Abandoned Shiva temple reopens in Aligarh's Muslim-dominated area

Right-wing organisations and some local Bharatiya Janata Party leaders held a shuddhikaran (purification) ceremony and chanted Hanuman chalisa at a long-abandoned Shiva temple in a Muslim-majority......

Encroachment drive launched around Sambhal mosque amid tension

Weeks after violent clashes over a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid claimed four lives, the district administration has launched a campaign against encroachments and illegal power......

Prayers offered at reopened temple in Sambhal

Devotees thronged the Khaggu Sarai area in Sambhal on Tuesday to offer prayers to a Lord Hanuman idol that was discovered in the Bhasma Shankar temple, reopened last week after being shut for 46......

Outsiders barred after namaaz row at Varanasi college escalates

Amid escalating tensions at the Uday Pratap College in Varanasi over a mosque located on its premises, police on Thursday restricted outsiders' entry to the campus, allowing only students with......

Can you spot Ash's baby bump?

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan may be on maternity leave but that's not stopping her from attending various functions, even though she's not flaunting her baby bump. Last week, we spotted her at Sanjay......

'I still live in constant fear'

'The list of betrayals is long.''People, who said they were like family, have backstabbed me most.'   IMAGE: Karishma Tanna in Scoop. Jigna Vora, the journalist on whose book -- and ordeal --......

Amitabh Turns Composer!

Amitabh Bachchan has turned music composer for R Balki's new film, Chup. Explaining how it happened, Balki tells Subhash K Jha, "It happened very impromptu. I had asked Amitji to see Chup. After......

'Film music is not the base of my success'

'See, nobody asked Michael Jackson "arrey, aap aaj kal toh filmon mein nahi gaate ho".''The problem is in India, a lot of undue importance is given to film singing.' Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Right-wing groups demand cancellation of Kanpur Test

IMAGE: India and Bangladesh players wait for a decision before the umpires halt play due to bad light just after lunch on Friday, Day 1 of the 2nd Test in Kanpur. Photograph: BCCI Activists from......

Secret of Kohli's success: Chanting 'Om Namah Shivaya'

IMAGE: During the frst tour to Australia in 2011-12, Virat Kohli scored some big hundreds and some half-tons. Photograph: Getty Images from the Rediff Archives  During a candid conversation,......

Kohli Recites Hanuman Chalisa At Kainchi Dham

IMAGE: Virat Kohli with fans during a visit to the Kainchi Dham in Nainital, November 17, 2022. Photograph: PTI Virat Kohli and his family visited the Kainchi Dham in Nainital, Uttarakhand, on......