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First Cauvery Aarati held in Bengaluru amid laser lights and Vedic chants

What a Friday it was for Bengaluru. If in the morning, the forceful evictions of 18 Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs at Karnataka Legislative Assembly had the city buzzing, in the evening, the attention......

Why Modi Chose To Speak In Parliament On Maha Kumbh

Besides the not-so-hidden unease between Modi and Adityanath, Modi chose to address the Lok Sabha to ensure that he could personally claim all the kudos, observes Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay. IMAGE:......

Law student mows down woman in Vadodara, screams 'another round'

A woman was killed on the spot and four others sustained injuries when a speeding car driven by a 20-year-old law student crashed into their two-wheelers in Gujarat's Vadodara city in the early......

Wah! Holi@Taj

Holi celebrations have begun. Glimpses from Agra, Varanasi, New Delhi and Patna... Agra IMAGE: Holi on the roof against the backdrop of the Taj Mahal, here and below. Photograph: ANI Photo......

CCTV cameras turned off to hide Delhi stampede? Vaishnaw says...

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said a fair enquiry is being conducted regarding the stampede which took place at New Delhi railway station last month and said the government is......

Maha Kumbh: Bookings, airfares rise for Prayagraj flights

Bookings as well as airfares for flights to Prayagraj have jumped multi-fold as more people travel for the Maha Kumbh, with the air ticket prices rising up to 21 per cent for the Delhi-Prayagraj......

UP Eyes Rs 25,000 Cr Revenue From Maha Kumbh

... resulting in a Rs 2 trillion economic spinoff. IMAGE: A sadhu blows a conch as he prays on the day devotees take a holy dip -- the shahi snan -- at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganga,......

Govt to set up private textile parks to curb China imports

To curb raw material imports from China and promote textiles, the Uttar Pradesh government is looking to set up nearly a dozen private textile parks in the state. Garment workers cut fabric to......

'Kanda Express' to bring 1,600 tonnes of onions to Delhi on Oct 20

In a significant move to control spiralling onion prices ahead of the festive season, the government will transport 1,600 tonnes of buffer stock via railways from Maharashtra to Delhi — the......

Quick-commerce companies expand Tier-II ops ahead of festival season

After making the model work in metro cities, players in the quick commerce sector are rapidly expanding their footprint into smaller tier 2 cities and markets beyond that ahead of the festival......

The Aamir Khan You Don't Know

'Had anyone asked me if I was Aamir Khan, I would have admitted to it.'Senior movie journalist Roshmila Bhattacharya flips through the pages of her many interactions with Aamir Khan, who turned 60......

How Bollywood Celebrated Mahashivratri

Film folk celebrated Mahashivratri on Wednesday by visiting temples and performing pooja, and posting pictures online. Photograph: Kind courtesy Aahana Kumra/Instagram Aahana Kumra visits the......

Rakul-Bhumi's WOW Style Game

Bhumi Pednekar and Rakul Singh are busy promoting their rom-com Mere Husband Ki Biwi co-starring Arjun Kapoor. While the movie is set to release on February 21, for now, the actresses have been......

'Film Industry Doesn't Like New Things'

'When you try to do something that's not been tried before, nobody likes that.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Rasha Thadani/Instagram Having made successful films like Rock On!!, Kai Po Che and......

'Everything Cannot Just Be Box Office'

'Failure teaches you far more than your successes do you.''Like they say, success has many fathers and failure is a bastard.' IMAGE: Aaman Devgn, Rasha Thadani and Abhishek Kapoor. Photograph:......

Vengsarkar makes no predictions for Ind-Pak match

IMAGE: India players at a training session on Monday. Photograph: Kind courtesy ICC/X Former captain Dilip Vengsarkar has picked India, last edition's finalists, as a "strong favourite" for the......

Confirmed! Rinku Singh to marry SP MP Priya Saroj

IMAGE: Rinku Singh and Priya Saroj got acquainted through one of her friends whose father is also a cricketer. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Rinku Singh and Priya Saroj/Instagram Rinku Singh is set......

Shukla rejects dropping Kanpur, calls it a heritage Test ground!

IMAGE: Persistent rain has played havoc with the second Test between India and Bangladesh at the Green Park as two full days of play were washed out without a ball being bowled.Photograph: BCCI......

Nation in ecstasy: Hockey families dance and rejoice

IMAGE: Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh celebrates with his daughter. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters As the final hooter rang through the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium, sealing the Indian hockey......

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