Seers from various 'akharas' took the first 'Amrit Snan' at the Maha Kumbh on Makar Sankranti on Tuesday as an unbroken stream of people converged at the Triveni Sangam on the occasion with around 3.5 crore devotees taking a dip.
An alleged attack on a Marathi-speaking family by a government employee in Thane district sparked outrage in the Maharashtra Assembly, where the BJP-led government assured justice and condemned the incident. Opposition parties demanded immediate action against the accused, Akhilesh Shukla, and his wife, who have been arrested. The incident has raised concerns about discrimination against Marathi people and fueled tensions in the state.
Shinde had retained most of the sitting MLAs, who chose to be with him when he led the rebellion two years ago. They delivered for him on Saturday when votes for the state polls were counted.
The Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Tripura's capital Agartala on Tuesday announced the suspension of all visa and consular services with immediate effect until further notice because of 'security reasons', a day after the mission's premises was breached by a group of people protesting against the arrest of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das in Dhaka.
Prabhu was moved out of the important railway ministry and was handed over the commerce and industry portfolio in the Cabinet recast.
In an official statement, an official spokesperson representing Prabhu Dayal, embattled Indian Council general in New York, said that the allegations made against him were untrue.
Mahatma Gandhi showed India how to fight for Independence using khadi. Today khadi and handloom have become one of the many incredible faces India shows the world.
'The league will begin as a city-based franchise setup, starting with six cities.'
Two prominent organisations, the Hindu Yuva Sene and the Keshav Smriti Samvardhana Samithi, have a pivotal role in shaping Mangaluru's Ganesh Utsav celebrations.
Despite these successes, Railway Minister Prabhu has had his share of criticism.
Divya Nair recommends that non-Vijay fans save their money and wait for GOAT to drop on Netflix instead. At least you can fast forward and get to the climax faster.
These outfits are hotter than the temperature in April.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on wednesday said that track washout due to a swollen Machak river led to the derailment of Kamayani Express and Janata Express at Harda in Madhya Pradesh.
Karthi and Hansika Motwani play the lead roles in the film.
This classic Maharashtrian dish is made without onions.
Legendary Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan's son, Sivaji Prabhu, an actor of great standing, is acting in a Kannada film for the first time. Produced by Ramesh Yadav, the film titled Boss is being directed by Raghuraj and also stars 'Challenging Star' Darshan and Navya Nair.
Their next film together will be action musical, produced by Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms.
After three years of marriage, Varun Dhawan and Natasha Dalal are all set to embrace parenthood.
This special Maharashtrian sweet is made by the CKP community just before Ganesh Chaturthi.
The film is directed by M Saravanan, a protege of successful director A R Murugadoss.
The actor is currently in judicial custody in the Renukaswamy murder case.
Chaitanya's father and Telugu superstar Nagarjuna shared the news on his official X page and said that he was 'overjoyed' to welcome Sobhita into the family.
Export trade during August 2018 recorded at $27.84 billion, a positive growth of 19.21 per cent, tweeted Prabhu.
Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday said the Centre was seeking private capital investment in cash-strapped Railways to meet the resource crunch and it does not amount to privatisation as the Railways unions claim.
Mr Prabhu has a big challenge ahead in implementing trade reforms to regain the lost export momentum, says Jayanta Roy.
The decision came a day after the resignation of Telugu Desam Party's Ashok Gajapathi Raju was accepted by President Ram Nath Kovind
For Railways Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, the Budget for 2016-17 on Thursday could well prove his toughest hour.
The Railway Board has decided to wind up the ambitious Rs 5,000-crore One ICT plan and the transformation cell
Many Dharmagurus attended the Shubh Ashirwad ceremony.
May Prabhu Ram give strength to his family in the hour of sadness to bear the loss. May Prabhu Ram give consolation to people in the country who believe in his values, ideals, culture and traditions," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said wile praying tribute to Kalyan Singh.
Reader Bhavana Naik sends us some pictures.
It's going to be a party on OTT this September, with a string of interesting releases but the theatre scene looks bare.
How to discover beautiful destinations in true-blue filmi style (which simply means you look fabulous as you do so:))!
The actor talks about playing a mahout and working with an elephant in his next film Ivan Veramathiri
March was high on fashion, thanks to our glamorous ladies, who didn't shy away from making bold and beautiful style statements.
As the film gets ready to release on January 29, Venkat Prabhu talks about the film.
It was a grand occasion to mark the launch of Citadel: Honey Bunny, which sees Varun paired opposite Samantha Ruth Prabhu in a dhamakedar spy action Web series combined with a tadka of their steamy romance.
Relax fiscal consolidation, boost public capex and reduce cost of finance, industry tells Centre
At the elections held at the civic headquarters in Mumbai, Prabhu polled 125 votes, defeating Sunil More of Congress, who secured 65 votes in the 227-member body.
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