The beautiful twinkling Christmas markets that come up across the world, as December begins, allow you to step into the magic Christmas.
Which are some of most special places in the world to celebrate Christmas?
From lounging by turquoise beaches shaded with straw parasols to wandering through charming old towns and winding stone lanes, Jaiswal's travel album feels as refreshing as his strokeplay.
The wee island in the English Channel, where the only motorised vehicles are tractors, is a place one can return to again and again, says Dilip D'Souza.
Stunning landscapes, natural beauty, clean beaches, cultural wealth, mouth-watering food, shopping options, safety for solo travellers, warm hospitality, easy visas, and connectivity make Vietnam a must-visit destination, discovers Ramesh Menon.
'Five hours of bombardment by the Pakistanis should not have happened.' 'India should have sent the air force to bomb the Pakistanis where they were raining fire on us.'
The Indian players enjoyed their weekend exploring Perth as they enjoyed some time off after the practice session.
Neha gets classy and chic... Shalini admires herself... Akshay shoots...
The couple, who got engaged in early 2023 in South Africa, shared their joyous news on Instagram with a combined post.
IMAGES from the Europa League matches played on Thursday
Cottage industries across India have suffered heavily because of the note ban. In the second of a six-part series, Sanjay Jog travels to Bhiwandi to examine how the power loom industry here is coping five weeks on.
Cottage industries across India have suffered heavily because of the note ban. In the second of a six-part series, Sanjay Jog travels to Bhiwandi to examine how the power loom industry here is coping five weeks on.
I was fascinated to see a room that was decorated like an Indian palace at Osbourne House, which was Queen Victoria's home when she visited the Isle of Wight.
Peace prevailed in Karnataka's Hubbali town on Monday, a day after a mob went on the rampage over a social media post that saw a police station and a Hanuman temple coming under attack, even as the police arrested 89 persons in connection with the incident.
Prohibitory orders under Section 144 has been clamped in Hubballi city, the police added.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai appealed to people to celebrate Hindu new year Ugadi and 'Hosa Tadaku' festivals peacefully without disturbing law and order.
Many families in the affected area are finding it hard to sever their emotional ties with their homes and move out.
The number of subsidence-affected homes rose to 678 while 27 more families were evacuated to safety, a bulletin from the Disaster Management Authority in Chamoli said, adding so far 82 families have been shifted to safe locations in the town.
Amid demands from a section of right-wing organisations for 'bulldozer'-kind of action to those involved in the Hubballi violence, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said those involved in the incident will be tried as per the existing laws.
Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled civic bodies in Delhi are set to be dissolved in the next five days, with the South Delhi Municipal Corporation's term set to end on Wednesday.
If AAP dominates both state and local elections, the move for unification may become the illness for the BJP instead of the medicine it was supposed to have been.
How cities across the world have decked their streets with beautiful, eye-catching lights for the Yuletide season.
Take a tour of Paris and Switzerland with Surbhi Jyoti.
Pooja Hegde debuts on the cover of Travel + Leisure.
The annual San Fermin bull-running festival typically takes place every year between July 6 and 15. But for the first time in nearly a century, the event has been cancelled due to the coronavirus.
The wave of enthusiasm for digital technology had faded as we'd grown more and more worried about what smartphones and social media were doing to society and to us as individuals. Now that switchback ride between hopes for the technology and fear of it seemed to have taken us on another upward path, as the virus made us fall back in love with it. Read on for an intriguing excerpt from Rory Cellan-Jones's Always On: Hope And Fear In The Social Smartphone Era.
They landed at their destination in the midst of a typhoon warning!
The strangest images you will see today!
The coronavirus pandemic has taken down another victim, with the Azerbaijan Formula One Grand Prix being the latest sporting event to fall prey to the global pandemic. Postponement of the race in Baku leaves Azerbaijan without a major sporting event in a year that had promised plenty of action as they were four games of Euro 2020 that has now been postponed to 2021.
The 2019 winners of the Art of Building competition, run by the Chartered Institute of Building, have been announced. Take a look at the winners from the competition.
Ten photos that prove we live in an odd, odd world!
From Venice and the tower of Pisa, dozens of UNESCO World Heritage sites are deeply threatened by rising sea levels, researchers warned Tuesday. According to a study by researchers at the University of Kiel, in Germany, all but two of 49 United Nations-recognised icons of human civilisation rimming the Mediterranean Sea risk being damaged by the rising watermark, soil erosion, or both, with few options for protecting most of them.
Was Wang Yi'S visit intended to remind India of 1962, asks Claude Arpi?
Love travelling and taking pictures? This list is for you!
Over 700 houses were searched in a span of 12 hours on October 17 in an extensive search operation in old town in Baramulla
The 53-year-old actor started dating his London-based barrister fiancee last September. They became engaged in April.
One of the most favourite activities of Christmas is decorating the Christmas tree. From England to Lebanon, here are some of 2016's most over-the-top Christmas trees.
The first phase of the polls in the Kashmir Valley saw 8.3 per cent turnout on October 8 while only 3.4 per cent of the electorate exercised their franchise in the second phase held two days later.
Payal Mohanka discovers the medieval magnificence of Prague.
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