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PIX: People across country celebrate Diwali with pomp

Colourful lights decked up buildings and diyas (earthen lamps) dotted houses as people across the country celebrated Diwali with great enthusiasm on Thursday. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

Kedarnath: 10,500 pilgrims evacuated, op continues for 3rd day

The operation to rescue pilgrims stranded along a rain-ravaged trek route to the Himalayan Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand entered its third day on Sunday. IMAGE: SDRF and Police personnel climb a......

IAF joins rescue op in Uttarakhand to evacuate pilgrims

The Indian Air Force's Chinook and MI17 helicopters on Friday joined the rescue operations in Uttarakhand to evacuate pilgrims still stranded on the rain-ravaged trek route to Kedarnath. IMAGE:......

14 dead after torrential overnight rain in Uttarakhand

Fourteen people died and 10 more were injured in heavy overnight rains that triggered flooding and a house collapse as several rivers swelled in Uttarakhand, officials said on Thursday. IMAGE:......

NCP's Khadse, daughter-in-law fined Rs 137 cr for illegal soil excavation

Government authorities in Jalgaon district of north Maharashtra have issued a notice to NCP legislator Eknath Khadse and his daughter-in-law Raksha Khadse, who is the BJP's Lok Sabha member,......

Old coal mine owners to receive Rs 280-crore compensation

The coal ministry has accepted Rs 282 crore (Rs 2.82 billion) out of Rs 1,757 crore (Rs 17.57 billion) claims for compensation by the previous owners of 42 coal mines that were recently auctioned.......

Govt to issue ownership rights of 15 coal mines on Mar 23

Government will begin issuing ownership rights on March 23 for the coal blocks that have been auctioned so far by the government, starting with successful bidders for 15 mines in the first tranche.......

Govt raises Rs 12,591 cr from auction of 3 coal mines

Amid stiff competition from bidders, Hindalco Industries won Dumri mine in Jharkhand Government kitty has swelled by Rs 12,591 crore (Rs 125.91 billion) with the sale of three mines to Hindalco,......

Coal auction: Adani Power, Usha Martin bag mines

Adani Power bagged Jitpur mine in Jharkhand while Usha Martin won Brinda and Sisai mines in the same state in the second tranche of coal mine auction that began on Wednesday. "Usha Martin is the......

SC coal verdict: Power majors stare at uncertain future

The Supreme Court judgment on Monday terming all coal mines allotted between 1993 and 2010 as 'illegal' is likely to have a negative impact on Tata Power and Sesa Sterlite and Hindustan Zinc, the......

When Bollywood Went Nude

Baring their soul before the camera is a prerequisite for every actor. But going naked in front of it may not be everyone's cup of tea. Still, there are some who agree to bare it all or almost for......

'Aishwarya took her Miss World image very seriously'

'There was one sequence in Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya where her character exuberantly runs up to Bobby Deol, piggy-backs on him.''Aishwarya told me she couldn't do the sequence because people would not......

Navratri: Bollywood's Dance Of Peacock Greens

After orange, white, red, royal blue, yellow, green and grey, it's time to bid adieu to Navratri's colourful celebration in the prettiest hues of purple and peacock green. Yesterday's shade was......

90 UNFORGETTABLE Asha Bhosle Songs

Sukanya Verma celebrates the singing legend who turns 90 on September 8. IMAGE: Asha Bhosle in Mumbai, August 9, 2023. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Her voice reminds me of tiramisu.......

PS:2: So Who Killed Aditha Karikalan?

The question 'Who was/were behind Aditha Karikalan's killing?' will continue to remain a historic mystery despite Mani Ratnam setting out to unravel it in his own way, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.......

SAFF: Indian eves thrash Bangladesh

Indian Women's Football team. Photograph: Uttam Ghosh India team thrashed Bangladesh 5-1 in a Group A match of the third SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) Women's Football Championship in......

Sports Shorts: Manipur win National women's football for 17th time

Manipur beat defending champions Orissa 3-1 in the final to win the 20th women’s National Football Championship, at the Golaghat stadium in Assam, on Monday. Goals at the start of each......

Sports Shorts: Mary Kom among 19 women probables for C'wealth, Asian Games

Multiple World champion and Olympic bronze-medallist M C Mary Kom is among the 19 boxers selected for the senior women core group of probables for this year's Commonwealth and Asian Games. The list......

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