IMAGE: Rumeysa Gelgi with Jyoti Amge, the tallest and shortest women on earth. Photograph: Kind courtesy rumeysagelgi/Instagram Jyoti Amge, the shortest lady on the planet, met Rumeysa Gelgi, the......
Venues for different ceremonial functions, Rashtrapati Bhavan's iconic 'Durbar Hall' and 'Ashok Hall' were on Thursday renamed 'Ganatantra Mandap' and 'Ashok Mandap', respectively. IMAGE: Durbar......
India had a prime meridian of its own much ahead of the Greenwich meridian and it was called "madhya rekha", which passed through the city of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, according to a new Class-6......
Few in Varanasi expect the result to be different from 2014 and 2019.The only point of interest is whether Narendra Modi will increase his winning margin against his rivals. IMAGE: Senior......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi would have got a tough fight in Varanasi had Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra contested against him as Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance......
Ajit Balakrishnan on keeping an eye on democratising finance in India. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The impeccably booted and suited tall foreigner-looking man with a broad smile......
The country's exports for the first time crossed the $400 billion mark in a fiscal on healthy performance by sectors such as petroleum products, engineering, gems and jewellery, and......
With many handlooms temporarily closed, weavers and their families who work on them earning a pittance have been forced to seek employment elsewhere. Sai Manish reports from Azamgarh. Photograph:......
Of these 8.5 million additional people employed in September, 6.5 million were in rural India, reveals Mahesh Vyas. IMAGE: A weaver works on a power loom in Varanasi. Photograph: Manoj......
Since he lives locally, Harish Patel is one of the luckier migrant workers in Surat — in that his employer was able to squeeze in a single shift for him at the weaving unit in Kamrej in......
Superheroes, snowmen, freedom fighters, Sukanya Verma lists everything the OTT channels have to offer this week. Nayanthara: Beyond The Fairy TaleWhere to watch: NetflixLanguage: English......
Ranveer Singh, Kriti Sanon and Manish Malhotra visited the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi to offer prayers over the weekend. Dressed in traditional attire, they visited the Dashashwamedh ghat......
As Shyam Benegal turns 89 on December 14, Subhash K Jha takes a look at 10 of his best films and tells you where you can watch them. Ankur (1974)Where to watch? YouTube Many film buffs,......
Avatar: The Way of Water feels like a poorly chosen present -- the wrapping is beautiful, but the gift inside is a disappointment, observes Mayur Sanap. We have seen countless major film......
'He knows what he doesn't want and likes exploring the rest with his cast and crew, so it's like a journey of making something beautiful together.' IMAGE: Trisha and Sobhita Dhulipala in PS-1. One......