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Ayodhya's Ram Mandir Opening Soon

The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has indicated that the consecration ceremony will be held between January 15 and 24, 2024, by which time construction of the ground floor of the temple......

Booking rush in Ayodhya hotels for Ram temple opening

Hotels in the city are seeing a rush among travel agents and devotees to book rooms ahead of the consecration of the idol at the upcoming Ram temple, an event still six months away. IMAGE: Workers......

Friends' behaviour changed after...: IITB student who died by suicide

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) student Darshan Solanki who allegedly committed suicide had told his mother that caste-based discrimination existed on the institute's campus, a......

Dead IIT-B student's family suspects murder, says he was discriminated against

The family of an IIT-Bombay student who died allegedly by suicide has claimed that he faced discrimination at the premier institute for belonging to a Scheduled Caste (SC) community and that there......

Know Who The Lady On The Left Is?

What some of our leaders were up to on over the weekend. IMAGE: Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLC Kavitha Kalvakuntla, right, with her mother Shobha Rao whose husband is Telangana Chief Minister and BRS......

When Jeff Bezos flew a kite in India

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who landed in India on Tuesday, immediately got into the festive spirit across the country by flying a kite, a feature of Makar Sankranti festival celebrated across western......

Melas, rallies and the problem of unemployment

If everyone had decent meaningful jobs, the rally maidans would be largely empty and, save for the Akhara babas and curious foreigners and the devout senior citizens, not very many would spare time......

Welcome to India's biggest junkyard mela

Images from the Bhanga Mela, India's only e-waste market.Text and photographs: Abhiroop Dey Sarkar For centuries Mandir bazaar, a nondescript locality about 80 kilometres south of Kolkata, has been......

Rajan's rate-cut message to Modi: Now fix the budget

The central bank is not statutorily independent from the government, but it enjoys broad autonomy in setting monetary policy. Image: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (L) and RBI Governor......

Sikka meets Modi; dedicates $250 mn to innovate in India

Infosys chief executive officer Vishal Sikka on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and disclosed that his company will spend $250 million (over Rs 1,500 crore) to fund innovations in......

Janhvi Goes Green, Mouni Has The Blues

Bollywood is off to a great start in 2023. With Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan getting the cash registers to ring and our favourite ladies keeping the fashion quotient high, January has definitely set......

Stars Celebrate Makar Sankranti, Pongal

Movie stars celebrate Makar Sankranti, Pongal and Lohri in their special ways. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kreethy Suresh/Instagram Dressed in a traditional sari, Kreethy Suresh prepares Pongal (get......

Kartik-Kriti Celebrate Makar Sankranti, Lohri

Kartik Aaryan and his Shehzada co-star Kriti Sanon are taking their new film across different cities to promote it. The actors made beautiful pictures with the people of India during the festive......

Wear The Sari Like Kalki!

Raveena pouts... Daisy is obsessed...Gauahar plays host... Photograph: Kind courtesy Kalki Koechlin/Instagram Kalki Koechlin gives us a rockstar look that you can try for Makar Sankranti. But if......

Dress Right This Makar Sankranti!

If you are looking for some fashion inspiration this Makar Sankranti, take some cues from these glamorous ladies. Namrata Thakker shows you how to nail your festive look to perfection. ......

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