Sex, violence, song or dance -- the monsoon serves multiple purposes in Hindi movies. With the onset of the rains, it's the perfect occasion to highlight all the cool, crazy reasons Bollywood uses it as an excuse for.
The details of the alleged assault on Maliwal, which took place at Kejriwal's official residence on Monday, emerged on Friday as the Rajya Sabha MP appeared before a magistrate to record her statement in the case.
The much-awaited Ram temple consecration will be held in Ayodhya on Monday in a grand ceremony with Prime Minister Narendra Modi attending the rituals, following which the shrine will be opened for the public a day later.
'I don't know if he put up a front but he never let me feel his morale was down. He told me how he was tackling the problems he was facing, or if there was some way the lawyers could help, but he would always tell me not to worry with a big broad smile.'
Finally the winter sun was streaming through the airplane's window, shining gloriously above the thick, frothy blanket of fog.
Why eat simple when you can try something royal?
With the onset of rains, it's the perfect occasion to highlight all the cool, crazy reasons Bollywood uses it as an excuse for.
Formula One could start the season behind locked gates due to the COVID-19 pandemic but the glamour sport will likely have to slim down considerably to get the green light to go racing. Across Europe, bans on mass gatherings and public events have been extended into July and August even as countries begin to emerge from the strict lockdowns that have put sporting activities on hold.
Jamia turned into a battlefield on Sunday as police entered the campus and also used force, following protest against the Act.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) supporters stayed put on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway on Friday as the crowd swelled there, notwithstanding the Ghaziabad administration's ultimatum to vacate the UP Gate protest site where security force in large numbers was re-deployed.
All laws have been modified to omit the domicile clause for property rights in the valley. This effectively means that anyone with enough money to spend can now technically buy property there, writes Sai Manish.
The heartburn is over six sensitive issues
'Our aim is not to earn money through the film.'
'The generals couldn't care less about political corruption, being complicit themselves.' 'Coup d'etats are out of fashion.' 'Their only desire is backroom control,' says Sunil Sethi.
Rajneesh Gupta picks fun sledging through the decades. Take a look!
'The wonderful thing about being a journalist is that when someone tries to muzzle your work, it's a badge of honour.' 'You know you've done something right,' Priyanka Pathak-Narain, the author of Godman To Tycoon: The Untold Story Of Baba Ramdev, tells Sunil Sethi.
An excerpt from Paro Anand's book The Other: Stories with a Difference.
When Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje Scindia decided to convert her government's capital outpost into a hub of culture, she transformed Bikaner House into Delhi's premier cultural space, notes Kishore Singh.
None of the 2,600 workers had any clue about the suspension of work notice, put up on the gate of India's oldest automobile plant last Sunday.
Rediff.com's Rajesh Karkera made an 11-day road voyage across some of South Asia's most deserted, challenging, terrain, always under the gaze of the sacred, dazzling Himalaya.
Several protests -- some peaceful, some violent -- erupted across India on Monday against the police crackdown in Jamia Millia Islamia and the controversial citizenship law as students and political leaders took to the streets, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi called these protests "deeply distressing" and appealed for peace.
The towering face of Kailash reminded us that we were but insignificant participants in a pilgrimage ritual that has played out over millennia for people of four major religions -- Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Bon, notes Sonia Trikha Shukla.
The sixth accused in the Delhi gang-rape case has been declared as a juvenile. The Juvenile Justice Board, which was looking into the issue, stated that there is no doubt that the accused rapist's date of birth was June 4, 1995, as per his school records.
The Hunger Games DVD is out, and it looks good, writes Arthur J Pais.
The latest updates from Hollywood.
Three British teenagers have pleaded guilty to the sensational killing of an Indian sailor in a racially motivated attack on a ship in the United Kingdom in October 2007. Gregory Fernandes, 32, was set upon by a group of teenagers who boasted that they wanted to 'beat a Paki' when they saw him and his colleague, Vinod P, return to their ship near Southamton after a drink in a local hotel in Fawley.
Desolate streets with security personnel and a communications lockdown has left the Valley cut off from the world.
If an FIR had been registered by the Pen police -- instead of a mere entry in the station diary -- an investigation could have taken place and the body might have been identified as Sheena's, leading to the case being cracked much earlier.
State Bank of India chief Arundhati Bhattacharya, ICICI bank head Chanda Kochhar, Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and HT Media chair Shobhana Bhartia are among the world's 100 most powerful women.
'In the end, investing is about people.' 'If you get the right people, they make things happen,' Mengistu Alemayehu tells Shyamal Majumdar.
The school principal of the juvenile accused in the December 16 gang rape case on Tuesday submitted before a Juvenile Justice Board that as per the school records, he is 17 years and six months old.
Want to become a billionaire? Up your chances by dropping out of college, working at Goldman Sachs or joining Skull & Bones.
Jyoti Amge explains while Sadiya Upade listens in.
The Hunger Games is creating al the right buzz ahead of its US release.
Unheralded Americans Justin Hicks and Kevin Streelman upstaged tournament favourites Tiger Woods at the US Open.
'This is a movie made with this gaze fixed on its immediate well-wishers, while at the same time it squints hard looking for those swaying back and forth on the fence,' notes Rohit Sathish Nair.
Neha Saigal recalls her uncharacteristic behaviour on her first transatlantic flight.
A juvenile court on Monday ruled that a suspect in the fatal gang-rape of a young woman in New Delhi last month was a juvenile at the time of the attack, and may get off with a light sentence may have drawn sharp criticisms from all quarters, but child rights activists and defence counselors argue that the changing the law is not the answer. Priyanka reports.
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