Taking note of a Hindu outfit's assertion that a large number of people will be converted on December 25, district authorities on Friday issued a warning to those trying to disturb communal amity while asking citizens not to get provoked.
Hyderabad-based Anshul Sinha is making hard hitting films on important social issues, but there are no takers.
The fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election witnesses several high-stake battles between the Bharatiya Janata Party and opposition parties, with people from 51 Lok Sabha constituencies across seven states casting their votes today to form the next government. Here's a look at who were among the early voters!
'I have only seen conflict since I was born. I want it to stop. I am longing for peace.'
Cousins is not an auspicious beginning to the festive season, says Paresh C Palicha.
An FIR has also been lodged against boat operator in Sonpur Police Station.
The women devotees were surrounded by a large number of protesters after they crossed the base camp to begin the trek towards the hill shrine.
Vijay Nair, a 25-year-old Mumbaikar, has worked to put India's indie music scene on the map. His hard work is starting to pay off, as recently he was named the British Council's Young Music Entrepreneuer of the Year.
Mumbai-based Hindi rock band Prayag has jammed the length and breadth of India. And still, they all hold down day jobs!
Here's a glimpse of Hindi rock band Prayag on stage, doing what they do best -- making music. Take a look.
National award winner Chaitanya Tamhane tells us the story behind his film, Court.
'In a fraction of a second everything started...'
'When my school principal heard that I took science in college, he slapped me hard.' 'I had once told him I was interested in arts.' 'He asked me if I wanted to be a doctor.' 'When I said no, he asked why I took science then.' 'My father said he would change his name if I survived science for more than two months.'
'Gully Boy is a pulsating salute to the new angry India and its youth,' says Aseem Chhabra who watched Zoya Akhtar's movie at the Berlin film festival.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities
Station is a crime thriller about three psychotic assassins sent to carry out a job at a deserted railway station.
The BJP president dismissed the Congress's demand for resignation of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the death of several children in a Gorakhpur hospital, saying such tragedies had happened during that party's rule also.
'...it didn't make sense to me.' 'If the character was not adding (to the story), I wasn't interested.' 'The reason why I chose to act is because of the way it makes me feel when I'm acting, not for the fame and money.'
KC College of Management Studies, Mumbai, is organising a cultural event, SalaameÂ…thought awakens.
A Muslim man taking a PhD in a dance form is not unusual, but it becomes interesting when the dance happens to be Mohiniyattam, says Shobha Warrier
'Even though we have around 156 patients, we don't have anyone who requires ventilatory support or the ICU facility.'
Several people were feared trapped under the debris, police said, adding that the rescue operation was underway.
While there is a glimmer of hope and India's COVID-19 numbers are on a definite decline for a combination of reasons, a vaccination programme continues to be important, particularly given the presence of a mutant, more transmissible strain, several experts said while cautioning against infection upticks ahead.
College students made full use of the week-long break between Christmas and the New Year, each earning Rs 1,500-7,000 during the period by working in retail stores across the country.
'She won the first prize in the state for chanting shlokas from the Gita.'
Here's a collection of some of the best photos from around the world shot in the last 24 hours.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
'If it is Coldplay, I don't think Bollywood needed to be there.' 'If you put Bollywood everywhere, I don't think other bands will come to India.'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup a "big opportunity for our younger generation" and said the event will increase the interest in football in the country.
This week's collection of unbelievably unusual images from across the world.
The students of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore are in overdrive as Unmaad, the college's annual cultural festival, rolls around once more.
Fire at the factory was still not doused completely more than 48 hours after the tragedy struck ahead of Eid festival.
Bihar government on Tuesday suspended the hospital superintendent of the PatnaMedicalCollege and Hospital and took actions against seven other doctors for allegedly remaining unavailable when stampede victims were brought there on October 3.
Should we really pay attention to them, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Yaadhum is a documentary that talks about how Islam spread in South India because of trade and not through invasion.
The separatists have extended the shutdown programme till September 16.
It was Soni Somarajan's biggest dream -- to see himself as a proud member of the Indian Armed Forces. When Life brutally shattered that dream, he wove a new one.
Modi said his government was committed to provide equal opportunities to all sections of the society.
Aseem Chhabra encounters an Indian dinosaur at the Goa film festival.
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