In northeast Delhi, Eid this year is a celebration of a long-time friendship that even stood the test of communal riots for some, while for many, it is shorn of any festivities.
Japan's confirmed coronavirus infections rose above 1,000 as Olympics organisers dismissed speculation that the Tokyo Summer Games could be cancelled.
Indian fashion, mostly, has been either inexpensive streetwear or wedding wear lacking elegance Varana brings. Kishore Singh drops by the brand's flagship store on London's iconic Dover Street.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday broke his security protocol and stopped his convoy mid-way to meet a four-year-old girl here during his Gujarat tour.
In order to mark the sainthood of Mother Teresa, the government of India granted the trade mark registration.
Endearing moments of family time, impromptu singing sessions, ping-pong games on dinner tables and a constant stream of online humour provide a much-needed salve of hope and sanity in this time of distress.
Presenting some of the good, bad and ugly looks of the week.
The Democratic presidential nominee has gained a whopping 15 per cent national lead owing to the recent gaffes made by her Republican rival.
Round up of all the fashionable people we met off the ramp at the Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Fest 2016
Beyond Holi: Spring celebrations around the world in pictures.
Theresa May on Wednesday became Britain's second woman prime minister after Margaret Thatcher.
'Even today, I am like a kid in a candy land -- I look at my airplane with as much excitement as an eight year old.'
They held posters with the words 'Fashion Rules Rewritten'.
Record-busting shoes loom large in marathon debate
Chanting anti-government slogans, thousands of BJP workers on Wednesday hit the streets of Delhi to protest against price rise with party chief Nitin Gadkari accusing the UPA of presiding over a Rs 2.8 lakh crore (Rs 2.8 trillion) 'big scandal' by allowing futures trading in commodities.
Normal is boring at this fashion week.
On November 7, which marks 100 years of the Russian Revolution, Syed Firdaus Ashraf recalls a conversation he once had on Communism.
The total deaths from the more than two-month-old outbreak as reported on Thursday stood at 1,367, with the total number of confirmed cases mounting to 59,804, health officials were quoted as saying by the state-run Xinhua news agency.
'If people are not cooperating and do not follow policies laid down by the government or follow scientific infection control management, then all will be lost.'
At least five officers were injured. One policeman was hit with a glass bottle and another by fireworks, according to St Paul police.
A look at the three hot belles who star on the cover of a leading women's magazine.
Fifteen people, including 11 'mobsters', were killed and 14 others injured in a terrorist attack in China's restive Xinjiang province on Saturday. The attack occurred at ShacheCounty in the northwestern province, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Britain on Sunday confirmed that the video released by the Islamic State terror group showing the beheading of British hostage and aid worker David Haines is genuine.
The Apple Watch goes on sale around the world on Friday.
The disaster management department said that the state government has urged the Indian Air Force to send a helicopter for air-dropping of food packets and other relief material in marooned areas.
AAP supporters broke out into song and dance outside the AAP offices.
Maharashtra and Punjab, which are recording a surge in new COVID-19 cases, tightened curbs on Friday and the chief minister of the western state said lockdown is an option, as India added close to 40,000 cases in the biggest daily increase in nearly four months.
The decision, that would be reviewed on a month-by-month basis, came a day after England registered its biggest jump in death toll of 39 to hit 177.
Here's a look at eight images that prove we live in an odd, odd world!
These 12 images prove that we truly live in an incredibly bizarre world.
Presenting the looks that took GQ Fashion Nights by storm.
Organised by Left-wing farmers' and workers' outfits, the 'Mazdoor Kishan Sangharsh Rally', began from the Ramlila Maidan and culminated at the Parliament Street.
Presenting the looks that took GQ Fashion Nights by storm.
On Kareena Kapoor's 40th birthday on September 21, Sukanya Verma handpicks 25 of her most stunning frames from various movies to highlight how she draws our attention in big and small ways.
She is the only woman to wear the famous Asian outfit salwar kameez in David Cameron's Cabinet.
If you want to wear your favourite designer or high-end label, simply rent it from fashion rental portals.
The prayer, Sarvejana Sukhinobhavantu, or let the whole universe of living beings be well, helps. So do profound and relevant Ancient Wise Words and aphorisms: Vasudaiva Kutumbakam, or the whole world is one big family, interconnected, interdependent. And a sense of humour, jokes, pranks, writing, conversations. And, last but definitely not least, the rippling waves of inner realisation on the background mind-track -- about the insignificance of ego, the importance of humility, the wasted opportunities in life, the wrong moves, the strokes of luck, the past 'sins', the what-ifs.
'I will take any source of positivity I can get.'
We knew from the moment the pandemic took hold that this would be a long haul -- at least 12 to 18 months. Nothing should have changed that assessment, says Mihir S Sharma.
'India has set standard of beauty rules. They feel that everyone needs to be perfect.' 'You may be beautiful and have the perfect body. But if you have big boobs, you'll still get teased.'
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