News for 'Hai India'

Yeh Hai India: Strict Security In Srinagar Before R-Day

Yeh Hai India: Strict Security In Srinagar Before R-Day

Rediff.com11 Jan 2023

A woman being frisked amid sporadic security checks ahead of Republic Day in Srinagar.

Yeh Hai India: Ready For Nag Panchami

Yeh Hai India: Ready For Nag Panchami

Rediff.com22 Jul 2022

Nag Panchami will be celebrated on August 2.

Yeh Hai India: What Strong Teeth I Have!

Yeh Hai India: What Strong Teeth I Have!

Rediff.com18 Apr 2022

A labourer lifts a 50 kg bag of wheat using his teeth at a grain market, in Bathinda, April 17, 2022.

Yeh Hai India: Indian Army To The Rescue

Yeh Hai India: Indian Army To The Rescue

Rediff.com22 Apr 2022

Indian Army soldiers walked for 15 km in continuous snowfall and zero visibility to successfully rescue 16.civilians stranded amid heavy snowfall from the Sinthan Pass in Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir,

The Best Hindi 25 Films In 25 Years

The Best Hindi 25 Films In 25 Years

Rediff.com7 Jan 2026

Over 25 years, societies evolve and tastes change. Cinema absorbs and reflects this transformation. Picking only 25 films from the first quarter of the century is tough.

The Voice Behind India's Stories Falls Silent

The Voice Behind India's Stories Falls Silent

Rediff.com24 Oct 2025

What he carried, straight from the heartland of India, was the refreshing smell of mitti (soil) that permeated every word he wrote, recalls Jasmeet Singh Gandhi.

Yeh Hai India: A Temple For My Dog

Yeh Hai India: A Temple For My Dog

Rediff.com7 Apr 2022

82-year-old retired government employee Muthu offers prayers at the temple he has built in memory of his dog Tom, who died due to health issues, at Manamadurai, Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu.

Yeh Hai India: All Set for Gudhi Padwa

Yeh Hai India: All Set for Gudhi Padwa

Rediff.com31 Mar 2022

Preparations are underway for Gudhi Padwa -- the Maharashtrian new year celebrated in Maharashtra and Goa -- and the Mervekar family of Girgaum in south Mumbai is engaged in making various types of Gudhis for the occasion.

Yeh Hai India: Historic Mughal Road To Reopen

Yeh Hai India: Historic Mughal Road To Reopen

Rediff.com8 Apr 2022

The 83 km long road has been used since the time of the Mughals.

Yeh Hai India: Baby Takes A Chopper Home

Yeh Hai India: Baby Takes A Chopper Home

Rediff.com7 Apr 2022

The family arranged this grand homecoming as the newborn is the first girl child in the family.

'Saath Mein Jeetenge': Team India's New Victory Tune!

'Saath Mein Jeetenge': Team India's New Victory Tune!

Rediff.com3 Nov 2025

The victorous Indian team sung a new victory anthem to celebrate winning their first World Cup.

Yeh Hai India: What's He Doing?

Yeh Hai India: What's He Doing?

Rediff.com4 Oct 2021

Yeh Hai India: Capturing the many moods across our land.

Yeh Hai India: Drone Delivers Vaccine

Yeh Hai India: Drone Delivers Vaccine

Rediff.com5 Oct 2021

In a first of its kind, the Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR, delivered COVID-19 vaccines via drone from the Bishnupur District Hospital to Karang island in Loktak lake in Manipur, a distance of 26 kilometres.

Baramulla's Auqib Nabi Dar finally makes it big!

Baramulla's Auqib Nabi Dar finally makes it big!

Rediff.com16 Dec 2025

At 29, when most fast bowlers are either established or quietly drifting out of the spotlight, Auqib Nabi Dar has finally arrived through patience, persistence and a refusal to let geography decide his fate.

Yeh Hai India: Carried For 12 Km For Treatment

Yeh Hai India: Carried For 12 Km For Treatment

Rediff.com20 Jul 2022

An ill woman being carried by her family members for 12 km to reach the nearest medical facility in the Badiyar area of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, July 19, 2022.

Yeh Hai India: Remember That Morning 18 Years Ago

Yeh Hai India: Remember That Morning 18 Years Ago

Rediff.com27 Dec 2022

18 years ago, an angry sea wreaked havoc across coastal Tamil Nadu and the Andaman and Nicobar islands.

Yeh Hai India: Maa Durga Gets a Final Touch-Up

Yeh Hai India: Maa Durga Gets a Final Touch-Up

Rediff.com12 Sep 2022

An artist gives finishing touches to an idol of Goddess Durga ahead of the Durga Puja festival at Kumartuli in Kolkata, September 11, 2022.

Yeh Hai India: Vegetable Vendor's Daughter Clears Judge Exam

Yeh Hai India: Vegetable Vendor's Daughter Clears Judge Exam

Rediff.com6 May 2022

Ankita Nagar, daughter of a vegetable vendor in Indore, has cleared the Civil Judge exam.

Yeh Hai India: You Know That Feeling!

Yeh Hai India: You Know That Feeling!

Rediff.com31 Mar 2022

Students appear happy with how they answered their Class 12 exam papers in Gurugram.

Yeh Hai India: The Bridge In The Clouds

Yeh Hai India: The Bridge In The Clouds

Rediff.com9 Feb 2022

A view of the under-construction Chenab bridge above the clouds, in Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir, February 8, 2022.

Yeh Hai India: Maa Durga getting ready for the festival

Yeh Hai India: Maa Durga getting ready for the festival

Rediff.com27 Aug 2022

Workers carry the face of a clay model of Goddess Durga at a workshop to prepare idols ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Nadia district, August 26, 2022.

Yeh Hai India: 11,000 Mangoes For Lord Ganesh

Yeh Hai India: 11,000 Mangoes For Lord Ganesh

Rediff.com6 May 2022

11,000 mangoes were offered to Lord Ganesh on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya organised by the Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Public Ganpati Trust and Suvarnayug Tarun Mandal in Pune.

Yeh Hai India: Madam President, Please Save Aarey

Yeh Hai India: Madam President, Please Save Aarey

Rediff.com25 Jul 2022

Protestors urge President Droupadi Murmu to save the Aarey forest in Mumbai.

Tendulkar, Kohli bid farewell to He-Man of Bollywood

Tendulkar, Kohli bid farewell to He-Man of Bollywood

Rediff.com24 Nov 2025

The cricketing fraternity on Monday paid glowing tributes to veteran actor Dharmendra, who passed away in Mumbai at the age of 89.

Yeh Hai India: Villagers Train To Take On Terrorists

Yeh Hai India: Villagers Train To Take On Terrorists

Rediff.com20 Mar 2022

Village Defence Committee members receive weapon training from the Indian Army at Khawas in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir.

Yeh Hai India: A Sword Weighing 4,000 Kg!

Yeh Hai India: A Sword Weighing 4,000 Kg!

Rediff.com7 May 2022

A sword weighing as much as 4,000 kg arrived for a 108-feet tall statue of Kempegowda, to be installed at the International airport in Bengaluru.

'Be Thick-Skinned': Zaheer's Advice For Gambhir

'Be Thick-Skinned': Zaheer's Advice For Gambhir

Rediff.com2 Dec 2025

'Emotions run high. You are expected to win pretty much every game. You are expected to win because you have been doing that consistently. You have the strength on your side to achieve those kinds of milestones and secure those kinds of victories. So, accountability and appraisal are always going to be there. So, it goes hand in hand.'

'Snooping not possible': Govt on Sanchar Saathi app

'Snooping not possible': Govt on Sanchar Saathi app

Rediff.com3 Dec 2025

In the context of the discussions about the app, the minister also said the government want to give power in the hands of the people to help them protect themselves.

Yeh Hai India: Beat The Heat Like The Tiger

Yeh Hai India: Beat The Heat Like The Tiger

Rediff.com13 Apr 2022

The tiger at the Mumbai zoo plunges into the pond to beat the heat on a hot summer day.

Yeh Hai India: Meet Modiji's Sisters

Yeh Hai India: Meet Modiji's Sisters

Rediff.com11 Aug 2022

A lady ties a rakhi made up of gold and silver onto a cut-out of Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi on the eve of Raksha Bandhan in Ahmedabad, August 10, 2022.

Yeh Hai India: The Rickshaw-wallah Mayor

Yeh Hai India: The Rickshaw-wallah Mayor

Rediff.com9 Mar 2022

K Saravanan, a 42-year-old autorickshaw driver, assumes charge as the first mayor of the Kumbakonam corporation in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district, March 8, 2022.

Yeh Hai India: The Quran On A 500-Metre Scroll

Yeh Hai India: The Quran On A 500-Metre Scroll

Rediff.com27 Jul 2022

Mustafa-Ibn-Jameel, a 27-year-old calligrapher from Kashmir, broke the world record by writing the Quran on a 500-metre scroll.

Yeh Hai India: A General Consoles Victims Of Terror

Yeh Hai India: A General Consoles Victims Of Terror

Rediff.com31 Mar 2022

Chinar Corps Commander Lieutenant General Devendra Pratap Pandey visits the home of Special Police Officer Ishfaq Ahmad and his brother Umar Jan whom terrorists murdered in Budgam on Saturday, March 26, 2022.

Yeh Hai India: Jhande Wale Is Busy!

Yeh Hai India: Jhande Wale Is Busy!

Rediff.com3 Aug 2022

Abdul Gaffar Ansari has received a large number of orders for the Tricolour in anticipation of the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign, which encourages every Indian to hoist the National Flag at their homes between August 13 and 15.

'What if he touched...': UP minister's shocker on Nitish hijab act

'What if he touched...': UP minister's shocker on Nitish hijab act

Rediff.com17 Dec 2025

Attempting to defuse the controversy, the Nishad Party chief said the comment, made in Hindi and labelled misogynistic and crude, was light-hearted and made casually.

The Salil Chowdhury You Never Knew

The Salil Chowdhury You Never Knew

Rediff.com17 Dec 2025

'At a time when there was little awareness of world music, playing western tunes on eastern instruments like the flute and the dholak, blending vocal polyphony with Indian folk and contemporary styles, Salilkaku created a new musical genre in Bengal called Gana Sangeet.'

Yeh Hai India: Going To School In The Snow

Yeh Hai India: Going To School In The Snow

Rediff.com18 Feb 2022

Students on the way to attend class through a snow-covered campus after authorities allowed to reopen schools for all classes after an ease in Covid-induced restrictions.

Nehru did a 'tukde-tukde' of Vande Mataram: Modi

Nehru did a 'tukde-tukde' of Vande Mataram: Modi

Rediff.com8 Dec 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi initiated a discussion on 150 years of Vande Mataram in the Lok Sabha, recalling the Emergency period when the national song completed 100 years.

Yeh Hai India: A Hug In Times Of Hate

Yeh Hai India: A Hug In Times Of Hate

Rediff.com11 Jun 2022

Among the flood of photographs coming in on Friday from many parts of India capturing the angry -- and in some places violent -- protests demanding the arrests of Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal for their remarks on the Prophet Mohammad comes this image from Kanpur which indicates there is still hope of a return to a kinder, gentler, India.

Shinde invokes 'Dhurandhar' to attack Uddhav ahead of Mumbai civic polls

Shinde invokes 'Dhurandhar' to attack Uddhav ahead of Mumbai civic polls

Rediff.com14 Dec 2025

Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde launched a veiled attack on Uddhav Thackeray, invoking characters from a film to criticize Thackeray's leadership and policies ahead of upcoming municipal elections. Shinde highlighted government initiatives and defended his position, while also criticizing the opposition's performance.