Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Abhinay Deo's film never runs short of bite and sting, says Prasanna D Zore.
'Here was a man who played a major part in helping the Bengalis of East Pakistan create a new nation, secured the merger of Sikkim into the Indian dominion and built R&AW into a formidable outfit, comparable to the best in the world.' Rameshwar Nath Kao shunned the limelight, hated to be photographed and preferred to work behind the scenes. A revealing excerpt from Nitin A Gokhale's much awaited book, R N Kao: Gentleman Spymaster.
Sukanya Verma looks at what stood out in a mostly humdrum affair.
Rediff.com takes a look at the great moments on Twitter in 2015, from single Tweets that captured our imagination to hashtags that sparked global conversations.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
...And that's a very good thing, feels Sukanya Verma.
For many of the bereaved families the agonising wait started on Tuesday evening when they were informed by senior Army officials about the sacrifice of the 20 soldiers in the clashes with the Chinese Army along the Line of Actual Control a day earlier.
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Manchester United's interim manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been hailed by the Norwegian press and his former United captain and teammate Gary Neville expects him to get the job on a permanent basis this month: "I'll be surprised if Solskjaer is not awarded the job during the international break (in March)."
Yet another success party and most of the industry turns up!
'What do you think the Congress is today?' 'Is it a political party heading for a life-and-death battle?' 'Or an NGO, just doing its thing and hoping it will improve the state of the world?' asks Shekhar Gupta.
Rediff's Love Guru has answers to all your relationship problems.
Here is a list of some activities you can do in the park in Bollywood style!
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Sharpening his attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Narendra Modi, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused them of trying to usurp the legacy of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and recalled the Congress stalwart's description of the RSS as "a venomous organisation" which could "finish" the country.
'If you can tell the quality of a movie-watching experience, only and only by referring to set standards, you *aren't really* going to the movies,' argues Sreehari Nair.
Sreehari Nair reviews Ayyappanum Koshiyum.
She is survived by her husband, ex-US Presdient George Herbert Walker Bush, five children -- including former President George W. Bush -- 17 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Rajesh Alva reviews the latest addition to the KTM stable.
Castro condemned as "equally criminal" the bombing of Nagasaki three days later on August 9, 1945.
We trust not because the other person is trust-worthy but because we are trusting by nature, says Love Guru.
'Cricket may be stressful and very difficult, but when it's your passion, you learn to love it.'
A lowdown on what's happening in Hollywood.
New Creta, petrol Vitarra Brezza.. A quick look at what went down at Auto Expo Day 2.
'The success or otherwise of Modi's foreign policy will largely depend on the equation he is likely to strike with Donald Trump.'
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Does a big multi-cylinder motorcycle need to be expensive? Royal Enfield does not think so, says Jehan Adil Darukhanawala.
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Sukanya Verma discovers what she loves about Anushka Sharma's 'spirit' on more than one occasion in her super-filmi week.
He is only the fourth cricketer to win the coveted prize after Sachin Tendulkar, who was the first recipient in 2010, Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara, who won it in 2011 and 2012, and India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who won it last year.
'We are taking you into a world which does not exist and we want to you to experience it through us.'
Raja Krishna Menon, who had directed Airlift before he moved to Chef, shares his movie experiences.
Be it performance, styling, features, refinement and price, the NTORQ ticks all the boxes, says Rajesh Alva.
'Should a leader with such an impeccable record of public life, struggles, meritorious performance and heroism in politics like Babu Jagjivan Ram be weighed on caste and not reviewed for his real worth?' asks Tarun Vijay.
The surprise decision not to consider Ambati Rayudu for the World Cup was devoid of any bias, said chief selector MSK Prasad.