Having clawed her way back after years of setbacks in her career and personal life, US Open runner up Victoria Azarenka said on Saturday that she wouldn't let her three-set loss to Naomi Osaka in the final keep her down for long.
The nervy double Super Over win against defending champions Mumbai Indians sky-rocketed Kings XI Punjab's belief and played a role in effecting a turnaround in their fortunes in the IPL, according to the team's left-arm fast-medium bowler Arshdeep Singh.
Just as Rahul wants to ride on his family's history in politics, Varun Dhawan hopes he can ride on daddy David Dhawan's successful shoulders, observes Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
The movie failed to make the cut in the top-10 movies that will advance to the next round of voting at the 92nd Academy Awards.
'If you put your own party into the witness box, like what Sidhu did, and treat them as wrongdoers, then how will the people of Punjab trust the party?'
Australia look to make statement a year ahead of T20 World Cup
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12s match between Scotland and India, in Dubai, on Friday.
Bhaag Beanie Bhaag is neither hilarious nor engaging, complains Namrata Thakker.
Spain claimed the biggest win of the tournament with a 5-0 thrashing of Slovakia in their final European Championship Group E match on Wednesday to finish second in the group and set up a last-16 clash with Croatia in Copenhagen.
It was waiting to happen after India's unceremonious World Cup exit and on Wednesday the Board of Control for Cricket in India ended Virat Kohli's run as India's white-ball captain with a rather matter-of-fact statement, handing the reins to Rohit Sharma "going forward".
'What would we feel if we found the world behaving the way it has?' 'Forced to fight our own prolonged battle; nobody from outside really demanding that the war end or actively working to make it end, and above all, a completely toothless United Nations reduced to pleading for a halt to the violence,' notes Shyam G Menon, exactly a month after Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine.
Expressing her anguish over the pain of farmers, Badal, leader of the ruling BJP's erstwhile ally, said, "It is strange that farmers are spending nights in open during the chilling winters and even then their demands are falling on deaf ears."
Dawid Malan returned to his home town on Sunday to steer England to a four-wicket win over South Africa in their second Twenty20 international in Paarl as they clinched the three-match series.
In line with exit poll predictions, the Bharatiya Janata Party has taken an early lead in Uttar Pradesh, after one hour of counting.
Images from the third T20 International between India and New Zealand, at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, on Sunday.
While TMC leaders ridiculed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath for lifting an image purportedly from West Bengal, the BJP in the Mamata Banerjee-ruled state took potshots at crashing flyovers in the eastern state over the use of an image in a newspaper ad
Images from the T20 World Cup match between West Indies and Bangladesh, in Sharjah, on Friday.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings, in Dubai, on Friday.
Why the 2020 Padma Shri Awards are an honour truly worth celebrating.
'It makes no sense at all to leave because I have my whole family with me.' 'My wife and children are citizens here.'
In March this year, when Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) unveiled a new brand statement of "Building on Belief", many wondered if it was the right strategy. When things are uncertain, wouldn't a brand statement such as "Experience Certainty" have been better? But for Rajesh Gopinathan, CEO & MD, TCS, it was all about the way the company was looking at business. As Gopinathan explained over a video call, "Today, we have over 1,000 customers and 98 per cent of our business is repeat business; our relevance to customers should continue, and to increase.
India vice-captain Rohit Sharma says R Ashwin's presence in the playing XI is always an advantage as the seasoned off-spinner is on the lookout for wickets at all times.
'If you pay Rs 1,000, you get a special queue.' 'If you pay Rs 500, there will be another shorter queue.' 'There will be a separate queue for Rs 300.' 'Is this the way you give vaccine to the people?'
Kevin Pietersen is backing England, India and Australia to make the semi-finals with Jason Holder's West Indies his outsiders to play beyond their world ranking.
'Two years ago I told Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi that we have traitors in the Congress.'
'We are a party that represents the idea of India. That's why we have endured for so long. That's why we will continue to endure because we have the ability to endure, adapt, re-adapt... The BJP is very good at creating hype. And then believing their own hype. This happened in 2004 also. And they will know the answer on the 16th of May.' In arguably India's wealthiest constituency, where a miserably poor worker lives in miserable conditions hardly a few steps away from a billionaire, Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel speaks to Congress candidate Milind Deora atop his jeep. Questions and answers are yelled, in hoarse voices, to and fro above the din of loudspeakers, drums, firecrackers and the smoke and fragrance of kebabs and Kheema Rotis.
Ambati Rayudu will be aiming to make a statement when a marauding Chennai Super Kings take on a desperate Sunrisers Hyderabad
Where does one find a man who shows no bitterness or animosity towards Hindus, even after a frenzied Hindu mob burnt his house down?, Jyoti Punwani asks in this tribute to a truly extraordinary Indian.
'That very brand name comes in the way of people expecting something different from me.'
Coolie No 1 is a cheap comedy for silly people, asserts Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
Not only has the Mudra loan mela generated no jobs, it has frittered away trillions of taxpayers' money and it's time to bury the scheme, argues Debashis Basu.
'To keep laughing is the most important thing in life.'
Hamilton, who had also topped Saturday morning's final practice session, never look like being challenged throughout the qualifying hour.
An important factor in India's stupendous success in 2021 was the way the government opened its coffers to support athletes.
Referring to various media reports showing the 'unfortunate and miserable conditions' of migrant labourers walking on foot and cycling long distances after the lockdown, the top court issued notices to the Centre, the states and union territories and sought their replies by May 28.
Till August 5 last year, except for parliamentary elections, these refugees were barred from voting in Jammu and Kashmir's assembly, panchayat and urban local body polls.
Jasprit Bumrah completed a century of wickets in the IPL as he registered wonderful figures of 3/14 to bowl the Mumbai Indians to victory over the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
The day two of the second Test between Indian and New Zealand, which saw the loss of 16 wickets, has been dubbed as an 'action-packed' day by Trent Boult.
'We have only ourselves to blame.' 'For selfish reasons and greed, we have obstructed many outlets, preventing the water from flowing out, be it rivers, tributaries or small drainage systems.'
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