The strategic advantage accruing to India in Siachen should not be given up for apparent short-term political gains. Giving up Siachen as a gesture of friendship would also mean that its recapture would be extremely expensive to India in men and material, says Vikram Sood.
'Even if Setters shows no inclination to understand the dark desperation that drives parents to buy marks for undeserving children, it could've made a little more effort to be sly or suspenseful,' says Sukanya Verma.
Indian cricket team, led by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, arrived in Dharamsala, four days before the tour-opener of the Mahatma Gandhi-Mandela series against South Africa.
Sonu Sood and Neha Dhupia discuss their latest film, Maximum, and reveal lesser known details about each other's lives.
In dealing with Pakistan, India's first step should be to stop treating it exclusively as a Muslim nation, writes Vikram Sood
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The film is good fun just as long as you don't exercise your brains too much.
The actress was especially requested by Shah Rukh Khan himself.
Dharamsala may be a quiet town but its residents prefer the fast-paced Twenty20 version of cricket they often see in the Indian Premier League, with the lack of buzz ahead of the fourth One-day International between India and the West Indies to be played on Friday being a clear indicator.
Life in Srinagar and other towns was affected on Friday by a protest shutdown called by local traders against the killing of an 18-year old student in north Kashmir's Boniyar town earlier this week. The student, Altaf Ahmad Sood, was killed on the spot after Central Industrial Security Force personnel guarding a power station in Boniyar opened fire at villagers protesting power shortages in the area. The strike was called by the Kashmir Economic Alliance.
Stung by the death of a student in north Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday directed the power development department to put in all efforts to mitigate the hardships faced by the people in the valley owing to power shortage.
The Sonu Sood-Neha Dhupia film is based on many real-life people.
A weekend without a party is not Bollywood's scene!
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It was one thing to hold India to ransom and periodically threaten nuclear blackmail. But it was not going to work against the US. The US, as always, learned the hard way that it was not or need not be all that dependent on Pakistani cooperation and generosity, says Vikram Sood.
Encourage domestic savings by providing tax incentives for investment in insurance and pension schemes.
The way you communicate an idea is limited not by what you can do, but by what you think you can do. It's your attitude that makes the difference.
A look at the star arrivals.
The police on Friday afternoon detained pro-independence Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik along with five of his associates in Srinagar where life was paralysed by a protest shutdown.
From how to prepare to what to wear and what to avoid, management consultant Ashish Sood presents a lowdown on what a candidate must do to make the right impression in a Group Discussion and Personal Interview round.
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A look at the star arrivals.
IIFA awards happen this weekend!
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries
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Director Seenu Vaitla, happily relives moments of the making of Dookudu in this exclusive interview.
Rajinikanth has recovered fully well and is keen to start shooting says director K S Ravikumar.
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'All the footage -- where I told Priyank to accept his feelings and that he loved me -- was a big fat joke between us.'
Border, directed by J P Dutta, has completed 20 years since it released in 1997.
Saketh Myneni-led Baseline Bombers and Sriram Balaji-inspired Accurate Aces scored contrasting wins on the opening day of the 3rd edition of the Amanora Premier Tennis League at the Deccan Gymkhana courts, in Pune on Friday.
Here's who showed up at Vogue's Fashion Night Out, a luxury retail extravaganza in Mumbai.
SLAM! tour goes to London!
Tamil Nadu registered an eight-wicket win in their last Super League match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament
Here's a look at the best catwalk moments from the finale of India International Jewellery Week on Day Five.
Suniel Shetty's friends came down to pay their last respects.
Other Bollywood stars cheered the BJP win as well.
The film also stars Ileana D'Cruz and Manjari Fadnis.
Shah Rukh Khan sustained injuries while shooting a dance sequence for his film Happy New Year in J W Marriott, in Juhu, a western suburb of Mumbai.
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