Don't ask Hindu children to dress up as Santa Claus: VHP

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has asked schools in Madhya Pradesh not to ask "Sanatan Hindu" students to dress up as Santa Claus and bring Christmas trees without their parents' permission. IMAGE:......

If All Of India Was Like Goa...

The intrinsic inclusivity of Goa is the key to its great attraction, observes Rahul Singh. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com There are few places where Christmas and the New Year are......

Yeh Hai India: How Monkeys Beat The Cold

Yeh Hai India: Capturing Events And Moods Across Our Incredible Country.   IMAGE: Monkeys snuggle to get warm during a cold Christmas day in New Delhi.Delhi and other parts of north India has......

Christmas celebrated with fervour after 2 yrs of subdued festivities

After two years of muted festivities due to COVID-19, crowds thronged churches across the country this Christmas on Sunday for special prayers as people celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ.......

When Santa Wore A Red Sari

The Budget oration of the finance minister and the confidence with which she delivered it, along with the measures and the recent upsurge in the economy would all contribute to unleashing the......

'It's advantage bulls for the near-term'

'New record for the Nifty50 is only a question of when.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Despite the sharp up move in frontline indices -- the S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty50 -- in the last......

Will the markets see Santa Claus rally this December?

In the past 10 years, since 2011, markets have delivered a positive return in 5 out of 10 occasions with gains for the S&P BSE Sensex ranging between 0.4 per cent to 8.2 per cent. There has been a......

Govt's fiscal stimulus package hopelessly inadequate: Chidambaram

Chidambaram said the stimulus package has left several sections like the poor, migrants, farmers, labourers, workers, small shopkeepers and middle class high and dry. Illustration: Dominic......

How Katrina Celebrated Christmas!

Like everyone else, Bollywood celebrated Christmas over the weekend and made beautiful, festive pictures. Photograph: Kind courtesy Katrina Kaif/Instagram Katrina Kaif and her sister Isabelle......

Ranbir Gets Romantic With Alia!

Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor are making romantic pictures on Instagram, much to the joy of their fans! The Christmas celebration in the Kapoor home was special, like it is every year, but 2022 has......

Bollywood Gets Ready For Christmas!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Bollywood! Photograph: Kind courtesy Diana Penty/Instagram Diana Penty decorates her vanity van and shares a picture: 'Christmas is coming......

OTT This Week: Mystery. Miracles. Drama

Sunil Shetty makes his OTT debut. Chiranjeevi comes calling. Parvathy Thiruvothu, Nithya Menen and Amruta Subhash provide enchanting viewing. Santa Claus gets ready to retire. Sukanya Verma lists......

Hardik turns Santa

Photograph: Kind courtesy Hardik Pandya/Instagram   After anchoring India to a morale boosting victory in the T20 series against Australia, Hardik Pandya returned to India to play a dad's......

Sachin turns Santa for Christmas!

  Do you think Sachin makes a convincing Santa Claus? His children Sara and Arjun are well past the I-believe-in-Santa age, but we endorse the cricketing legend in his role as dispenser of......

Find out which cricketer is bringing cheer this Christmas

Christmas is all about spreading happiness and  cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar did just that. On Christmas this year, decided to celebrate the festival at Ashray child Care centre, in......

'Did Sachin T pay for the BMWs he 'gave away' to Rio athletes?'

IMAGE: India's star Olympians PV Sindhu, Dipa Karmakar, and Sakshi Malik with Sachin Tendulkar and India's badminton coach P Gopichand at a function on Sunday, where they were gifted BMWs.......