IN PHOTOS: Welcome to the temple of rats!

Shahnawaz Akhtar visits Karni Mata temple near Bikaner where scores of devotees turn up every morning to seek blessings from the deity and her favourite rats. Legend has it that the rats of the......

Modi showers floral petals on Kashi corridor workers

"It is heartening to see us, common people, being acknowledged. 'Achha lag raha hai'," Ram Chand Kumar, a mason who hails from Bihar and has been working on the site for the last 5-6 months, hailed......

Bharat Mata, Adi Shankara statues installed at Kashi Vishwanath Dham

A stone-made sculpture of Bharat Mata against the symbolic backdrop of India, and statues of Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar and saint Adi Shankaracharya have been installed in the sprawling campus of......

Meet India's centenarian WWII hero

Lt Col Sumer Singh, who has fought the Germans, the Japanese, the Afghans and the Pakistanis in various battlefields, says he wants to live even longer. Lieutenant Colonel Sumer Singh (retd), a......

The Genius behind Gadar: Ek Prem Katha

'Dharmendra doesn't realise he is such a great man. According to him, he is just a schoolmaster's son.' 'Sunny speaks very little and has huge respect for his father. Whenever he is in the room,......

How Do We Prepare For LA 2028? We Don't.

You don't prep for 2028 but for 2040, or even 2044.Sustained sporting excellence is based on mass support, grassroots development, and funding -- and it is this trifecta India needs to work on,......