Even as the controversy surrounding 'Har Har Modi' slogan is yet to die down, supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi have released a new poster in the temple town of Modi using a "modified" version of a 'shloka' eulogising Goddess Durga.
Kapil Mishra had been invited because he was an "anti-corruption crusader", one 'IIT B for Bharat' organiser said. But in his half hour-long speech, Mishra didn't mention corruption. His entire focus was on the long "battle" Hindus had fought for their identity.
'She had shown some signs of improvement, but then she went into multi-organ failure.'
Singh said that children who study in missionary schools lack "sanskaar".
It's the most absurd, bizarre and unfunniest movie ever, complains Moumita Bhattacharjee.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee campaigning in tribal Paschim Medinipur district on Thursday for the coming state election asked "Marxist friends" not to vote for either the CPI-M or Congress, who are "cohorts of the communal BJP".
For India's spin great Harbhajan Singh, it was a fan boy moment as he caught up with his heroes -- cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar and Tamil film superstar Rajinikant Akash during Akash Ambani's wedding in Mumbai last weekend.
The wedding ceremony witnessed members of Indian Premier League side Mumbai Indians in attendance.
The Haryana government on Tuesday also said it will introduce teaching of Bhagvad Gita shlokas in schools.
Armaan Jain and Anissa Malhotra's wedding reception saw the who's who of Bollywood in attendance.
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From B-town beauties to entrepreneurs, everyone seems to be in awe of Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla.
B-Town celebs shine at Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta's wedding reception, which took place in Mumbai on March 10.
People may belong to any caste and religion, they are not safe, the Congress leader alleged.
Looking dazzling in the colour of love!
Bollywood dazzled on the red carpet of the Hello! Hall of Fame Awards 2019.
'There was so much grace, depth and serenity in him.'
The guests have started coming in.
'In the whole of my career, some ten-twenty characters might have really satisfied me.'
Just a day before Shabana Azmi met with a road accident on January 18, she was celebrating husband Javed Akhtar's 75th birthday bash with the rest of Bollywood. And it was a full house, as *everyone* came forward to pay their salaams to one of Bollywood's leading writers and poets.
Should Bhagavad Gita be the national book?
Priyanka and her ring stole the show, we guess.
The plaintive strains of bugles sounding the last post broke through the hush, men in uniform clicked their heels and a 17-gun salute rang out as Gen Bipin Rawat and his wife were cremated on Friday evening -- the sun setting on a day written into India's military history and on the life of its most senior military officer.
While the to-be bride looked resplendent in pink, her mother wowed in a vermillion silk lehenga.
The celebrations have begun for the next big fat wedding in town.
"You have no idea how well versed she is with Indian tradition. The way she covers her head, does aarti, listens to the shlokas... You cannot see Western culture in her." Meet Pandit Radheshyam, the priest who conducts a havan before Sonia Gandhi files her nominations from Rae Bareli. In exclusive conversation with Rediff.com's Swarupa Dutt.
Nearly 100 world leaders including President Pranab Mukherjee and US President Barack Obama came together in an unprecedented act of homage to Nelson Mandela describing him as a "giant of history".
Bollywood puts its best fashion foot forward.
The counsel stated that from the pillar bases, artefacts, circular shrine, intersecting brickbat walls found in excavation, an inference can be drawn that the massive structure was a temple and not any Islamic structure.
Glimpses from Blender's Pride Bangalore Fashion Week.
Modi also said that people displayed unprecedented discipline and sense of service during the nationwide coronavirus lockdown
At the time of religious intolerance in Pakistan, shlokas from Bhagavad Gita reverberated at a school in Karachi during a quiz competition to test the knowledge of Hindu boys and girls about their religion, leaving the minority community having something to cheer about.
During the hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said that meaning of Sanskrit 'shlokas' is a universal truth and merely because it is written in Sanskrit, it does not make it communal.
The DMK's Stalin, TN Minister D Jayakumar, the BJP's Pon Radhakrishnan... A clutch from the political class pay tribute to T N Seshan on his last journey. A Ganesh Nadar reports.
Isha is set to tie the knot with Anand Piramal this week.
The visit to this temple town is his first since he won the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat with a huge margin of 4.79 lakh votes, nearly 1 lakh votes more since 2014.
With the foray of private players like Tata Interactive Systems and Birla Shloka Edutech, the market for digital classrooms is expected to grow at 25 per cent in 2012.
Even as Sonam Kapoor threw a Diwali party, Amitabh Bachchan hosted a grand celebration too.
The Sundarbans is at the epicentre of both India-Bangaldesh bilateral diplomatic challenges and of the most intense global battles against climate change.
It further said that the epic Valmiki's Ramayana, whose composition dated back to the period Before Christ (BC), was the main source of knowledge of Lord Ram and his deeds.
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