'I have been touched whenever I have known him personally as a human being.'
The medal was parcelled to his home. He sent it back. 'It should be conferred at the ceremonial function at Rashtrapati Bhavan.'
'What he says, he does.' 'People say if Khargesahab has said something, it will be set in stone.'
'Who would think of making a bank of poor women? She had vision and boldness.'
Star sprinter Hima Das on Saturday suffered an injury scare after sustaining a muscle pull during the 100m heats at the ongoing National Inter-State Athletics Championships in Patiala.
'It conveys the impression that there is not enough talent available among the serving officers.' 'That does not reflect well on the professionalism of officer corps.'
'The Bharat Jodo Yatra has done very well in the south, and if they are able to pull voters in the south and rely on their allies in the north like in Bihar, UP and do well in Rajasthan, then there are chances that there might be a formidable opposition or at least a force to fight the BJP.'
'The economic crisis hit us from nowhere. No one saw it coming.'
When elected on July 18 -- which is almost a certainty, given the NDA's numbers in the electoral college -- Droupadi Murmu will be the first President born after Independence.
'The worry among many international actors is whether there will be stability to provide assistance to the government because the political developments in the last few months are a real concern.'
'The Battle of Jamalpur was a turning point in the 1971 War because a small battalion of 700 men broke the back of the Pakistanis.'
Musicians gathered to celebrate singer Harshdeep Kaur's birthday.
'While parliament has elected him, the people are demanding that he goes home.'
'Many senior officers are unhappy with him, but many lower level officers are still supportive.' 'This is also not something that has happened for a long time. So this is certainly a milestone.'
Sania Mirza, who turns cover girl for Aza, opts for a minimal style.
'I'm now living under threat, but life has to go on because as a soldier, you can't run away from it.'
Onir has got what it needs to make sensible, thought-provoking, entertaining cinema, feels Prasanna D Zore.
The actor sizzled in white as she strode the ramp at India International Jewellery Week 2017.
'A one-party State is not possible in a diverse country like India.'
'Since the rotors of a helicopter rotate at very high RPMs, if they hit an obstacle -- for example a tree, wire or pole, the result is catastrophic.'
Forward Mumtaz Khan (8th, 11th, 12th, 15th) scored four times and Chetna scored thrice (6th, 14th, 17th) to help India achieve the dominating win on Monday night.
Don't ignore the little changes in your body. It could be an indication of an underlying health issue, warns gynaecologist Dr Archana Dhawan Bajaj.
Shraddha Kapoor had a major style moment in an off-the-shoulder top with fringes as she walked the ramp for Pankaj & Nidhi.
'She was not just a fan; she knew the game and could differentiate between a good cricketer and a great cricketer.'
Living up to the party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's promise to give 40 per cent of the tickets to women candidates, the Congress fielded 148 of them, of which only one -- Congress Legislature leader Aradhana Mishra Mona -- secured victory.
'Washington appears to be playing the long game, and making the argument to India that over the longer term, Russia -- sanctioned, cash-strapped, isolated by the West -- will no longer be a viable defence partner for India'
Perfect Miss India 2016 saw a bevy of celebs in attendance, strutting their stuff on the red carpet.
'The most important expenditure in the Budget that indicates employment generation is infrastructure.'
'If one crore is sanctioned to make a road, they spend only Rs 40 lakhs and the remaining 60 lakhs is looted by the politician, bureaucrats and the contractor.'
Aishwarya Singh gives us a rare sneak peek into her busy life backstage.
'A fragile Sri Lanka will have a serious impact on the security of India.'
'This is a historical moment in the political history of Sri Lanka.' 'You can see the amount of pressure that is coming from the people because nobody addressed the policy blunders, multiple corruption charges and huge scandals.'
'Being a serving officer or wearing a uniform does not make an officer more competent than one who has retired.'
Sukanya Verma gives us her OTT recommendations for the week.
'The India-China relationship has deteriorated greatly over these past two years and it is set to deteriorate further.'
'We are ready to surrender,' Lieutenant General A A K Niazi said over the phone from Dhaka.
Of the total 166 names declared so far by the Congress, 119 candidates will be making their electoral debut.
Analysts have their doubts how much independence she has as finance minister. As Amit Mitra advises the chief minister, day-to-day work is done by the finance secretary and the chief secretary.
On a mission to visit the families of soldiers who have died in action, Vikas Manhas has met over 1,000 families whose loved ones made the supreme sacrifice for the country.
'It would be a huge mistake to think that Gorbachev's reforms did not achieve anything.' 'We all live in the world, which is in many respects a result of Glasnost and Perestroika.'
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