The ambassador, though, admitted that the Communist Party of India received financial assistance from its Soviet counterpart.
'We have been threatened. We have felt violated.' 'Everything is in danger if you don't give safe spaces to women.'
'aris can be boiling hot in July. The choice of viscose over cotton was deliberate. Cotton would have crushed badly. We used viscose because it is a wood pulp fibre and lets you breathe. It is cooler than silk. We had to consider breathability because the athletes would be on a barge, in the heat, for up to five hours.'
Bangladesh is in turmoil, which is not good news for India, which shares a porous 4000 km border with it. There is a danger of fundamentalism growing there, and India has to move in to reset its ties with the new dispensation before China and Pakistan make capital out of it, alerts Ramesh Menon.
'The self-censoring process came from my heart, not my head.'
Such public domain discussions affect their morale and dedication -- and that, if anything, will definitely affect combat-effectiveness, asserts Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta (retd).
They met at Modi's residence in New Delhi a day after the NDA won a majority of seats in the Lok Sabha election, paving the way for him to take the oath for a third consecutive term, a first for any ruling alliance since 1962.
'It is a long road, but the hunger to play cricket is back, and he wants to play in all three formats.'
'Kohli will get runs whether he is playing under Rohit or anybody else.
Arun Jaitley, former law minister and general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, has rubbished the claims of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that some leaders of the BJP had performed a havan wishing for his death on a certain date.
Making a no-holds-barred attack on Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said Narendra Modi needs to be "treated in a mental hospital" for talking "rubbish".
Australia opener Brad Haddin on Tuesday rubbished reports that the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) is investigating their World Cup match against Zimbabwe for slow batting, dismissing the claims as 'laughable'.
Javed Miandad has dismissed concerns about player burnout caused by the increasingly busy international calendar
Kane Williamson declines New Zealand 'forced' Neil Wagner to retire
"It's nonsense. I hope to play for a long time yet," the England skipper said.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has rubbished US criticism of it teaming up with a Chinese firm to acquire a Syrian oilfield,
Australia have the best-record in day-night Tests as the side has not lost a single match that has been played with the pink ball.
Three ED officers were injured and several of their vehicles vandalised, as hundreds of supporters of TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh attacked them on January 5, when the team went to conduct a raid at his house in Sandeshkhali in connection with alleged irregularities in the state's ration system.
Of the AAP's 62 MLAs in Delhi, 55 including all the ministers were present during the meeting.
Opener Virender Sehwag rubbished a media report that he has written a letter to the Cricket Board expressing his desire to quit international twenty20 cricket.
A senior BCCI official rubbished former IPL chairman Lalit Modi's claims that Board president N Srinivasan was trying to gift the Hyderabad franchise to his friends, saying the whole process of Sun TV winning the bid was done in a transparent manner.
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara has asserted there were no lapses on the part of the government in handling cases relating to the alleged sexual abuse of women by Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna and that the Special Investigation Team was probing them from all angles.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a money-laundering case against Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter Veena Vijayan and her IT firm for receiving 'illegal payments' from a Kochi-based private firm, official sources said on Wednesday.
Australia's spin legend Shane Warne on Tuesday rubbished reports that he is open to the possibility of staging a comeback to Test cricket if Australia needed him for the Ashes series next year. Warne's comments effectively put the lid on speculation that he is mulling a comeback into the longer version of the game.
The three AAP councillors switching sides is set to tilt the scales in favour of the BJP whenever fresh mayoral polls are held.
An ATS source told rediff.com, "How will a person walk into Zaveri Bazaar or such a place with wires tied to his body? We believe the first priority is to crack the case. And, for that, one needs patience."
The PCB strongly denied recent speculations about any internal discord in the Babar Azam-led side.
Not 5,000, but at least 7,000 Pakistani troops participated in the Kargil incursion, the Indian Army has said.
'I have become used to people making stuff up about me, but of all the topics not to mess with domestic abuse has to be at the top of the list'
Both demanded an apology from a newspaper that ran a report suggesting ego clashes between them.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has rubbished claims by banned Test leg-spinner Danish Kaneria that he was discriminated against by the board because he is a Hindu.
Australia Women's team captain Alyssa Healy on Wednesday said that her husband and fast bowler Mitchell Starc deserved the record-breaking IPL paycheck as he has worked hard for many years.
Pacer Dirk Nannes on Tuesday rubbished Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi's allegation that all teams indulge in ball-tampering and said bowlers can achieve success without twisting laws.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday rubbished match-fixing allegations against the Pakistan cricket team in the just-concluded ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa. ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat also gave a clean chit to Australian umpire Simon Taufel who was officiating the semi-final match between Pakistan and New Zealand.
A woman accused the India hockey player of sexually abusing her multiple times when she was a minor.
Lalu says the interim report of the Gujarat Directorate of Forensic Sciences that indicated no attack had taken place on him in Vadodara is an attempt to 'hide the truth'.
Former Pakistan captain, Ramiz Raja has rubbished the sensational match-fixing claims made by British journalist, Ed Hawkins in his recent book.
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