Modi celebrates Diwali with soldiers in HP's Lepcha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reached Lepcha in Himachal Pradesh to celebrate Diwali with security forces. Since coming to power in 2014, Modi has been visiting military facilities to......

Diwali came a fortnight late for rescued workers' kin

Family and friends of the 41 workers, who were safely pulled out from the debris of the collapsed tunnel in Uttarkashi after 17 days are jubiliant and have been celebrating by bursting......

My Diwali is where you are, Modi tells soldiers in HP's Lepcha

India is fast emerging as a “big global player” in the defence sector and the capabilities of its security forces are constantly rising, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday.......

Modi continues tradition, reaches Kargil to celebrate Diwali with soldiers

Continuing with his annual tradition of celebrating Diwali with soldiers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday arrived in Kargil. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to celebrate Diwali......

Gautam Adani's wealth up relative to India's GDP

Amid increasing volatility and recession fears looming over global markets that has led to the decline in wealth of a number of billionaires, Gautam Adani was the only one to buck the trend.......

Planning to go to Goa for Diwali? Airfares up 30%

Analysts expect holiday fares to inch up further closer to the travel dates, but airlines may still not be able to fully recover higher costs as fuel costs remain elevated. Domestic airfares have......

Offers, market boost post-Diwali vacation business

After a flat Diwali season, tour operators are now pinning their hopes on the upcoming Christmas season for a rebound in holiday bookings. This optimism is triggered by the feel-good factor in the......

Tomatoes remain costlier at upto Rs 80/kg

Tomato prices continue to remain high at up to Rs 80 per kg in retail markets of the national capital mainly because of tight supplies from Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Onions, too, are......

Guess who Malaika is holidaying with?

What are the stars up to today? Photograph: Kind courtesy Malaika Arora/Instagram Malaika Arora is holidaying with Kareena Kapoor Khan in Himachal Pradesh.   Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Brahmastra Review

Brahmastra is a work of star-struck ambition and high-octane energy whose razzle-dazzle hits many happy notes, observes Sukanya Verma. India is a gold mine of mythological stories about good......

When are the BIG movies releasing?

The floodgates seem to have opened for Bollywood at the theatres. After Yash Raj Films announced its slate of films for 2021, many other film-makers went ahead and confirmed the release dates for......

Love Hostel Review

Love Hostel stays focused on the murky present and revelling in its increasingly dark outcome.Despite the reach of social media and technology, this isn't the cushy, liberal India of mainstream......

India gets its highest hockey ground

After the highest cricket ground in Chail, India has got its highest hockey ground with synthetic turf at an altitude of 2450 meters from sea level in Himachal Pradesh. The......

Cricket fans in Dharamsala prefer IPL to ODIs?

  The HPCA stadium in Dharamsala. Photograph: BCCI The buzz ahead of Friday's fourth One-day International between India and the West Indies in Dharamsala is missing. It seems the city,......

Meet India's boxing 'Nav Ratna' at the Tokyo Games

An unprecedented nine Indian boxers will be taking the ring at the Tokyo Olympics, conscious of the fact that medal expectations from them are at an all-time high. PTI takes a look at the five men......

Ranji: Delhi made to chase leather as Ishan ton takes Jharkhand to 359/6

IMAGE: Jharkhand's Ishan Kishan celebrates his century against Delhi on Saturday. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter Delhi bowlers frittered away the initial advantage as Ishan Kishan's brilliant unbeaten......