The 42-metre-high sandstone monument, sometimes compared to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris was laid down by Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught.
The ultimate consequences of Rahul Gandhi's yatra may be known only in 2024, points out Dr Sudhir Bisht.
In a series of tweets after the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approved Oxford's vaccine Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for restricted emergency use, Modi said it will make every Indian proud that both the vaccines are made in India.
Rediff readers from across the world tell us why their mothers are special.
'She had shown some signs of improvement, but then she went into multi-organ failure.'
Ranbir Kapoor's larger-than-life daku depiction in and as Shamshera is old school at its spectacular best. While we wait to watch the actor in one of the most raw, rough and rustic outings of his career, here's Sukanya Verma's list of 25 daku roles we love, ranked in an ascending order.
Maradona was worshipped like a god for his genius with the ball.
Lillete Dubey will stage her 34th play Lockdown Liaisons from November 19, based on a book by Shobhaa De.
Presiding over a Christmas event in Chennai, Panneerselvam, quoting the preaching of Jesus Christ, said if those who commit wrongs reform and return, accepting them back is leadership quality.
Gerd Mueller netted 68 goals in 62 internationals, including the winner in the 1974 World Cup final, and is third in the all-time list of most goals in the global showpiece tournament with 14, behind Brazilian Ronaldo (15) and German Miroslav Klose (16).
Joginder Tuteja looks at forthcoming films inspired by the Ramayan.
The nearly five-minute video captured glimpses of the lives of soldiers deployed along the ice-capped mountains of the high-altitude region including their round-the-clock vigil, training and combat readiness to deal with any threat.
The Tamil Nadu government has told the Supreme Court that "repeated assertion" by Kerala to seek decommissioning of the 126-year-old Mullaperiyar dam is "wholly impermissible" as the dam has been found to be hydrologically, structurally and seismically safe.
A viral video showed the sword-wielding mob barging out of the gurdwara, breaking the barricades put up by police and attacking the policemen.
'I always feel I speak best through my silences.'
'Many have tried to imitate her. They've fallen flat on their faces.'
One could be anywhere -- huddled around a transistor radio at home in the evenings, walking past a neighbour's house, or waiting at a bus stop and Lata Mangeshkar's voice would reach us. Aseem Chhabra pays rich tribute to The Legend.
The pleas raising issues about the dam, which was built in 1895 on the Periyar river in Idukki district of Kerala, came up for hearing before a bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar.
Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 others were killed when an Indian Air Force helicopter carrying them crashed on Wednesday near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu in apparently foggy conditions, killing 13 people on board, the IAF and other officials said.
'His wicked sense of humour, his compassion will be hard to replace.'
The Centre decided to drop one of Mahatma Gandhi's favourite hymns Abide with me from this year's Beating Retreat ceremony as playing more Indian tunes would be appropriate in view of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, which celebrates the 75th year of India's Independence, government sources said on Sunday.
Sooryavanshi and Annaatthe have already collected 6 percent of the film industry's 2020 revenue.
'Your body of work and your expertise over the craft will forever be research material for generations to come!'
The President and the Prime Minister led the tributes for Mangeshkar who spent close to a month in the hospital before her demise.
Sporting stars joined the country in mourning the demise of iconic actor Dilip Kumar
'I don't think there will be any problem for Hindus to accept Adityanath as the leader, since they have already chosen Modi.'
There is disquiet and discomfort in the citizenry that can be touched and felt. No one is talking, but then, the Indian voter has not talked much -- with the conviction that all that goes up has to come down, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Images from Day 1 of the first Test between India and Sri Lanka, at Mohali, on Friday.
'Sometimes we use political pressure and sometimes political acumen to get what we want.'
'Radhe got me a chance to work with Prabhu (Deva) sir, Jackie (Shroff) sir and Salman sir.' 'All of them together which is a huge opportunity that I was fortunate enough for being considered for.'
Mani Ratnam is experimenting with a real-life historical in Ponniyin Selvan, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
A triumph that will stand the test of eternity!
Maradona told friends during the coronavirus lockdown that when he died he wanted to be embalmed
'I'm a guy who tries to find humour in every situation, no matter how difficult and serious, without offending anyone.'
'He was provided sustenance by the British.' 'Many times he wrote to the British that he needed an increase in pension.'
Presenting Amit Aggarwal's latest couture line inspired by nature.
Pancham, like his father, was besotted by Lata Mangeshkar's voice and his career's finest songs were reserved only for her.
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