The 25 year old beauty from Bhilai talks about the moment that inspired her to switch careers.
'It is a very clear case of an attempt to bend the media.'
'When a person is very furious, it does give way to tears.' 'It was in this emotional state of mind that he took a decision to not vacate the Ghazipur border without fearing the consequences.'
A white shawl draped on his left shoulder, rudraksha beads around his neck, red tilak on the forehead and sporting dark sunglasses, Kantilal Mishra bore a striking similarity to Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray who had mesmerised lakhs of Shiv Sainiks.
'Hackers from China and UK were involved in the October 12 power outage,' Maharashtra power minister tells Rediff.com.
'Heroes are weak; they are cowards; they cry; they betray their fellow soldiers; they lie to their wives so that they can fight for their country and yet have their conscience devour them with guilt.'
Lakme model Daman Brar tells Rediff.com's Prasanna Zore about her first modelling assignment and the flip side of being a model in India.
While rescue efforts are on in full swing, the narrow tunnel and the massive slush that was brought down by the glacial flood are hampering rescue operations, confirm Swati Bhadauria, the district collector of Chamoli, and Yashwant Singh Chauhan, the superintendent of police.
The hits and misses of the week.
The SP of Chamoli district, which faced the brunt of the glacier break in Uttarakhand, provides insights about the rescue operations.
If these MLAs return to the NCP, Ajit Pawar's support will reduce further.
'The BJP's solo aim in Mumbai and Maharashtra is to finish off the Shiv Sena and Sharad Pawar's NCP.'
'He is worried about how best the Punjab crisis can be resolved.'
'It doesn't take much time for people's perception to change about a person.' 'People come and go based on people's will.' 'Nobody should forget that.'
'They will somehow survive the pandemic, but if these laws are not amended for the benefit of farmers, or is not scrapped altogether, they will surely die of penury and exploitation.'
'The projects that the government started to bring within Goa were totally anti-Goa and anti-people.' 'Can anyone describe a project as development when it is going to cause wanton destruction of people's houses, their surroundings and livelihoods and destruction of forests?'
'12250 should be considered a reasonable level to re-enter into the market.'
'If you weed out corruption, you will bring glory to Goa.'
The hits and misses of the week.
Salman Khan's big Eid release Tubelight is also a major loser.
'In the last five years of UP government, the UP police were given a fair environment and the rule of law always remained supreme.' 'In these five years, nobody within BJP dared tell a police officer to act against the rule of law.'
Salman Khan's much awaited Eid release Tubelight turned out to be a damp squib at the box office. Distributors stand to lose on their investments.
'Just to know him (Amitabh Bachchan) makes you a better artist,' revealed Amit Sadh on Instagram.
'This fall is nothing. We could see worse if everybody hits the panic button.'
'And Nana Patole fits the bill perfectly.' 'There is nothing wrong in being aggressive and today Patole is our angry young man.'
'I teach my students for one hour every day. At night, I teach science to students from other countries. I have got requests from more than 70 countries in the last three years and more than 80,000 students have benefited from my online classes.'
'It is going to be a buyers' market and you will get a good number of companies at reasonable valuations and that's when one has to be very greedy.'
'No strong government (belonging to any party) likes to be held accountable (for their acts of commission and omission).' 'They just don't like anybody asking questions (of them).' 'This is the problem with strong governments.'
'It was not the individual's decision. It was the collective decision (that BSY should resign).'
'The Punjab police was taking the prime minister by road for 100 km for the first time, maybe in the last many years.' 'But the SPG keeps travelling with the prime minister every second-third day outside Delhi.' 'They are better aware of the drill; they understand the PM's security parameters better than the Punjab police.' 'They could have refused even if the clearance was given by the Punjab police.'
'The more retail investors keep away from speculative activity, the more they will manage their risks better.'
The Indian Navy's flagship carrier, the INS Viraat will be decommissioned on March 6 after serving the nation for 30 glorious years.
For about three more years, the Indian Navy will have to make do with its lone carrier -- the Russia-built INS Vikramaditya.
'The sole objective is to harass me, silence me.'
'The spread of COVID-19 is not increasing across Maharashtra.' 'Only Mumbai remains a concern.'
Designer Swapnil Shinde shares his views on Bollywood, designing for Indian politicians and working with Madhuri Dixit Nene.
One feels for the classy cast -- all of them -- for being part of a film that has neither substance nor sense nor a story line, says Prasanna D Zore.
'If banging thalis could drive corona as Modi said, banging thalis will drive away the farm laws.'
'The fact that this happened and the fact that we were not able to bring it down, we were not even able to trace from where it came from and where it went, certainly raises questions on our level of preparedness.'