He will be remembered not only as a writer but as one of the great chroniclers and interrogators of the history of our times, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Mo Yan, who on Thursday won China's first Nobel Prize in Literature, says his literary instincts were spurred by loneliness, when he was forced out of the school by his cruel father and made to graze cattle.
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Terming as "very cruel" the way bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh was done, YSR Congress Party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Wednesday said that he has kept open all options on post-poll alliance.
West Ham United's hopes of avoiding relegation suffered a cruel blow as an own goal by midfielder Tomas Soucek and Harry Kane's first goal since December condemned them to a 2-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday.
World leaders are united in their condemnation of terrorist attack in Spain.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee made a quantum leap.
In a setback to efforts by Italy to secure release of its two marines charged with murder of two Indian fishermen, the Kerala high court on Tuesday turned down its plea for quashing an FIR against them, holding that they were liable to penal jurisdiction of Indian courts.
The party also made it clear that no one will be permitted to undermine or weaken the party and its leadership. The CWC also resolved that inner-party issues cannot be deliberated through the media or in public fora and all such issues must be raised within the party 'in the interest of propriety and discipline'.
Indian Test cricket stands at the crossroads with future fortunes heavily dependent on off the field policies and strategies adopted by the Indian cricket establishment, says Faisal Shariff.
Over 80 per cent of students in schools across the country are humiliated by teachers who tell them that they are not capable of learning, a study conducted by national child rights body has said.
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday confirmed the death sentence of a rogue bus driver who went berserk and crushed nine people to death on the streets of Pune in 2012, terming the crime as "cruel, diabolical and revolting" that would "shock the conscience of society".
The 24-year-old Saurashtra batsman says he's back to full fitness and confident of regaining his place in the Indian team.
Agneepath's Kancha Cheena and Rauf Lala remind one of the various sinister villians Hindi cinema has seen so far.
The Indian Olympic Association has rejected the revised draft of the National Sports Development Bill, calling it a 'cruel joke' and an attempt to strangulate the autonomy of National Sports Federations.
Slamming the Planning Commission over its controversial definition of poverty, the BJP on Friday dubbed it a "conspiracy" hatched by the body and the Centre to deprive a large number of poor people of benefits under various welfare programmes.
'They (MI) were confident, playing well and putting us under pressure. They were playing a nice brand of cricket even in our conditions...they have simply outplayed us'
'In our many years together as colleagues in the Lok Sabha, we developed a warm personal relationship and I feel her loss greatly,' Gandhi said in her condolence letter to Swaraj's husband Swaraj Kaushal.
He said the migrants and poor people had great expectations after the prime minister's address to the nation, but sadly...
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Taking a cue from former prime minister Lal Bhadur Shastri, Dr Manmohan Singh should break free of the inhibitory shackles that bind him to fulfill the expectations reposed in him by the people of India, says Vivek Gumaste.
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Donald Trump delivered his maiden State Of The Union address, an annual message presented by the United States President to a joint session of the congress. Trump's State of the Union address was originally slated to last an hour, but the president went substantially longer. The longest SOTU address was Bill Clinton's 2000 speech, which lasted 1 hour, 28 minutes, 49 seconds.
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'India is the most depressed country in the world at the moment and women have twice as much of the likelihood to be depressed.'
'By equating slaughter with cruelty, you are paving the way for all other animal slaughter to be stopped in the future.'
He was poised to make his Test debut last February when fate struck a cruel blow. A freak injury on the eve of the opening Test against South Africa in Nagpur meant Rohit Sharma was ruled out of the match, thereby ensuring an unexpected debut for Wriddhimaan Saha.
Bajwa said that this desire for peace must not, in any sense, be construed as a sign of weakness.
A fast track court in Thrissur, Kerala, on Friday awarded death sentence to a man from Tamil Nadu for raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman, whom he pushed out of a running train in February.
The Congress president tagged a Business Standard story which cited a report which said the unemployment rate is highest in 45 years.
SMS has been a great boon to the hearing impaired and the Trai's latest decision to limit it the service to 100 pages per day has not gone down well with them.
'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.
On Friday morning, the Delhi police got another email, making this the third email since the Delhi high court blast.
"I am on the side of the bishops' conference," Francis said.
Pihu may not be flawless, but it has something valid to say about lousy parents, notes Sukanya Verma.
Who says Bollywood gals have it easy?
A match between Bursaspor and Besiktas attended by thousands of people had finished two hours before the blasts.
Manchester United climbed two places up to second in the Premier League after Marcus Rashford scored deep into stoppage time to give them a fortuitous 1-0 home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday.
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