Washington: Pakistan's Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani attended a Diwali reception hosted by his Indian counterpart Nirupama Rao at her residence in washington, reflecting the improved ties between the neighbouring nations. Haqqani spent nearly two hours at Rao's residence on Friday, interacting with other invited guests, including eminent Indian-Americans and officials of the Obama administration. BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha, who is in town after attending the United Nations General...
11:42 AM, Nov 05, 2011
HYDERABAD: Festivals are about celebrating together and having a good time. After Dasara and Diwali, Hyderabadis have one more reason to party -- Halloween. From MNC employees, who have their offices playing the host, to students, the horror fest offers a perfect excuse to be part of a costume party. Many of the MNC and BPO employees in the city who worked through Diwali found Friday a refreshing break with...
08:31 AM, Oct 31, 2011
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08:43 PM, Oct 30, 2011
CHENNAI: The weather gods may have pulled a wet blanket over the festival of lights this year, but a sharp increase in the rate of calls received by 108 emergency services ensured that their personnel across the State had a busy festival. As per statistics available with 108 GVK-EMRI, though the number of emergency calls received on October 25-26 were marginally lower than those received last year, the number of...
01:39 PM, Oct 28, 2011
New Delhi: For the last few years a satellite image purportedly showing an illuminated India on Diwali night unfailingly does the rounds on social media websites. But the fact is the image put up by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Geophysical Data Centre has nothing to do with Diwali, the festival of lights. While not exactly a hoax, it is something shown out of context.The image in...
04:38 PM, Oct 27, 2011
New York: Diwali for Rajat Gupta, facing insider trading charges, was dark but the Indian-American poster boy of Wall Street success felt it was auspicious to surrender on the day of the festival of lights, thinking that "gods will protect him". Gupta's fall from grace came on the day his native country India was celebrating Diwali, a festival that marks the triumph of good over evil. "He believed it was...
02:21 PM, Oct 27, 2011
New Delhi: Residents of the Joga Bai village in Delhi's Jamia Nagar used the festival of Diwali to spread communal amity on Wednesday. There were notes from the Aazan and Aarati blending together in blissful coexistence. The residents of the 300-year-old village, less than a kilometer from the communally sensitive Batla chowk area, painted a picture of perfect harmony. "We celebrate Diwali with the Hindus and they visit our place...
09:46 AM, Oct 27, 2011
The Sensex opened on a high note, up by 75 points and Nifty was up by 15 points during the Mahurat trading session on Diwali. ...
06:03 PM, Oct 26, 2011
New Delhi: Diwali has become synonymous with noisy crackers, glitzy gift boxes and excess of lights - in short - a nightmare for the environment. However, there are individuals and children who are doing their bit to reduce their carbon footprint. "Instead of individual celebrations we prefer community celebrations, where many families together burn less crackers," said a child. The students of Salwan Public School are on their green mission....
05:39 PM, Oct 26, 2011
Mumbai: Indian equity benchmarks closed the mahurat trading session of Samavat 2068 with moderate gains, helped by capital goods, FMCG, metal and select banks stocks. But, the broader indices outperformed benchmarks quite nicely. The 30-share BSE Sensex rose just 33.97 points, to close at 17,288.83. The 50-share NSE Nifty closed above the 5,200 mark for the first time since August 5, which gained 10.20 points, to end at 5,201.80. Heavyweights...
04:56 PM, Oct 26, 2011
New Delhi: With a monopoly this year over the festive market, Shah Rukh Khan's 'RA.One' ushered in Diwali all across India with the traditional triumph of the good forces over evil as the country prepared for an evening of fireworks and feasting. Early shows at cinemas has kids jostling for their pair of 3D glasses as they queued up for India's first ever mega science fiction film that borrows technique...
04:19 PM, Oct 26, 2011
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04:15 PM, Oct 26, 2011
On this episode we bring you the most traditional sweets of Diwali. ...
11:33 AM, Oct 26, 2011
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