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Retired bank employee Rajalakshmi and her husband retired professor K.R. Ramana pose with their Kolu ocassion of Dasara festivities in Hyderabad on Friday. (Image: DC)

70-yr-old former banker nurtures -'Golu-' passion for six decades

HYDERABAD: Rajalakshmi Ramana, a resident of Uttamnagar here, has organised a unique Bommalu Golu for the Navaratri...

1 Oct 2022 12:12 AM IST

Bathukamma celebrations are held throughout the ten days of Dussehra. (Photo: DC/P. Surendra)

Worshipping flower goddess â€˜Bathukammaâ€™, the cultural spirit of...

HYDERABAD: The Telugu community celebrates womanhood by inviting goddess 'Bathukamma,' also known as Goddess...

30 Sept 2022 1:34 AM IST

Gujaratis show their eternal reverence to Ambe Maa through dance and devotion. (DC)

Gujaratis-' Navaratri nights all about dance, devotion, joy

â€˜Garbaâ€™, â€˜Dandiyaâ€™ dances are forms of worshipping â€˜Ambe Maaâ€™

29 Sept 2022 11:31 AM IST

Private jets, exquisite jewellery, luxury watches, uber cool, super expensive bags, Porsches and Lamborghinis the rich and famous like to flaunt their possessions on social media all the time.

Check yourself before you wreck yourself

Private jets, exquisite jewellery, luxury watches, uber cool, super expensive bags, Porsches and Lamborghinis —...

23 Sept 2022 1:45 AM IST

Most sought after influencer now is â€˜a star wifeâ€™

It’s a regular morning in the home of dentist Arpana Anand. The kids have left for school, her husband is in the...

6 Sept 2022 10:34 AM IST

Adding drugs or alcohol to another persons drink without their knowledge is termed spiking. It is done either as a joke or with the intention of stealing from or assaulting the victim. (Photo By Arrangement)

Don-'t get spiked

As drinks flow, music sets the mood, and the psychedelic lights lead you to the dance floor, people forcing a...

2 Sept 2022 7:28 PM IST

Textiles on display at an exhibition (Photo By Arrangement)

Bangkok swings to N-E beats

The second edition of the Northeast India Festival has been the best representation of our Look East policy

13 Aug 2022 7:52 PM IST

A file photo of Khairtabad Ganesha (Photo: ANI)

Work in full swing as clay idol is poised to debut at Khairatabad

HYDERABAD: With 20 days left for the Ganesha festival, sculptors are pre-occupied making the first-ever clay idol of...

11 Aug 2022 8:56 PM IST

A file photo of tamed elephants during their rehearsal in Mysuru. (DC File)

Elephant caretakers mull over boycotting Mysuru Dasara festivities

MYSURU: The Karnataka State Government has decided to hold this year’s Mysuru Dasara festivities on a grand note,...

2 Aug 2022 1:49 AM IST

Chief Secretary of the tribal welfare department conducted a follow-up meeting for budgetary allocations of Rs 15 crore for resumption of assigned land and Rs 290.50 lakh for a temporary campus at Youth Training Centre (YTC) in Jakaram, Warangal district. DC Image

Weeklong Kakatiya fest to kick off today in Warangal

WARANGAL: Successor of Kakatiya kings, the 22nd Bastar Maharaja Kamal Chandra Bhanj Deo will inaugurate the weeklong...

6 July 2022 11:48 PM IST

What makes the temple stand out among the other shrines of Bonalu celebration is its rich history, interspersed with examples of Hindi-Muslim unity. (Twitter)

Telangana government to spend Rs 15 crore for Bonalu

Temples told to submit applications before the Bonalu festivities begin to allow the government to make necessary...

5 July 2022 6:52 AM IST

The CCB swung into action after the Narcotics Control Bureau arrested Mohammed Anoop, Rijesh Ravindran and Anikha Dinesh in August 2020 for allegedly possessing drugs. (AFP Photo)

-'Single parenting-' and -'over-disciplining-' behind many drug...

Drug abuse cases involved labourers, businessmen, private sector employees and college students, among others

27 Jun 2022 10:46 AM IST