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Indian, Chinese troops exchange sweets on Diwali post disengagement
Rediff.com5 days agoThe exchange took place at five Border Personnel Meeting points along the LAC, the sources added.
India, China complete disengagement; exchange of sweets on Diwali
Rediff.com6 days agoFollowing the disengagement, both sides will soon start the coordinated patrolling in their respective areas, sources added.
Canada agreed to extradite only 5 terrorists: Ex-envoy
Rediff.com25 Oct 2024Of the 26 requests sent to Canada for extraditing Khalistani terrorists, Ottawa has resolved only five and the rest remain in limbo, India's top envoy to that country has said, calling it the result of 'inaction'.
Recalled envoy cautions students going to Canada
Rediff.com25 Oct 2024Indians hoping to study in Canada should think twice because many students have ended up in substandard colleges with no job prospects despite spending lakhs of rupees, resulting in depression and suicide, India's top envoy there says.
Dhaka limps back to normal, but protests yet to die down
Rediff.com25 Aug 2024Businesses have resumed but it's not business as usual in the capital city of Bangladesh.
When Hindus, Muslims came together to save Dhaka's ancient temple
Rediff.com24 Aug 2024On August 13, Muhammad Yunus visited the Dhakeswari Temple and reached out to the distressed Hindu community members in the wake of attacks on the minority communities.
Not angry but...: BNP leader on Hasina's stay in India
Rediff.com23 Aug 2024'New Delhi has to make up its mind whether it wants to be a friend of the Bangladeshi people or they want to be a friend of a section of people, or one party or one leader'
B'desh crisis: 'India will have to be very vigilant on border'
Rediff.com6 Aug 2024'Everyone in Dhaka today is aware that that they need good relations, normal relations with India, but the question... but it's premature to think about that now, right now it is a crisis moment'
Kargil hero recalls how 8 Mountain Division secured LoC
Rediff.com27 Jul 2024Lt Gen (Retd) Puri and several other Kargil veterans who had played a decisive role in the 1999 war were felicitated by the Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan in Delhi recently.
Phase V: Women outnumber men as turnout rises to 62.2%
Rediff.com23 May 2024The male-female turnout gap was wide in Bihar and Jharkhand. While in Bihar, the male turnout was 52.42 percent, the female turnout was 61.58 percent.
Memes the weapon of choice as election wars go digital
Rediff.com19 Apr 2024From Instagram to X, social media platforms, in the run-up to the polls have seen bitter poster wars and even bitter meme battles for political one-upmanship.
First LS polls: How EC resolved identity crisis of 28L women voters
Rediff.com20 Mar 2024In some states, many women voters had enrolled themselves by their relationship with the male members of their family instead of providing their own names.
Bharat Shakti a message to adversaries about India's combat potential
Rediff.com14 Mar 2024The synergised demonstration of indigenous defence capabilities during 'Bharat Shakti' is a "testimony to its commitment towards modernisation through indigenisation," the sources said.
How India celebrated 1st Republic Day
Rediff.com26 Jan 2024Iconic public buildings, parks and railway stations dazzled with lights on the night of January 26, 1950 turning the capital city into a "fairyland".
Behold! The architectural marvel of Ayodhya temple
Rediff.com22 Jan 2024A new landmark of India -- both structural and spiritual -- rises on Ayodhya's horizon on Monday as a new-age architectural marvel of elegant sandstones, diligently carved by craftspeople with dedication and devotion to Lord Ram.
Transformed Ayodhya turns a page with temple pivot
Rediff.com22 Jan 2024On Monday, a new chapter will be written in Ayodhya's and the country's history with the consecration ceremony at the newly-built Ram temple which will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and over 7,000 guests.
What happened in Ayodhya on the eve of consecration
Rediff.com21 Jan 2024Invitees to the 'pran pratishtha' consecration ceremony at the Ram temple started arriving Sunday in Ayodhya -- once a sleepy town now resplendent with new infrastructure and gripped by heightened religious fervour on the eve of a seminal event in India's political and religious history.
Ayodhya skyline imbued with saffron on the eve of consecration
Rediff.com21 Jan 2024A day ahead of the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple, the streets and the skyline of Ayodhya have turned saffron with flags flying atop buildings, small and big, across the temple town.
'Entire Ayodhya has become 'Rammay'
Rediff.com20 Jan 2024The devotion to the deity is such that even commerce is not untouched by the spiritual feel in the holy city. Images of the grand temple is finding places even on visiting cards, posters, calendars and even signages.
Ram temple decked up with 'rich stocks' of flowers, diyas
Rediff.com20 Jan 2024The source said decorative lights used for outer illumination are themed on diya, so as to give a traditional look and highlight the ornate elements of the temple.