The head of a local outfit, which was running a campaign for removal of statues of Sai Baba from temples in Varanasi, has been detained for breach of peace, police said on Thursday. Photograph:......
Statues of Sai Baba were removed from multiple temples in Varanasi on Tuesday following a campaign launched by a group called 'Sanatan Rakshak Dal'. IMAGE: Maharashtra deputy CM and NCP chief Ajit......
Entry based on a QR code messaged on personal mobile phones, colour-coded paper wristbands for access to different zones, and a medical response preparedness reserved for heads of state helped......
'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.''Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.' IMAGE: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and her husband Hardeep Singh Puri, currently India's minister of......
'The othering of religious groups inevitably leads to violence.''It is sadly a narrative that has echoed through the centuries since man first discovered God.' IMAGE: The Se Cathedral at Old Goa,......
Any currency design change must be approved by the RBI central board and the central government. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who created a......
It is only after the government's nod that a particular design change come into effect. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who created a political flutter with his appeal to incorporate images......
IMAGE: Devotees carry a statue of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh for immersion in the sea, on the last day of 'Ganesh Chaturthi', in Mumbai. Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/Reuters India was ranked......
Image: A metro train runs on the tracks after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa flagged off Chennai Metro Rail Limited’s passenger services between Alandur and Koyambedu, in Chennai......
Image: Devotees carry a statue of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh for immersion in the sea in Mumbai. Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/Reuters A rapid rise in population has triggered a......
'I consider myself very very fortunate to be born in this great country.''If I had a chance to be reborn, I would want to born only as an Indian again.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Lata......
'There is so much division in the country. People are getting more and more into 'Main Hindu hoon woh Mussalmaan hai'.''This climate of suspicion and hostility must stop,' The Legend, 92 today,......
'I'm a rascal, I'm going to play a paramahansa?!' IMAGE: Victor Banerjee was in Mumbai to promote the film, The Answer. On the second half of a day of back-to-back interviews, the actor changed......
Tamil film Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham is a pathetic first attempt, according to S Saraswathi.K Chandru, who was mentored by ace comic directors C S Amudhan (Tamizh Padam) and Venkat Prabhu,......
Laxmi for Hazel, Ganesh for Phinnaeus and Krishn Balram for Henry, Julia Roberts' children may really find it difficult to pronounce their new names. The names were given to the Hollywood......
Anjali quickly decided not to pursue her career in medicine. If she had worked in a government hospital, she would have had to do her fair share of nights and weekends in hospital, which would have......
Sachin Tendulkar will make his Bollywood debut with a cameo role in a film about the miracles of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesh. Tendulkar, widely regarded as one of the world's best......