Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor kickstarted their wedding celebrations with a party on Sunday night. While Kareena was said to be wearing a traditional orange lehenga, Saif was in regal white at the private affair with the terrace as its venue. Many Bollywood celebrities were spotted at the party including including Saif's sister Soha Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, designer Manish Malhotra, who has reportedly made all the wedding outfits ...
11:10 AM, Oct 15, 2012
Chennai: The library of the University of Madras is now embroiled in yet another controversy with senior professors raising questions about the timing of the post-centenary celebrations slated for September 25. The fete takes place even as the library has remained headless for about four years with several big ticket projects struggling to take off. Sources in the university said that the celebrations have been organised 5 years after the...
12:50 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has decided to withdraw various cases filed against 155 Ganesh mandals from Pune while announcing relaxation of noise pollution norms for three days during the festival beginning on September 19. "The cases were filed for delaying the immersion procession, violating norms of playing traditional music instruments or use of loud speakers after the stipulated time," state home minister RR Patil told reporters after emerging from a...
11:18 AM, Sep 05, 2012
From time immemorial, come rain or sunshine, I, Mahabali, have been regularly visiting Kerala all these umpteen years without fail.Suppose I happen to miss a single visit, utter chaos will prevail. The Government will declare, 'No Mahabali, No Onam, No Bonus'. My effigy would be burnt in every nook and cranny of Kerala. Curse would be flung at me. But curse is something I am quite used to. It was...
09:16 AM, Aug 29, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor HR Bhardwaj has greeted Malayalees the world over during Onam, the biggest festival of the state. "Onam thrives on the golden memories of a glorious past when everyone enjoyed plenty in an endearing ambience of equity," Bhardwaj said in a message. Onam also evoked the hopes and aspirations of a land and its people for a much better future of enduring peace, progress and prosperity, the message...
10:15 AM, Aug 28, 2012
With his latest release 'Ek Tha Tiger' joining the Rs 100 crore club, Salman Khan has all the more reason to cheer. ...
01:46 PM, Aug 21, 2012
As the nation celebrates Eid on Monday, the Muslim community in Delhi said it prayed for peace across the country. ...
03:12 PM, Aug 20, 2012
Amidst tensions in the Northeast, the Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid has appealed for peace and calm on the occasion of Eid. ...
02:22 PM, Aug 20, 2012
Eid festivities are all about mouth-watering delicacies and CNN-IBN visited the streets of Mumbai to get you the true spirit of the festival. ...
10:53 AM, Aug 20, 2012
Bangalore: The city police have intensified their crackdown on persons targeting people from the northeast who are living in the city. On Sunday, six persons were arrested by the Adugodi and Ashok Nagar police for allegedly threatening people from the northeastern states. With this, the total number of arrests since Thursday has gone up to 22. The number of people leaving the city went up marginally from Saturday. On Sunday,...
10:38 AM, Aug 20, 2012
The nation celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday. It marks the end of month-long fasting for Muslims. ...
09:53 AM, Aug 20, 2012
CNN-IBN brings you all the goodies and festivities of Eid from the narrow bylanes of Jama Masjid. ...
09:23 AM, Aug 20, 2012
Feasting begins after month long fasting as Muslims across the nation celebrate the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr. ...
08:34 AM, Aug 20, 2012
Meerut: A 15-year-old boy was killed and another person injured on Wednesday in an accidental firing during the Independence Day celebrations. The incident happened at a rubber factory in Shastrinagar area of Meerut. Teenager Vishal Prajapati was killed after the gun of a security guard accidentally went off during the flag hoisting function. Police have taken into custody the CCTV footages of the function and further probe into the incident...
09:49 PM, Aug 15, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood biggies will add a touch of glamour on Friday to Janmashtami celebrations in Mumbai, where prizes running into crores will be up for grabs. Stars like Hrithik Roshan, Akshay Kumar, Emraan Hashmi, Esha Deol and playback singer Himesh Reshammiya, among others, are all likely to be present at a mega 'dahi handi' celebration organised by NCP leader and minister Sachin Ahir and his wife Sangeeta at Jamboree maidan...
08:12 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Lucknow: Elaborate security arrangements would be made for Independence Day and Janmashtmi festivals in Uttar Pradesh, a senior police official said. "Special arrangements are being made for Independence Day to avert any activity by anti-national elements," Inspector General of Police (law and order) B P Singh told reporters here. He said that adequate force would be deployed at places where Independence Day functions are held. "In Lucknow where Chief Minister...
10:41 AM, Aug 09, 2012
New Delhi: Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi is a festival celebrated in India, which involves a sister tying an embroidered thread around her brother's wrist. It is also called Rakhi Purnima in the south of India as it is generally held on full moon. The festival is mainly observed by Hindus and Sikhs though some other communities have also indigenised the celebrations. In 2012, Rakhi will be celebrated on August 2....
09:18 AM, Jul 25, 2012
New Delhi: As soon as the first trends showed that Pranab Mukherjee had established a huge lead over PA Sangma in the presidential election, people started celebrating outside his residence in New Delhi and at his village Mirati in Birbhum, West Bengal. As the music band played the tunes of 'Yeh Desh Hai Veer Jawanon Ka' the crowd broke into an impromptu jig outside his 13, Talkatora Road residence. At...
02:50 PM, Jul 22, 2012
I read somewhere recently that Charles Dickens said of the USA that if its citizens were to be believed, America "always is depressed, and always ...
02:20 PM, Jun 27, 2012
For four days, Britain and much of the world has been mesmerized by Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee celebrations. ...
11:34 PM, Jun 05, 2012
