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'I Should Have Won 1.25 Lakh Votes'

'There is a difference between a politician and leader.''A politician will have his pound of flesh first and do everything else later.''A leader will sacrifice everything to help people.' IMAGE:......

The Peeli-Peelis of Kolkata

As Kolkata marches towards modernity, it is hard to imagine its streets without these cabs, notes Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd). IMAGE: Kolkata's famous Ambassador taxis. Photograph: Debadyuti......

Himachal's Independent MLA, Cong rebel's father booked for poll offences

The Himachal Pradesh police on Sunday registered a case against an independent MLA and the father of a Congress rebel and others over "electoral offences" and bribery related to the recent Rajya......

More MLAs to quit, Sukhu govt will fall, says Himachal Cong rebel

Rebel Himachal Pradesh Congress MLA Rajinder Rana on Saturday claimed that nine more party legislators 'feeling suffocated' due to Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's style of functioning are in touch with......

Can You Spot The Rare Snow Leopard?

IMAGE: A snow leopard is spotted in Himachal Pradesh. Photograph: ANI Photo A mother saves an abandoned child. The Top Videos of the Week, listed by Shailajanand Mishra. Also see: IAF aircraft......

Public sector banks are not out of the woods yet

'The snakes and ladders game will continue till the consolidation process is complete simply because we don't know how bad the scene is with some of the banks being merged,' says Tamal......

Get ready for new flagship phones to reach India

All eyes this year, however, are on Nokia’s latest launches. Image: A Nokia 3310 device is displayed after its presentation ceremony at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on......

'Demonetisation is theft'

'Demonetisation, is in principal, a mistake, because it involves a theft -- a taking of private property by the State.''It is one of those bad Indian ideas that has been tried twice in the past,......

Roll back ban on Rs 500 note, says ex-chief economic advisor Basu

'Demonetisation may have been well-intentioned, but it was a major mistake. The government should reverse it. It could at least declare that Rs 500 notes, which many poorer people frequently use,......

Australian coal mine 'sound' despite latest green challenge: Adani

Progress on the mine was blocked in August after a claim Adani failed to take into account the welfare of the yakka skink lizard and ornamental snake. Image: Tourists stand in front of huts that......

Bramayugam: Movie Love or Masochism?

You will appreciate the Mammootty of this movie better if you do not take the servile reviews to heart, for this is a grand, broad, almost proudly comic performance, assures Sreehari Nair. Since......

'Main apne bete ko hero nahin bana sakaa'

To see the 92-year-old father attending court for his son's bail plea was more heartbreaking than any scene from Rajkumar Kohli's cinema. IMAGE: Rajkumar Kohli with wife Nishi and son Armaan......

Bollywood's WOMEN IN WHITE

Who can forget Marilyn Monroe's flying white dress in The Seven Year Itch, Audrey Hepburn's Ascot dress in My Fair Lady, Bond Girl Ursula Andress in a white bikini or Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia......

Rajini@70: My Favourite Rajinikanth films

As Rajinikanth turns 70 on December 12, we look back at the megastar's movies that kept us enthralled. Divya Nair is spoilt for choice, but picks her favourite Rajini films.   Apoorva......

Have you watched these short films?

Streaming a diverse range of moods and moments, these films are a fairly commendable effort, if not always riveting, feels Sukanya Verma. Short films can achieve so much in so little. In a fraction......

SEE: Beckham queues to see Queen Elizabeth's coffin

IMAGE: Former football player David Beckham leaves after paying his respects to Britain's Queen Elizabeth lying in state in London, Britain on Friday. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters Former......

Heroes are supposed to be immortal

'I'm tempted to say that he's in a better place now, but I'm quite sure he's not.''There was no better place for him than the basketball court, and now he'll never set foot on one again. Because......

Bryant was one of basketball's greatest

In 2008, Kobe Bryant was named the NBA Most Valuable Player. He won two Olympic gold medals, part of the United States team in 2008 and 2012. IMAGE: A small forward and shooting guard, Kobe Bryant......

Steyn's close call with deadly African snake

IMAGE: South Africa’s fast bowler Dale Steyn. Photograph: BCCI Proteas fast bowler Dale Steyn has cautioned his social media fans after a close run-in with a deadly snake in South......

Russian Grand Prix could become night race

Japan and Caterham’s Kamui Kobayashi and Sweden’s Marcus Ericsson walk out for the drivers' parade before the Russian Formula One Grand Prix in 2014. Photograph: Mark Thompson/Getty......

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