The Paris 2024 Games came to a close like they started, in the rain, but amidst a festive atmosphere with an electro-party at the Stade de France to conclude the Paralympics on Sunday.

'Out of sight, out of mind happens.'

Sircar, a retired IAS officer, claimed that corruption by a section of leaders of his party and lack of action against them was one of the reasons for his decision.

In response to the tragic incident, many committees scaled back their celebrations significantly.

Brazil return to winning ways with dreary win over Ecuador in their World Cup qualifiers.

Phogat and Punia joined the party in the presence of Congress general secretary KC Venugopal, spokesperson Pawan Khera and Haryana Congress chief Uday Bhan.

'In India, dating is a very personal thing.' 'If someone wants to go out on a date, s/he would prefer not to keep their manager in the loop.'

Call Me Bae is a spirited new addition in guilty pleasures for the fashion-loving, rom-com starved soul, applauds Sukanya Verma.

The former chief minister said if there was any danger of his losing from Budgam, then his party colleagues would not have allowed him to contest from Budgam.

'He told me he was very happy to see the realistic portrayal of the cockpit too.' 'His wife told me that I carried the same kind of personality as her husband in my performance.'

'We have worked day and night for this moment because seeing the medical condition, there are a lot of things that are going on and regular training and exercises are a very big challenge with our medical condition.'

'That comparison, "Oh look at Vicky, do you also see yourself being that successful in life?"' 'Vicky has seen a lot and done a lot and he is where he is. I feel really happy about it.' 'But I have my own journey.'

Kajol has advice... Amyra has a question... Preity has an adorable doctor...

'A campaign that goes beyond caste, creed and religion.' 'This is a campaign that aims to end hunger in society'

'My mother feels it will be tough and emotional for her to enter an assembly which has essentially been reduced to a municipality now.' 'My opinion is that even if it is a municipality one cannot cede that space to the BJP.'

Vidit Gujrathi was around six when he was advised to put his ambition of playing cricket on hold till he was older by a local club.

'We put the seed of BJP's ideology in Jammu, watered it, nurtured it for four decades and when it was time to reap the fruits of those efforts, the fruits are being sold out to the very same people who worked hard to uproot this tree.' 'Shockingly, our own people are letting this happen and nobody from Delhi bothers to even listen to us.'

'At the age of 25, there are still no work offers coming your way, so how do you move ahead in life?'

I am happy I didn't knock anyone down, driving recklessly or trying to show off. However, in one instance of road rage (the consequence of arguing with a driver who disrespected my right to cross the road peacefully) I did find a man in a SUV taking his anger out on me by driving his vehicle over my feet, recalls Shyam G Menon.

A summary of Indian athletes' showing at the Paralympics, in Paris, on Monday, September 2.

The silver on Monday is Kathuniya's fifth consecutive second place finish since the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021.

Olympic bronze-medallist Saina Nehwal has revealed that she is battling arthritis and will have to decide on her future in badminton by the end of this year.

Thulasimathi Murugesan outlasted compatriot Manisha Ramadass in an all-India affair to reach the women's singles SU5 badminton final at the Paralympics.

'At his wedding with Patralekha, I officiated as the groom's father as Raj has lost both parents, and that's the relationship we share today.'

Rahul Dravid's son, Samit, expressed his excitement and gratitude after being selected for the India Under-19 team for their upcoming series against Australia.

Para shooter Rubina Francis lights up India's day with bronze at Paris Paralympics on Saturday.

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said on Saturday he is happy with how new signing Kylian Mbappe is settling into life with the Spanish soccer giants and he has no concerns about his team's slow start to the LaLiga season.

Nitesh Kumar and Sukant Kadam qualified for the semi-finals of the men's singles SL3 and SL4 categories respectively.

'I am very happy to see that the work is starting to bear some fruit now.'

Indian shooter Avani Lekhara said that she felt nice and happy after winning the gold medal at the Paris Paralympics.

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'God can you get work, but once you get it, you have to do it with honesty and put your 100 percent into it.'

'Salman wanted to do the interview properly. That's why he was nervous, you know, that dad should be happy.'

Images from the US Open men's singles second round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Thursday.

'We used to give these boxers a hammering in the ring and now they are teaching youngsters how to defend. Come on man!' 'People like Akhil Kumar and Jitender Kumar were among the top boxers in the world, but instead of choosing them to train young boxers they are picking people who are yes men.'

Images from the US Open women's singles second round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Thursday.

'The die is cast. The wave is for her.' 'We will win this. The numbers are going to be higher than people are saying.' 'It is going to be more closer to Obama's numbers than Biden's numbers.'

'You're going to have your own journey and that can be very beautiful.' 'It can also be very terrifying because there is no precedence.'

It has been seven years since Karun has played a match for India but he has shown a bit of old fire in the last year or so, garnering runs for Vidarbha and for Northamptonshire in English county cricket.

'If a franchise has released a player because they don't see him in their top four or five, then what gives them the right to jump in during an auction?'