'Publicity looks good, but the reality is different... all sections are feeling harassed'
Both the celeb couples have a lot in common.
After swine flu, Uttar Pradesh government has sounded bird flu alert following avian influenza outbreak in Amethi, official sources said on Sunday.
Stung by the steep fall in demand for the yellow metal in the world's largest consumer nation, the World Gold Council is now falling back on the familiar marketing mantra: If customers aren't coming, go to their doorsteps. The reason for the marketing overdrive by the Indian arm of the WGC is simple: India, which used to import around 60 tonnes of gold a month till last year, has seen zero imports in the past two months because of the prevailing high prices.
Dissonant artistic visions drove Annapurna Devi and her husband Ravi Shankar apart, notes Swapan Kumar Bondyopadhyay.
The description of his career by Ambassador Nazareth in his elegant language, judicious choice of details, without ego or malice to anyone, shows that it had its ups and downs, triumphs and tragedies and lucky and unlucky accidents. Ambassador T P Sreenivasan reviews A Ringside Seat to History.
The 'Sachin Tendulkar Carnival' is all set to hit Kolkata with the CAB, organisers of his penultimate Test match, chalking out an elaborate list of plans to felicitate the legend as he prepares to walk out at the Eden Gardens for one final time against the West Indies from November 6-10.
Receiving Ganga water by post could be a reality soon as the government endeavours to tap the e-commerce platform to bring the holy water at the doorsteps.
The DIG said she had submitted videos exposing special treatment given to Sasikala in the prison.
The mining baron and former Karnataka minister, Gali Janardhana Reddy, has spared no expense or effort to make sure that his daughter Brahmini's wedding is the biggest, fattest wedding that Bengaluru has ever witnessed.
Rediff readers tell us what their mothers mean to them.
The actor-singer walks for designer Mandira Wirk on Day 4 of Kolkata Fashion Week. She lets us in on her style mantras.
Residents said that the Congress leader was a spitting image of her grand mother and her entrance into politics had lent fresh energy to the party.
ETAM, the French lingerie brand that has a joint venture with Kishore Biyani's Future Group, recently pulled out of Palm Beach Galleria mall in Navi Mumbai, together with six other retailers such as grocery chain Foodland Fresh and Manoranjan sarees.
Rediff readers went pandal hopping and shared these pictures.
Over 12,000 children in the age group of 6-13 years, mostly from poor families living near Ganga Ghats, in Varanasi are tobacco and drug addicts, a survey has said.
'Modi's speech was like one of our sour food preparations; Rahul's was sweet.'
Presenting celebrity showstoppers who scorched the ramp at the Pune Fashion Week 2016.
Haley warned Americans that a Biden-Harris administration would lead the country on the path of socialism, which has failed everywhere in the world.
BJP members took strong exception to the comments and rushed to the well demanding that the speaker expunge the "derogatory words" from the proceedings.
They have their unique style mantras and an attitude to go with them.
More than the gamut of emotions running through Namita Devidayal as she awaits the launch of her first book, there is the unseen presence of her guru, Dhondutai, 'the inheritor of the Jaipur gharana' and the inspiration behind The Music Room.
'There are hardly singers who could put life into a song the way Mohammad Aziz did.' Lata Mangeshkar, Alka Yagnik, Rajesh Roshan and Anu Malik remember the versatile singer who passed into the ages on November 27.
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary Jayalalithaa was on Saturday sworn in for the fifth time as chief minister of Tamil Nadu amid celebrations by party cadres and supporters all over the state.
Five saris, designed by fashion house Satya Paul, will be auctioned by online website eBay and its proceeds will be donated to a charitable organisation.
Sharif replied, 'Why not this is your house', say sources.
Jayalalithaa's demise is seen as a personal loss for the 59-year-old Sasikala who was probably one of the few occupants of the Chief Minister's Veda Nilayam residence at Poes Garden besides assistants and officials.
Huge television screens, flags, flashy lights and a 10,000-bike cavalcade. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's homecoming was nothing short of being spectacular.
Sania Mirza was on Saturday conferred with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting honor, while shooting sensation was among the Arjuna award recipients in a glittering ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
A wall hanging featuring Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, Maulana Azad left the prime minister in awe
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Tuesday arrived in Rae Bareli, on her first visit to the constituency she had resigned as member of Parliament, to a rapturous welcome from her supporters and party activists.
'I'm just about getting out of the cocoon now,' the former investment banker-turned-politician tells Kavita Roychowdhury.
Each corner of the interiors has been designed and laboured over by Garg and his team. It took nearly a year to put every little detail together
Here are some photographs from the Opening Ceremony:
Day Two of the Amazon India Fashion Week saw some awe-inspiring creations.
Desai, along with three of her colleagues took darshan of the 'shivlinga' in the 'garbha gruha' around 6 am and left after nearly 15 minutes.
Presenting the best designs from Pune Fashion Week 2016 that look apt for this festive season.
Would you wear any of these wacky outfits?
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