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52-day Amarnath yatra ends, 5L pilgrims offer prayers

 More than a dozen Mountain Rescue Teams assisted thousands of pilgrims during this year's Amarnath pilgrimage in the south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said on Monday, as the annual yatra concluded......

Why Are These Folks Breaking Coconuts?

 Glimpses from the traditional coconut breaking competition during the Narali Purnima festival in Mumbai, August 19, 2024. This ceremony is usually observed by the fishing communities in Maharashtra......

Water resources, Ganga allocations surge 55% to Rs 30,234 cr

 The total Budget allocated for the department of water resources, river development, and Ganga Rejuvenation has surged to Rs 30,233.83 crore, 55 percent up from last year's allotment of Rs......

2 dead, over 130 injured during Rath Yatra in Odisha

 At least two persons died and over 130 were injured in two different incidents during Lord Jagannath's Rath Yatra in Odisha, officials said on Monday. IMAGE: A sea of devotees participate in the......

Kedarnath Dham Opens Today

 Kedarnath Dham is decorated ahead of its opening on May 10. The Kedarnath temple, one of the 12 Jyotirlings, will open for devotees this Akshaya Tritiya and tentatively shut November 3 or Kartik......

Rupee recovers from record lows to end 7 paise higher at 77.47/USD

 The rupee on Tuesday recovered from its all-time intra day low of 77.79 to close higher by 7 paise on a stellar rally in domestic stock markets. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com After......

Jet fuel price hiked by 5.3%, 10th increase this year

 Jet fuel prices on Monday were hiked by a steep 5.3 per cent - the tenth straight increase this year -- to an all-time high, in line with a surge in global energy prices. Photograph: Chris......

Mukesh's Fascination For Raag Darbari

 Mukesh was most emotionally bonded to this tune, so all we will do is look at his songs engaging with this raag in films. In his fascinating book, Windows To The Soul: And Other Essays on Music,......

Alia Cheers Kiara-Sid At Their Reception

 Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra's wedding reception was as star-studded as it can get. Karan Johar, who played Cupid, escorted Kareena Kapoor while Sidharth's Student Of The Year co-stars Varun......

'I'd have loved to present Pratidwandi at Cannes'

 'Where Pratidwandi is concerned, there are very few men standing.' IMAGE: Dhritiman Chatterjee in Satyajit Ray's Pratidwandi. Dhritiman Chatterjee, a post-graduate in economics, came from a world......

Did you know *this* about Meena Kumari?

 Did you know that Meena Kumari, on whom Pakeezah's greatest songs were picturised, couldn't dance at all in the film? Subhash K Jha gives us some lesser known about the late actress on her birth......

S P Balasubrahmanyam's TOP 50 Songs

 Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......

Defying odds: Neetu David's rise to ICC Hall of Fame

 IMAGE: Neetu David's induction into the ICC Hall of Fame paves the way for future generations of Indian women cricketers. Photograph: Jay Shah/X Her entire cricketing journey flashed before former......

18-YO weightlifter shatters national record

 IMAGE: Maibam Martina Devi shatters Indian records in clean and jerk and total lift. Photograph: Kind Courtesy SAI Media/X Competing in the junior world championships, teenage Indian weightlifter......

Deepika flops as India's women archers crash out

 IMAGE: Four-time Olympian Deepika Kumari shot a cumulative 48 points as India lost to the Netherlands in the quarter-finals at the Olympics on Sunday. Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters......

Can India's archers finally end Olympics jinx?

 IMAGE: India's archers have never been able to go past the quarter-final hurdle at the Olympic Games. Photograph: World Archery/Instagram A different year and another Games, but for Indian......

Mom, coach, strategist: Purnima Mahato prepares archers for Paris Olympics

 'Medal layenge, medal layenge yeh baat tum dimaag se nikal do (a medal will never come if you chase after a medal, just focus on the processes)' Photographs: Purnima Mahato/Instagram......

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