Sunday's IPL final between the Chennai Super Kings and the Sunrisers Hyderabad was a memorable one for Sachin Tendulkar.
Onkar Singh, a valuable member of the Rediff.com team over the years, breathed his last on January 13. Syed Firdaus Ashraf, who knew him intimately, remembers the ultimate newsman.
His statement comes two days after Pakistan's Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry admitted his country's role in the Pulwama attack during a debate in their National Assembly (Parliament).
'...I am like I need to teach my dog to do potty.'
Slogans in favour of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru were raised in a rally brought out by Jadavpur University students in Kolkata on Tuesday to express solidarity with their JNU counterparts agitating against the arrest of their leader Kanhaiya Kumar for alleged sedition.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation would go ahead with its proposed investment of Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) in Assam, its chairman and managing director Subir Raha said in Kolkata on Friday.
Oil and Natural Gas Corp is spending 93 per cent of its total capital expenditure of Rs 10,850 crore (Rs 108.50 billion) in the current fiscal on its core activities of oil and gas exploration and production, according to its chairman and managing di
'We are all going through an entire gamut of emotions. I only saw these players on TV and now I will play alongside them. It's indeed a great feeling.'
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation made a net profit of Rs 12,500 crore (Rs 125 billion) in the last financial year and Rs 30,000 crore (Rs 300 billion) in last three years, chairman-cum-managing director Subir Raha said.
Some senior Congress leaders including Kapil Sibal have called for introspection after the party's dismal performance in the recently held Bihar assembly polls, after which the ruling National Democratic Alliance returned to power in the state despite the main member of the grand opposition alliance, Rashtriya Janata Dal, putting up a strong show and emerging as the single largest party.
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's cool, curious, bag moments.
Responding to allegations that victory certificates were not been handed over to candidates from the opposition grand alliance by returning officers on 119 seats, the Commission said the latest figures on its website state that while 146 results have been declared and trends of 97 other seats were available.
The nation on Saturday remembered Mahatma Gandhi on his 68th death anniversary with President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading the country in paying homage to the Father of the Nation.
'If we are forced to be confined indoors for a month or two months, it's not such a big deal. It's not like we are in jail.'
'After the shoot, I was like, "Yeh maine kiya hai?"'
Sitharaman, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa and Vice Chief of the Indian Navy Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P laid wreaths at the Amar Jawan Jyoti in India Gate, paying respect to the fallen heroes of the war.
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There's a reason he was called Baba Ranchoddas in 3 Idiots.
'At the end of the day, this is Bachchan's film.' 'Despite the distracting makeup, his famous baritone and indisputable flair for dedicated inanity lend Mirza an air of significance,' observes Sukanya Verma.
'Rafi was singing for Hanuman and I was singing for Ravan.' 'C Ramachandra corrected Rafisaab and he became red in the face.' 'I asked Anna (Ramachandra), "How could you do this?"' 'He replied, "How could I not do this? My song was being spoilt".'
'We were against politicisation of the defence acquisition process. It was a question of capability of the air force'
Somewhere in the middle of cooking Makki Di Roti Da Pizza and Chicken Mast-Kalandar, Ripu Daman Handa discovered his goal.
Sukanya Verma presents a DDLJ special quiz to test your knowledge about one of Hindi cinema's most successful films of all time.
'It was one of the greatest learnings in my life to see someone like the great Amitabh Bachchan go through such a tough phase.' 'He had been there, done it all and really didn't need to prove himself.' 'Yet, he channelised it all and came out with one of his best performances,' Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra tells Savera R Someshwar/Rediff.com in a fascinating conversation about the films he has made and the actors he has worked with.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has discovered new reserves of oil in Assam, Subir Raha, chairman and managing director of the company, said on Wednesday.
What was meant to be a toast to life and its many gifts suddenly became Sushant Singh Rajput's last hurrah, a this-is-it, a tearful goodbye, feels Sukanya Verma.
If IOC is not allowed to run its own affairs, then we can see it close down in the next 10 to 15 years, warns Sudhir Bisht.
Unless you've been hiding under an Internet-blocking rock, you must have chanced upon some of the crisp, polite, informative and frequently witty posts crafted by the Mumbai police. Mrigank Warrier meets Sunchika Pandey, the brains behind the Mumbai police quips.
State-owned exploration firm Oil and Natural Gas Corporation will begin retailing petrol and diesel from its own petrol stations by the year end, company chairman and managing director Subir Raha said on Thursday.
'As of now, it is hard to see how the stalemate can be broken.' 'For the Sikh Jat farmers who constitute the core of the protest are a simple-minded but stubborn lot. 'They are unlikely to call off the stir unless provided a sense of 'victory'.' 'Give them a reason to boast that they brought the government to its knees and they will start singing hallelujahs to the Modi government,' argues Virendra Kapoor.
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