Lakshmanan contracted polio when he was only three months old. 'I didn't want to go for the swayamvar, but my uncle convinced me to attend.' He sat close to the door at the swayamvar. And then, Rohini walked in. Both her legs, too, were afflicted with polio.
Voting came to an end for the Karnataka assembly elections on Wednesday at 6 pm with data showing a voter turnout of 65.69 per cent an hour ago.
'Today we are standing outside Mannat and we finally feel like jannat (heaven).'
All employees should supplement the employer-sponsored health cover with a personal cover.
A two-storey building collapsed in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra on early Sunday morning.
Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar makes for a good watch, assures Joginder Tuteja.
'Negotiate a longer agreement with the escalation clause fixed now.' 'This will enable you to control future cost increases.'
Ranbir's cousins were in strength at Alia Bhatt's baby shower.
Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Kemmu are working on a series of children's books about a girl named Inni and a dog named Bobo.
'For our traditional membership base, it would be an access to disruptive ideas,' FICCI President Subhrakant Panda tells Asit Mishra/Business Standard.
Meet Nilima Kalra, 79, Manju Roy, 80, Sumita Maan, 79, and Gurpreet Kaur, 75.
Quite a few Hindi movies have explored different shades of the landlord-tenant relationship in passing or purposefully.
Did the fear of central agencies probing scams involving NCP leaders that forced these politicians to jump ship?
Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, walked out of the Arthur Road prison, after 22 days in the central Mumbai facility following his arrest during a drug raid on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast.
Look, who we spotted at the party Alia, Ranbir hosted after their wedding.
Most impact among them is perhaps Nidhi, Nikki's sister who was very attached to her.
Four militants were killed in the encounter which began on Sunday.
Did Prime Minister Modi receive a different kind of reception at the Biden White House on Friday than he has has been used to at the American president's home?
There were many people who wanted to seek favours from her by offering lakhs and crores of rupees even through her family members when she was Odisha's transport minister. She never allowed any kind of corrupt practices to touch her department officials, family members or the supporters who have stood by her.
'Children should include their parents in the group health insurance cover provided by the employer at the earliest.' 'However, the elderly should not depend on it alone and should also buy a personal health cover,' suggests Sanjay Kumar Singh.
The Northern Railways said it has cancelled around 17 trains and diverted around 12 others, while traffic has been suspended at four locations due to waterlogging.
Pastel was the colour scheme at Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor's Thursday wedding, and black the colour theme of the party the couple hosted on Saturday at their home in Pali Hill.
The 23-year-old Indian Army officer was killed in a mysterious blast in Kashmir on Friday.
'You can still hear gunshots, and this time even children know they are not normal.'
60-plus men and women who live independent lives are becoming the cynosure of ad men's eyes.
The encounters between security forces and the militants erupted at around 7.30 am and continued through the day.
Try an alternative to the traditional pudding.
'The people who stay with us were not born orphans; they have been abandoned.'
After a dream debut seven years ago when he was sworn in as deputy chief minister after being elected MLA for the first time was followed by a slump in his political fortunes, Tejashwi Yadav has finally come back to center-stage as the kingmaker and deputy to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
An immune-escape Covid-19 strain coupled with the natural spike in influenza and pneumonia cases during winters may lead to a rise in hospitalisation.
'I did get a couple of offers (in Hindi cinema) but the roles required a doll-like heroine, a glamorous role. I was getting challenging roles in the South and so I stayed here.'
Abhijeet Goel and Dr Sansrati Jain tied the knot on the Yug Metaverse to become India's first couple to get married on a Metaverse platform.
While initial news reports said Roslin was a lottery seller, her daughter Manju claims her mother sold health products door-to-door for a living even as the accused insisted she had arrived to act in an adult film.
The launch of a new party by former Karnataka minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy has spiced up the poll scene in parts of state.
Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar sighted these stars over the weekend.
Meet Sudha Murty and N R Narayana Murthy's daughter whose husband Rishi Sunak is the frontrunner to be Britain's next prime minister.
As all roads lead to Vaastu building in Pali Hill, north west Mumbai, where Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor will wed, it's a good time to look up Raj Kapoor's grandchildren.
If your children live abroad, rely more on financial assets as they are easier to liquidate and move across borders.
A person who has cancer and doesn't have any health insurance will find it difficult to buy a regular hospitalisation cover. An indemnity-based cancer plan may cover them.
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