'Nari shakti', festivals, spirituality themes of this year's states' tableaux

"Nari shakti" and women empowerment dominated the theme of tableaux of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Tripura at the Republic Day parade here on Thursday. IMAGE: Kerala presents......

The Pillar That Inspires India

The Ashokan Pillar in Kolhua, Bihar, is one of India's best maintained historical sites. All Photographs: Archana Masih/Rediff.com   The Ashokan Pillar with a single lion stands gloriously......

India-Vietnam sign logistics pact allowing use of each other's bases

India and Vietnam on Wednesday inked a vision document to further broad-base the 'scope and scale' of defence ties by 2030 and sealed a logistics support pact to allow militaries of the two sides......

'Indianness of Arunachal is not to be proven to anyone'

'Our love for our great nation -- Bharat is second to none and our patriotism towards our motherland -- India is for the entire nation to emulate.' IMAGE: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema......

China invites India to join its ambitious Silk Road projects

Giving final touches to its most ambitious plan to build a wide network of new silk roads on land and seas to enhance global connectivity, China has invited India to join President Xi......

Dubai has Chicago to thank for the Burj

The city of Chicago too will be partaking in Dubai's moment of architectural feat when the world's tallest building - the Burj Dubai - is unveiled on Monday. Sixty-five-year-old Adrian Smith, a......

Housing market booms: DLF sells 1,250 flats in 2 hours

DLF, the country's largest property developer, sold all the 1,250 apartments on offer in the second phase of its Capital Greens project near the Moti Nagar area of Shivaji Marg (Najafgarh Road) in......

The race for the tallest skyscraper

The race among the world's cities to build the ultimate record-busting, flat-out tallest skyscraper on the planet is fast and furious. And the obsession to build mega-structures in nosebleed......

'Magadheera has world class graphics'

Rama Rajamouli, wife of Telugu cinema's top notch director S S Rajamouli, has carved a niche for herself. She styles clothes and the looks of films (mostly directed by her husband). She is behind......

Hollywood's got a crush on these stars

In another poll, Hollywood's lovely ladies named Angelina Jolie as their ultimate female crush while Hugh Jackman remained their favourite amongst men in showbiz. The sexiest female stars, who......

Bollywood hotties get super sexy

Size zero, Atkins diet, yoga, aerobics... call it what you will, but celebs, especially the ladies, are looking slimmer and fitter these days. While some are motivated to lose weight for......

Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson coming to India?

To the list of half-a-dozen Hollywood films to be shot in India in 2007, which includes Johnny Depp's Shantaram, now add one more: The Darjeeling Limited.Wes Anderson, one of the most......

Is Rio on your mind? Plan ahead is the mantra!

IMAGE: The fun loving Brazil's synchronised swimming team poses for a photograph after a training session at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Centre in Rio de Janeiro. Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters.......

Move over Mao, the Olympics are coming

China's central bank will drop former leader Mao Zedong's face from six million new 10 yuan ($1.46) notes to mark next month's Olympic Games. - BMX gears up for Olympics debut One side of the new......