As much Preity would like to be relieved of everyone's ebullient expectations of her, truth is few have fizzed up the silver screen like she has.
Breaking the shackles of tradition, hundreds of widows played Holi with gulal and flowers in the land of Lord Krishna.
Dinesh Raheja views Raj Kapoor's cinema through his women, while celebrating his birth centenary on December 14.
Founder of the Trust Raj Loomba said the £100,000 donated by MAC will be utilised for educating 300 children of widows for five years in Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura.
Descendants of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose claim they have documentary evidence to prove that the Renkoji temple authorities in Japan have always been willing to hand over the 'ashes' believed to be his, refuting perceptions of roadblocks to their repatriation. They assert that successive Indian governments have shown little interest in retrieving the remains and conducting DNA tests, despite numerous appeals from the family. The article highlights the conflicting reports and controversies surrounding Netaji's death and the ongoing mystery surrounding his remains.
The parliamentary committee scrutinising the Waqf bill is set to propose that existing 'Waqf by user' properties will remain so if not in dispute or are government facilities but they must be registered before the new law takes effect, providing little relief to Waqf bodies in their unverified title claims.
This Women's Day Week, we pay tribute to the extraordinary courage, resilience, and leadership of three iconic Indian queens -- Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, Rani Chennamma of Kittur, and Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar of Malwa.
The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Union ministries of defence and petroleum and the Uttar Pradesh government on a PIL alleging that the widows of Kargil martyrs had not yet been given benefits promised by the government
Ahead of the Haryana Assembly polls, the Congress on Wednesday announced seven guarantees, including the promises of a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP) and a caste survey, if voted to power.
A widow was allegedly gangraped near a temple by four people, who also recorded the incident in a mobile phone and circulated the video clip, in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said on Wednesday. The woman was allegedly gangraped by Santosh Biswal, an autorickshaw driver, and three of his friends -- Manoj Kumar Sahu, 28, Surendra Das, 25, and Krushna Behera, 20, near Tara Tarini temple at Purushottampur area on April 27, Ganjam DSP Damodara Lenka said.
This year's Sundance Film Festival was rich with films and the theatres were warm, even as temperatures outside dipped to below freezing point. It snowed only once but the sidewalks remained slippery for a few days.
With the defeat, India's judo campaign ended as Tulika was the lone judoka from the country competing at the Games.
Sally Holkar left America and made India her home nearly 60 years ago. She went on a mission to revive a dying craft and changed the lives of rural weavers.
'This was a decision taken and executed by Prabhakaran and his intelligence chief Pottu Amman. Both were convinced that the assassination would not be linked to them.'
Sukanya Verma asks you to brace yourself for an out-of-body-experience on OTT this Diwali week.
The tribal Black Widow militant group, which has been running riot in the North Cachar Hill district of Assam, has offered a unilateral truce with the government. However, the state government has preferred to adopt a wait and watch policy before responding to the truce offer. Security sources feel that the offer of unilateral truce from the Black Widow was a positive development towards finding a solution to the violent atmosphere prevailing in the hill district.
The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has received representations from various quarters to do away with the condition of applying for family pension through 'Form 14' as it was causing inconvenience to widows, who find it difficult and 'embarrassing' to present themselves before two gazetted officers or persons of repute for attestation.
In a path-breaking decision with far-reaching socio-economic impact, the Centre has allowed woman employees to nominate her son or daughter for family pension, instead of her husband, according to an official statement issued on Monday.
In a path-breaking decision with far-reaching socio-economic impact, the Centre has allowed woman employees to nominate her son or daughter for family pension, instead of her husband, according to an official statement issued on Monday. Previously, family pension was granted to the spouse of a deceased government servant or pensioner, while other family members became eligible only after the spouse's ineligibility or demise, the statement said. Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said that the Department of Pensions and Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW) has introduced an amendment to the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021, allowing female government employees or pensioners to grant family pension to their eligible child/children after their own demise, in place of of their spouse.
The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi on Sunday released its manifesto for the Maharashtra assembly polls, promising free cervical cancer vaccines for girls aged 9 to 16 and and two optional leave days for women employees during menstruation.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking to revert to paper ballot voting in elections in the country, saying allegations of tampering with electronic voting machine (EVM) raked up only when people lose polls.
She stars in Kota Factory season 3 that airs on Netflix this month.
The Indian National Congress, India's oldest political party, is moving from its longtime headquarters at 24 Akbar Road to a new building called Indira Gandhi Bhawan. The move marks the end of an era for the Congress, which has been headquartered at 24 Akbar Road for nearly 50 years.
'Government cannot pick and choose as to against whom they want to take action and against whom they do not want to take action.'
Anju's husband Krishna Kumar, a bank officer, who was killed in the Mumbai train blasts said that she has decided to immolate herself before Nitish Kumar to protest against forcible occupation of her flat by a leader of ruling party JD(U).
The western girls who travel to Iraq and Syria to marry Islamic State terrorists are described as White Widow.
'It's an anthem of unity and the goal was echo the spirit of every boundary crossed and wicket taken in this wonderful, timeless sport.'
Superheroes, snowmen, freedom fighters, Sukanya Verma lists everything the OTT channels have to offer this week.
This Rakshabandhan festival will be special for hundreds of elderly widows of Varanasi as they plan to send 1,000 rakhis along with sweets to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who made his parliamentary debut in May from this temple town.
The widow of one of the Pakistani men shot dead by CIA contractor Raymond Davis was on Monday murdered along with her mother in Lahore following a family dispute over the blood money and her desire to remarry, police officials said.
BJP leader Pema Khandu took oath as the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh for the third consecutive term on Thursday.
Almost two months after she was elected to the state legislative assembly, a tearful Vijaylakshmi, widow of former Chief Minister YSR Reddy took oath as MLA.
Samantha, who has has since given birth to a daughter, told The Sun newspaper that "trips to radical mosques had\npoisoned the innocent, naive and simple" man's mind.
It's too bad Viijay 69 does not let the viewer feel Anupam Kher's despair or his triumph. The most forgettable 'zero to hero' films at least managed that much, notes Deepa Gahlot.
Widow of forest brigand Veerappan has pleaded that the four associates of her husband, who are on a death row in a landmine blast case, be spared from execution.
Gopalganj's District Magistrate Rahul Kumar sat down on the floor along with students and had the mid-day meal prepared by the woman.
