Christmas was celebrated with devotion and festive gaiety across India, with churches decked in lights, midnight masses, and community events spreading cheer. Leaders extended greetings, and celebrations took place in various states with prayers for peace and harmony.
From Sonam Kapoor to Shilpa Shetty Kundra to Kajol, Namrata Thakker checks out how our favourite celebrities have expressed love on Valentine's Day.
Melissa Raju Thomas, who stars in Moothon opposite Nivin Pauly, has been giving us some serious fashion goals.
Tokyo Olympian B Sai Praneeth will lock horns with Japan's Koki Watanabe, while Sourabh Verma faces France's Toma Junior Popov.
There's certainly a lot of love in the air, as Bollywood couples celebrate Christmas on social media.
Besides Priyanka Chopra-Farhan Akhtar's The Sky Is Pink, it will also see the premiere of Geetu Mohandas' Malayalam film, Moothon.
'After the water receded, the house was full of mud.' 'The furniture, television, the workshop, car -- everything is destroyed.'
Divya Nair lists 2023's Malayalam movies that can be enjoyed by all ages.
Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju has sought an independent probe by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation after a video surfaced on Tuesday showing an IndiGo ground staff brawling with passenger Rajeev Katiyal at the Delhi airport last month.
Against the backdrop of debacle in Lok Sabha polls, voices for bringing Priyanka Gandhi to the forefront if politics grew stronger within the Congress party with at least two leaders on Friday saying she is a "big fighter" and has the "natural ability" to connect with people.
'The script, the way it has been written, the relationships, the intensity... everything was so powerful.'
It might often seem like a parcel of familiar tunes, but Varnam has one or two numbers that are refreshing, and the instrumentation does have several good moments.
He may try to keep it as natural as he can but there's no doubt that he's stolen a piece of everyone's heart, and some of these pictures are proof of that.
Mohanbir Sawhney, Raghuram G Rajan, Raju G C Thomas and Darsh Wasan will receive the award for academic leadership.
Indian-American Ghazala Hashmi, a former community college professor, created history by becoming the first Muslim woman to be elected to the Virginia State Senate.
As cinemas remain shut and watching movies on big screen still a distant dream, OTT platforms are keeping us distracted from the pandemic with its steady supply of content.
Which film are *you* looking forward to?
Going by the provisions of the new company law, the responsibility and accountability equation for independent directors has seen a major change.
Jamna Pyari remains a mediocre effort that cannot fulfill viewer expectations in this festive season., says Paresh C Palicha.
Congress reached out to Samajwadi Party Supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav for his support for passage of the Food Security Bill which is expected to be introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday coinciding with the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi.
A New York doctor, the first person in the city to be diagnosed with Ebola, was released from hospital today after fully recovering from the virus, as Mayor Bill de Blasio declared that the city is now Ebola-free.
Sixteen former ministers of the United Progressive Alliance government are staying unauthorised in government bungalows for over a month now and have been served eviction notices, the Lok Sabha was told on Wednesday.
There are 13 new faces, including two women, in the cabinet. Five ministers had held positions in previous LDF ministries.
There were fewer promotion sales in January-February this year.
An American doctor who became the first person in New York city to be diagnosed with Ebola, is free from the virus and will be discharged from hospital on Tuesday, officials said.
Shraddha, Varun, Nora on the making of what appears to be a memorable movie.
These videos are like butterflies in a case, says Sreehari Nair. They have neither aged badly nor grown over-familiar.
The first to take off will be Air Pegasus, promoted by Bengaluru-based ground-handling firm Deccor Aviation.
Former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal was re-nominated by Congress from Chandigarh on Thursday brushing aside the "taint" argument as it released the second list of 71 candidates who include film star Nagma in Meerut and Youth Congress chief Rajeevv Satav from Hingoli.
VG Siddhartha's story 'will be a good case study and not a deterrent to those who want to be entrepreneurs. I don't think it will scare young entrepreneurs. I think these cases will make them sensible. They will understand that they have to be very careful about certain things, otherwise, they will have to pay a heavy price.'
More and more Congressmen are breaking their silence and coming out in the open blaming party vice president Rahul Gandhi for the poll drubbing. Renu Mittal reports.
A cathedral premises and a Catholic school where people had gathered for a religious convention were vandalised allegedly by Hindu activists at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh.
'In each hartal, enormous amount of public money is wasted. The entire state comes to a standstill. How long can this go on?' 'Every year 3 crore people sit at home not because they support hartals, but because they are forced to do so.' 'This is part of a larger measure to curb democratic rights.'
Taking exception to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan not mentioning the death of healthcare workers due to Covid-19 in his statement in Parliament, the Indian Medical Association has published a list of 382 doctors who died due to the viral disease and demanded that they be treated as "martyrs".
As the dust finally settles on the outcome of the Lok Sabha elections 2019 and Bharatiya Janata Party along with its NDA allies emerges as the clear winner, here is a list of who won in each of the 7 phases of elections.
In an online chat with readers, chef Sanjeev Kapoor shares interesting anecdotes from his culinary journey.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
The International Cricket Council released the provisional squads of the 12 teams for next year's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand on Friday. However, co-hosts Australia and minnows Ireland decided against releasing the provisional list although they submitted 30 names to the parent body within the stipulated deadline.
The 39-year-old, the fifth child of an illiterate labourer couple and only the second of their eight to be educated, now helms various ventures that bring in a turnover of between Rs 75 crore and Rs 90 crore.
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