Loud applause and cheers rang out as the first jabs were administered to frontline workers at hospitals and healthcare centres across the country on Saturday at the start of the gargantuan COVID-19 vaccination exercise, hailed as a 'momentous' occasion in India's fight against the pandemic.
The Bajaj scooter with the 'Hamara Bajaj' advertisement struck the right chord with millions of Indians.
The prime minister wrote on Twitter, 'Sir VS Naipaul will be remembered for his extensive works, which covered diverse subjects ranging from history, culture, colonialism, politics and more.'
The tragic death of an Indian toddler in mysterious circumstances near Melbourne touched the chords of local Australians who made a beeline to his parents' house with flowers, cards and toys to express their grief.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Tennis star Leander Paes is set to make his debut on silver screen in a film called Rajdhani Express.
With the straight-game victory, Sindhu became the first Indian to achieve the feat.
Exodus of big guns opens up bottom half of men's draw
Omar Abdullah's nine-year old son Zahir, who accompanied his father on the victory lap in Ganderbal, instantly hit it off with the people, enjoying a new found celebrity status.
Sukanya Verma remembers the star in some of her significant movies.
Sources in the central security agencies said one of the accused, whose voice had to be restored after operating his vocal chord which was damaged in the blast, had told investigators that Naresh Rajkondwar, a Bajrang Dal activist, had allegedly planned three blasts outside mosques that shook Jalna and Parbani in Maharashtra in 2003 and 2004.
P V Sindhu said she has a strategy in place to outwit the World No. 1 in Tuesday's singles final at the Asian Games final in Jakarta.
The 23-year-old from Madhya Pradesh showed great anticipation and technique and added power to his smashes to bamboozle Jorgensen 21-15, 21-13 in a lop-sided contest.
The prime minister also raised the Rafale jet deal and the law against triple talaq, accusing the Congress of trying to block them.
'Have you met anyone who said "I will not boycott Chinese products"?'
In a bid to strike an emotional chord with the youth, actor and Samajwadi Party nominee from Lucknow Sanjay Dutt on Saturday said that he was ready to face bullets while struggling for their cause. "I am here to struggle with you all and I am ready to face lathis and bullets in the process. We will fight unitedly for the cause of the party and youths," Dutt said while addressing a state convention of the SP's youth wing.
Lighter moments in the first half and emotionally charged second half - that is the 'Golden Star' Ganesh's new film Aramane directed by actor turned director Nagashekhar. With its simple and straightforward narration, the film strikes an emotional chord with the viewers.
As the year winds down and we start to look forward to the coming year, there are some personalities and events that shaped 2016 -- some struck the right chord whilst others triggered debates, controversies and set rumour mills churning. This year, we, at Rediff.com, have imagined our this year's newsmakers as movie stars and here's them as the stars of some of Hollywood and Bollywood's finest (in some cases, not really).
Debutant Director Sourabh Shrivastava's Oh My God!! may not be the ideal multiplex fare, yet it does touch a chord that seems lost in the mundane life of the common man.
For voters in this part of Rajasthan, it is water and farmers' issues which seem to be on the top of their minds as they ponder over whom to elect in the December 4 Assembly polls.
The spin doctors of Lal Krishna Advani, who, at the age of 81, is leading the Bharatiya Janata Party's campaign for the next year's Lok Sabha elections, are working on an image makeover for him--from a hardliner Hindutva archetype to a modern-day leader.
In his first visit to India after taking over office, Ban Ki-Moon recalled India's long and glorious association with India and said, 'throughout these many decades, India has given its best to the United Nations and to the world -- its best economists, doctors and engineers, its most promising ideas.'
The biggest farm loan waiver in India's history to win over the rural masses may not have struck a chord with farmers in Punjab and Haryana.
Striking a populist chord ahead of the Karnataka Assembly polls, the BJP has promised farmers free power supply for irrigation pump sets and farm credit from nationalised banks with four per cent interest, if voted to power.
A restaurant in St Petersburg has struck a chord with the hordes of soccer fans in town for the World Cup by serving up pizzas featuring the faces of some of the tournament's biggest stars.
On his 55th birthday, Sukanya Verma celebrates his inimitable ways in 10 scenes that she keeps returning to time and again.
B M Munjal positioned motorcycles as more fuel efficient than scooters, which struck a chord with the cost-conscious Indian buyers.
Striking a different chord with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who prescribed a social charter for the industry, Confederation of Indian Industry's new president Sunil Mittal on Friday
"Yes, We Can," chanted Narendra Modi, as he borrowed United States President Barack Obama's iconic 2008 poll campaign slogan to fire up his audience largely comprising youth at a public meeting in Hyderabad.
The struggle of Kashmiris for autonomy is one thing. The idea of trifurcating the state -- a Muslim Valley, a Hindu Jammu and a Buddhist Ladakh -- will undercut the very idea of India. India said `no' to nationhood on the basis of religion at the time of independence, and this would also apply to statehood. If it accepts this, or is forced to accept it, it could be a downhill journey for a multi-faith, multi-cultural society, and have a bearing on the future of India.
Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu suffered another heart-wrenching defeat against World No 2 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan to finish as runner-up at the Dubai Super Series Final in Dubai on Sunday.
Director Shivaji Lotan Patil does no justice to the story.
This was the first major election in the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Obviously, the women of Bihar were not intimidated by the pandemic and came out in large numbers to vote.
Sukanya Verma lists 10 of her favourite songs of the year, in no particular order.
Sundaram BNP Paribas Select Midcap Fund is one fund that, over various market cycles, stands tall over its peers in the mid cap funds segment.
The first COVID-19 vaccine shots in India were given on Saturday to nearly two lakh frontline healthcare and sanitary workers as Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the world's largest inoculation drive against the pandemic that has caused 1,52,093 deaths and upended millions of lives in the country.
Kingfisher will be available in markets in France, Finland, Portugal and Canada by the end of this year or early next year.
This year, it was all about embracing the imperfections.
