The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Tuesday came under attack from the Bharatiya Janata Party over the proposed holiday calendar for 2024, according to which, schools may be required to remain......
Delhi's air quality improved marginally on Tuesday but remained in the 'poor' category, according to monitoring agencies. IMAGE: A smoggy morning near India Gate in New Delhi. Photograph: Amit......
With Dussehra celebrations all set to take place with pomp and show in the national capital, security arrangements have been made to maintain law and order in the city amid the festive fervour.......
A political row erupted on Friday after a purported video of Aam Aadmi Party minister Rajendra Pal Gautam at a "religious conversion" event went viral in which hundreds can be heard taking an oath......
Americans across the country are observing October as the Hindu Heritage Month, with more that 20 of the 50 states and over 40 cities issuing proclamations about it, community leaders said Monday.......
After years of being sequestered by the pandemic, some intrepid travellers are planning to settle their score with the novel coronavirus. With fewer or no travel curbs, they are eager to get back......
After losing two festive seasons to Covid-led restrictions, 2022 is seeing an uninhibited celebration of festivals. Photograph: Kind courtesy, www.socialworker.com This is pushing up......
Ahead of Diwali festival, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday increased the dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief by 4 per cent effective July 1, 2022, benefiting 41.85 lakh central government......
The festival season has already begun in the west and south of India with Ganesh Chaturthi and Onam, respectively, and consumer companies are witnessing a pick-up in sales compared to pre-Covid......
'We have already given Rs 1.59 trillion to states.''So, there is no question of giving them more.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The uptrend in GST collections will continue in the......
The season of festivities has kick-started and there is a flurry of movie releases in theatres. Surprisingly, things have been rather quiet on the OTT front. Joginder Tuteja looks at the big......
Brahmastra is a work of star-struck ambition and high-octane energy whose razzle-dazzle hits many happy notes, observes Sukanya Verma. India is a gold mine of mythological stories about good......
October usually kick-starts the season of festival releases. While the Gandhi Jayanti holiday has always been lucrative, Dussehra and sometimes Diwali also fall in this month. The festive releases......
Sometimes, even the most successful film-makers take a long break between films. Priyadarshan took an eight-year break before he made a Bollywood comeback to direct Hungama 2. Though he made films......
Holidays have always attracted Bollywood blockbusters and 2021 is no different. Theatres are yet to start screening of films ever since the occupancy rule was changed back to 100 percent, but plans......
IMAGE: The iconic Eden Gardens. Photograph: BCCI Having edged out Chennai and Bangalore in the race to host a World Cup semifinal, Cricket Association of Bengal president Snehasish Ganguly on......