'... That they should emerge as role-models to be emulated by the fellow countrymen; and that the middle classes should not stick only to hate-filled and scornful criticism and condemnation against the state of affairs,' remembers Mohammad Sajjad.
All the remaining four players lost their second round matches in the qualifying event of the Chennai Open.
The India-Pakistan pair beat Adrian Cruciat of Romania and Adrian Menendez of Spain to make the grade in the ONGC ATP Challenger.
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi edged out second seeds Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana in the match tie-break to enter the final of the Malaysia Open.
The sensational killings came to light when the bodies of two youths, with their heads smashed, were found near Rajendranagar on Hyderabad's outskirts on January 2.
TV footage showed Zardari coming out of his house and embracing his younger daughter Aseefa before getting into a black Landcruiser.
Bollywood takes the glamorous route to MAMI!
Irfan, who was working as a cartoonist with the weekly news magazine Outlook, was kidnapped and later killed by a gang of auto-snatchers
Without the trial of 'Tiger' Memon and Dawood Ibrahim, the most important anti-terror case in independent India will always remain an unfinished chapter.
They outplayed Ghouse and Goodall in the summit clash of the USD 25,000 ATP Challenger tennis event in Nottingham.
The Indo-Pakistan duo beat top seeds Harel Levy of Israel and Lars Burgsmuller of Germany in the semi-finals.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will continue as a team at the Doha Asian Games.
The president of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Mustafa Kamal is the persona non-grata in the game's governing body as he was not given a chance to present the World Cup trophy, an insult which has left him fuming, so much so that he is even threatening to take legal action.
Before the advent of militancy 15 years ago, Kashmir was popular with film-makers and tourists, but the violence that has now claimed more than 40,000 lives has damaged both industries.
India were handed a 3-0 drubbing in the Olympic football qualifier.
Six Indians have been killed after their boat was hit in Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen, said the external affairs ministry on Friday.
Rohan Bopanna lost 3-6, 3-6 to China Peng Sun in the second round of the men's singles competition at the Asian Games.
The police have began patrolling on Dal Lake, which is close to the conference centre where the PM will meet Kashmir's leaders.
The International Cricket Council will announce the fixtures of the 2015 World Cup on Tuesday.
Twelve Trinamool Congress leaders including Mukul Roy and Madan Mitra have been booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation for alleged criminal conspiracy and corruption in the Narada sting case wherein they were purportedly filmed while taking money.
Ireland bolstered their chances of making it to the Super-10 after a disciplined bowling effort helped them post a 21-run win over United Arab Emirates under the Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-affected Group B qualifying match of the ICC World T20 in Sylhet.
Former Pakistan all rounder Wasim Raja died of a heart attack on Wednesday in London during a match.
India maintained their all-win record by producing yet another resounding performance to thrash minnows United Arab Emirates by nine wickets in a lop-sided inconsequential round robin league match of the Asia Cup T20 tournament in Mirpur on Thursday.
He was being treated for liver cancer.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly verdict.
Factbox on Saturday's World Cup Pool B match between India and United Arab Emirates.
Signalling the return of the good old times in the Kashmir Valley, the clock tower in Srinagar's busy Lal Chowk started functioning on Monday after a gap of nearly 16 years.
The hits and misses of the week.
Unless you want to become a machine like this film probably wants, stay away from it, advises Prasanna D Zore.
'When the first Islamic State flags appeared, it was called an aberration.' 'When videos appeared, they were termed exceptions!' 'It is high time we accepted that the global jihad is here.'
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