'With Ramaland, the tourism department is looking to attract children and adults alike. It'll be learning with entertainment.'
Two wonderful recipes from Pratibha Karan's The Book Of Dals.
Warina Hussain's tips for the festive season.
Planning to revisit the timeless Sari on coming festive days in the weeks ahead? Turn to these showbiz celebs for inspiration.
Make this dessert the hero of your Diwali menu.
Celeb-inspired ways to amp up your festive accessory game.
'Once I left my photographs at Ram Gopal Varma's office.' 'I told a friend I was concerned no one had contacted me. My friend said, "Itni jaldi nahin hota idhar. Time lagega".'
A Durga idol in Kolkata in which the 'Mahishasur' was replaced by a crudely-crafted Mahatma Gandhi lookalike created a controversy on the birth anniversary of the father of the nation.
E-commerce companies managed to beat the odds by adopting a flexible approach in terms of transforming their business models and leveraging emerging technologies. They had to constantly align their objectives with evolving customer needs. With companies hiring thousands of temporary workers, expanding to smaller cities, and launching new products, e-commerce giants gird up to celebrate the peak festival season without Covid restrictions after a three-year time-out.
At least eight people drowned and several others went missing after they were swept away in the Mal river due to flash floods during idol immersion on Vijayadashami Jalpaiguri, a senior official said.
Prayers were offered and sweets distributed though people mostly took the virtual route to extend wishes. People also visited temples, observing social distancing norms.
Talking about April 10 violence, she said that there are 17 hostels in the university and in 16 of those, everything went on peacefully with the iftar and the Ram Navami puja being organised together.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
The price per kilogram of onion came down to Rs 2 to Rs 4, which angered the growers, who had stopped the auction at the APMC last week for a day.
Zwigato urges viewers to think critically about the kind of unethical behaviour that food delivery workers have to put up with on a daily basis because of insensitive customers, observes Chintan Girish Modi.
Executive Chef Lokesh Jarodia of The Deltin, Daman shares his special Easter recipes.
Get all the inspiration you need from B-town divas.
'Diwali will be meaningful only when we eradicate the darkness in our hearts.'
Just as much as the magic of cinema, Chhello Show is about the imagination of a child and the typical Indian jugaad, observes Deepa Gahlot. Chhello Show
India is gearing up for the Festival of Lights in the times of the pandemic.
Led by Congresswoman Carolyn B Maloney from New York, lawmakers on Wednesday announced that a bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives to declare Diwali, festival of lights, a federal holiday.
Modi will unfurl the national flag and deliver the customary address to the nation from the ramparts of the historic monument.
Xi said that China's extraordinary efforts have helped it prevail over unprecedented difficulties.
Homegrown auto major Tata Motors on Monday said it will launch its mini SUV Punch in the ongoing festive season. Punch is based on the H2X concept, which Tata Motors had showcased at the Auto Expo 2020. It will be positioned below the company's compact SUV Nexon and is expected to hit the market around Diwali this year.
Bollywood stars pass on their warm wishes for Diwali.
With COVID protocols lifted, Bollywood is back to celebrating festivals the only way they know!
This comes as a rare miss for RRR, which bagged a Golden Globe for Best Original Song for the song Naatu Naatu and Critics Choice Awards for Best Foreign Language film and Best Song.
'She was a modern-day Tansen among the female classical vocalists of the country.' Musicians and film folk pay rich tribute to Kishori Amonkar.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday cancelled the leaves of all police and administrative officials in the state till May 4 and asked all those on leave to report within 24 hours.
The sari is like a verse of poetry. And Sini Shetty turns the verse into a ballad.
It's Diwali, and Bollywood is spreading the love and good cheer with warm wishes on social media.
The intrinsic inclusivity of Goa is the key to its great attraction, observes Rahul Singh.
'The CM wants to develop a Film City that would provide the entire value chain of film-making services and infrastructure in one place.'
With the arrest of the film censor board's CEO on charges of demanding bribes to clear films, the regulatory role of the panel is in focus once again
If you decide to purchase one of these tablets, you can rest satisfied that you have made a wise decision, one that won't let you down.
While the wedding venue has not been confirmed yet, reports point to the Vastu building in the upscale neighbourhood of Pali Hill, Bandra, northwest Mumbai, where Ranbir lives.
Vatican greets all Hindus on the occasion of Diwali
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