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The Amazing Riflewomen Making History

22 Assam Rifles women personnel are in the Republic Day marching band contingent. Dressed in crisp uniforms, playing bagpipes, drums and side drums, the year-old band has already built an admirable......

A Night Outside The ICU

My patient was my 86-year-old father hospitalised for the first time in his life. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com It was an assembly of the anxious. Daughters and sons, mothers and......

Bangladesh moves closer to Islamabad, eases visa process for Pakistanis

The interim government in Bangladesh has simplified the visa process for Pakistanis to further strengthen trade and economic relations. Image used for representational purpose only. Photograph:......

1.5 cr take holy dip daring intense cold as Maha Kumbh begins

The fog was thick, the cold intense and the waters freezing as the Maha Kumbh, the world's largest gathering, began on Monday with 1.5 crore people taking a dip in the Sangam in their quest for......

Pak-Afghan border tension escalates as 8 Taliban killed in retaliation

Seven to eight personnel from the Taliban forces were killed along the Durand Line in the Upper Kurram district on Saturday, as the Afghan Taliban targeted Pakistani border posts in Ghozgarhi,......

The India Story: 90% Work In Progress

From highways connecting once-remote regions to aviation networks carrying millions, India's infrastructure story is one of transformation. IMAGE: Union Minister of Roads, Transport and Highways......

Why Is Maharashtra An Underperformer?

'Why has Maharashtra slipped up over the past couple of decades?''Not only is this question critical for residents of the state, but given that it accounts for 14% of India's GDP, a faster-growing......

Is Wartime A Good Time to Invest?

'Even now, investors are not bothered about the war but are more concerned whether it will remain localised or not.''In case things are contained, markets can stage a bounce back in the next few......

Strike: Lessons For Samsung From Hyundai

IPO bound HMIL, which is also from South Korea, had faced severe labour unrest for nearly a decade till the realisation -- a worker's union cannot be avoided -- dawned on it. IMAGE: Centre of......

Massive oil, gas reserves found in Pak waters

A substantial deposit of petroleum and natural gas has been discovered in Pakistan's territorial waters, a cache so large its exploitation could change the country's destiny, according to a media......

Why You Must Watch Freedom at Midnight

Freedom At Midnight is a bold attempt to revisit the whole discourse about Partition, its causes, and the predicament under which the Congress leaders accepted it.It perfectly captures the......

The Miranda Brothers Review: Damp Squib

The Miranda Brothers is short on humour, romance and real drama, observes Deepa Gahlot. Director of all those gangster dramas like Kaante and Shootout At Wadala, Sanjay Rajprakash Gupta -- as he......

Kamal Haasan@70: What Makes Him Ulaga Nayagan

'With passage of time, Kamal did move away from the humdrum of commercial cinema, using it only as a peg to launch a new concept or new technology, as no other actor/film-maker has done in Indian......

'It Slowly Dawned On Me That I Had Won'

'I want to believe that now the world is my oyster.' IMAGE: Anasuya Sengupta at the Cannes Film Festival. Photograph: Kind courtesy Anasuya Sengupta/Instagram As Anasuya Sengupta stood at the......

'Stars Don't Make A Movie But Vice-Versa'

'Stars have made stacks of wealth at the cost of the rest of the film industry.' IMAGE: Producer Vashu Bhagnani with Akshay Kumar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Vashu Bhagnani/Instagram News reports......

Aus Open PIX: Zverev battles past Paul to enter semis

IMAGE: Alexander Zverev celebrates winning his quarter-final match against Tommy Paul of the US. Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters Alexander Zverev played his best tennis when it mattered most to......

Indian cricket icons recount fav Wankhede memory

Rohit aims to bring Champions Trophy to Wankhede. IMAGE: Mumbai and Indian cricket's stars Ajinkya Rahane, Diana Eduljee, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and Rohit......

Dreams Do Come True In Dharavi!

Simran Shaikh stays in a tiny 12 by 12 feet room along with her grandmother, parents and siblings.On Sunday, her life changed perhaps forever when she became the most expensive hire at the Women's......

Will Pakistan Pull Out of Champions Trophy?

IMAGE: Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has dismissed the possibility of a 'hybrid model' Champions Trophy tournament. Photograph: Champions Trophy/X Pakistan may consider......

SA's hopes dashed by Indian fireworks in Durban

'Once (Sanju Samson) he is striking like that, it's pretty hard to stop, and you take your hat off to him' IMAGE: Sanju Samson's aggression reflected how India goes about its business in the......

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