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PIX: India celebrates Eid with prayers, feasting; 'Free Palestine' poster in UP

Dressed in traditional finery, Muslims across India offered prayers at mosques and eidgahs on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr on Thursday, marking the end of the holy month of Ramzan. IMAGE: A drone......

Police station to replace razed madrasa in Haldwani

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday said a police station would come up on the land freed from encroachment in Haldwani's Banbhoolpura, where violence erupted last week after......

UP temple purified with 'Ganga jal' after Muslim MLA's visit

A temple in Uttar Pradesh's Siddharthnagar district was 'purified' with Ganga jal after a visit by a Muslim MLA of the Samajwadi Party. IMAGE: SP's Doomariyaganj MLA Sayeda Khatoon (right).......

'What is happening is not vikas but vinash'

'These kinds of tunnels are not meant for the Himalayas.''Development should be good for all people and not where you make a tunnel and 40 people get trapped.' IMAGE: A drone view of the rescue......

Dressed as 'kanwariyas', gunmen shoot dead Jharkhand gangster

A dreaded gangster, wanted in at least 30 criminal cases, was shot dead near a temple in Jharkhand's Dumka district in the early hours of Friday by men who were dressed as 'kanwariyas', police......

India should hike defence spending to 4% of GDP

'As for tricky relations with China, India needs less of summitry type event management and more anticipatory analysis and management of events,' says Ambassador Jaimini Bhagwati. IMAGE: Prime......

Melas, rallies and the problem of unemployment

If everyone had decent meaningful jobs, the rally maidans would be largely empty and, save for the Akhara babas and curious foreigners and the devout senior citizens, not very many would spare time......

What the kanwariya yatra tells us about jobs situation

Can 3 crore out of the 8.9 crore young male population of nine states set off on a pilgrimage that extends for about a month? If yes, then what can we infer regarding the state of the young working......

The Magical World Of Muzaffar Ali

'I somehow felt that Muzaffar Ali was in Aligarh to feel the pulse of the Muslim youth, especially in the darker and harsher times that India is passing through,' notes Mohammad Sajjad. IMAGE:......

'Honour to be known as Amitabh Bachchan's voice'

'Today, when I look back, our journey together ajooba lagta hai.' IMAGE: Sudesh Bhosle in concert with Amitabh Bachchan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sudesh Bhosle It is an association that goes back......

The BEST Indian Films of 2021

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......

Godrej Properties buys a piece of film history: RK Studios

Swanky flats, mall to replace the iconic property.Raghavendra Kamath reports. IMAGE: The entrance to RK Studios. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Raj Kapoor's RK Studios in Chembur, an......

What is Mallika Sherawat doing in Haridwar?

Mallika Sherawat is in India for professional reasons after a long, long time. She recently shot for a web series, a horror-comedy produced by Ekta Kapoor. Booo... Sabki Phategi also......

Wrestlers suspend protest for a week; WFI elections by June 30

IMAGE: The wrestlers met Sports Minister Anurag Thakur at his residence on Wednesday. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters The protesting wrestlers on Wednesday agreed to suspend their agitation......

1983 WC cricket champs 'disturbed at manhandling of wrestlers'

IMAGE: India captain Kapil Dev celebrates with teammate Mohinder Amarnath after winning the 1983 World Cup final against West Indies at Lord's, on June 25, 1983. Photograph: Adrian......

'Silence vow': Shell-shocked wrestlers return home

IMAGE: Barring Sakshi Malik who remained in Delhi, the wrestlers returned home. Photograph: REUTERS/Hannah Mckay The "shell-shocked" protesting wrestlers, except Sakshi Malik, have returned to......

No immersion of medals; wrestlers return from Haridwar

IMAGE: Protesting wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Sangeeta Phogat at Har ki Pauri ghat, in Haridwar, on Tuesday. Photographs: PTI On a drama-filled Tuesday, some of India's best......

You have seen more India than me: Harbhajan to Jonty Rhodes

IMAGE: Jonty Rhodes had posted an image of himself taking a dip at the Holy Ganga river. Photograph: Jonty Rhodes/Twitter Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh on Wednesday complimented......

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