A round-up of our favourite photographs from the week gone by.

'Ashok the Great did not slaughter foreigners or Muslims when he conquered Kalinga. It was Oriya- speaking Hindus whom he butchered by the tens of thousands. But Ashok is called Great, and his lion emblem is the official symbol of the Republic of India.' 'Why do we honour Ashoka and not Tipu, when both men are accused of the same crime?' asks Aakar Patel.

'My appeal to ex-servicemen,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd), 'is please do not demean yourself and bring our izzat down to the levels of militant trade unionism of the banks or airline variety! Please accept a reasonable compromise and fight your battle with the 7th Pay Commission!'

A clear aim, knowledge, hard work and perseverance spells success: President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam.

Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra offers advice on how to pick the right international education.

Women who apply eyeliner on the inner eyelid run the risk of contaminating the eye and causing vision trouble, a new study has warned.

12 images that show the odd, odd world we live in.

In an online chat with readers overseas education consultant NNS Chandra addressed queries related to international admissions.

The device features a five-inch all-touch screen with BlackBerry 10.3.1 OS.

fghanistan's latest cricket sensation Hamid Hassan found his way into the pages of the popular US daily.

The discovery of a material that maintains a rechargeable sulphur cathode helps to overcome a primary hurdle to building a lithium-sulphur (Li-S) battery.

Lupita Nyong'o's speech at the 2014 Academy Awards is a classic example of a brilliant speech says Rakesh Godhwani, author of What to Say and When to Shut Up!

The system will wed BlackBerry's security platform with the South Korean company's own security software for its Galaxy devices.

Canadian handset maker BlackBerry on Friday said it has narrowed its net loss for the second quarter ended August 31, 2014 to $207 million compared to the previous year helped by increased adoption of its BlackBerry Enterprises Service (BES) and handset sales.

The launch kicks off a busy period for Waterloo, Ontario-based BlackBerry.

In a new study, researchers have suggested that men with back pain should replace spooning style sex with doggy-style sex.

The struggling smartphone maker has been slashing prices of its handsets in India -- Z30, Z10, Q5, 9320 and 9720 -- to drive sales due to competition from Android, iOS and Nokia's Windows Phone, which have been offering devices at affordable prices.

Samsung and Apple already have similar offers on their flagship Galaxy and iPhone ranges.

Smartphone maker BlackBerry will sell most of its real estate holding in Canada in a bid to improve operational efficiencies as the firm is facing mounting losses and unsold handset inventory.

The thumping electoral victory the Congress had dreamt about is now a distant reality, says Vicky Nanjappa

Faced with mounting losses and unsold inventory, struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry has sold its US office in Texas to Brookfield Property Group as it seeks to rationalise costs.

In Uttar Pradesh, believe it or not, the BJP will not be helped in the long run if the Congress collapses completely. The more regional parties are strengthened due to the decimation of the Congress, tougher will be the challenge facing both the grand old party and the BJP. Rediff.com's incomparable Sheela Bhatt continues her new election column where she reveals the ground realities in the Battle for India, as only she can. Don't miss it!

The BJP's victory in the desert state was so absolute that the Congress failed to open its electoral account in 17 of Rajasthan's 33 districts! P B Chandra reports.

The company plans to raise $1 billion with a private placement of convertible debentures.

He has been a long time Blackberry fan and user.

Motorola and Google are growing their presence in Waterloo.

Embattled smartphone company BlackBerry Ltd plans to go private in a $4.7 billion deal being orchestrated by its largest shareholder.

The company hopes to revive its fortune with the move

Charging the Central Bureau of Investigation for not probing role of a Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Tayiba in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, the Bharatiya Janata P Party on Thursday alleged that the agency was acting at the behest of the Congress with a one-point agenda to frame the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

The Nasdaq-listed company had posted losses in the previous three quarters of the 2013 fiscal while for the same period last year, it had reported a loss of $125 million.

Experts believe that Canadian govt might make it difficult.

RIM shares up more than 3 pct on Nasdaq and TSX.

This article was written in 2006 by Aditi Phadnis and Makrand Gadgil in Of Cabals and Kings: Political Profiles published by BS Books. It has been updated and is being reproduced here

Half of India's smokers unaware that their habit is one of the major reasons for a stroke.

It was a fairytale too good to last long and Mahendra Singh Dhoni met his Waterloo in England last year, a nightmare that returned to haunt him in Australia.

Mamata Banerjee promised a new era in West Bengal. Yet, workers at Haldia say that old habits of extortion and violence continue under the Trinamool flag.

Study Abroad expert Karan Gupta in a chat with Get Ahead reader on April 18 discussed queries like requirements for pursuing ME in automobile engineering in Germany, when to take GRE, TOEFL and IELTS tests, student loans for pursuing studies abroad and a range of other related. Unedited excerpts:

Colonel Anil Athale (retd) lists a few military tactics that may help team India win the World Cup.