Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com captures scenes from Ayodhya hours before the pran prathishta ceremony. IMAGE: How Rampath looks in the night. IMAGE: The entrance to the temple. ......
In the new year be careful online as there are many scamsters lurking in the cloud, warns A Ganesh Nadar after twice escaping being scammed. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The only......
'When one was with Mother, one realised you were with somebody who was the nearest person to God.' IMAGE: Preeti Roy with Mother Teresa. Photograph: Kind courtesy Preeti Roy Preeti Roy is......
'And if the United States, at that time, perceives India to have welched on the deal, not been our friend, when we did so much to make it a friend, that's trouble.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra......
Large crowds of the Indian diaspora on Thursday gathered at the South Lawns of the White House under an overcast sky as ceremonial music played ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's arrival here......
The Modi government is notoriously honest about one fact: It does not listen to economists, observes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Welcome sign rolled out for Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi in......
Villagers have been protesting against the Sterlite factory since February 12, with an effigy of Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal as the backdrop.More than 75 days hence, the dharna continues, the......
'Jin Jiang had invested in Louvre Hotels.''Louvre, a couple of months ago, took a majority in Sarovar hotels.''So they are coming in now.''Look at the Chinese -- two quarters ago they took 25......
Arvind Subramanian will hold classes for a week on applied economics at IIT Delhi The Lecture Hall Complex at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, is looking unusually busy these days,......
'But I have an authority letter and all the ID proofs and...' I pleaded. 'Authority letters don't work for exchange, you can deposit the cash.'I stepped out of the line, feeling more dejected than......
This isn't a hatchet job, and my excuse for the exercise is my feeling that when you invert some of the clichés mentioned here, you might just arrive at the portals of genuine movie-making......
The Stardust 50th Anniversary Honours awards night saw Bollywood stars bring their fashion A-game to the red carpet. The ladies looked wow, and also had fun with each other, making the pictures......
Cuttputlli's absolutely absurd climax will have you rolling on the floor in unintended laughter, notes Sukanya Verma. If Hindi OTT has its way, Himachal will soon have to replace scenic with......
Somewhere in the back of my mind, Lijo Jose Pellissery's women have begun to stand for the women in my family, each of them with such an intensely vital sense of personality that she withstands all......
Ranveer is loud, but not shrill, notes Subhash K Jha.As in singing, in acting holding your pitch in the higher notes is a Himalayan task.Ranveer resides on the highest notes of the musical mountain......
'In its first meeting each member of the Committee shall make a declaration of absence of conflict of interest in conducting an independent and fair enquiry against Mr. Rahul Johri.' The......
Meet Tailin Lyngdoh. She works as a governess to Dr. Nivedita Barthakur, Health Advisor in the Assam Government. Dr Barthakur and Lyngdoh were invited for lunch at the Delhi Golf Club by a......