India began its Olympic campaign on a mixed note on Saturday with three ace shooters failing to qualify for the finals while the women archers, a rower, a badminton player and a pugilist made it to the next rounds of their respective events.
The trial in the 26/11 Mumbai attack case is considered to be historic in nature. However the events leading up to it too are historic considering the fact that never in the history of Indian jurisprudence has a court found it so difficult to appoint an amicus curiae or a standing counsel to defend an accused.
Some were made on a grand scale, sending off a strong buzz even if they could not live up to it, while others told a good story.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
The actor talks about his new film, What's Your Raashee.
The hits and misses of the week.
Standing at 6ft 1inch, the 18 year old Arjun is a left arm fast bowler and a handy lower middle order batsman.
In a tribute to batting legend Sachin endulkar, a pavilion in his name was declared open by India captain M S Dhoni at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Kochi on Wednesday.
Vinod Mirani gives us his weekly verdict.
For someone who has worked as a federal criminal prosecutor for the better part of her life, it was a challenge for Anjali Chaturvedi to act as defence attorney in an alleged white collar crime. But her success vindicated her lifelong conviction that she should never shy away from challenges.
Anjali helped Sachin Tendulkar deal with the debacles during his reign as captain and carry on.
No untoward incident has been reported from the district over the past three days.
Thanks to the encouragement she has received from Anjali Singh, her college buddy and an editor at Houghton Mifflin whose acquisition of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis became a successful Oscar-nominated graphic film, Keshni Kashyap is on her way to the bookstore.
'Not for the first time during this festival I was struck by the atmosphere of friendly inclusion the organisers had managed in a city where you can smell menace in the air, thanks to Adityanath's revenge-driven politics, his denigration of Muslims and ruthless use of State power against critics,' notes Anjali Puri.
Big B got the audience at a Mumbai fashion show, Sunday, on their feet with his jhatkas and matkas.
What will your first night in the US be like? What are the things you must know before you leave? Indian students who have gone abroad provide the answer.
The activist, Bhupendra Vira, who had been fighting against land mafia, unauthorised structures and encroachments in and around Kalina, was attacked on Saturday night.
If rules govern a romantic relationship, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas are breaking them in style.
The actress, who made her television debut in the highly successful Kabhia Sautan Kabhie Saheli, is all set to play Draupadi in the brand new mythological serial Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki.
The 19-year-old will be given the 'National Award for Citizen Diplomacy' at a ceremony in Washington on February 12.
'I want to just go out and enjoy my game and not think about other things.' Sachin Tendulkar on his future
The party has not applied the "one-family, one-ticket" formula for the Karnataka polls which it followed in the Punjab polls held last year.
Five persons died and two others were injured when a major portion of a five-storey building collapsed in south Mumbai, fire brigade sources said on Saturday.
Nikhat from Telengana was handed the fourth spot in the 51 kg category which already has the six-time World Champion MC Mary Kom, RSPB's Jyoti Gulia and Haryana's Ritu Grewal as other contenders.
Pictures from the party.
A special CBI court in Ghaziabad on Thursday chargesheeted the prime accused in Nithari serial killings case, Mohinder Singh Pandher for the rape and murder of two teenagers.
A few members of the Indian cricket team including skipper M S Dhoni watched Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'Om Shanti Om' at a multiplex in Chandigarh on Friday while Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar visited an orphanage.
A few valuable tips on finding clothes that lend you style.
Are you self motivated? Have you lead a team before? Can you deliver under pressure?
Fans and mediapersons and assemble at La Mer.
To win it for India in front of Sachin is emotional, says Kohli.
The ace batsman was whisked away by wife Anjali even as television cameras and scribes tried to corner him for comments at the Mumbai airport.
Here's looking at superstars who have played fathers in the movies.
Nita Ambani threw a lavish party at her Mumbai residence Antilla on Monday night to celebrate her team Mumbai Indians's second Indian Premier League title win.
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