'I was alone in the room, injured and facing possible death.' 'The terrorists had taken a head shot and since there was complete silence from my end, they thought that I was either dead or grievously injured...' 'I was now changing the position of the gun, sometimes firing from the top of the sofa, sometimes from the left and sometimes from the right side.' 'This was to confuse the terrorists and to manipulate them into thinking that there are two or more commandos in the room.' A must read excerpt from Praveen Kumar Teotia's 26/11 Braveheart: My Encounter With Terrorists That Night.
'When you write off good artistes, it's easier for them to beat their drums about their own people.'
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The Bollywood star takes tips from the athlete she will play in Amole Gupte's biopic.
'Ek ghante ke andar humare paas 78,000 calls aaye.' '78,000!'
Decorated Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra created a flutter on Monday by saying Tuesday will be his last day in professional shooting.
Mateen, who was killed by police after his attack on Pulse nightclub, was removed from the Florida Department of Correction's Criminal Justice Training Institute on April 27, 2007, for sleeping in class and making "extremely disturbing" comments about weapons.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
'Being the first doctor in the family comes with a lot of expectations.' 'I guess I have been a constant source of disappointment.'
All the gold medallists from Saturday's action at the Tokyo Olympics.
'People will write what they want to,' Salman Khan justifies his rape remark.
Manu Bhaker is grounded as she gears up for another test of her 16-year-old mind and body in next month's Asian Games.
So until the equation becomes equal, 'roses are red, violets are blue, let's smash the patriarchy, me and you.'
This year's competition with 23 contests is taking place in two countries -- Russia and Kazakhstan.
'Bobby Deol has a child-like quality which makes you love him instantly.'
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) put in place 14 high-level expert committees, which have been mandated to identify the country's medal prospects and provide them with specialised training in the run up to the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games to be held later this year.
One of India's most consistent rifle shooters in recent times, Ravi was down after failing to win an Olympic quota despite displaying good form in the last World Championship.
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The exercises also involve combat operations command, combat synergies, live fire shooting training, and comprehensive inspection of arms integration, the report said.
Father and daughter... mother and daughter... an emotional time for team Raazi.
'I will put in my hundred percent in the Olympics,' promises Apurvi Chandela who took to shooting after watching Abhinav Bindra win gold in the Beijing Olympics.
In a short span of time, with the help of Amazon, Cloudtail was able to devise a model that could protect it from the vagaries of online retail business.
Sukanya Verma raises a toast to the man and his movie magic.
'A whole universe of feelings and moods went into them.'
From writing to UI design and digital marketing, these courses will help you identify your skills, polish them and guide to take the next big leap.
In a time of crisis like this, a government needs its people and politics united. A nation of India's size and diversity can't fight a stronger rival with fraying social cohesion, observes Shekhar Gupta.
Tiger Woods next year will begin producing weekly golf instructional videos and give fans a glimpse into his life on the PGA Tour as part of a new partnership with Discovery's GOLFTV, the network said on Tuesday.
Deepika Kumari is a story of grits, guts and gumption.
Akash Malik won India's first silver medal in archery at the Youth Olympic Games, providing a fitting finale to the country's best-ever campaign at the marquee event, in Buenos Aires. The 15-year-old son of a farmer lost a one-sided final to Trenton Cowles of the USA 0-6 as India concluded its campaign with three gold, nine silver and one bronze medal at the event, launched in 2010.
The multi-starrer releases on April 19.
Factfile on South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, who was arrested by police in connection with the shooting death of his girlfriend at his home in Pretoria on Thursday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Have you seen Katrina's Instagram pictures?
'It's a special song and every girl will relate to it.'
'Ajay Devgn is perfect to slip into Idris Elba's shoes.' 'Taapsee can play any role under the sun.'
Shooter Abhinav Bindra's technical trainer Heinz Reinkemeier denounced Indian media's 'obsession' for Olympic medal and emphasised that an effort can be categorised as 'good performance' even without a medal.
An FIR was registered against the shooter on the basis of the complaint filed at the Chanakyapuri police station on Saturday.
The new patches given to the 51 Squadron of IAF depict a MiG21 in the foreground along with a red-coloured F-16 with 'Falcon Slayers' written on top and 'AMRAAM Dodgers' written at the bottom of it.
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