Even though it is faced with numerous challenges, India is evacuating its people from the war-ravaged Afghanistan and will continue to do, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday while unveiling the renovated Jallianwala Bagh memorial through video conferencing.
'This holy place with beautiful architecture and divine serenity around it evokes feelings of calmness and harmony,' the President wrote in the visitor's book at Sri Harmandir Sahib.
Kesari 2 has more style than substance on its mind, feels Sukanya Verma.
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday described as deeply shameful the killing of peaceful protesters in Jallianwala Bagh in 1919 during British rule but stopped short of a public apology.
Thackeray said an "atmosphere of fear" was being created with such actions.
'Pahlaj Nihalani came to my rescue. There was no Instagram in those days so I didn't recognise him.' 'I almost fainted when he told me he was Pahlaj Nihalani, the producer of Ilzaam, the hit film that had just made Govinda a star.' 'I told him I was a model and an aspiring actor, and he responded, "You have an interesting face. Come and meet me in the office tomorrow".'
Ananya Panday treated her fans to pictures from her camera that she had forgotten about.
Here is part four of Deepak Kirpalani's Punjab travelogue.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said that the 'unelected nominees of New Delhi locked up the elected representatives' of the people of Jammu and Kashmir after prominent leaders from ruling and opposition parties were not allowed to leave their houses to prevent them from visiting the graveyard of 1931 martyrs in Srinagar.
Before he plays a lawyer in Kesari 2 next, Sukanya Verma looks at the professions Akshay has acted on screen before.
One hundred years ago, a group of 10 revolutionaries carried out an operation that shook the British Empire. Utkarsh Mishra revisits the 'Kakori Conspiracy Case', a turning point in the armed struggle for independence.
From Saif Ali Khan's sabse bada beta's streaming debut to how to make potstickers with Prince Charles' chhoti bahu, it's all there on OTT this week.
Regardless of its commercial success, as an Indian, one needs to watch the story of this unsung hero, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on Sunday embarked on his 'Janatantra Yatra' (walk for democracy) in Amritsar to rally support against the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government in the run-up to the next general elections.
The manifesto also commits Labour to constitute a judge-led inquiry into Britain's "injustices of the past", including a public review of the country's role in Operation Blue Star -- referred to as the "Amritsar massacre".
Modi said the wave in favour of the BJP was stronger this time than in 2014.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has criticized the Centre over the landing of US planes carrying illegal Indian immigrants at Amritsar airport, calling it a "deport centre." He stated that the holy city is known for its religious sites and should not be used for deportations. Mann has also questioned the choice of Amritsar as the landing site, suggesting that other airports in the country could have been used instead. The second US flight carrying 119 illegal Indian immigrants is slated to land in Amritsar on Saturday night. The Punjab government has made arrangements to take the residents of Punjab from among the second batch of deportees to their hometowns.
Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar paid a visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar with his wife Anjali.
Mar Remegiose Inchananiyil, the Bishop of the Thamarassery diocese in Kozhikode, Kerala, told a public meeting that there would be another 'Jallianwala Bagh' in the foothills of the Western Ghats if the K Kasturirangan committee report is implemented. He spoke to Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier about the plight of the farmers and why he has taken up the issue.
'When there is a money crunch in the industry, actors like us are the ones who face budget cuts. Not the big actors.'
He said that due to unfortunate circumstances such a significant and impactful event of the freedom struggle could not find its place in history books.
Lok Sabha will take up general discussion on the Union Budget for 2019-2020 on Monday.
From Agra Fort and Red Fort to Sabarmati Ashram, Jallianwala Bagh and Kirti Mandir, these sites have had played an important role in India's freedom struggle.
The Sena also criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for blaming Pakistan for protests against CAA.
Puri said that Gandhi's "initial life" in the UK, his education prepared him for an "English-style barrister".
A look at Elizabeth -- both the lady and queen -- and the world in which she operates.
The portrait was removed following an objection from NGO Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Youth Front. SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar said the portrait has been removed and the circumstances under which it was installed will be investigated.
Jack Straw visits the Golden Temple and the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar.
On the quota for other backward classes in higher education, he said this was necessary to improve the lot of the downtrodden.
Joginder Tuteja lists the Bollywood arrivals in theatres later this year.
It is part of the party's stepped up campaign against the ruling United Progressive Alliance. It aims to highlight the issues of nationalism, probity in public life and 'pseudo secularism'.\n\n
Queen Elizabeth II, who died aged 96 on Thursday, was the first British monarch to accede to the throne after India's Independence from colonial rule in 1952 and admired the 'richness and diversity' of India where she made three State Visits over the course of her reign -- in 1961, 1983 and 1997.
Queen Elizabeth II made 3 State visits to India -- in 1961, 1983 and 1997.
The PM observed the history of India's struggle for independence was very long, very vast and filled with countless sacrifices.
The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister challenged the Congress for a national debate on the use tricolour.
The Deodar's lifespan stretched from 1215 (construction of the Qutub Minar) to 1919 (the Jallianwala Bagh massacre). Magnificent and imposing, a cross section of its bark is the piece de resistance at a unique museum of India's forests.
More than 100 women were among the protesters who tried to block a road in Barsu and Solgaon areas of the district, around 400km from Mumbai, by lying on the ground to stop government vehicles from entering the proposed site of the refinery, he said.
Rahul is visiting the poll-bound state for the first time after the election dates were announced on January 8 by the Election Commission of India.
'Till we are able to understand this reality of what is happening to our fellow citizens today in 2018, it would be hypocrisy to continue to teach in our textbooks about the great atrocity of 1919,' argues Aakar Patel.
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