Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has pledged to keep the duration of the annual Hindu Amarnath pilgrimage two months long, rejecting a separatist leader's request to cut it short. "The pilgrimage period will stay unchanged," Abdullah said here late T...

Shimla: Thousands of devotees thronged temples in Himachal Pradesh early Tuesday to mark the start of the nine-day long Navratra festival, the holy period of Hindus. 'Long queues were seen since early this (Tuesday) morning. The devotees paid obeisance at the Naina Devi...

New Delhi: Literature is the flavour of spring in the capital. Come Saturday, the open air amphitheatre of the India Habitat Centre will play host to a flurry of literary activity woven around the week long Spring Fever 2010 - a literary festival and a showcase of moder...