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With Jeev Milkha Singh as an uncle and the father a golf coach, how can one stay away from the sport? Sharmistha Chaudhuri reports.

A familiar voice greeted HR professional Sharmistha Dutta on the phone around 11.30 a.m. on Friday. The brief conversation brought her news that she had been longing to hear for a year. It was unbelievable! The best thing that has happened! I just know that ...

In her new book, From Hindustan Cables Limited: Journey of a Small-Town Indian Immigrant Woman(Das Publishing; softcover; February 16, 2013), Sharmistha Das tells her story, the story of an ambitious girl who grew up in a 250 sq. ft home with no ...

Air India (AI) Ltd is likely to fly all-economy international flights using its eight Boeing 777 200-LRs, in case the plan to sell the aircraft fails to take off. We have decided to sell the eight Boeing 777 200-LRs we have in our fleet. If we are ...

Say he initially took them to 35 different spots to confuse them. Brijesh Sanghvi, 25, the man who killed 13-year-old Aditya Ranka, son of a diamond broker, took a police team for a ride for around five hours in the early hours of Tuesday, making ...

soumya de sarkar MALDA, 7 MAY: Just a few months ago, they were looked down upon as "untouchables". But now, the inamtes of the district correctional home in Malda can be seen rubbing shoulders with big names from the cultural world. This journey ...

After the rush of the medal ceremony, Liliyana Natsir and Tontowi Ahmad finally got a chance to relax. As Ahmad sipped an energy drink, Natsir stood next to him and smiled. They had achieved their aim. Sharmistha Chaudhuri reports.

He was confident. And that's what mattered in the end. It took 45 minutes but after three well-fought games, he got the desired result --- a first-round victory. But it was not just any win. It was a victory over the world No 6! Sharmistha Chaudhuri reports.

She comes across as a normal teenager. With short-cropped hair and an ever-present smile, this lanky 16-year-old is still shy of making her presence felt off the badminton court. But when on it, she tells a different story. Sharmistha Chaudhuri reports.