On the night of July 5, the Tigers launched their first kamikaze operation. Miller took the wheels of the explosive-packed truck, smiled at everyone as he turned the ignition key and drove it slowly towards the Sri Lankan military camp. A few moments later all of Jaffna heard a thunderous explosion that brought the complex crashing down in clouds of dust. Miller had given birth to a deadly tactic that Prabhakaran would employ time and again with devastating consequences to Sri Lanka -- and India. A fascinating excerpt from M R Narayan Swamy's must read new book, The Rout Of Prabhakaran.
91-year-old Milkha Singh was discharged in stable condition on the request of his family
What the photographers miss, the stars make sure to post themselves.
The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) will get a 'decisive mandate' in the Lok Sabha polls and may take even less than 48 hours to decide on its prime ministerial pick, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday, asserting that it stands to reason that the party which gets the maximum seats in the alliance will be a 'natural claimant' for its leadership.
With the Lok Sabha elections going on, May is rather silent when it comes to new Bollywood theatre releases.
How could a President, seen as a political time-server, have manoeuvred things to a stage where he could strike fear into the heart of a prime minister who, only two-and-a-half years before, had been elected with the largest majority in history?
'You just have to adapt and change according to how they expect you to be and not just sort of stress them out.'
Legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh and his wife Nirmal Kaur are 'stable and improving', the hospital in Mohali, where the couple is currently undergoing treatment after testing positive for COVID-19, said on Thursday.
Will January 22 mark a point of no return for our Constitutional secularism? asks Shekhar Gupta.
Sakshi Dhoni tweeted, "Welcome to the world beautiful Ziva! Mumma and Daddy adore you!"
Zeenat Aman shares pictures from Shammi Kapoor's directorial debut Manoranjan where she played a sex worker, Nisha and spoke in detail about how the moral police had a field day because of her flirtatious and sexy outfits in the film.
Mr Mehta and Mrs Singh will go on the floors in June 2006.
'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from now.' 'For instance, how can we deal with climate change and global warming, right now?' 'The effects of it may not be felt now; in fact, we may pay a price for it today, but it will help the generations to follow.'
The legendary skipper plays his 200th match for CSK on Wednesday, and to mark the milestone, Dhoni was presented with a memento by frannchise owner N Srinivasan.
'On October 12-13, he started shivering from fear in his tent.' 'That was the time he wrote a letter to my mother to conduct Ganeshji's Atharvashirsha.' 'The moment he finished writing that letter, he told us, he felt serene calmness.'
The Pinkvilla Screen and Style Icons Awards were held in Mumbai, and Bollywood suitably glammed up for the night.
In a multi-part series, Joginder Tuteja keeps you informed about the theatrical releases coming up in 2024.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Director Raj Mehta brings together Neetu Singh and Anil Kapoor who have never worked together.
Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha and actor Parineeti Chopra tied the knot on September 24 in Udaipur.
It's not just Dhoni but his wife, Sakshi, is also an animal lover.
While Hollywood attended the Oscars on Sunday night, film folk back home were busy getting glam for the Zee Cine Awards in Mumbai.
She was 85 and is survived by her husband, one son and three daughters.
Mother's Day reminded me of how my mom learned to cook Indian food.
Indian cricket's first lady, Sakshi Dhoni, has done it again. After a glam diva look in the ongoing Indian Premier League, Chennai Super Kings' captain MS Dhoni's wife was seen in the traditional Indian salwar kameez.
Sonia Gandhi is the most reserved leader in Indian politics and it was delightful to see Rahul get all affectionate with her, provoking his mother to mildly tick him off.
Karisma meets Maonj Bajpayee... Juhi wishes Alka Yagnik... Namrata enjoys a Parisian breakfast...
2023 has seen some beautiful performances in films that released on OTT as well as in theatres.
'Amritpal was just a plant.' 'We have to be careful that such kind of people do not emerge in Punjab.'
If the party's members aren't sure what it stands for, see no path to wealth or power, and endure control by a dynasty, which, almighty as it is within the party, cannot get them the votes, they are likely to explore options, notes Shekhar Gupta.
The 69th Filmfare Awards, held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on Sunday, saw cute moments on stage and on the red carpet.
Entertainers can be good politicians if they treat the citizens as the audience, and treat their job like a live show, and work hard to make sure the audience likes them, asserts Sandeep Goyal.
Legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh is 'better and more stable' as he battles COVID-19 in the ICU of the PGIMER hospital in Chandigarh and also received a phone call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi enquiring about his health on Friday.
A candidate's name may well hold the key to electoral success, it seems.
'There must have been some wonderful genetic disorder due to which I was attracted towards filmi songs.'
Rajkumari Kaul's death over the weekend brings back memories of phone conversations at a time when landline numbers were still in vogue, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee was still to become prime minister, remembers Girish Nikam.
If Indira Gandhi hadn't targeted the RSS, Narendra Modi wouldn't be sitting pretty with his second majority and looking at a third, asserts Shekhar Gupta.
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju also quashed the rumours and wished Milkha a speedy recovery.
'And when the floats go by in the parade garlanded and decorated with the posters of gun toting assassins and murderers and martyrs, you look the other way.' 'And in return we will bring you 10,000 votes because the people of the gurdwaras will vote as we tell them to vote.'
It's not uncommon for performers to become bigger than the stories they are placed in and Sreehari Nair would happily pay to watch Isha Talwar and Paramvir Singh Cheema riffing on love, bad life choices, psychology, rhythm, and oven-baked Kulchas in Chamak.
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