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India celebrates Diwali with fervour, Delhi AQI worsens

Buildings were decorated with colourful lights and earthen lamps dotted houses as people across the country thronged temples and celebrated Diwali with pomp on Monday. IMAGE: Women dressed in......

Diwali added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list

India's Deepavali -- the festival of lights -- was on Wednesday inscribed on the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, sparking celebrations to mark the......

Countdown to Diwali Begins

IMAGE: Women purchase decorative items ahead of Diwali from a shop in Surat. Photograph: ANI Photo As Diwali approaches, homes and markets across India come alive with colour, light and......

Modi Celebrates Diwali On INS Vikrant

Prime Minister Narendra Modi kept up his tradition of celebrating Diwali with the Indian armed forces. On Monday, October 20, 2025, the PM spent the Festival of Lights with Indian Navy personnel on......

Trump celebrates Diwali at White House, wishes Modi

United States President Donald Trump spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and greeted him on Diwali. IMAGE: US President Donald Trump lights diyas during Diwali celebrations at the White House,......

India's Diwali sales cross record Rs 6 lakh crore: CAIT

India's Diwali sales touched a record Rs 6.05 lakh crore -- comprising Rs 5.40 lakh crore in goods and Rs 65,000 crore in services -- buoyed by the recent GST reform and strong consumer sentiment,......

Non-metro cities fuel India's online Diwali sales

Non-metro cities drove this year's online Diwali shopping boom, accounting for nearly three-quarters of total e-commerce volume, with tier 3 cities contributing over 50 per cent, according to......

600 Crore IPO Fees Light Up Diwali For I-Bankers

With several $500 million-plus deals in the pipeline -- including ICICI Prudential AMC, Lenskart, PhonePe, Groww, PhysicsWallah, Meesho, Pine Labs, and Zepto -- investment bankers look poised for......

India's new travel anthem: Go where the music plays, and tourism thrives

India’s live events scene is hitting a high note. With global performers adding the country to their tour maps and the government aiming to double the concert economy, hotels in key metro cities......

Auto Sales May Extend Past Diwali Thanks to GST Cut

The demand for passenger vehicles (PVs) is expected to sustain even beyond the ongoing festival season as a new set of customers, those who gained confidence to buy cars following the recent GST......

Why This Diwali Will Be Very Different...

'It's heartening to see that the festive energy is being driven not only by star-led blockbusters but also by fresh, content-rich films.' IMAGE: Ayushmann Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna in Thamma.......

Kubbra Sait's Gorgeous Diwali Look

Esquire India magazine, in association with Michael Kors, hosted its first Diwali party in Mumbai, and invited some of the hottest faces in the film industry. Kubbra Sait bares her back. ......

Will Kantara Storm The Diwali Box Office?

It's 'not looking like a Diwali lineup, which is usually grand and has superstar movies.' IMAGE: Will Kantara -- A Legend Chapter 1 be Diwali 2025's biggest hit? Aditya Sarpotdar's Thamma is a......

Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2: Delightful Comedy!

Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2 may be a comedy filled with chaos, but in its indirect way, it speaks about a time when the Constitution mattered more than one's religion and when the idea of India was......

Dining With The Kapoors Review: Eat, Troll, Love

Dining With The Kapoors offers a perfectly edited, heart-warming family reunion, but just stops short of showing the messy nok-jhoks and real moments that could have made it more immersive, notes......

Kohli, Gambhir, Irfan, share Diwali greetings

India's batting talisman Virat Kohli, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir, German football club Bayern Munich and the Wimbledon were among those......

Bumrah's Hilarious 'Diwali Bonus' Moment Goes Viral

IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah was fuming as photographers jostled for snaps the moment he stepped out. Photograph: BCCI Jasprit Bumrah had fans in splits when he hilariously fumed at paparazzi calling him......

Women's World Cup: 'The whole country is proud of Deepti'

IMAGE: Deepti Sharma, who finished as the highest wicket-taker with 22 scalps at an economy rate of 5.52, was adjudged the player of the tournament. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters It was......

Rinku Singh-inspired firecrackers a smash hit!

'It’s a powerful cracker with a sharp burst -- just like Rinku's massive sixes. People are loving the name and the performance.' IMAGE: Firecrackers named after Rinku Singh have become an......

'This Team Has Been Picked Till The Next World Cup, So We Have To Improve Our Fielding'

Why did SKY give Bangladesh's fielding coach a hug? IMAGE: Varun Chakaravarthy celebrates taking a wicket. Photograph: ACC Almost every member of the Indian playing eleven has a tattoo. Is it a......