"This is our stand that hijab is not an essential religious practice. There was a statement by Dr B R Ambedkar in the Constituent Assembly where he said 'let us keep the religious instructions outside educational institutions'," Karnataka Advocate General Prabhuling Navadgi told the full bench of the high court, which is hearing the hijab case.
Designer Ritu Kumar draws attention to the urgent needs of the handloom industry.
The Befikre actor was the showstopper for Ritu Kumar on Day Three of LFW.
India's jugalbandhi with coal and clean energy is coming unstuck, neither achieving adequate renewable generation nor ensuring sufficient coal-fired power in the quest to become a $5-trillion economy. Six months have elapsed since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ambitious climate agenda for India at COP26 at Glasgow. The net zero emissions target by 2070 is a distant one, but there are nearer-term plans to meet 50 per cent of energy demand with renewables by 2030 by increasing capacity to 450 Gw. A cursory look at the balance sheet of India's climate progress since November reveals ponderous progress towards meeting the renewables target even as the country is scrambling to expand coal-fired generation in the face of a power crisis.
Ranbir revealed to journalist Rajeev Masand the other day that Alia and he would have gotten married this year, but for the pandemic.
Reliance Retail has bought a 25.8 per cent stake in Dunzo, India's leading quick commerce player, for $200 million (around Rs 1,488 crore) as it looks to expand its presence in online grocery delivery business. Dunzo has raised $240 million (about Rs 1,787 crore) in its latest funding round that was led by Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL) - the retail arm of Reliance Industries, the two firms said in a statement. Existing investors Lightbox, Lightrock, 3L Capital and Alteria Capital also participated in the funding round.
After a better-than-expected Dussehra weekend, hospitality firms are hopeful of ending the year on a positive note by doing good business over Christmas and the New Year. Typically, year-end bookings kick in two to four weeks before the season begins. Owing to pandemic-related uncertainties, hotels are seeing a significant reduction in the booking window, with travellers waiting till the last minute to make hotel reservations.
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The appeal contended that the high court has sought to curtail the fundamental right of Muslim student women by not allowing them to wear the hijab.
'Good investment opportunities should not be missed.'
The Karnataka high court on Tuesday dismissed petitions filed by a section of Muslim students from the Government Pre-University Girls College in Udupi, seeking permission to wear the hijab inside the classroom.
Suzie Bates blasted 79 not out on her home ground of Dunedin as New Zealand earned a nine-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022.
The supermodel turned cookbook author made a surprise entry at Ritu Kumar's show.
The Karnataka high court on Friday said it has called for a report from the state government on the role of radical organisations behind the hijab controversy in the state.
Ritu Mallya, step mother of Vijay Mallya, has joined the board of Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilisers.
Nikhat from Telengana was handed the fourth spot in the 51 kg category which already has the six-time World Champion MC Mary Kom, RSPB's Jyoti Gulia and Haryana's Ritu Grewal as other contenders.
'The ultimate satisfaction of helping in the country's space programme is the bigger achievement attracting women to space research -- and they are so good at it!'
'China is monitoring films like ours and making sure it doesn't get a platform.'
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A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
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As we mark the 34th death anniversary of Shankar -- of the legendary Shankar-Jaikishan duo -- Subhash K Jha selects five evergreen songs from their greatest hits.
Popular Indian cookbook chef Ritu Dalmia now offers a selection of vegetable yummies. We are bringing you recipes from her latest cookbook, one-a-day
The tabloid Mumbai Mirror had, on Monday morning, reported that Shastri has been dating the actor over the last two years after his separation from his wife Ritu.
Popular Indian cookbook chef Ritu Dalmia now offers a selection of vegetable yummies. We have bringing you recipes from her latest cookbook, one-a-day. Today it's Halloumi skewers with cherry tomatoes and onions!
Popular Indian cookbook chef Ritu Dalmia now offers a selection of vegetable yummies. We bring you some of her recipes, one every day! Today we have Spinach Tempura with Radish Dipping Sauce.
April 30 has been a difficult day for the first family of Bollywood.
As the construction of Metro networks gets underway in 12 cities, taking the tube could soon be a way of life.
Bollywood actors celebrated Bhai Dooj -- called by many names like Bhau Beej and Bhai Tika as well -- on November 16 and posted lovely pictures on social media.
Reader Ritu Sharma sent us these pictures from Johannesburg.
Abhishek was in the capital to walk for Ritu Beri's charitable fashion show for children. The fashion event was held to raise funds for her charitable organization 'Blessed Hearts Foundation', a charity that helps to better the lives of under-privileged children.
Bollywood actor Kriti Sanon turned showstopper for Ritu Kumar's sports-inspired collection.
Raches Ella, project lead, Covid-19 vaccines at Bharat Biotech said in a series of tweets that he was 'surprised' that media and researchers were drawing conclusions based on non-peer reviewed work.
Dropped from India's women's hockey squad for the Olympics, skipper Ritu Rani reveals her side of the story to Rediff.com's Aruneel Sadadekar.
The study by a group of doctors showed that after two shots of the vaccines, 98 per cent recipients of Covishield showed antibody response, while the same was 80 per cent among Covaxin recipients. Sohini Das and Ruchika Chitravanshi report.
On Monday, the Delhi government said gatherings with more than 50 people were not allowed in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The size of gatherings has since been reduce to 20 people.
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