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'Hope Manipur Finds Peace Soon'

'My one recommendation would be to first quell the violence and then encourage dialogue and build the trust among the different communities.' 'This is not easy but necessary, for violence cannot be......

How The US Helps India Counter The China Threat

Reports (not denied by India) that the USA had 'for the first time provided real-time details to their Indian counterparts on the Chinese positions and force strength in advance of a PLA incursion'......

Rs 1 cr defamation case against ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi

A Rs 1 crore defamation case and a petition seeking an injunction to restrain his autobiography has been filed against Rajya Sabha MP and former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi by Assam......

What Pranab Mukherjee thought about Rahul Gandhi

Pranab Mukherjee was aghast at Rahul Gandhi's ordinance-tearing act in 2013 and said he has all the "arrogance" of his Gandhi-Nehru lineage without their political acumen and that this episode was......

When Pranab said, Sonia will not make me PM

"No, she will not make me the PM," was Dr Pranab Mukherjee's cryptic response in a reference to Sonia Gandhi when he was asked by his daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee about his chances of becoming the......

Did RBI Know About Demonetization?

The RBI was not party to the decision to demonetize 500 and 1,000-rupee notes, which was taken at the highest level of India's political leadership. A fascinating excerpt from Gokul Rathi's......

Will India join e-commerce deal at WTO?

India is unlikely to join the ongoing negotiations for a plurilateral deal on e-commerce at the World Trade Organization (WTO), notwithstanding a change in stance on data localisation and......

Jail life is painful but I am stress free: Subrata Roy

While asserting that "time is a great healer", Subrata Roy said money is a good servant but a bad master. Image: ‘My judicial custody in Tihar jail and being confined to a prison cell......

GST compensation row: FM's 'act of God' can be a nightmare for RBI

The central bank is the money manager of the government, and not a guarantor of any debt. The Centre’s move to find an alternative arrangement for paying states their due on Goods and......

No rate cut is good news for depositors

Use this window to lock into bank FDs; unless govt cuts small savings rates, banks may not cut deposit rates Depositors who have been fretting over lower returns from their bank fixed deposits......

Boney Was Drawn To Sridevi More And More

A Salim-Javed script called Mr India fell into his lap, which became the first film they worked in together.Somehow the reticent, soft-spoken and rather guarded Sridevi's words reached out to him.......

How Mithun Dazzled The World

'Mithun has showed Hindi cinema that a tall, dark man with a charming smile and a great physique can take the world on.' The Mithun Chakraborty starrer Disco Dancer (1982) was the first Indian......

Why did Laxmikant-Pyarelal split?

'Laxmi was insistent that our homes should never have name-plates, because the name Laxmikant-Pyarelal should never be separated!' IMAGE: Laxmikant and Pyarelal with the legendary lyricist Anand......

'I was possessed by Milkha'

'I didn't want to be an actor who was hired to play an athlete.''I lived and trained like an athlete, became one, so that it would be easier to act like one.' IMAGE: Farhan Akhtar as Milkha Singh......

'Do you think I like to do rape scenes? No!'

'People thought I was one of the coolest rapists to have ever graced the Hindi film screen.' Prem Chopra, in a candid account of his life and work. One of Bollywood's best-known villains, Prem......

Olympics, CWG bigger than cricket events, says Sehwag

IMAGE: Former cricketer Virendra Sehwag during the launch of Epic channel to screen books like Umeed India. Photograph: PTI Former India opening batsman Virender Sehwag on Thursday made a......

Mirabai Chanu becomes first athlete to win this award twice in a row

IMAGE: Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award. Photograph: Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Tokyo Olympic Games silver-medallist weightlifter Mirabai......

The decision that changed Tendulkar's life and Indian cricket...

Sachin had found his calling and had decided to let his love for cricket, which had grown into a passion under the tutelage of Ramakant Achrekar, override every other aspects of his life. IMAGE: A......

How Ganguly's gamble on youngsters helped India retain Dhoni

'Ganguly, who turns 46 on Sunday, was one of the sharpest and farsighted cricketing minds, says Abhirup Bhattacharya in a biography on the former India cricketer, titled – ‘Winning Like......

'We will do anything for Shami'

'I don't think Shami had any doubts that Ravi would stick by his word, but to see the head coach move heaven and earth to ensure his best interests were taken care of at a difficult time must have......

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