Muslim clerics extend timings of juma namaj on Holi

Mutual respect was a "consciously cultivated way of life" in Lucknow, and this "magic formula" helped the city and the Awadh region around it to prosper. Alas, this is not the case any more, says journalist and author Mehru Jaffer, who has just published a ...

GUWAHATI, Jan 31 - Zara Zaman, a descendant of the Awadh royal family and a preserver of the royal Awadhi cuisine, is bringing to Guwahati and the Northeast the food and delicate flavours which is a heritage of the royal family.Zara, who is the great great ...

Whenever art director Nitin Desai and maverick director Ashutosh Gowariker have come together they have created magic on the celluloid. The talented duo had stunned the audience with the mesmerising recreation of the Agra Fort in Gowariker's Jodhaa Akbar and ...

[Nepal], April 18 (ANI): India's Ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri today laid a wreath on the tomb of freedom fighter Begum Hazrat Mahal. Begum Hazrat Mahal was an icon of the 1857 rebellion against British colonial rule. After her husband and Awadh ...

These families residing in the old Lucknow localities have been celebrating the festival since the days of yore. Though the celebrations have become subdued over the years, they still maintain the tradition of joining Hindus in the festivities. The Nawabs of ...

A p ublic i nterest l itigation (PIL) filed in Punjab and Haryana High Court has reignited a particularly vexed debate about a fiercely defended tradition of one of the country's most hallowed institutions. A 19-year-old college student in Gurgaon, Saurav ...

The fourth day of the five-day fashion gala, Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2018 saw the former Miss Universe and Bollywood diva, Sushmita Sen turn show stopper for the label, Kotwara by Meera and Muzaffar Ali. With her signature million dollar smile, ...

In-form Saina Nehwal and defending champion P V Sindhu will be the cynosure when they start their campaign at the USD 350,000 India Open, starting on Tuesday. The marquee event will also feature 2014 champion Kidambi Srikanth beginning his new season after ...

Actor Shabana Azmi today said she would have agreed to do any character in a Satyajit Ray film and was lucky to work with the maestro in his flick 'Shatranj Ke Khilari'."I consider myself very lucky to have played the role of Khurshid (in Shatranj ...) and to ...