Vrindavan

Happy Holi 2022: 10 places in India to celebrate a colourful weekend this year

To make your Holi weekend memorable, we have curated a list of places in India where you can enjoy and celebrate this festival

Happy Holi 2022: From Holika Dahan to sacrifice of Kamdeva, here are some interesting facts about the festival of colours

This festival seeks to break barriers, which divide people; it is one among the many festivals that brings together people of all religions for merry-making

No Holi for two years; Vrindavan widows finally have their 'Rang Barse' moment

Thousands of widows played Holi with colours and flowers at the Gopinath Temple in Vrindavan with much gusto after having to put celebrations on pause for two years owing to the COVID-19 pandemic

Know Your Classical Dances: Manipuri Raas Leela, and its exploration of love — both romantic and spiritual

Not only does the dance form set out to showcase Krishna in his various colours, but also explores the anxieties and predicaments of the gopis through its study of the nayika, or the heroine and her quest to unite with her prana sakha [soulmate].

Goods train derails in Vrindavan, affects rail traffic between Mathura and Delhi

According to officials, 10 trains have been cancelled and two trains have been partially cancelled due to the accident

In western UP, places like Mathura show cow protection can go hand-in-hand with the development agenda

In the midst of an ongoing controversy over stray cattle ruining farmers' crops in western Uttar Pradesh and apparently causing resentment against the government, Mathura offers a model of protecting cows from slaughter in a way that is perfectly in sync with people’s religious sentiments for the sacred animal

Mukesh, Nita Ambani organise music show for Indian Armed Forces, police and their families at Dhirubhai Ambani Square

Reliance Industries Limited chairman Mukesh Ambani and his wife Nita Ambani organised a musical fountain show for the Indian Armed Forces, the police and their families at Dhirubhai Ambani Square at the Jio World Centre in Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex on Tuesday.

Daily Bulletin: Priyanka, Rahul to visit Uttar Pradesh, CAG report on Rafale to be tabled in Parliament; day's top stories

Daily bulletin: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will visit Uttar Pradesh as Congress general secretary for the first time, CAG report on Rafale to be tabled in Parliament today; day's top stories

Finding Radha: An anthology of selected works explores Krishna's companion, her everlasting love

Art depicts Radha and Krishna cross dressing in each other’s clothes as well as Krishna bowing his head at the feet of Radha. Lal says, “Our book foregrounds the contemporary reading of gender equality by highlighting such aspects of the story.”

Ahead of Diwali, thousands of fish found dead in Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh; activists in Agra begin cleaning drive

An Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board official in Mathura said that untreated waste water and industrial effluents had been discharged upstream, resulting in the deaths of fish due to oxygen depletion.