Want A US Visa? Pray to Lord Hanuman!

As the US gets tougher with visas, the prayers of US-bound devotees in India are getting more fervent, and their purse strings looser.Called Visa Hanuman temples (there are half a dozen all over......

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......

BJP protests over B'luru trader 'attacked' for playing 'Hanuman Chalisa'

Tension prevailed at Nagarathpete here on Tuesday as the Bharatiya Janata Party staged a demonstration in protest against the assault on a trader by a group of youths for allegedly playing 'Hanuman......

'It took me 19 years to become the actor that I am today'

'Without ever losing hope, I survived in Mumbai with the hope of becoming a good actor.' IMAGE: Pankaj Tripathi in OMG 2. Trust Pankaj Tripathi to take up any character and do complete justice to......

'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......