'Tipu Sultan may have had his flaws, but that does not mean he can be axed from textbooks.' 'Besides, if it is Tipu today, who will it be tomorrow?' asks Shuma Raha.
So who cost the SP more seats in UP? Hemantkumar Shivsaran does a deep dive to find out.
Learning perhaps from the Kargil debacle, Musharraf tried hard to evolve as a statesman in his dealings with India, recalls Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RA&W.
They were all fielded by the Samajwadi Party and its alliance partners.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday.
Designer Gaurang Shah's Taramati line brought back memories of a bygone era.
From Shabana Azmi in a video game inspired series to Ranveer Singh's miraculous transformation into Kapil Dev, OTT is loaded with goodies this week.
'In a war of guerrilla resistance from 1682 to 1707, the Marathas destroyed the foundations of the Mughal empire.' 'Shivaji was dead, but his example and ideals survived and were the main source for inspiration for the Marathas in their desperate struggle with the mighty Mughal empire,' notes Colonel Anil A Athale (retd), the well known military historian.
Shut Up Sona is about one woman refusing to be silenced, notes Deepa Gahlot.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the widening age gap between Salman and his heroines.
Poland's red-hot world number one Iga Swiatek did not drop a game in her Saturday singles match against Romania's Andreea Prisacariu, sending Poland through to November's Billie Jean King Cup finals in decisive fashion.
All the films that went past the 200 crores mark and how many days they took to achieve this milestone.
Lata Mangeshkar was my introduction, the beginning, the basic, the identity of film music. Sukanya Verma salutes The Legend.
Quite a few film folk attended the screening of Archit Kumar's short film Sepia in Mumbai.
A well-known philanthropist was tested positive for the COVID-19, days after meeting the Pakistan prime minister.
Some Twitter users were serious in their demand for the return of the Kohinoor diamond, while others had a humorous take on the issue.
'In a special gesture, UAE President and Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, accompanied by senior members of the Royal Family, was at Abu Dhabi airport for the interaction with PM'
Pakistan's Election Commission on Friday disqualified former prime minister Imran Khan for five years in the Toshakhana case for hiding proceeds from the sale of gifts he received from foreign leaders.
Japan defeated China 2-1 in the second semi-final to set up a title clash with Korea.
Joginder Tuteja lists how much money Salman's Eid releases have made over the years.
Former Pakistan star all-rounder Shahid Afridi turned one year older on Monday.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the biggest July hits in the last decade.
Himachal Pradesh, who were bowled out for 130 in their first innings, were 79 for one at stumps on day three needing another 393 runs for an improbable win.
The unfortunate associations with the name Charles for an English king -- one who was executed; the other with a very unsavoury reputation -- led royal observers to assume that Charles would not take his Christian name when he became king.
The 20-member squad also includes goal-keepers PR Sreejesh and Krishan Bahadur Pathak; defenders Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Surender Kumar, Varun Kumar, Jarmanpreet Singh and Jugraj.
The Polish Hockey Association picked up the Theo Ikema Award, thanks to the various hockey development projects resulting in 30 newly trained coaches and over 3000 schoolchildren being introduced to the sport within the country.
Sarfaraz, Imad Wasim dropped from Pakistan white-ball squad vs Australia.
Joginder Tuteja raises a toast to Aditya Chopra on his birthday, and looks at his 10 most successful productions.
As Parineeti Chopra brings Saina Nehwal's story on screen, Joginder Tuteja takes a look at how well Bollywood's sports movies have done at the box office.
Khan, 67, agreed for the test after Faisal Edhi, the son of late philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi and chairman of the Edhi Foundation, who met him last week tested positive for the coronavirus.
Someone who confessed he would have been beating buffaloes with sticks had it not been for the javelin went on to win India's first Olympic gold medal in athletics.
Mukund is now the second Indian player to pull out of the tie after Rohan Bopanna had withdrawn due to a shoulder injury.
Athletes and officials from Muslim countries, gathered together for a shared prayer in masks.
Lack of access to the cosmonaut training programmes would also be a hindrance for ISRO's planned manned missions, explains Devangshu Datta.
NCB Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede told PTI that Firoz Nadiadwala was summoned by the anti-drugs agency earlier in the day, but he failed to appear.
Bangladesh's Mahmudullah has gone into self-isolation after his COVID-19 reports returned positive.
He died in a hospital in Ludhiana.
The Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) sought world body's intervention after it failed to secure visas for its team which is set to take part in the World Junior Squash Championship to be held in India next month.
'Mine for life,' Ali Abbas Zafar captions his wedding photograph.
Sreejesh was re-elected as a member of the FIH Athletes' Committee during the virtual meeting of Executive Board.
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