Colourful lights illuminated buildings and earthen lamps dotted houses as people across the country celebrated Diwali with pomp on Monday after two years of muted festivities due to the pandemic.
The question 'Who was/were behind Aditha Karikalan's killing?' will continue to remain a historic mystery despite Mani Ratnam setting out to unravel it in his own way, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
There is a school of thought that Dhawan should be given at least the last six ODIs in January against Sri Lanka and New Zealand and then the call should be taken, before the Australia ODIs at the end of March.
Starts second unit at Sri City, raises retail reach seven-fold; evaluating 2 new categories for 2017
Sri Lankan Airlines plans to add Ahmedabad and Kolkata to its Indian destinations this year.
UAE ended the three-match winning run of Nepal with a 68-run victory to qualify for the T20 World Cup
Speaking to Business Standard on the sidelines of the ground breaking ceremony of the Chennai-based Sri City's SEZ in Tada, in Andhra Pradesh, last week, Singhal said SEZs in the country have so far generated over 300,000 jobs, adding once all the 462 zones start functioning, they are expected to create 4 million jobs.
'I think he's (Surya) that sort of guy who just doesn't carry any baggages with him'
The Rajasthan unit of the right-wing outfit Sri Ram Sena on Friday stuck to its stand, insisting it will not allow couples to create 'obscene scenes' at public places on Valentine's Day on Friday, even as another organisation said it will not let anyone disturb couples celebrating the day. Thirty-five groups would roam around the city's 'hot spots' and check any illegal or suspicious acts of couples, Sena's Jaipur Pramukh Kishore Singh told reporters.
Zimbabwe's first match will take place on the second day of the competition against fellow qualifier Ireland in Hobart on October 17.
'What an incredible opportunity to bring back one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema on the big screen.'
Having decimated the opposition with clinical precision in all four matches, India will be aiming to complete a clean sweep when they take on a struggling Sri Lanka in the fifth and final cricket one-dayer in Ranchi on Sunday.
Among the countries that have directly qualified for the Super 12 are defending champions Australia and runner-up New Zealand.
The absence of the CM at the airport irked the saffron party, which said Rao failed to follow the protocol and 'insulted the prime minister'.
Karachi is the world's cheapest cities to live in.
Over 23,000 Indian students, mostly studying medicine, are reportedly stuck back home due to COVID visa restrictions.
Established in 1977, The Hindu Temple Society of North America Sri Maha Vallabha Ganapati Devasthanam, popularly known as the Ganesh temple, is regarded as the first and oldest Hindu temple in North America.
The Chinese have been making inroads in Sri Lanka where they recently got a reclaimed port city near Colombo. Prior to that, they gained control over the Hambantota port which was built by them.
December 2022 could be the last Christmas for Santha Bakery, a business drawing its lineage from the first Christmas cake baked in Kerala.
The summit will be held in the picturesque city of Kandy, with Colombo planning 'foolproof' security arrangements to ward off any attack from the LTTE as it battles the rebel forces in the north.
PepsiCo would invest Rs 33,000 crore in India, Nooyi said.
'Much as I feel on top of the world after being a part of a special series like Jubilee, I would say my biggest achievement so far has been spreading happiness around.'
Modi praised Tamil Nadu as a special place and lauded the Tamil language as eternal and its culture as global.
'I ordered puffs, I got them packed, I went to the counter and that's when I actually got nervous because I had my credit card, I didn't have cash. I gave the guy my credit card and thought 'This is it, I am gone'. I actually had the security number on my phone ready to dial, like immediately if something happens I will call him straightaway.'
"I think it is a feature that's existing, and it is definitely being developed. As a playing unit, to only believe in that and say this guy will bowl to this person, you can't work like that. But I think it's giving a tactical edge to teams," he agreed.
The last date to apply for the September 2022 term of the programme is August 19, 2022.
Hordes of Indians frequent temples, markets, bazaars regardless of the consequences.
'Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Ranjeet and Shakti Kapoor were eating mutton biryani.' 'Suddenly, all of them jumped to their feet.' 'Sridevi had entered.' 'It was almost like a top army general had walked in.' 'The kind of respect she commanded without demanding it was incredible!'
Modi also lauded party workers in the state, saying each of them is a champion
The PMO said mass yoga demonstrations will be organised at 75 iconic locations across the country under the leadership of 75 Union ministers, with Modi attending the exercise at Mysore.
The Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese calendar, began on Sunday, January 22.
Flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi earned Pakistan a three-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the first Twenty20 international at Dubai stadium on Wednesday.
Sehwag, Gambhir to lead Gujarat Giants and India Capitals in LLC
While the India and Pakistan rivalry is centred around men's cricket, the women fully understand its significance and their increasing role in it.
The development comes at a time when growing tension in US-China trade ties is forcing companies to explore alternative manufacturing sites in order to derisk operations.
The 193-member general assembly voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to condemn Russia's "illegal so-called referendums in regions within the internationally recognised borders of Ukraine and the attempted illegal annexation of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine, following the organisation of the above-mentioned referendums".
'Instructions may be given for the representation of Akhil Bhartiya Tirth Purohit Mahasabha in the management of temples and religious places,' Mahesh Pathak, national president of the body said in a letter to the PM.
This divisiveness is upsetting social cohesion and can throw the bright young people thronging to Bengaluru with billion dollar ideas in their creative minds off balance, warns Shekhar Gupta.
'Ravan had palaces in caves and that tunnels were the highways of that time and ran between prominent cities.'
England spinners Dom Bess and Jack Leach must have gained a lot by bowling in Sri Lanka in a just-concluded series but a bigger challenge awaits them against India in the four-Test series, starting from February 5, said former Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene.
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