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Hindu marriage can't be recognised in 'absence of a valid ceremony': SC

A Hindu marriage is not an event for "song and dance", "wining and dining" or a commercial transaction, the Supreme Court has observed and said it cannot be recognised in the "absence of a valid......

Brrrr! Enter Oymyakon, the world's COLDEST region

All photographs: Maxim Shemetov The coldest temperatures in the northern hemisphere have been recorded in Sakha, the location of the Oymyakon valley, where according to the United Kingdom Met......

Union minister blames 'Nakshatra' for Bihar floods

IMAGE: Peoples sit on a makeshift boat to cross the flood-affected area of Sakha Maidan in Patna. Photograph: PTI Photo As the flood situation worsened in Bihar, Union minister Ashwini Choubey on......

HC grants divorce on woman's refusal to wear 'sindoor'

The Gauhati high court has granted divorce to a man, observing that the refusal to wear 'shaka' (conch shell bangle) and 'sindoor' (vermillion) as per customs by a Hindu married woman amounted to......

Prasar Bharti chief, ex-SBI head in Lokpal search committee

The Modi government on Thursday constituted an eight-member search committee, to be headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, to recommend the chairperson and members of......

Women's taxi services are struggling to make ends meet

Ironically, amid these struggles, interest in these taxi services has grown, as concerns over women's safety have escalated. Image: Viira Cabs. Photograph, Courtesy: Viira Cabs ......

'Modi village' is Varanasi's new hot spot

Jayapur, with a population of a little over 4,200, was like most other villages before Prime Minister Narendra Modi adopted it on November 7. Narayan Patel is a busy man these days. Apart from......

'We gave her the same respect we gave our real mothers'

'Sulochanaji was indeed a mother-figure to both the Hindi and Marathi film industry.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Film History Pics/Twitter Sulochana Latkar, who played mother to nearly every top......

Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway Review: Rani's Screechy Ode To Motherhood!

Instead of feeling her desperation, despair or extreme acts stemming from a mother's primal need to protect her brood, what comes through is hollow theatrics, feels Sukanya Verma. If feeding one's......

PIX: Inside TV actress Dimple Jhangiani's wedding!

Television actress Dimple Jhangiani tied the knot with diamond merchant Sunny Asrani on December 9. Dimple, who was last seen in the television show, The Tumhi Ho Bandhu Sakha......

The Legend is dead, his work lives on

IMAGE: Soumitra Chatterjee and Tushar Bandyopadhya in Satyajit Ray's Apur Sansar, He was the actor who epitomised the best of world cinema, transcending the boundaries of country, state and......

What does 2017's cinema hold for you?

Ranjita Ganesan lists the movies we should look forward to. There's a lot happening in Bollywood, Hollywood and world cinema this year. We break it up for you. Bollywood: Masala mix IMAGE: Shah......