Walking, cycling and even skating! Covering long distances amid bone-chilling cold, people from all over the country and cutting across religions are flocking to the temple town of Ayodhya ahead of......
Kabir was seen clinging to the tricolour-wrapped coffin of his father. He bowed before his father's body just before cremation. IMAGE: Kabir, son of Colonel Manpreet Singh, who lost his life in......
Jawaharlal Nehru did not unfurl the Tricolour at the Red Fort on August 15, 1947.But, in a gesture of nationalistic symbolism -- one that has endured by repetition over the 76 years of independent......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the nation in marking the 77th Independence Day as the stage is set for celebrations at the historic Red Fort on August 15. IMAGE: Glimpses of the full dress......
Squadron Leader Sindhu Reddy, a helicopter pilot of the Indian Air Force, who led its contingent during the Bastille Day Parade in France, says the historic Arc de Triomphe -- a monumental arch --......
From home-made Dhanush howitzers to mine-protected vehicle to rock bands to folk dances to foreigners posing with Indian artistes to gigantic dumping trucks to families having a gala time.......
Once in decline, the central Delhi landmark is buzzing with new restaurants, cafés and public events. Image: Connaught Place, New Delhi. Photograph: Reuters Walking through the colonnades......
I must confess to remaining fairly unaffected by any great stirrings of 'patriotism'-- or, at least, by what passes for the honourable emotion most of the time. I would frankly smirk if anyone......
Six executive jets were parked at Shaba's Lubumbashi airport in Zaire, formerly Belgian Congo, in the summer of 1997 as the American-backed rebel leader, Laurent Kabila, closed in on the previously......
Photograph: ANI/Twitter The world's largest India Day Parade outside India kicked off on Sunday afternoon in New York City, with the celebration witnessing huge floats and marching groups......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Rakul Singh/Instagram Rakul Singh gives some useful advice: 'Sare Jahan Se Achcha Hindustan Hamara!! Here is wishing all of you a very Happy Independence Day!! Let's......
How Bollywood stars celebrated Republic Day. Photograph: Kind courtesy Ananya Panday/Instagram Ananya Panday gets just the right flowers on Republic Day. Photograph: Kind courtesy......
Grand Marshal Anupam Kher at New Jersey's India Day Parade. Anupam Kher was the Grand Marshal at the India Day Parade in New Jersey on Sunday, August 12. The annual parade is hosted by the Indian......
Aishwarya and Aaradhya Bachchan hoist Indian flag in Melbourne. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter Aaradhya celebrated 70 years of Indian Independence in Melbourne, Australia. The......
Norma Astrid Godinho/Rediff.com takes a walk down memory lane, recounting India's sojourns Down Under from 1947 to 2021, in a special 4-part series. Part 1: When It Was Bradman Versus India Part......
Football fans, who had gathered near Salt Lake Stadium to protest, were detained by the police on Sunday evening. Waving the Tricolour along with the flags of the three clubs, a group of football......
Imagine, if you will, that there is a rock band. They are a bunch of hardcore, fine musicians with a phenomenal worldwide following, except that this is a year the press is focussing more on their......
Former India stumper Syed Kirmani, a member of the 1983 World Cup-winning squad, said the dream to hoist the tricolour at Lord's, inspired 'Kapil's Devils' to win the final against two-time......
There is a buzz in the warm Bangalore air at the Chinnaswamy stadium as I make my way towards the newly-built office of the 'Centre for Radical Ideas and Enterprising Solutions' (CRIES). A bold new......