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.
Amar Singh, is a third-generation policeman from his family. His father and maternal grandfather were both policemen.
The king of the politics of possibilities - Amar Singh, and he is back in action. Few have the ability to network and manipulate the levers of power as Singh does. A profile.
Quite a few film folk attended a special screening of Ayushmann Khurrana's latest starrer, Bala.
'No witnesses came forward to challenge the police claims even after advertisements in newspapers and media. Also, no one from the media came forward to get their versions recorded'
Rediff readers share their best travel memories.
Homi Adajania's Angrezi Medium brings Irrfan Khan back to the marquee this week.
Khushi Dubey, Hari Shankar Tiwari and Mata Prasad Pandey represent the resentment among Brahmins towards the Adityanath government. Radhika Ramaseshan reports.
The 'Group of 23' leaders who participated included Ghulam Nabi Azad, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Anand Sharma, Mukul Wasnik, Prithviraj Chavan, Manish Tewari, Shashi Tharoor, besides Sibal who hosted the post-birthday dinner for them.
'To this day, women, especially housewives, come up to me to tell me how much Arth matters to them.'
The Dabangg actor gets candid about her fashion choices.
She also said that his in-laws are in Madhya Pradesh and added, "He visits the Mahakal Temple every year. Lord Mahakal has saved his life."
Bollywood is ready with its line-up of theatre releases, but it remains to be seen whether we will get to watch these movies in theatres this year.
This April Fool's Day, Sukanya Verma kickstarts the month on a light note with this list of Bollywood's most memorable pranks.
'His Dil deewana in Maine Pyar Kiya came to me at a time when I was thinking of retirement.'
Here's a look at the tributes.
With any luck, Bollywood will get back on its feet again and give us much to awe and amaze about.
Director Sanjay Gadhvi talks about Dhoom 3, and quitting Yash Raj Films.
Amar Singh and Ram Dev, sons of Arjun Gopal alias Tshidawa, said their father had suggested the construction of the tunnel to the former prime minister.
Biswajit, movie heart-throb of the 1960s, remembers The Legend.
'The haste which PM showed for the temple should also be shown for giving house and pension to poor'
Actors can take up all sorts of roles and characters and look totally unrecognisable in them.
Virdi, who has taken 69 wickets in his 23 first class matches at an average of 28.78, says his strength lies in his aggression as he is always looking for wickets.
Election for the seven Rajya Sabha seats in Maharashtra will be held on March 26.
Joginder Tuteja lists 10 of the actor's movies that you can watch on the OTT platform in India to relive his magic.
'There was so much grace, depth and serenity in him.'
The don was arrested by the Senegal authorities last year and the India police tried it's best to catch hold of him but failed as a local court there granted him bail.
Slogans of 'Shaheed Amar Rahe' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' rent the air as military vehicles carrying the mortal remains of the three soldiers reached their respective villages. Anti-Pakistan slogans were also raised.
Sukanya Verma presents a super fun Bollywood quiz, where all you have to is identify the movie by looking at the still.
'I think my performance in Ray's Devi still ranks as my best,' says Sharmila Tagore.
Bala co-stars Bhumi Pednekar and Yami Gautam and is directed by Amar Kaushik who made Stree last year.
Joginder Tuteja looks at actors with the most movies in the pipeline.
Sukanya Verma looks at notable troikas in Bollywood's catalog of three hero vehicles.
Guess who stars in this ensemble film?
Remembering an incomparable actor by re-visiting his finest films.
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