Tuesday.
As many as 73 persons died in Telangana and 80 deaths were recorded in Andhra Pradesh due to severe heat wave conditions.
Salman Khan enjoys having fun at other people's expense. Sometimes, he points a finger at himself as well.
Traffic was thrown out of gear; visibility dipped, leading to delays in flights.
The world famous Dal Lake was completely frozen on Saturday when the night temperature dipped to minus 7.8 degrees Celsius in Srinagar.The plummeting mercury intensified the cold wave conditions in the Valley.
'Yeh Saali Aashiqui held my attention purely for audacity,' says Sukanya Verma.
Intense cold wave continued unabated in north India on Saturday as fog-related incidents claimed eight lives in Uttar Pradesh and disrupting traffic movement in several parts of the region.
Keeping it simple and leaving a little mystery is the key to the model's heart.
He finished the decade with 20,960 international runs -- 5,775 more than anybody else -- and 69 hundreds -- 22 more than anybody else. This is a player performing at an extraordinarily high all-format level unseen in the history of cricket.
'We airlifted army personnel wearing lungis to generally unused landing grounds.' 'We were told to keep quiet about what we did or saw.'
Organisers played a wrong national anthem for Moldova ahead of their tie against Belgium in Sydney. Denis Shapovalov won the battle of the next generation against Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas to help Canada to an emphatic 3-0 victory in the inaugural ATP Cup men's team event in Brisbane on Friday.
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Mamata Banerjee fended off a spirited challenge by a resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal with a landslide victory for her Trinamool Congress on Sunday for a third consecutive term and the saffron party and the Left Democratic Front were poised to form government again in Assam and Kerala respectively while the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam stormed back to power in Tamil Nadu after a gap of 10 years.
The minimum temperature across the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh Union Territory stayed several degrees below the freezing point, intensifying the cold wave in some areas in the region, an official of the Meteorological Department said. He said Srinagar city recorded the low of minus 6.2 degrees Celsius last night, down from minus 5.8 degree Celsius the previous night.
'Parsis are brought up with a great sense of the importance of truth and speaking your mind.'
'It was unfair to expect him to continue to keep on supplying vaccines without being given a firm commitment or a financial grant of any sort.'
The cold tightened its grip on Jammu and Kashmir as the mercury plummeted by eight degrees in Leh in Ladakh region to register the season's lowest temperature and most parts of the Valley froze in sub-zero temperatures.
New York City has banned the sale of three Indian herbal products and advised people against using them, claiming they contain dangerous levels of lead or mercury.
An RJD leader said that the two brothers came together at the insistence of Misa Bharti, who made them sit together and explained that by fighting each other they will end up falling into the trap of the BJP-led NDA, which wants to "finish off the party.
Curtains came down on the India Resort Fashion Week this weekend. Here's who set the mercury soaring.
Australia's new squad member Peter Handscomb will be thrust into the cauldron of Thursday's World Cup semi-final against England as replacement for Usman Khawaja, coach Justin Langer has said. Langer also confirmed that all-rounder Marcus Stoinis had passed a fitness test and was ready for Edgbaston while refusing to guarantee the mercurial Glenn Maxwell a place in the team.
The death toll due to intense heatwave sweeping Telangana and Andhra Pradesh crossed the 500 figure on Monday, disaster management officials said in Hyderabad.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Delhi recorded the lowest minimum temperature in a decade for the month of December as mercury dipped to a chilling 2.4 degrees on Monday morning.
Delhi recorded over 40 mm of rains in the first few hours of the monsoon, bringing the mercury down and providing relief to people reeling under heat. No major traffic snarl or waterlogging was reported from the city, as there was no heavy rain in the morning hours though the sky was cloudy and it was drizzling.
What makes Juergen Klopp's side such an unstoppable force?
'While I am talking to you, I have no idea whether I'm infected or not.' 'I just want to go back home safely.'
Tough times have made car manufacturers think hard about which brands to keep and which to discontinue.
Arthur, 51, took charge of a mercurial Pakistan side in 2016 following his stints with the national teams of South Africa and Australia and, according to local media reports, was keen on an extension.
Cold wave tightened its grip further in Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region as minimum temperatures in most places dipped several degrees below the freezing point.
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